2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
# 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship

The 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship was the inaugural staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 56th staging overall of a hurling championship for players between the minor and senior grades. Prior to 2019 an All-Ireland Under-21 Championship was held. The championship began on 25 May 2019 and ended on 24 August 2019.

Tipperary were the defending champions.

On 24 August 2019, Tipperary won the championship following a 5-17 to 1-18 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their 11th All-Ireland title overall and their second title in succession.

Offaly's Cathal Kiely was the championship's top scorer with 0-44.

## Team summaries

| Team | Colours | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| - | - | - | - |
| Team | Colours | All-Ireland | Provincial |
| Antrim | Saffron and white | | 2016 |
| Carlow | Green, red and yellow | | |
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 2014 | 2014 |
| Cork | Red and white | 1998 | 2018 |
| Dublin | Blue and navy | | 2016 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 2011 | 2018 |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 2008 | 2017 |
| Laois | Blue and white | | 1983 |
| Limerick | Green and white | 2017 | 2017 |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | | 2000 |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 2018 | 2010 |
| Waterford | White and blue | 2016 | 2016 |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | | |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1965 | 2015 |

## Provincial championships

### Leinster Under-20 Hurling Championship

Play-off round 1

Play-off round 2

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### Munster Under-20 Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

## All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

The Leinster champions play the Munster beaten finalists and the Munster champions play the Leinster beaten finalists.

Final

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Top scorers overall**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cathal Kiely | Offaly | 0-44 | 44 | 4 | 11.00 |
| 2 | Jake Morris | Tipperary | 2-29 | 35 | 4 | 8.75 |
| 3 | Ciarán Whelan | Carlow | 1-23 | 26 | 2 | 13.00 |
| 4 | Ross Banville | Wexford | 0-25 | 25 | 3 | 8.33 |
| 5 | Niall Brassil | Kilkenny | 0-24 | 24 | 4 | 6.00 |
| 6 | Billy Seymour | Tipperary | 4-11 | 23 | 4 | 5.75 |
| 6 | Tommy O'Connell | Cork | 2-17 | 23 | 5 | 4.60 |
| 8 | Brian Turnbull | Cork | 0-20 | 20 | 5 | 4.00 |
| 9 | Shane O'Regan | Cork | 1-16 | 19 | 5 | 3.80 |
| 10 | Conor Bowe | Tipperary | 3-09 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 10 | Seán Elliott | Antrim | 2-12 | 18 | 1 | 18.00 |
| 10 | Eoin Cody | Kilkenny | 1-15 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |

**Top scorers in a single game**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cathal Kiely | Offaly | 0-20 | 20 | Dublin |
| 2 | Seán Elliott | Antrim | 2-12 | 18 | Carlow |
| 3 | Cian Derwin | Dublin | 0-16 | 16 | Offaly |
| 4 | Tommy O'Connell | Cork | 1-10 | 13 | Kilkenny |
| 4 | Ciarán Whelan | Carlow | 1-10 | 13 | Offaly |
| 4 | Jake Morris | Tipperary | 0-13 | 13 | Waterford |
| 4 | Ciarán Whelan | Carlow | 0-13 | 13 | Antrim |
| 8 | Billy Seymour | Tipperary | 2-05 | 11 | Cork |
| 9 | Cathal Kiely | Offaly | 0-10 | 10 | Carlow |
| 9 | Ross Banville | Wexford | 0-10 | 10 | Offaly |
