# 2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 121st staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 22 May 2007 and ended on 2 September 2007.
Kilkenny were the defending champions, and successfully retained their All-Ireland crown following a 2–19 to 1–15 defeat of Limerick. This put them on level terms with Cork on 30 titles.

## Team changes
### To Championship

Promoted from the Christy Ring Cup
* Antrim

### From Championship

Relegated to the Christy Ring Cup
* Westmeath

## Teams
### General information

Twelve counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team in the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and one team in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.
| County | Last provincial title | Last championship title | Position in 2006 Championship |
| Antrim | 2006 | — | Champions (Christy Ring Cup) |
| Clare | 1998 | 1997 | Semi-finals |
| Cork | 2006 | 2005 | Runners-up |
| Dublin | 1961 | 1938 | Qualifier Group B |
| Galway | 1999 | 1988 | Quarter-finals |
| Kilkenny | 2006 | 2006 | Champions |
| Laois | 1949 | 1915 | Qualifier Group A |
| Limerick | 1996 | 1973 | Quarter-finals |
| Offaly | 1995 | 1998 | Qualifier Group B |
| Tipperary | 2001 | 2001 | Quarter-finals |
| Waterford | 2004 | 1959 | Semi-finals |
| Wexford | 2004 | 1996 | Quarter-finals |
A total of twelve teams contested the championship, including eleven teams from the 2006 championship and new entrant. Westmeath were relegated in 2006 and contested the 2007 Christy Ring Cup, while Antrim, winners of the 2006 Christy Ring Cup, gained automatic promotion back to hurling's top tier.

### Team summaries
#### Personnel and kits

| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Captain(s) | Manager(s) |
| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Captain(s) | Manager(s) | Antrim | Saffron and white | Creagh Concrete | Seán Delargy | Terence McNaughton Dominic McKinley |
| Clare | Saffron and blue | Pat O'Donnell | Frank Lohan | Tony Considine |
| Cork | Red and white | O2 | Kieran Murphy | Gerald McCarthy |
| Dublin | Navy and blue | Arnotts | Philip Brennan | Tommy Naughton |
| Galway | Maroon and white | Supermac's | David Collins | Ger Loughnane |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | Glanbia | Henry Shefflin | Brian Cody |
| Laois | Blue and white | Heritage Hotel | Joe Fitzpatrick | Damien Fox |
| Limerick | Green and white | Sporting Limerick | James O'Brien Damien Reale | Richie Bennis |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | Carroll Cuisine | Rory Hanniffy | John McIntyre |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | Enfer | Benny Dunne | Michael "Babs" Keating |
| Waterford | White and blue | Yoplait Essence | Michael Walsh | Justin McCarthy |
| Wexford | Purple and Gold | Wexford Cheddar | Damien Fitzhenry | John Meyler |

## Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Wexford | Wexford | 2-14 | | | |
| | | | Dublin | Dublin | 3-10 | | | |
| | | | | | | Wexford | Wexford | 1-12 |
| | | | | | | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | 2-24 |
| | | | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | 1-27 | | | |
| Offaly | Offaly | 1-26 | Offaly | Offaly | 1-13 | | | |
| Laois | Laois | 0-10 | | | | | | |

### Final
## Munster Senior Hurling Championship

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Limerick | Limerick | 1-19, 1-24 (aet), 0-22 (aet) | | | |
| | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 1-19, 2-21 (aet), 2-13 (aet) | | | |
| | | | | | | Limerick | Limerick | 1-14 |
| | | | | | | Waterford | Waterford | 3-17 |
| | | | Waterford | Waterford | 5-15 | | | |
| Cork | Cork | 1-18 | Cork | Cork | 3-18 | | | |
| Clare | Clare | 1-11 | | | | | | |

### Final
## Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Antrim | Antrim | 4-16 | | | |
| | | | London | London | 3-08 | | | |
| | | | | | | Antrim | Antrim | 2-24 |
| | | | | | | Down | Down | 0-04 |
| | | | Down | Down | 1-13, 5-16 | | | |
| Derry | Derry | 1-14 | Derry | Derry | 0-16, 1-15 | | | |
| Armagh | Armagh | 0-16 | | | | | | |

## All-Ireland Qualifiers
### Group 1A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Clare | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7-45 | 3-40 | +17 | 6 | Advance to All-Ireland Quarter Finals |
| 2 | Galway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5-65 | 4-33 | +35 | 4 | Advance to All-Ireland Quarter Finals |
| 3 | Antrim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-47 | 6-65 | -24 | 2 | |
| 4 | Laois | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-38 | 6-57 | -28 | 0 | |

