2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887. The draw for the provincial fixtures took place on 12 November 2005. The championship began on 14 May 2006 and ended on 3 September 2006
Cork entered the championship as defending champions.
On 3 September 2006, Kilkenny won the championship after a 1-16 to 1-13 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. This was their 29th All-Ireland title overall and their first title since 2003.
Kilkenny's Henry Shefflin was the championship's top scorer with 2-47.Teams
Overview
Twelve teams participated in hurling's top tier in 2006.
For the first time since 1983, the Ulster champions were not represented in the wider All-Ireland series of games. Antrim, in spite of being Ulster champions in 2005, subsequently lost all of their All-Ireland qualifier games and were relegated to the Christy Ring Cup after being beaten by Offaly and Laois in the relegation play-offs.Results
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
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Group A
Table
Results
Group B
Table
Results
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics
Top scorers
;Overall
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 2-47 | 53 | 5 | 10.60 |
| 2 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 3-38 | 47 | 4 | 11.75 |
| 3 | James Young | Laois | 1-33 | 36 | 4 | 9.00 |
| 4 | Niall Gilligan | Clare | 3-26 | 35 | 6 | 5.83 |
| 5 | David Curtin | Dublin | 0-34 | 34 | 5 | 6.80 |
| 6 | Joe Deane | Cork | 0-32 | 32 | 5 | 6.40 |
| 7 | Andrew Mitchell | Westmeath | 0-30 | 30 | 6 | 5.00 |
| 8 | Dave Bennett | Waterford | 0-27 | 27 | 5 | 5.40 |
| 9 | Ger Farragher | Galway | 1-22 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
| 10 | Brian Carroll | Offaly | 0-24 | 24 | 5 | 4.80 |
;In a single game
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 1-13 | 16 | Clare |
| 1 | James Young | Laois | 1-13 | 16 | Westmeath |
| 2 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 2-09 | 15 | Waterford |
| 3 | Alan Kerins | Galway | 4-02 | 14 | Laois |
| 3 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 0-14 | 14 | Limerick |
| 4 | Niall Gilligan | Clare | 2-05 | 11 | Dublin |
| 4 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 0-11 | 11 | Galway |
| 5 | Derek Quinn | Clare | 1-07 | 10 | Offaly |
| 5 | Barry Foley | Limerick | 1-07 | 10 | Offaly |
| 5 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 1-07 | 10 | Wexford |
