# All-Ireland Under-20 B Hurling Championship

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.
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. 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

| Year | Date | Winners | Winners | Runners-up | Runners-up | Venue | Winning captain(s) | Winning margin | Referee |
| Year | Date | County | Score | County | Score | Venue | Winning captain(s) | Winning margin | Referee |
| 2024 | 25 May | Down | 0-20 | Roscommon | 0-11 | Croke Park | Michael Dorrian | 9 | |
| 2023 | 6 May | Derry | 3-17 | Roscommon | 2-14 | Croke Park | Keelen Doherty | 6 | |
| 2022 | 30 April | Down | 2-15 | Roscommon | 0-15 | Breffni Park, Cavan | Lukas Boyd | 6 | |
| 2021 | 11 August | Meath | 2-19 | Derry | 0-19 | Páirc Esler, Newry | Cian Kelly | 6 | |
| 2020 | No championship | No championship | No championship | No championship | No championship | No championship | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| 2019 | 3 August | Kerry | 3-22 | Down | 0-12 | Páirc Tailteann, Navan | Adam O'Sullivan | 19 | |
| 2018 | 4 August | Kerry | 2-20 | Derry | 0-11 | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny | Jason Diggins | 15 | |
| 2017 | 9 September | Kerry | 2-12 | Wicklow | 2-08 | Semple Stadium | Darragh Shanahan | 4 | |
| 2016 | 10 September | Meath | 1-20 | Mayo | 0-15 | Semple Stadium | Jack Regan | 8 | |
| 2015 | 12 September | Wicklow | 2-17 | Meath | 2-15 | Semple Stadium | Gavin Weir | 2 | |
| 2014 | 13 September | Kildare | 1-14 | Roscommon | 1-11 | Semple Stadium | Gerry Keegan | 3 | |
| 2013 | 14 September | Kerry | 1-21 | Kildare | 4-10 | Semple Stadium | Brendan O'Leary | 2 | |
| 2012 | 15 September | Roscommon | 3-17 | Kildare | 3-16 | Semple Stadium | Peter Kellehan | 1 | |
| 2011 | 10 September | Kerry | 0-16 | Westmeath | 1-09 | Semple Stadium | Jason Bowler | 4 | |
| 2010 | 11 September | Kerry | 0-22 | Meath | 0-12 | Semple Stadium | Shane Nolan | 10 | |
| 2009 | 12 September | Kerry | 2-18 | Roscommon | 1-15 | Cusack Park, Ennis | Alan Kelly | 6 | |
| 2008 | 13 September | Carlow | 2-14 | Kerry | 0-07 | MacDonagh Park, Nenagh | | 13 | |
| 2007 | 5 August | Roscommon | 0-13 | Kerry | 0-08 | Semple Stadium | Michael Kelly | 5 | |
| 2006 | 22 July | Laois | 6-10 | Mayo | 1-11 | Athleague, County Roscommon | | 14 | |
| 2005 | 10 September | Meath | 1-17 | Kerry | 0-16 | MacDonagh Park, Nenagh | | 4 | |
| 2004 | 3 July | Laois | 5-18 | Donegal | 0-08 | Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon | James Walsh | 25 | |
| 2003 | 23 August | Westmeath | 3-10 | Mayo | 0-11 | Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon | Brendan Murtagh | 8 | |
| 2002 | 24 August | Kerry | 3-16 | Carlow | 2-10 | Semple Stadium | Garry O'Brien | 9 | |
| 2001 | 28 October | Kerry | 0-12 | Carlow | 0-10 | Tipperary, County Tipperary | David Slattery | 2 | |
| 2000 | 7 August | Westmeath | 3-19 | Kerry | 4-15 | MacDonagh Park, Nenagh | | 1 | |
| 1999 | 21 August | Meath | 3-10 | Kerry | 2-11 | Toomevara, County Tipperary | | 2 | |
| 1998 | 30 August | Kerry | 3-09 | Kildare | 0-17 | Croke Park | Willie Joe Leen | 1 | |

## Roll of honour
### Performance by county

| # | Team | Wins | Years won |
| 1 | Kerry | 10 | 1998, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| 2 | Meath | 4 | 1999, 2005, 2016, 2021 |
| 3 | Westmeath | 2 | 2000, 2003 |
| 3 | Laois | 2 | 2004, 2006 |
| 3 | Roscommon | 2 | 2007, 2012 |
| 3 | Down | 2 | 2022, 2024 |
| 7 | Carlow | 1 | 2008 |
| 7 | Kildare | 1 | 2014 |
| 7 | Wicklow | 1 | 2015 |
| 7 | Derry | 1 | 2023 |

### Performance by province

| # | Province | Titles | Most recent year won |
| 1 | Leinster | 11 | 2021 |
| 2 | Munster | 10 | 2019 |
| 3 | Ulster | 3 | 2024 |
| 4 | Connacht | 2 | 2012 |

## Team records and statistics
### By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All-Ireland titles, is as follows:
* 1990s: 1 for Kerry and Meath
* 2000s: 3 for Kerry
* 2010s: 6 for Kerry
* 2020s: 2 for Down