# 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship

The 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship was the inaugural staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 56th staging overall of a hurling championship for players between the minor and senior grades. Prior to 2019 an All-Ireland Under-21 Championship was held. The championship began on 25 May 2019 and ended on 24 August 2019.
Tipperary were the defending champions and went on to retain the title.
On 24 August 2019, Tipperary won the championship following a 5-17 to 1-18 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their 11th All-Ireland title overall and their second title in succession.
Offaly's Cathal Kiely was the championship's top scorer with 0-44.

## Team summaries

| Team | Colours | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | Colours | All-Ireland | Provincial |
| Antrim | Saffron and white | | 2016 |
| Carlow | Green, red and yellow | | |
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 2014 | 2014 |
| Cork | Red and white | 1998 | 2018 |
| Dublin | Blue and navy | | 2016 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 2011 | 2018 |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 2008 | 2017 |
| Laois | Blue and white | | 1983 |
| Limerick | Green and white | 2017 | 2017 |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | | 2000 |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 2018 | 2010 |
| Waterford | White and blue | 2016 | 2016 |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | | |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1965 | 2015 |

## Provincial championships
### Leinster Under-20 Hurling Championship

Play-off round 1
Play-off round 2
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### Munster Under-20 Hurling Championship

Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

## All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship

Semi-finals
The Leinster champions play the Munster beaten finalists and the Munster champions play the Leinster beaten finalists.
Final

## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Top scorers overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Cathal Kiely | Offaly | 0-44 | 44 | 4 | 11.00 |
| 2 | Jake Morris | Tipperary | 2-29 | 35 | 4 | 8.75 |
| 3 | Ciarán Whelan | Carlow | 1-23 | 26 | 2 | 13.00 |
| 4 | Ross Banville | Wexford | 0-25 | 25 | 3 | 8.33 |
| 5 | Niall Brassil | Kilkenny | 0-24 | 24 | 4 | 6.00 |
| 6 | Billy Seymour | Tipperary | 4-11 | 23 | 4 | 5.75 |
| 6 | Tommy O'Connell | Cork | 2-17 | 23 | 5 | 4.60 |
| 8 | Brian Turnbull | Cork | 0-20 | 20 | 5 | 4.00 |
| 9 | Shane O'Regan | Cork | 1-16 | 19 | 5 | 3.80 |
| 10 | Conor Bowe | Tipperary | 3-09 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 10 | Seán Elliott | Antrim | 2-12 | 18 | 1 | 18.00 |
| 10 | Eoin Cody | Kilkenny | 1-15 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |

#### Top scorers in a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Cathal Kiely | Offaly | 0-20 | 20 | Dublin |
| 2 | Seán Elliott | Antrim | 2-12 | 18 | Carlow |
| 3 | Cian Derwin | Dublin | 0-16 | 16 | Offaly |
| 4 | Tommy O'Connell | Cork | 1-10 | 13 | Kilkenny |
| 4 | Ciarán Whelan | Carlow | 1-10 | 13 | Offaly |
| 4 | Jake Morris | Tipperary | 0-13 | 13 | Waterford |
| 4 | Ciarán Whelan | Carlow | 0-13 | 13 | Antrim |
| 8 | Billy Seymour | Tipperary | 2-05 | 11 | Cork |
| 9 | Cathal Kiely | Offaly | 0-10 | 10 | Carlow |
| 9 | Ross Banville | Wexford | 0-10 | 10 | Offaly |