The 2021–22 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 51st staging of the

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Club Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-coun ...

, the

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's premier

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club hurling tournament. It was the first club championship to be held for two years as the 2020–21 edition was cancelled due to the

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. The competition began on 27 November 2021 and concluded on 12 February 2022. The defending champion was

Ballyhale Shamrocks Ballyhale Shamrocks is a Gaelic games club located in the parish of Ballyhale in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is a member of the Kilkenny branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Founded in 1972, the club was a amalgamation of three team ...

of Kilkenny. The

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was played at

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on 12 February 2022, between Ballygunner of Waterford and Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny, in what was a first ever meeting in a final. Ballygunner won the match by 2–17 to 1–19 to claim a first title. T. J. Reid of Ballyhale was the competition's top scorer, finishing with 2–31.

Format

County Championships The top hurling

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in Ireland's counties compete in their senior club championship. Each county decides the format for determining their

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champions – it can be knockout,

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, league, etc or a combination. Only single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship. If a team which is an amalgamation of two or more clubs, a divisional team or a university team wins a county's championship, a single club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules. Normally it is the club team that exited the county championship at the highest stage. Provincial Championships

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and

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organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions.

Connacht Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...

discontinued their senior club championship after 2007 but they do organise intermediate and junior championships. The

Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...

champions represent Connacht in the All-Ireland senior club semi-finals as Galway club hurling is at higher level than the hurling in the other four Connacht counties. Some Leinster, Munster and Ulster counties enter their senior champions in the All-Ireland intermediate club championship (tier 2) as it is recognised that club hurling is weak in those counties. All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in all matches including the final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed. All-Ireland The Leinster, Munster and Ulster champions and the Galway county champions compete in two semi-finals. The All-Ireland Club SHC final took place at

on 13 February 2022. The decider was traditionally played at Croke Park on 17 March (

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). but this was discontinued for the 2019–20 edition of the competition. All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in the semi-finals or final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.

Team summaries

Leinster

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster

Semi-final

Final

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Top scorers

;Overall ;In a single game

Miscellaneous

* Clough–Ballacolla qualified for the Leinster semi-finals and

for the first time. * Ballygunner became the first team from Waterford to win the title.

Awards

Team of the Year # Stephen O'Keeffe # Ian Kenny # Joey Holden # Fintan Burke # Philip Mahony # Richie Reid # Darragh Corcoran # Cormac O'Doherty # Paddy Leavey # Mikey Mahony # T. J. Reid # Billy O'Keeffe # Dessie Hutchinson # Brendan Rogers # Eoin Cody Hurler of the Year *

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( Club) Also nominated:

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References

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