The 2004 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 41st staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament for players under the age of twenty-one. The championship began on 2 June 2004 and ended on 18 September 2004.
Kilkenny were the defending champions.
The All-Ireland final was played on 18 September 2004 at Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between Kilkenny and Tipperary, in what was their first meeting in a final in 9 years. Kilkenny won the match by 3-21 to 1-06 to claim their 9th championship title overall and a second title in succession.
Tipperary's Tony Scroope was the championship's top scorer with 5-20.
Results Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship
Semi-final
Final
All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Top scorers overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Tony ScroopeTipperary5-203548.752James FitzpatrickKilkenny1-293256.403Kieran MurphyCork1-131635.334Eoin ClarkeDown3-061535.00Richie PowerKilkenny1-121553.006Willie O'DwyerKilkenny1-111452.807J. J. McHughLaois1-1013113.00Brendan McGourtyDown0-131326.509Rory JacobWexford1-081125.5010Seán O'NeillKilkenny0-101025.00
Top scorers in a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1J. J. McHughLaois1-1013Kilkenny2Tony ScroopeTipperary3-0312LimerickTony ScroopeTipperary1-0912Down4Eoin ClarkeDown3-0211DerryJames FitzpatrickKilkenny0-1111LaoisBrendan McGourtyDown0-1111Antrim7Tony ScroopeTipperary1-069Cork8Karl StewartAntrim1-058DownJames FitzpatrickKilkenny0-088Galway10Conor QuinnDerry2-017DownRory JacobWexford0-077OffalyKieran MurphyCork0-077WaterfordRichie PowerKilkenny0-077Tipperary
References