# 2012 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

The 2012 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 48th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment in 1964. The draw for the 2012 fixtures took place in late 2011. The championship began on 6 June 2012 and ended on 15 September 2012. Galway were the defending champions.
Clare won the All-Ireland final after defeating Kilkenny by 2–17 to 2–11.

## Results
### Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship

| Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Leinster final | Leinster final | Leinster final |
| Wexford | Wexford | 1-19 | | | | | | |
| Offaly | Offaly | 0-10 | Wexford | Wexford | 4-6 | | | |
| | | | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | 3-20 | | | |
| | | | | | | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | 4-24 |
| | | | | | | Laois | Laois | 1-13 |
| | | | Laois | Laois | 0-15 | | | |
| Laois | Laois | 2-14 | Carlow | Carlow | 0-14 | | | |
| Dublin | Dublin | 0-17 | | | | | | |

### Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

| Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Munster final | Munster final | Munster final |
| | | | Waterford | Waterford | 0-9 | | | |
| | | | Clare | Clare | 2-22 | | | |
| | | | | | | Clare | Clare | 1-16 |
| | | | | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 1-14 |
| | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 1-16 | | | |
| Cork | Cork | 0-17 | Limerick | Limerick | 1-11 | | | |
| Tipperary | Tipperary | 0-18 | | | | | | |

### Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship

| Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Ulster final | Ulster final | Ulster final |
| | | | Down | Down | 2-10 | | | |
| | | | Derry | Derry | 3-15 | | | |
| | | | | | | Derry | Derry | 1-12 |
| | | | | | | Antrim | Antrim | 2-20 |
| | | | Antrim | Antrim | 1-18 | | | |
| Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 0-11 | Armagh | Armagh | 0-11 | | | |
| Armagh | Armagh | 4-15 | | | | | | |

### All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
## Championship statistics
### Miscellaneous

* Laois qualify for the Leinster final for the first time since the 1990 championship.
* Clare win their second ever Munster title.
* The All-Ireland semi-final meeting between Antrim and Clare is the teams' first meeting in the history of the championship.

## Top scorers
### Season

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Cathal O'Connell | Clare | 1-26 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 |
| 2 | John O'Dwyer | Tipperary | 1-25 | 28 | 3 | 9.33 |
| 3 | Kevin Kelly | Kilkenny | 0-27 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |
| 4 | Ger Aylward | Kilkenny | 4-12 | 24 | 4 | 6.00 |
| 5 | Stephen Maher | Laois | 0-23 | 23 | 3 | 7.66 |
| 6 | John Power | Kilkenny | 6-03 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 7 | Shane Farren | Derry | 3-11 | 20 | 2 | 10.00 |
| 8 | Conor McCann | Antrim | 2-09 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 9 | Conor McGrath | Clare | 3-05 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
| 10 | Walter Walsh | Kilkenny | 2-07 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 |

### Single game

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Shane Farren | Derry | 2-07 | 13 | Down |
| 2 | Ger Aylward | Kilkenny | 2-05 | 11 | Laois |
| 2 | Shane Dowling | Limerick | 1-08 | 11 | Tipperary |
| 4 | Cathal O'Connell | Clare | 0-10 | 10 | Waterford |
| 5 | Cathal O'Connell | Clare | 1-06 | 9 | Kilkenny |
| 5 | Jamie Coughlan | Cork | 0-09 | 9 | Tipperary |
| 5 | John O'Dwyer | Tipperary | 0-09 | 9 | Limerick |
| 5 | John O'Dwyer | Tipperary | 0-09 | 9 | Cork |
| 5 | Kevin Kelly | Kilkenny | 0-09 | 9 | Wexford |
| 10 | Lorcan McMullan | Down | 2-02 | 8 | Derry |
| 10 | Conor McCann | Antrim | 1-05 | 8 | Armagh |
| 10 | Gary Moore | Wexford | 0-08 | 8 | Offaly |
| 10 | Stephen Maher | Laois | 0-08 | 8 | Dublin |
| 10 | Stephen Maher | Laois | 0-08 | 8 | Carlow |
| 10 | Niall Burke | Galway | 0-08 | 8 | Kilkenny |