The 2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (also known as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd staging of the

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). I ...

since its establishment by the

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in 1928. The championship began on 11 April 2013 and ended on 8 September 2013.

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entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were beaten by

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in the Munster semi-final. On 8 September 2013

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won the championship following a 1-21 to 0-16 defeat of

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in the All-Ireland final. This was their 3rd All-Ireland title overall and their first since

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. Waterford's Patrick Curran was the championship's top scorer with 3-56.

Results

Leinster Minor Hurling Championship The Leinster GAA Hurling Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland Leinster GAA Hurling Minor Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Ass ...

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

Munster Minor Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Associ ...

Quarter-finals Play-off Semi-finals Finals

Ulster Minor Hurling Championship The Ulster Hurling Minor Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1930 for the youngest competitors (under-18) in the province of Ulster in Ireland. It is sponsored ...

Semi-finals Final

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). I ...

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorer overall ;Top scorer in a single game

Miscellaneous

* The Munster semi-final play-off between Clare and Waterford, originally fixed for 17 April, was postponed by two weeks due to adverse weather conditions. * Laois qualified for the Leinster minor hurling final for the first time since 1991. * Waterford's Munster semi-final win was their first ever victory over Cork at a Cork venue at minor level. * Limerick and Waterford met in the Munster minor hurling final for the first time since 1958. * The semi-final between Limerick and Galway would prove to be controversial due to the incorrect disallowing of an early Limerick point by the new

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system. Limerick's attempts to have the results overturned due to the error were unsuccessful.

External links

Leinster Minor Hurling Championship

Munster Minor Hurling Championship

References

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