The 2008 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 78th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 29 March 2008 and ended on 7 September 2008.
Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a third successive title, however, they were beaten by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final.
On 7 September 2008 Kilkenny won the championship following a 3-6 to 0-13 defeat of Galway in a replay of the All-Ireland final. This was their 19th All-Ireland title overall and their first title since 2003.
Wexford's Michael O'Hanlon was the championship's top scorer with 3-37.
Results Leinster Minor Hurling Championship
Group 1A
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffCarlow11002-131-0972Offaly20112-193-23-71Dublin10011-101-20-100
Group 1B
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffKilkenny22009-291-23304Wexford21015-345-23112Laois20023-1911-36-410
Group 2
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffKildare33003-421-24246Meath32016-343-20234Westmeath310210-380-20482Wicklow30032-0814-54-820
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Minor Hurling Championship
Quarter-finals
Play-off
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster Minor Hurling Championship
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Top scorer overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Michael O'HanlonWexford3-37462Joe BrennanKilkenny1-313465.663Simon O'BrienCork1-262955.80Noel McGrathTipperary1-262955.80
Miscellaneous
The Leinster Championship game between Westmeath and Wicklow went ahead in spite of the latter team only fielding 13 players. They were reduced to just 12 players during the first half when a player went off injured. After training by 9-22 to no score, the Wicklow players refused to line out for the second half and the match was awarded to Kildare.
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