The 2021 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 91st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 30 June 2021 and ended on 21 August 2021.
The 2021 championship was the first in over 90 years to begin before the previous year's championship had concluded. The number of participating teams also increased, with Down and Meath joining the Leinster Championship. Galway entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a fifth successive title.
The final, the first to be played at Semple Stadium in Thurles in over 30 years, was played on 21 August 2021 between Cork and Galway, in what was their first meeting in a final in four years. Cork won the match by 1-23 to 0-12 to claim their 19th championship title overall and their first title since 2001.
Cork's Jack Leahy was the championship's top scorer with 4-41.
Results Leinster Minor Hurling Championship Leinster round 1
Leinster round 2
Leinster quarter-finals
Leinster semi-finals
Leinster final
Munster Minor Hurling Championship Munster quarter-finals
Munster semi-finals
Munster final
All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship All-Ireland semi-final
All-Ireland final
Statistics Top scorers Top scorer overall Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Jack LeahyCork4-4153413.252Harry ShineKilkenny2-2834311.333Fionn MaherKildare0-292939.664Luke RocheWexford1-232638.665Denis McSweeneyDublin3-1221210.506Joe EnnisMeath2-131929.50Patrick FitzgeraldWaterford0-191929.508Darragh MinogueOffaly2-101628.009Rory BurkeGalway0-151527.5010Diarmuid HealyCork0-141443.50
In a single game Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Harry ShineKilkenny2-1521Offaly2Jack LeahyCork3-0918Clare3Jack LeahyCork1-1417Limerick4Fionn MaherKildare0-1515Carlow5Denis McSweeneyDublin2-0814MeathJoe EnnisMeath1-1114Westmeath7Adam ScreeneyOffaly1-0811KilkennyPatrick FitzgeraldWaterford0-1111TipperaryJack LeahyCork0-1111Waterford10Luke RocheWexford1-0710KildareRory BurkeGalway0-1010Kilkenny
Awards Team of the Year
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