The 2000 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 100th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 14 February 2000. The championship began on 23 April 2000 and ended on 10 September 2000.
Ballygunner were the defending champions.
On 3 September 2000, Mount Sion won the championship after a 1–20 to 0–09 defeat of Ballygunner in the final at Walsh Park. It was their 31st championship title overall and their first title since 1998.
Stradbally's Trevor Curran was the championship's top scorer with 1–38.
Team changes To Championship
Promoted from the Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship Shamrocks
From Championship
Relegated to the Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship Fourmilewater
Format change
At a meeting of the Waterford County Board on 14 February 2000, the proposal to restructure the championship format was voted on and overwhelmingly accepted by delegates. Chairman Paddy Joe Ryan's proposal to end the participation of group teams in the championship after a three-year trial period was also accepted. The new format allowed for the participation of 12 club teams. The four semi-finalists of the previous year were to be seeded so as not to meet in the opening round of six games. The six losing first round teams would be divided into two groups of three to play a round-robin series with the winning team in each group going forward to join the six first-round winners in an open draw for the quarter-finals.
Results First round
Losers' group Group A Group A table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffPassage22004633134Stradbally21013543−82Erin's Own20022732−50
Group A results
Group B Group B table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffRoanmore2110211743Tallow2110211653Shamrocks20021524−90
Group B results
Group B play-off
Relegation play-offs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Trevor CurranStradbally1–384166.832Kieran DelahuntyRoanmore4–17293Paul FlynnBallygunner1–262947.254Tony BrowneMount Sion2–182446.005Dave BennettLismore3–1423211.50Noel KellyErin's Own0–232354.606Alan BrettPassage1–182145.257Kevin O'KeeffeShamrocks0–202054.008Mark KennedyDe La Salle1–161936.339Anthony KirwanMount Sion1–131653.20
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Kieran DelahuntyRoanmore3-0716TallowDave BennettLismore2–1016Ballygunner2Alan BrettPassage1-0811StradballyPaul FlynnBallygunner1-0811Roanmore3Michael WhiteMount Sion1-0710Ballyduff UpperTony BrowneMount Sion1-0710De La SalleTony BrowneMount Sion1-0710BallygunnerKen McGrathMount Sion0–1010Stradbally4Roy HenleyTallow1-069Erin's OwnTrevor CurranStradbally0-099Mount SionMark KennedyDe La Salle0-099Mount Sion
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