2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
# 2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

The 2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (also known as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 11 April 2013 and ended on 8 September 2013.

Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were beaten by Limerick in the Munster semi-final.

On 8 September 2013 Waterford won the championship following a 1–21 to 0–16 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 3rd All-Ireland title overall and their first since 1948.

Waterford's Patrick Curran was the championship's top scorer with 3-56.

## Results

### Leinster Minor Hurling Championship

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### Munster Minor Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Play-off

Semi-finals

Finals

### Ulster Minor Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Final

### All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Top scorer overall**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Patrick Curran | Waterford | 3-56 | 65 | 8 | 8.13 |
| 2 | Alan Murphy | Kilkenny | 4-45 | 57 | 6 | 9.50 |
| 3 | Stephen Bennett | Waterford | 9-11 | 38 | 8 | 4.75 |
| 4 | Ronan Lynch | Limerick | 2-25 | 31 | 4 | 7.75 |
| 5 | Bobby Duggan | Clare | 3-16 | 25 | 2 | 12.50 |
| 6 | Josh Keane | Tipperary | 2-16 | 22 | 2 | 11.00 |
| 7 | Pa O'Callaghan | Cork | 2-16 | 22 | 2 | 11.00 |
| 8 | Conor Johnson | Antrim | 0-20 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 |
| 8 | Dylan Murray | Offaly | 0-20 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 |
| 10 | Evan Dempsey | Kildare | 5-04 | 19 | 2 | 8.50 |

**Top scorer in a single game**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alan Murphy | Kilkenny | 3-06 | 15 | Kildare |
| 1 | Josh Keane | Tipperary | 2-09 | 15 | Waterford |
| 3 | Bobby Duggan | Clare | 2-08 | 14 | Cork |
| 4 | Conor McDonald | Wexford | 3-04 | 13 | Kilkenny |
| 5 | Pa O'Callaghan | Cork | 2-06 | 12 | Clare |
| 5 | Ronan Lynch | Limerick | 1-09 | 12 | Waterford |
| 5 | Patrick Curran | Cork | 0-12 | 12 | Cork |
| 8 | Michael Kenny | Kilkenny | 3-02 | 11 | Kildare |
| 8 | Stephen Bennett | Waterford | 3-02 | 11 | Limerick |
| 8 | Evan Dempsey | Kildare | 3-02 | 11 | Wicklow |
| 8 | Bobby Duggan | Clare | 1-08 | 11 | Waterford |
| 8 | Patrick Curran | Waterford | 0-11 | 11 | Tipperary |

### Miscellaneous

* The Munster semi-final play-off between Clare and Waterford, originally fixed for 17 April, was postponed by two weeks due to adverse weather conditions.
* Laois qualified for the Leinster minor hurling final for the first time since 1991.
* Waterford's Munster semi-final win was their first ever victory over Cork at a Cork venue at minor level.
* Limerick and Waterford met in the Munster minor hurling final for the first time since 1958.
* The semi-final between Limerick and Galway would prove to be controversial due to the incorrect disallowing of an early Limerick point by the new Hawk-Eye system. Limerick's attempts to have the results overturned due to the error were unsuccessful.
