Munster Minor Hurling Championship

The Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship. It is the highest inter-county hurling competition for male players under the age of 17 in the province of Munster, and has been contested every year since the 1928 championship.
The final, usually held on the first Sunday in July, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during May and June, and the results determine which team receives the TWA Cup. The championship was previously played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship, however, as of 2018 the championship will use a round-robin system.
The Munster Championship is an integral part of the wider GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship. The winners of the Munster final, like their counterparts in the Leinster Championship, are rewarded by advancing directly to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland series of games. The losers of the Munster final enter the All-Ireland series at the quarter-final group stage.
Five teams currently participate in the Munster Championship. Two of the most successful teams in the championship, namely Cork and Tipperary, play their provincial hurling in the Munster Championship. Between them, these teams have won the provincial title on 72 occasions while they have also claimed 38 All-Ireland titles.
The title has been won at least once by all six of the Munster counties, five of which have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Tipperary, who have won the competition 39 times. Limerick are the current champions.

Current format

Championship

There are five teams in the Munster Championship. During the course of a season each team plays the others once for a total of 10 games. Teams receive two points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points and then head-to-head results. The top two teams in the group contest the Munster final.

Qualification for the All-Ireland Championship

As of the 2018 championship qualification for the All-Ireland Championship has changed due to the introduction of a quarter-final group stage The Munster champions continue to receive a bye to the All-Ireland semi-final while the defeated Munster finalists enter the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Venues

Group stage

Fixtures in the five group stage rounds of the championship are played at the home ground of one of the two teams. Each team is guaranteed two home games. These games will be played as curtain raisers to their corresponding senior fixtures.

Final

The final has historically been played at either Semple Stadium, Páirc Uí Chaoimh or the Gaelic Grounds. As of the 2018 championship, the final will be played at one of these venues as per the home and away agreements between Cork, Limerick and Tipperary at senior level.

General statistics

Performance by county

Biggest Munster final wins

The most one sided Munster finals:
* 33 points – 1950: Tipperary 12–3 – 2–0 Clare
* 32 points – 1952: Tipperary 10–7 – 1–2 Clare
* 32 points – 1945: Tipperary 8–10 – 0–2 Clare
* 31 points – 1938: Cork 9–4 – 0–0 Kerry
* 25 points – 1939: Cork 8–3 – 0–2 Clare
* 24 points – 1956: Tipperary 10–10 – 4–4 Waterford
* 24 points – 1955: Tipperary 8–11 – 2–5 Waterford
* 24 points – 1929: Waterford 7–5 – 0–2 Tipperary
* 23 points – 1961: Tipperary 7–11 – 1–9 Cork
* 23 points – 1940: Limerick 8–3 – 0–4 Clare
List of Munster Finals

