The 2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship was the fourth staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 59th staging overall of a hurling championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship began on 2 April 2022 and ended on 22 May 2022.
Cork entered the championship as defending champions in search of a third successive title, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.
The final was played on 22 May 2022 at Semple Stadium in Thurles, between Kilkenny and Limerick, in what was their first meeting in a final in five years. Kilkenny won the match by 0-19 to 0-18 to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first title since 2008.
Kilkenny's Billy Drennan was the championship's top scorer with 1-40.
Format change
For the first time in its history, the Munster Under-20 Championship replaced its traditional straight knockout format with a group stage. This guaranteed all teams at least two games. The All-Ireland semi-finals, which featured the defeated provincial finalists in 2018 and 2019, will be discontinued.
Leinster Under-20 Hurling Championship Leinster round 1
Leinster round 2
Leinster quarter-finals
Leinster semi-finals
Leinster final
Munster Under-20 Hurling Championship Munster group stage Group 1 table
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|- align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |1||align=left| Limerick ||2||2||0||0||44||37||7||4
|- align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |2||align=left| Cork ||2||1||0||1||44||48||-4||2
|3||align=left| Clare ||2||0||0||2||35||38||-3||0
Group 1 fixtures
Group 2 table
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|- align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |1||align=left| Tipperary ||2||2||0||0||51||36||15||4 |- align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |2||align=left| Waterford ||2||1||0||1||55||42||13||2
|3||align=left| Kerry ||2||0||0||2||28||56||-28||0
Group 2 fixtures
Munster semi-finals
Munster final
All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship Final All-Ireland final
Statistics Top scorers Top scorers overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Billy DrennanKilkenny1-4043410.752Aidan O'ConnorLimerick0-404058.003Cian ByrneWexford0-363649.004Kyle ShellyTipperary2-243047.50Aaron RyanWaterford0-3030310.006Ben CunninghamCork0-222237.337Shane WilliamsWestmeath0-171728.508Pádraig FitzgeraldWaterford3-071635.339Dan DelaneyLaois0-151535.00Cillian DunneLaois0-151535.00
Top scorers in a single game Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Billy DrennanKilkenny0-1717Galway2Kyle ShellyTipperary1-1013Waterford3Aaron RyanWaterford0-1212KerryLiam CollinsGalway0-1212Kilkenny5Fiach O'TooleCarlow1-0811Westmeath6Pádraig FitzgeraldWaterford2-0410KerryBilly DrennanKilkenny1-0710OffalyCian ByrneWexford0-1010DublinAidan O'ConnorLimerick0-1010WaterfordAidan O'ConnorLimerick0-1010KilkennyFionn MaherKildare0-1010MeathAaron RyanWaterford0-1010TipperaryBen CunninghamCork0-1010LimerickCian ByrneWexford0-1010Kilkenny
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