# 2016 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

The 2016 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 86th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. It is the primary inter-county hurling championship for boys under the age of eighteen. The championship began on 6 April 2016 and ended on 4 September 2016.
Galway entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the All-Ireland semi-final.
On 4 September 2016 Tipperary won the championship following a 1-21 to 0-17 defeat of Limerick in the All-Ireland final. This was their 20th All-Ireland title and their first in four championship seasons.

## Provincial championships
### Leinster Minor Hurling Championship
#### Leinster First Round

* The two tier 1 counties are given byes.
* The four tier 2 counties play in two matches.
* The four tier 3 counties play in two matches. The two beaten tier 3 teams are eliminated.
Tier 2
Tier 3

#### Leinster Second Round

The two tier 1 teams play the two winning tier 2 teams from the first round. The two winning teams advance to the semi-finals. The two beaten teams advance to the quarter-finals.
The two beaten tier 2 teams from the first round play the two winning tier 3 teams from the first round. The two winning teams advance to the quarter-finals. The two beaten teams are eliminated.

#### Leinster Quarter-Finals

The two beaten teams from the tier1 versus tier 2 matches in the second round play the two winning teams from the tier 2 versus tier 3 matches in the second round.

#### Leinster Final
### Munster Minor Hurling Championship
#### Munster Final
### Ulster Minor Hurling Championship
#### Ulster Final
## All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
### All-Ireland final
## Scoring statistics
### Overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Rory O'Connor | Wexford | 3-33 | 42 | 4 | 10.50 |
| 2 | Lyndon Fairbrother | Tipperary | 0-35 | 35 | 6 | 5.83 |
| 2 | Brian Ryan | Limerick | 0-35 | 35 | 6 | 5.83 |
| 4 | Conal Cunning | Antrim | 1-28 | 31 | 3 | 10.33 |
| 4 | Colin Currie | Dublin | 1-28 | 31 | 5 | 6.20 |
| 6 | Eoin Woods | Offaly | 2-21 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |
| 7 | Peter Farrell | Meath | 4-13 | 25 | 2 | 12.50 |
| 8 | Aaron Dunphy | Laois | 1-18 | 21 | 3 | 7.00 |
| 8 | Johnny McGuirk | Dublin | 1-18 | 21 | 5 | 4.20 |
| 10 | Cian Darcy | Tipperary | 4-8 | 20 | 6 | 3.33 |

### Top scorer in a single game

| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Peter Farrell | Meath | 4-7 | 19 | Wicklow |
| 2 | Rory O'Connor | Wexford | 2-10 | 16 | Offaly |
| 2 | Conal Cunning | Antrim | 1-13 | 16 | Derry |
| 4 | Colin Currie | Dublin | 1-10 | 13 | Kilkenny |
| 5 | Rory O'Connor | Wexford | 0-12 | 12 | Dublin |
| 6 | Cian Darcy | Tipperary | 3-2 | 11 | Galway |
| 6 | Brian Ryan | Limerick | 0-11 | 11 | Tipperary |
| 6 | Eoghan Murray | Waterford | 0-11 | 11 | Tipperary |
| 6 | Johnny McGuirk | Dublin | 0-11 | 11 | Laois |
| 10 | Ronan Byrne | Meath | 2-4 | 10 | Wicklow |
| 10 | Josh Beausang | Cork | 1-7 | 10 | Tipperary |
| 10 | Evan Niland | Galway | 1-7 | 10 | Antrim |
| 10 | Aaron Dunphy | Laois | 1-7 | 10 | Carlow |
| 10 | Brian Ryan | Limerick | 0-10 | 10 | Wexford |
| 10 | Lyndon Fairbrother | Tipperary | 0-10 | 10 | Waterford |
| 10 | Edmund Delaney | Kilkenny | 0-10 | 10 | Offaly |
| 10 | Paul O'Brien | Limerick | 0-10 | 10 | Waterford |
| 10 | Lyndon Fairbrother | Tipperary | 0-10 | 10 | Cork |
| 10 | Conal Cunning | Antrim | 0-10 | 10 | Down |
| 10 | Brian Ryan | Limerick | 0-10 | 10 | Dublin |