The 2000 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 70th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 22 April 2000 and ended on 10 September 2000.
Galway entered the championship as the defending champions.
On 10 September 2000, Galway won the championship following a 2-19 to 4-10 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title overall and their second title in-a-row.
Offaly's Brian Carroll was the championship's top scorer with 2-39.
Results Leinster Minor Hurling Championship
Round robin
Team1 Dublin 33009-314-341262 Offaly 32017-544-263743 Laois 31025-245-35-1124 Westmeath 30030-199-41-490
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 Average1Brian CarrollOffaly2-394567.502Shane O'NeillDublin9-083565.83Eoin KellyTipperary2-2935311.663Rory HanniffyOffaly5-163165.164Conor RyanDublin1-222564.165Kieran MurphyCork3-142345.756Ger FarragherGalway0-212137.007David O'CallaghanDublin3-141972.71Niall MoranLimerick0-191944.758David GreeneGalway4-031535.00Tomás O'LearyCork2-091543.75
Top scorers in a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Eoin KellyTipperary2-1117Limerick2Brian ColbertClare4-0214Kerry3Rory HanniffyOffaly2-0612Laois4Shane O'NeillDublin3-0211WexfordBrian CarrollOffaly1-0811LaoisEoin KellyTipperary0-1111LimerickBrian CarrollOffaly0-1111Westmeath5Kieran MurphyCork2-0410Galway6David O'CallaghanDublin2-039AntrimKieran MurphyCork1-069DublinGer FarragherGalway0-099LimerickDes MythenWexford0-099Dublin
References
External links All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: Roll Of Honour