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Winning Captain
1928	Cork	3–04	Waterford	3–02	Gaelic Grounds	Chris Duggan
1929	Waterford	7–05	Tipperary	0–02	Fraher Field	Paddy Donnelly
1930	Tipperary	4–03	Cork	3–00	Mardyke	Jack Russell
1931	Tipperary	6–05	Waterford	6–03	Clonmel	William O'Neill
1932	Tipperary	7–08	Clare	3–00	Thurles Sportsfield	Denis O'Gorman
1933	Tipperary	3–01	Cork	2–02	Cork Athletic Grounds	Joe Fletcher
1934	Tipperary	3–06	Waterford	0–05	Cork Athletic Grounds	Phil Dwyer
1935	Tipperary	4–03	Cork	2–01	Cork Athletic Grounds	Con Maher
1936	Cork	6–05	Tipperary	1–04	Mitchelstown
1937	Cork	8–04	Limerick	3–02	Cork Athletic Grounds	Mick Goggin
1938	Cork	9–03	Kerry	0–00	Cork Athletic Grounds	Kevin McGrath
1939	Cork	8–03	Clare	0–02	Thurles Sportsfield	Teddy Barry
1940	Limerick	8–03	Clare	0–04	Thurles Sportsfield	Paddy McCarthy
1941	Cork	4–06	Tipperary	3–03	Gaelic Grounds	Seán Condon
1942–44	No championship	-	-	-	-	-
1945	Tipperary	8–10	Clare	0–02	Thurles Sportsfield	Pat Stakelum
1946	Tipperary	5–06	Cork	4–02	Thurles Sportsfield	Paddy Kenny
1947	Tipperary	2–04	Waterford	1–02	Thurles Sportsfield	Paddy Kenny
1948	Waterford	3–06	Tipperary	0–03	Thurles Sportsfield	Mick Flannelly
1949	Tipperary	5–06	Clare	5–05	Cork Athletic Grounds	John O'Grady
1950	Tipperary	12–03	Clare	2–00	FitzGerald Stadium	Gerry Doyle
1951	Cork	5–11	Limerick	1–03	Gaelic Grounds	Johnny Clifford
1952	Tipperary	10–07	Clare	1–02	Gaelic Grounds	Tony Wall
1953	Tipperary	3–11	Limerick	3–03	Gaelic Grounds	Billy Quinn
1954	Tipperary	3–05	Limerick	2–03	Gaelic Grounds	Larry Quinn
1955	Tipperary	8–11	Waterford	2–05	Gaelic Grounds	Ray Reidy
1956	Tipperary	10–10	Waterford	4–04	Thurles Sportsfield	Pat Ryan
1957	Tipperary	3–08	Limerick	1–04	Thurles Sportsfield	Jimmy Doyle
1958	Limerick	8–09	Waterford	2–05	Thurles Sportsfield	Paddy Cobbe
1959	Tipperary	5–08	Limerick	1–04	Thurles Sportsfield	Larry Kiely
1960	Tipperary	6–07	Cork	4–03	Thurles Sportsfield	John O'Donoghue
1961	Tipperary	7–11	Cork	1–06	Gaelic Grounds	Noel Hogan
1962	Tipperary	4–11	Cork	4–01	Gaelic Grounds	Michael 'Babs' Keating
1963	Limerick	4–12	Tipperary	5–04	Gaelic Grounds	Éamonn Cregan
1964	Cork	2–14	Tipperary	2–09	Gaelic Grounds	Kevin Cummins
1965	Limerick	5–05	Tipperary	3–09	Gaelic Grounds	Michael O'Flaherty
1966	Cork	6–07	Galway	2–08	Gaelic Grounds
1967	Cork	4–10	Limerick	0–03	Gaelic Grounds	Pat Moylan
1968	Cork	7–08	Waterford	4–02	Gaelic Grounds	Denis McCarthy
1969	Cork	1–12	Tipperary	2–04	Gaelic Grounds	Seán Collins
1970	Cork	3–08	Tipperary	4–04	Gaelic Grounds	Pat Kavanagh
1971	Cork	6–13	Clare	3–05	FitzGerald Stadium	Séamus Coughlan
1972	Cork	4–11	Limerick	0–03	Semple Stadium
1973	Tipperary	5–12	Limerick	5–04	Semple Stadium	Michael McCormack
1974	Cork	3–07 2–11	Tipperary	2–10 2–07	Semple Stadium Fraher Field	Billy Geaney
1975	Cork	3–16	Tipperary	1–07	Gaelic Grounds	Tom Cashman
1976	Tipperary	5–10	Limerick	5–06	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Joe Hogan
1977	Cork	2-08	Limerick	2-07	Semple Stadium	S. Hayes
1978	Cork	1–14	Tipperary	3–06	Semple Stadium	Pat Murphy
1979	Cork	3–17	Limerick	4–04	Semple Stadium	Christy Coughlan
1980	Tipperary	1–17	Limerick	1–04	Semple Stadium	Jim Maher
1981	Clare	3–13	Tipperary	3–11	Semple Stadium	John Lynch
1982	Tipperary	1–10	Limerick	1–07	Semple Stadium	John Kennedy
1983	Tipperary	3–15	Limerick	2–08	Semple Stadium	P.J. Lanigan
1984	Limerick	3–06	Tipperary	2–07	Semple Stadium	Anthony O'Riordan
1985	Cork	1–13	Tipperary	1–08	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Michael O'Mahony
1986	Cork	3–10 2–11	Tipperary	2–13 1–11	FitzGerald Stadium Kilmallock	Kieran Keane
1987	Tipperary	2–11	Cork	1–09	Semple Stadium	Michael O'Meara
1988	Cork	5-07	Limerick	1-02	Gaelic Grounds	K. O'Brien
1989	Clare	2–13	Limerick	2–12	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Pat Lee
1990	Cork	1-09	Clare	0-09	Semple Stadium	Peter Smith
1991	Tipperary	4-07	Limerick	1-05	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Adrian Hogan
1992	Waterford	4–07 2–10	Tipperary	3–10 0–14	Páirc Uí Chaoimh Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Paddy O'Donnell
1993	Tipperary	1–12	Cork	1–09	Gaelic Grounds	Kevin Tucker
1994	Cork	2–15	Waterford	0–09	Semple Stadium	Brian Hurley
1995	Cork	3–18	Waterford	0–10	Semple Stadium	Brian O'Keeffe
1996	Tipperary	2–19	Waterford	1–11	Gaelic Grounds	William Maher
1997	Tipperary	2–13	Clare	1–13	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Donnacha Fahy
1998	Cork	3–13	Clare	0–08	Semple Stadium	Cathal McCarthy
1999	Tipperary	1–13	Clare	2-07	Semple Stadium	Damien Young
2000	Cork	2–19	Limerick	1–10	Semple Stadium	Mark O'Connor
2001	Tipperary	1–13	Cork	1-06	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Diarmaid FitzGerald
2002	Tipperary	3-07	Cork	2-07	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Patrick McCormack
2003	Tipperary	2–12	Cork	0–16	Semple Stadium	David Morrissey
2004	Cork	2–13	Tipperary	3-08	Semple Stadium	Shane O'Neill
2005	Cork	2–18	Limerick	1–12	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Pa Cronin
2006	Cork	2–20	Tipperary	1–15	Semple Stadium	Patrick Horgan
2007	Tipperary	0–18	Cork	1–11	Semple Stadium	Brendan Maher
2008	Cork	0–19	Tipperary	0–18	Gaelic Grounds	Daniel Roche
2009	Waterford	0–18	Tipperary	1–13	Semple Stadium	Martin O'Neill
2010	Clare	1–16	Waterford	1–11	Semple Stadium	Paul Flanagan
2011	Clare	1–20	Waterford	3–09	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Tony Kelly
2012	Tipperary	1-16	Clare	1-12	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Bill Maher
2013	Limerick	1-20	Waterford	4-08	Semple Stadium	Richie English
2014	Limerick	0-24	Waterford	0-18	Semple Stadium	Cian Lynch
2015	Tipperary	0-20	Limerick	0-17	Semple Stadium	Darragh Peters
2016	Tipperary	1-24	Limerick	0-10	Gaelic Grounds	Brian McGrath
2017	Cork	4-21	Clare	0-16	Semple Stadium
2018	Tipperary	1-20	Limerick	1-12	Semple Stadium	Johnny Ryan
2019	Limerick	1-17	Clare	1-11	Gaelic Grounds	Michael Keane