### Group 1B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tipperary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5-53 | 4-42 | +14 | 6 | Advance to All-Ireland Quarter-Finals |
| 2 | Cork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5-65 | 2-42 | +32 | 4 | Advance to All-Ireland Quarter-Finals |
| 3 | Offaly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-49 | 5-57 | -11 | 2 | |
| 4 | Dublin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-39 | 6-65 | -35 | 0 | |

## All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
### Bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final |
| Wexford | 3-10 | | | | |
| Tipperary | 1-14 | | | | |
| Tipperary | 1-14 | Wexford | 1-10 | | |
| | | Kilkenny | 0-23 | | |
| Kilkenny | 3-22 | Kilkenny | 0-23 | | |
| Galway | 1-18 | | | | |
| Galway | 1-18 | | | Kilkenny | 2-19 |
| | | | | Limerick | 1-15 |
| Limerick | 1-23 | | | | | Limerick | 1-15 |
| Clare | 1-16 | | | | |
| Clare | 1-16 | Limerick | 5-11 | | |
| | | Waterford | 2-15 | | |
| Waterford | 3-16, 2-17 | Waterford | 2-15 | | |
| Cork | 3-16, 0-20 | | | | |

### All-Ireland Final
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Andrew O'Shaughnessy | Limerick | 2-46 | 52 | 7 | 7.42 |
| 2 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 1-45 | 48 | 5 | 9.60 |
| 3 | Damien Murray | Offaly | 3-38 | 47 | 5 | 9.40 |
| 4 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 1-38 | 41 | 6 | 6.83 |
| 5 | James Young | Laois | 2-32 | 38 | 4 | 9.50 |
| 6 | Dan Shanahan | Waterford | 8-12 | 36 | 5 | 7.20 |
| 7 | Joe Deane | Cork | 0-34 | 34 | 7 | 4.85 |
| 8 | Ben O'Connor | Cork | 0-33 | 33 | 7 | 4.71 |
| 9 | Neil Ronan | Cork | 4-13 | 25 | 6 | 4.16 |
| 9 | Niall Gilligan | Clare | 3-16 | 25 | 5 | 5.00 |

#### Single game

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Damien Murray | Offaly | 1-12 | 15 | Laois |
| 1 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 1-12 | 15 | Offaly |
| 3 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 0-14 | 14 | Wexford |
| 4 | Andrew O'Shaughnessy | Limerick | 2-7 | 13 | Waterford |
| 5 | Dan Shanahan | Waterford | 3-3 | 12 | Limerick |
| 5 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 0-12 | 12 | Offaly |
| 7 | Damien Murray | Offaly | 1-8 | 11 | Kilkenny |
| 7 | James Young | Laois | 1-8 | 11 | Galway |
| 7 | Andrew O'Shaughnessy | Limerick | 0-11 | 11 | Clare |
| 7 | Kerril Wade | Galway | 0-11 | 11 | Antrim |

### Scoring events

* Widest winning margin: 25 points
** Galway 2-31 - 1-09 Antrim (Qualifier round 3)
* Most goals in a match: 8
** Waterford 5-15 - 3-18 Cork (Munster semi-final)
* Most points in a match: 40
** Kilkenny 1-27 - 1-13 Offaly (Leinster semi-final)
** Galway 2-31 - 1-09 Antrim (Qualifier round 3)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 5
** Waterford 5-15 - 3-18 Cork (Munster semi-final)
** Limerick 5-11 - 2-15 Waterford (Semi-final)
* Most points by one team in a match: 31
** Galway 2-31 - 1-09 Antrim (Qualifier round 3)
* Highest aggregate score: 57 points
** Waterford 5-15 - 3-18 Cork (Munster semi-final)
* Lowest aggregate score: 30 points
** Clare 2-10 - 0-14 Galway (Qualifier round 2)

## Miscellaneous

* In winning the All-Ireland title, Kilkenny claim their 30th championship and draw level with Cork at the top of the all-time roll of honour.
* For the first time since 1998, neither Cork nor Tipperary reached the Munster final.
* The Munster final meeting of Limerick and Waterford is their first meeting in a provincial decider since 1934.
* Limerick qualify for the All-Ireland final for the first time since 1996. It is also their first meeting with Kilkenny in a championship decider since 1974.