2002 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
# 2002 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

The 2002 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 72nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship. The championship began on 14 April 2002 and ended on 8 September 2002.

Cork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland quarter-final.

On 8 September 2002, Kilkenny won the championship after a 3-15 to 1-07 defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. This was their 17th championship title overall and their first title since 1993.

Wexford's Richard Flynn was the championship's top scorer with 4-23.

## Results

### Leinster Minor Hurling Championship

Group A

| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Offaly | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13-48 | 1-11 | 73 | 6 |
| Kildare | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-31 | 11-21 | -11 | 4 |
| Meath | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5-21 | 5-30 | -9 | 2 |
| Westmeath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-14 | 8-52 | -53 | 0 |

Group B

| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Carlow | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9-45 | 2-23 | 43 | 5 |
| Dublin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8-46 | 3-20 | 41 | 5 |
| Laois | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7-38 | 3-26 | 24 | 2 |
| Wicklow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-06 | 16-66 | -108 | 0 |

Semi-finals

Final

### Munster Minor Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### Ulster Minor Hurling Championship

Semi-final

Final

### All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Top scorers overall**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Richard Flynn | Wexford | 4-23 | 35 | 4 | 8.75 |
| 2 | Pat Shortt | Tipperary | 5-17 | 32 | 5 | 6.40 |
| 3 | Richie Power | Kilkenny | 1-24 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |
| 4 | Trevor Ivors | Tipperary | 6-06 | 24 | 5 | 4.80 |
| 5 | Michael Naughton | Cork | 2-16 | 22 | 5 | 4.40 |
| 5 | Karl English | Carlow | 1-19 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 7 | James Fitzpatrick | Kilkenny | 2-14 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
| 7 | Michael Griffin | Dublin | 1-17 | 20 | 5 | 4.00 |
| 9 | Michael Ralph | Carlow | 4-07 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 |
| 10 | Paul Kehoe | Carlow | 2-12 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |

**Top scorers in a single game**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pat Shortt | Tipperary | 3-07 | 16 | Kerry |
| 2 | Paul Kehoe | Carlow | 2-09 | 15 | Wicklow |
| 3 | Michael Ralph | Carlow | 4-02 | 14 | Wicklow |
| 4 | Richard Flynn | Wexford | 2-07 | 13 | Carlow |
| 5 | Kenneth Burke | Galway | 2-05 | 11 | Kilkenny |
| 5 | Stephen Clynch | Meath | 1-08 | 11 | Westmeath |
| 7 | Richard Flynn | Wexford | 0-10 | 10 | Tipperary |
| 8 | Richard Butler | Cork | 2-03 | 9 | Clare |
| 8 | Trevor Ivors | Tipperary | 2-03 | 9 | Cork |
| 8 | Pat Shortt | Tipperary | 1-06 | 9 | Limerick |
| 8 | Michael Dwane | Offaly | 1-06 | 9 | Westmeath |
| 8 | Pat Kirby | Limerick | 0-09 | 9 | Tipperary |

### Miscellaneous

* On 13 April 2002, Carlow defeated Laois in the Leinster Championship for the first time since 1956.
* Carlow's score of 7-21 against Wicklow was their highest ever points tally in the history of the Leinster Championship.
