# 2017 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

The 2017 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 87th 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 5 April 2017 and ended on 3 September 2017.
Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in a Munster semi-final replay.
On 3 September 2017 Galway won the championship following a 2-17 to 2-15 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their 11th All-Ireland title and their first in two championship seasons.

## Participating teams

| Team | Colours | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | Colours | All-Ireland | Provincial |
| Antrim | | | 2016 |
| Armagh | | | |
| Carlow | | | |
| Clare | | 1997 | 2011 |
| Cork | | 2001 | 2008 |
| Donegal | | | |
| Down | | | 2012 |
| Dublin | | 1965 | 2016 |
| Galway | | 2015 | |
| Kildare | | | |
| Kilkenny | | 2014 | 2015 |
| Laois | | | 1964 |
| Limerick | | 1984 | 2014 |
| Meath | | | 1929 |
| Offaly | | 1989 | 2000 |
| Tipperary | | 2016 | 2016 |
| Waterford | | 2013 | 2009 |
| Westmeath | | | |
| Wicklow | | | |
| Wexford | | 1968 | 1985 |

## Provincial Championships
### Leinster Minor Hurling Championship

First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### Munster Minor Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final

### Ulster Minor Hurling Championship

Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

## Statistics
### Top scorers
#### Top scorers overall

| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Brian Turnbull | Cork | 1-51 | 54 | 6 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Seán Currie | Dublin | 2-47 | 53 | 5 | 10.60 |
| 3 | Adrian Mullen | Kilkenny | 3-42 | 51 | 5 | 10.20 |
| 4 | Mikey Mullen | Meath | 1-29 | 32 | 3 | 10.66 |
| 5 | Paul O'Brien | Limerick | 0-30 | 30 | 3 | 10.00 |
| 6 | Ross Banville | Wexford | 0-28 | 28 | 3 | 9.33 |
| 6 | Daire Connery | Cork | 0-28 | 28 | 6 | 4.67 |
| 8 | Oisín Bennett | Laois | 1-21 | 24 | 4 | 6.00 |
| 9 | Jack Canning | Galway | 4-09 | 21 | 3 | 7.00 |
| 10 | Ciarán Tobin | Kildare | 1-17 | 20 | 2 | 10.00 |

#### Top scorers in a single game

| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Seán Currie | Dublin | 2-13 | 19 | Antrim |
| 2 | Mikey Mullen | Meath | 1-11 | 14 | Westmeath |
| 3 | Brian Turnbull | Cork | 0-13 | 13 | Dublin |
| 4 | Adrian Mullen | Kilkenny | 1-09 | 12 | Dublin |
| 4 | Seán Elliott | Antrim | 1-09 | 12 | Down |
| 4 | Richie Mullan | Derry | 1-09 | 12 | Donegal |
| 4 | Adrian Mullen | Kilkenny | 1-09 | 12 | Wexford |
| 4 | Seán Currie | Dublin | 0-12 | 12 | Wexford |
| 4 | Adrian Mullen | Kilkenny | 0-12 | 12 | Westmeath |
| 10 | Adrian Mullen | Kilkenny | 1-08 | 11 | Laois |
| 10 | Ross Banville | Wexford | 0-11 | 11 | Dublin |
| 10 | Paul O'Brien | Limerick | 0-11 | 11 | Tipperary |

## Awards

Team of the Year
* Darach Fahy
* Caimin Kelleher
* Seán O'Leary-Hayes
* Darren Morrissey
* Aidan McCarthy
* James Keating
* Lee Gannon
* Daire Connery
* Conor Fahey
* Brian Roche
* Seán Currie
* Adrian Mullen
* Seán Bleahene
* Jack Canning
* Brian Turnbull