All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling Championship

GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-21 B Championship
Current season or competition:
2015 All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling Championship
Irish Craobh Iomána Fé-21 B na hÉireann
Region Ireland (GAA)
Trophy Richie McElligott Cup
No. of teams 8
Title holders Kerry (9th title)
Most titles Kerry (9 titles)
Sponsors Bord Gáis Energy
TV partner(s) TG4
Official website http://www.gaa.ie/

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-21 B Championship, the second tier competition in hurling is an annual series of games for male players under the age of 21 and is organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).

The final is usually held in September and the winning county receive the Ritchie McElligott Cup, which is named in honour of the late great Kerry stalwart Richie McElligott of the Lixnaw club.. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated. In the present format, it begins in August with the quarter-finals.

Teams that are deemed ineligible or "too weak" for the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-21 Championship participate in the B championship. It is one of the few All-Ireland championships not to be run on a provincial basis.

Kerry are the current holders having beaten Derry in the 2018 final at Nowlan Park on a 2-20 to 0-11 scoreline. It is Kerry's ninth title at this grade.

Qualification

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-21 B Championship features eight teams in the final tournament. Seven teams gain automatic entry to the All-Ireland quarter-final stages while the winners of the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-21 C Championship make up the eight quarter-final teams.

Finals listed by year

Year Winners Score Runners-up Score Venue Winning Captain
2007 Roscommon 0-13 Kerry 0-8 Semple Stadium
2008 Carlow 2-14 Kerry 0-7 MacDonagh Park
2009 Kerry 2-18 Roscommon 1-15 Cusack Park
2010 Kerry 0-22 Meath 0-12 Semple Stadium Shane Nolan
2011 Kerry 0-16 Westmeath 1-9 Semple Stadium Jason Bowler
2012 Roscommon 3-17 Kildare 3-16 Semple Stadium Peter Kellahan
2013 Kerry 1-21 Kildare 4-10 Semple Stadium Brendan O'Leary
2014 Kildare 1-14 Roscommon 1-11 Semple Stadium Gerry Keegan
2015 Wicklow 2-17 Meath 2-15 Semple Stadium Gavin Weir
2016[1] Meath 1-20 Mayo 0-15 Semple Stadium Jack Regan
2017[2] Kerry 2-12 Wicklow 2-8 Semple Stadium Darragh Shanahan
2018 Kerry 2-20 Derry 0-11 Nowlan Park Jason Diggins


Wins listed by county

Team Wins Years won
Kerry 9 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018
Westmeath 3 ?, 2000, 2003
Meath 2 2005, 2016
Roscommon 2 2007, 2012
Laois 1 2004
Carlow 1 2008
Kildare 1 2014
Wicklow 1 2015

References

  1. ↑ "All-Ireland U21 HC B final: Classy Royals deliver title". Hogan Stand. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/gaa-hurling-all-ireland-u21b-championship/kerry-wicklow/1057429/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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