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 Average1Patrick CurranWaterford3-566588.132Alan MurphyKilkenny4-455769.503Stephen BennettWaterford9-113884.754Ronan LynchLimerick2-253147.755Bobby DugganClare3-1625212.506Josh KeaneTipperary2-1622211.007Pa O'CallaghanCork2-1622211.008Conor JohnsonAntrim0-202036.66Dylan MurrayOffaly0-202036.6610Evan DempseyKildare5-041928.50
Top scorer in a single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition1Alan MurphyKilkenny3-0615KildareJosh KeaneTipperary2-0915Waterford3Bobby DugganClare2-0814Cork4Conor McDonaldWexford3-0413Kilkenny5Pa O'CallaghanCork2-0612ClareRonan LynchLimerick1-0912WaterfordPatrick CurranCork0-1212Cork8Michael KennyKilkenny3-0211KildareStephen BennettWaterford3-0211LimerickEvan DempseyKildare3-0211WicklowBobby DugganClare1-0811WaterfordPatrick CurranWaterford0-1111Tipperary
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.
External links Leinster Minor Hurling Championship Munster Minor Hurling Championship
References