2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
# 2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship

The 2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship was the fourth staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 59th staging overall of a hurling championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship began on 2 April 2022 and ended on 22 May 2022.

Cork entered the championship as defending champions in search of a third successive title, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.

The final was played on 22 May 2022 at Semple Stadium in Thurles, between Kilkenny and Limerick, in what was their first meeting in a final in five years. Kilkenny won the match by 0-19 to 0-18 to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first title since 2008.

Kilkenny's Billy Drennan was the championship's top scorer with 1-40.

## Format change

For the first time in its history, the Munster Under-20 Championship replaced its traditional straight knockout format with a group stage. This guaranteed all teams at least two games. The All-Ireland semi-finals, which featured the defeated provincial finalists in 2018 and 2019, will be discontinued.

## Munster Under-20 Hurling Championship

### Munster group stage

**Group 1 table**


    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Limerick 2200443774 2 Cork 21014448-42 3 Clare 20023538-30

**Group 2 table**


    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Tipperary 22005136154 2 Waterford 21015542132 3 Kerry 20022856-280

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Top scorers overall**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Billy Drennan | Kilkenny | 1-40 | 43 | 4 | 10.75 |
| 2 | Aidan O'Connor | Limerick | 0-40 | 40 | 5 | 8.00 |
| 3 | Cian Byrne | Wexford | 0-36 | 36 | 4 | 9.00 |
| 4 | Kyle Shelly | Tipperary | 2-24 | 30 | 4 | 7.50 |
| 4 | Aaron Ryan | Waterford | 0-30 | 30 | 3 | 10.00 |
| 6 | Ben Cunningham | Cork | 0-22 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 7 | Shane Williams | Westmeath | 0-17 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
| 8 | Pádraig Fitzgerald | Waterford | 3-07 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| 9 | Dan Delaney | Laois | 0-15 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |
| 9 | Cillian Dunne | Laois | 0-15 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |

**Top scorers in a single game**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Billy Drennan | Kilkenny | 0-17 | 17 | Galway |
| 2 | Kyle Shelly | Tipperary | 1-10 | 13 | Waterford |
| 3 | Aaron Ryan | Waterford | 0-12 | 12 | Kerry |
| 3 | Liam Collins | Galway | 0-12 | 12 | Kilkenny |
| 5 | Fiach O'Toole | Carlow | 1-08 | 11 | Westmeath |
| 6 | Pádraig Fitzgerald | Waterford | 2-04 | 10 | Kerry |
| 6 | Billy Drennan | Kilkenny | 1-07 | 10 | Offaly |
| 6 | Cian Byrne | Wexford | 0-10 | 10 | Dublin |
| 6 | Aidan O'Connor | Limerick | 0-10 | 10 | Waterford |
| 6 | Aidan O'Connor | Limerick | 0-10 | 10 | Kilkenny |
| 6 | Fionn Maher | Kildare | 0-10 | 10 | Meath |
| 6 | Aaron Ryan | Waterford | 0-10 | 10 | Tipperary |
| 6 | Ben Cunningham | Cork | 0-10 | 10 | Limerick |
| 6 | Cian Byrne | Wexford | 0-10 | 10 | Kilkenny |
