# 2023 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship

The 2023 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship was the fifth staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 60th staging overall of a hurling championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship ran from 25 March to 4 June 2023.
Kilkenny entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Wexford in the Leinster semi-final.
The final was played on 4 June 2023 at FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles, between Cork and Offaly, in what was their first ever championship meeting. Cork won the match by 2-22 to 3-13 to claim their 14th championship title overall and a first title in two years.
Offaly's Adam Screeney was the championship's top scorer with 2-59.

## Leinster Under-20 Hurling Championship
### Leinster tier 1
#### Tier 1 group table

Advance to Leinster semi-final  Advance to Leinster quarter-final
    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Kilkenny 3201797454 2 Dublin 3201675984 3 Galway 31027277-52 4 Wexford 31025866-82

#### Tier 1 group fixtures and results
### Leinster tier 2
#### Tier 2 group 1 table

Advance to Leinster preliminary quarter-final
    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Offaly 33007437376 2 Westmeath 32017255174 3 Antrim 3102605282 4 Meath 30032890-620

#### Tier 2 group 2 table

Advance to Leinster preliminary quarter-final
    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Laois 33005626306 2 Kildare 3201424114 3 Kerry 31014657-112 4 Carlow 30023568-330

#### Tier 2 group 1 fixtures and results
### Leinster final
## Munster Under-20 Hurling Championship
### Munster table

Advance to Munster final  Advance to Munster semi-final
    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Cork 440010081198 2 Tipperary 4211958965 3 Clare 4121968794 4 Limerick 4112807913 5 Waterford 400473108-350

### Munster final
## All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
### All-Ireland final
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Adam Screeney | Offaly | 2-59 | 65 | 7 | 9.28 |
| 2 | Ben Cunningham | Cork | 2-54 | 60 | 6 | 10.00 |
| 3 | David Williams | Westmeath | 3-46 | 55 | 5 | 11.00 |
| 4 | Keith Smyth | Clare | 3-45 | 54 | 6 | 9.00 |
| 5 | Cian Byrne | Wexford | 1-46 | 49 | 6 | 8.16 |
| 6 | Patrick O'Donovan | Limerick | 0-38 | 38 | 4 | 9.50 |
| 7 | Cillian Dunne | Laois | 1-32 | 35 | 4 | 8.75 |
| 8 | Jack Leamy | Tipperary | 2-26 | 32 | 5 | 6.40 |
| 9 | Patrick Fitzgerald | Waterford | 1-26 | 29 | 3 | 9.66 |
| 9 | Ronan Walsh | Kerry | 1-26 | 29 | 3 | 9.66 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Billy Drennan | Kilkenny | 2-12 | 18 | Galway |
| 2 | Ben Cunningham | Cork | 1-13 | 16 | Tipperary |
| 3 | Adam Screeney | Offaly | 1-12 | 15 | Wexford |
| 4 | Patrick Fitzgerald | Waterford | 1-11 | 14 | Limerick |
| 4 | David Williams | Westmeath | 0-14 | 14 | Laois |
| 4 | Cian Byrne | Wexford | 0-14 | 14 | Offaly |
| 7 | Keith Smyth | Clare | 2-07 | 13 | Tipperary |
| 7 | Cillian Dunne | Laois | 1-10 | 13 | Westmeath |
| 7 | Cillian Dunne | Laois | 0-13 | 13 | Carlow |
| 10 | Jack Leamy | Tipperary | 2-06 | 12 | Waterford |

### Miscellaneous

* The Munster Championship game between Waterford and Limerick, scheduled for 22 March 2023, was postponed by three days due to an unplayable Fraher Field. Waterford's subsequent game against Clare was also postponed for a similar reason.
* Cork's Munster Championship victory put them one ahead of Tipperary and top of the all-time roll of honour with 22 titles.
* Offaly won the Leinster Championship for the first time since 2000.
* The All-Ireland final between Cork and Offaly was their first ever championship meeting.