Records and statistics

Teams

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Munster Minor Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

1920s: 1 each for Cork and Waterford
1930s: 6 for Tipperary
1940s: 4 for Tipperary
1950s: 8 for Tipperary
1960s: 5 for Cork
1970s: 8 for Cork
1980s: 4 for Tipperary
1990s: 5 for Tipperary
2000s: 5 for Cork
2010s: 4 for Tipperary
Gaps

The longest gaps between successive Munster titles:

44 years: Waterford
29 years: Limerick
21 years: Clare
19 years: Waterford
19 years: Limerick
18 years: Limerick
17 years: Waterford
13 years: Cork
11 years: Tipperary
10 years: Tipperary
10 years: Cork
Top scorers

Overall

Year	Name	Team	Score	Total
		Tipperary	2-11	17
		Limerick	3-10	19
		Tipperary	4-05	17
		Clare	3-10	19
		Tipperary	1-22	25
		Tipperary	4-02	14
		Cork	2-08	14
		Cork	2-09	15
		Limerick	2-09	15
		Cork	5-16	31
		Cork	1-10	13
		Waterford	6-15	33
		Tipperary	1-19	22
		Cork	2-12	18
		Waterford	0-16	16
		Tipperary	2-22	28
		Waterford	1-25	28
		Tipperary	0-17	17
		Waterford	1-12	15
		Clare	1-10	13
		Tipperary	2-29	35
		Cork	1-21	24
		Tipperary	4-14	26
		Clare	3-10	19
		Tipperary	2-13	19
		Clare	3-20	29
		Tipperary	3-20	29
		Limerick	3-24	33
		Cork	0-16	16
		Cork	3-17	26
		Cork	1-22	25
		Tipperary	3-29	38
		Clare	0-40	40
		Tipperary	0-26	26
		Clare	2-35	41
		Waterford	0-37	37
		Clare	6-28	46
		Limerick	1-27	30
		Tipperary	0-29	29
		Cork	0-33	33
		Limerick	1-38	41
		Limerick	1-43	46

