All-Ireland Under-20 B Hurling Championship

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GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 B Championship
Current season or competition:
Current event clock.svg 2024 All-Ireland Under-20 B Hurling Championship
Irish Craobh Iomána Fé-20 B na hÉireann
Code Hurling
Founded1998
Region Ireland (GAA)
TrophyRichie McElligott Cup
No. of teams8
Title holders Colours of Down.svg Down (2nd title)
First winner Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry
Most titles Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry (10 titles)
Sponsors Bord Gáis Energy
TV partner(s) TG4
Official website http://www.gaa.ie/

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 (previously Under-21) B Championship, the second tier competition in hurling is an annual series of games for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The 2019 competition was the first at the Under 20 age level.

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The final is currently played in April or May and the winning county receives the Richie McElligott Cup, which is named in honour of the late great Kerry stalwart Richie McElligott of the Lixnaw club and was first presented in 2015.

The championship is played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated.

Teams that are deemed ineligible or "too weak" for the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 Championship participate in the B championship. It is one of the few All-Ireland championships not to be run on a provincial basis.

Down are the current holders having beaten Roscommon in the 2024 final at Croke Park in Dublin, on a 0-20 to 0-11 scoreline. [1] It is Derry's second title at this grade, and second in three years.

The 2020 competition was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic..

Qualification

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 B Championship features eight teams in the final tournament. Seven teams gain automatic entry to the All-Ireland quarter-final stages while the winners of the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 C Championship make up the eight quarter-final teams.

List of finals

List of All-Ireland finals

YearDateWinnersRunners-upVenueWinning captain(s)Winning marginReferee
CountyScoreCountyScore
2024 [2] 25 May Down 0-20 Roscommon 0-11 Croke Park Michael Dorrian9
2023 [3] 6 May Derry 3-17 Roscommon 2-14 Croke Park Keelen Doherty6
2022 [4] 30 April Down 2-15 Roscommon 0-15 Breffni Park, CavanLukas Boyd6
2021 [5] 11 August Meath 2-19 Derry 0-19 Páirc Esler, NewryCian Kelly6
2020No championship
2019 [6] 3 August Kerry 3-22 Down 0-12 Páirc Tailteann, NavanAdam O'Sullivan19
2018 [7] 4 August Kerry 2-20 Derry 0-11 Nowlan Park, KilkennyJason Diggins15
2017 [8] 9 September Kerry 2-12 Wicklow 2-08 Semple Stadium Darragh Shanahan4
2016 [9] 10 September Meath 1-20 Mayo 0-15 Semple Stadium Jack Regan8
2015 [10] 12 September Wicklow 2-17 Meath 2-15 Semple Stadium Gavin Weir2
2014 [11] 13 September Kildare 1-14 Roscommon 1-11 Semple Stadium Gerry Keegan 3
201314 September Kerry 1-21 Kildare 4-10 Semple Stadium Brendan O'Leary2
201215 September Roscommon 3-17 Kildare 3-16 Semple Stadium Peter Kellehan1
2011 [12] 10 September Kerry 0-16 Westmeath 1-09 Semple Stadium Jason Bowler4
201011 September Kerry 0-22 Meath 0-12 Semple Stadium Shane Nolan 10
2009 [13] 12 September Kerry 2-18 Roscommon 1-15 Cusack Park, EnnisAlan Kelly6
2008 [14] 13 September Carlow 2-14 Kerry 0-07 MacDonagh Park, Nenagh13
2007 [15] 5 August Roscommon 0-13 Kerry 0-08 Semple Stadium Michael Kelly5
2006 [16] 22 July Laois 6-10 Mayo 1-11Athleague, County Roscommon14
2005 [17] 10 September Meath 1-17 Kerry 0-16 MacDonagh Park, Nenagh4
2004 [18] 3 July Laois 5-18 Donegal 0-08 Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon James Walsh25
2003 [19] 23 August Westmeath 3-10 Mayo 0-11 Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon Brendan Murtagh8
2002 [20] 24 August Kerry 3-16 Carlow 2-10 Semple Stadium Garry O'Brien9
2001 [21] 28 October Kerry 0-12 Carlow 0-10Tipperary, County TipperaryDavid Slattery2
20007 August Westmeath 3-19 Kerry 4-15 MacDonagh Park, Nenagh1
199921 August Meath 3-10 Kerry 2-11 Toomevara, County Tipperary2
1998 [22] 30 August Kerry 3-09 Kildare 0-17 Croke Park Willie Joe Leen1

Roll of honour

Performance by county

#TeamWinsYears won
1 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 101998, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019
2 Colours of Meath.svg Meath 41999, 2005, 2016, 2021
3 Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 22000, 2003
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 22004, 2006
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 22007, 2012
Colours of Down.svg Down 22022, 2024
7 Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 12008
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 12014
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 12015
Colours of Derry.svg Derry 12023

Performance by province

#ProvinceTitlesMost recent year won
1Leinster112021
2Munster102019
3Ulster32024
4Connacht22012

Team records and statistics

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All-Ireland titles, is as follows:

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