# Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship

The Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship is an inter county competition between the Intermediate Hurling county teams in the province of Leinster. The Leinster Council organizes the series of games.
The winners of the championship each year progress to play the other provincial champions for a chance to win the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship.

## History

The championship was first played in 1961. The championship was abolished in 2017 and the counties now play in the Joe McDonagh Cup and the Christy Ring Cup.

## Teams
### Eligible teams

The championship is currently suspended but 9 counties would be eligible for the championship
| County | Qualification | Location | Stadium | Province | Championship titles | Last championship title |
| Dublin | Intermediate development team | Donnycarney | Parnell Park | Leinster | 4 | 1972 |
| Kildare | Christy Ring Cup team | Newbridge | St Conleth's Park | Leinster | 1 | 1969 |
| Kilkenny | Intermediate development team | Kilkenny | Nowlan Park | Leinster | 17 | 2017 |
| Laois | Joe McDonagh Cup team | Portlaoise | O'Moore Park | Leinster | 0 | — |
| Meath | Joe McDonagh Cup team | Navan | Páirc Tailteann | Leinster | 0 | — |
| Offaly | Joe McDonagh Cup team | Tullamore | O'Connor Park | Leinster | 0 | — |
| Westmeath | Joe McDonagh Cup team | Mullingar | Cusack Park | Leinster | 0 | — |
| Wexford | Intermediate development team | Wexford | Chadwicks Wexford Park | Leinster | 9 | 2014 |
| Wicklow | Christy Ring Cup team | Aughrim | Aughrim County Ground | Leinster | 1 | 1971 |

## Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team progresses to the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship.

## Roll of honour

| County | Title(s) | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
| Kilkenny | 17 | 7 | 1967, 1973, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 | 1962, 1963, 1964, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2014 |
| Wexford | 9 | 14 | 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2014 | 1966, 1972, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| Dublin | 4 | 3 | 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972 | 1971, 2003, 2008 |
| Carlow | 1 | 2 | 1962 | 1968, 1997 |
| Wicklow | 1 | 2 | 1971 | 1969, 1970 |
| Kildare | 1 | 1 | 1969 | 1967 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| Antrim | 0 | 1 | — | 1963 |
| Meath | 0 | 1 | — | 1973 |
| Laois | 0 | 1 | — | 1999 |

## List of finals

| Year | Winners | Winners | Runners-up | Runners-up |
| Year | County | Score | County | Score |
| 2018– | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 2017 | Kilkenny | 1-26 | Wexford | 1-08 |
| 2016 | Kilkenny | 3-14 | Wexford | 2-14 |
| 2015 | Galway | 1-20 | Wexford | 0-11 |
| 2014 | Wexford | 2-11 | Kilkenny | 0-14 |
| 2013 | Kilkenny | | Wexford | |
| 2012 | Kilkenny | 3-20 | Wexford | 2-14 |
| 2011 | Kilkenny | 2-19 | Wexford | 2-08 |
| 2010 | Kilkenny | 2-16 | Wexford | 0-13 |
| 2009 | Kilkenny | 0-12 | Wexford | 0-11 |
| 2008 | Kilkenny | 4-26 | Dublin | 3-15 |
| 2007 | Wexford | 2-11 | Kilkenny | 1-12 |
| 2006 | Kilkenny | 2-20 | Wexford | 0-08 |
| 2005 | Wexford | 0-14 | Kilkenny | 0-13 |
| 2004 | Kilkenny | 3-17 | Wexford | 1-10 |
| 2003 | Kilkenny | 4-20 | Dublin | 1-10 |
| 2002 | Wexford | 2-16 | Kilkenny | 0-19 |
| 2001 | Wexford | 5-13 | Laois | 1-09 |
| 2000 | Kilkenny | 2-12 | Wexford | 1-13 |
| 1999 | Kilkenny | 2-15 | Laois | 0-09 |
| 1998 | Kilkenny | 3-13 | Wexford | 0-11 |
| 1997 | Kilkenny | 5-15 | Carlow | 2-11 |
| 1974–96 | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition |
| 1973 | Kilkenny | 11-15 | Meath | 1-03 |
| 1972 | Dublin | 3-13 | Wexford | 3-04 |
| 1971 | Wicklow | 1-15 | Dublin | 2-09 |
| 1970 | Dublin | 4-09 | Wicklow | 3-10 |
| 1969 | Kildare | 3-16 | Wicklow | 4-06 |
| 1968 | Dublin | 2-14 | Carlow | 2-12 |
| 1967 | Kilkenny | 6-08 | Kildare | 2-08 |
| 1966 | Dublin | 2-09 | Wexford | 1-08 |
| 1965 | Wexford | 4-16 | Antrim | 3-08 |
| 1964 | Wexford | 1-09 | Kilkenny | 2-05 |
| 1963 | Wexford | 3-08 | Kilkenny | 3-06 |
| 1962 | Carlow | 2-11 | Kilkenny | 2-03 |
| 1961 | Wexford | 3-11 | Dublin | 2-10 |