Single game

Year	Name	Team	Score	Total
		Waterford	3-02	11
		Limerick	1-06	9
		Tipperary	3-02	11
		Clare	3-03	12
		Limerick	0-11	11
		Tipperary	2-01	7
		Tipperary	2-01	7
		Cork	1-04	7
		Cork	1-04	7
		Tipperary	1-04	7
		Tipperary	1-07	10
		Limerick	1-04	7
		Waterford	0-07	7
		Clare	0-07	7
		Limerick	0-07	7
		Cork	5-02	17
		Cork	3-02	11
		Waterford	3-06	15
		Tipperary	1-07	10
		Cork	1-06	9
		Waterford	0-08	8
		Tipperary	1-11	14
		Limerick	0-08	8
		Waterford	1-08	11
		Clare	1-07	10
		Tipperary	2-11	17
		Cork	1-11	14
		Tipperary	3-07	16
		Clare	2-04	10
		Clare	2-09	15
		Tipperary	1-12	15
		Limerick	2-07	13
		Cork	1-10	13
		Limerick	2-04	10
		Cork	3-04	13
		Cork	1-07	10
		Tipperary	2-06	12
		Waterford	1-13	16
		Cork	0-13	13
		Clare	1-12	15
		Tipperary	2-09	15
		Clare	1-13	16
		Limerick	0-13	13
		Waterford	0-11	11
		Limerick	0-11	11
		Waterford	2-05	11
		Limerick	0-11	11
		Cork	1-10	11
		Limerick	1-10	11

Finals

Year	Name	Team	Score	Total
		Tipperary	1-02	5
		Limerick	4-04	16
		Tipperary	1-04	7
		Tipperary	3-01	10
		Tipperary	3-00	9
		Tipperary	0-07	7
		Limerick	1-02	5
		Tipperary	1-02	5
		Cork	1-09	12
		Limerick	4-00	12
		Cork	2-01	7
		Galway	2-01	7
		Cork	1-04	7
		Cork	2-02	8
		Tipperary	2-03	9
		Cork	3-02	11
		Cork	0-06	6
		Cork	3-03	12
		Limerick	2-02	8
		Cork	2-03	9
		Cork	1-06	9
		Limerick	2-02	8
		Cork	0-05	5
		Tipperary	2-01	7
		Cork	1-04	7
		Tipperary	0-07	7
		Cork	0-09	9
		Tipperary	1-03	6
		Tipperary	2-01	7
		Limerick	0-07	7
		Tipperary	0-07	7
		Tipperary	1-03	6
		Limerick	1-03	6
		Cork	1-03	6
		Tipperary	0-09	9
		Tipperary	2-01	7
		Cork	1-04	7
		Cork	2-00	6
		Cork	1-03	6
		Limerick	0-07	7
		Cork	1-06	9
		Tipperary	3-01	10
		Waterford	3-06	15
		Tipperary	1-07	10
		Cork	1-04	7
		Cork	0-07	7
		Tipperary	1-11	14
		Tipperary	0-08	8
		Cork	0-08	8
		Tipperary	1-03	6
		Cork	0-06	6
		Tipperary	0-09	9
		Tipperary	2-03	9
		Tipperary	2-01	7
		Tipperary	2-02	8
		Cork	1-10	13
		Cork	0-07	7
		Tipperary	0-09	9
		Cork	0-05	5
		Tipperary	0-05	5
		Waterford	0-10	10
		Clare	1-03	6
		Clare	0-06	6
		Clare	0-10	10
		Tipperary	0-07	7
		Limerick	1-09	12
		Limerick	0-10	10
		Limerick	0-13	13
		Tipperary	1-04	7
		Tipperary	0-07	7
		Cork	0-08	8
		Tipperary	0-08	8
		Limerick	0-09	9

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