All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Current season or competition: 2015 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Irish	Craobh Idimhéanach Iomána na hÉireann
Founded	1961
Region	Ireland (GAA)
Trophy	Michael Cusack Cup
No. of teams	2
Title holders	Galway (3rd title)
First winner	Wexford (4 titles)
Most titles	Cork (8 titles)
Official website	http://www.gaa.ie

The All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship, the second tier competition in hurling, is an annual series of games played in Ireland during the summer and early autumn, and organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Effectively contested by the second string teams of the top inter-county hurling sides in Ireland, the tournament has taken place every year since 1997—having originally been run between 1961 and 1973.

The final, usually held in August, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during the summer months, and the results determine which county's team receives the Michael Cusack Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the series. In the present format, it begins in May with provincial championships held in Leinster and Munster, with the respective champions contesting the subsequent All-Ireland final.

Only Cork and Kilkenny use players exclusively from their various junior or intermediate clubs. If a county wins this competition it may not chose any of the players on the team for the defence of the title the following year.

Eight teams currently participate in the championship, the most dominant teams coming from the province of Munster. Cork and Tipperary have dominated the championship since the beginning. Between them, these teams have won 15 out of 31 (approx 48%) championships completed during its history. The title has been won by eleven different teams, six of which have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Cork, who have won the competition eight times. Galway are the current title holders.

Qualification

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Intermediate Championship features two teams in the final tournament. 8 teams contest the two provincial under-21 championships with the two respective champions automatically qualifying for the All-Ireland final.

Province	Championship
Leinster GAA	Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship
Munster GAA	Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship

History

The All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship began in 1961. It was the fourth All-Ireland championship to be created after the senior, junior and minor grades.

Results

Summaries

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Winning Captain
1961	Wexford	3-15	London	4-4	Wexford Park	Larry Byrne
1962	Carlow	6-15	London	3-3	Croke Park
1963	Tipperary	1-10	London	1-7	Thurles Sportsfield	Jackie Lanigan
1964	Wexford	4-7	London	1-11	O'Kennedy Park
1965	Cork	2-20	London	5-5	Cork Athletic Grounds	Dave Murphy
1966	Tipperary	4-11	Dublin	2-12	O'Kennedy Park	Bill O'Grady
1967	London	1-9	Cork	1-5	Gaelic Grounds
1968	London	4-15	Dublin	0-3	Croke Park
1969	Kildare	2-8	Cork	3-4	Thurles Sportsfield	Bobby Burke
1970	Antrim	3-16	Warwickshire	3-13	Croke Park	Seán Burns
1971	Tipperary	3-16	Wicklow	3-13	Nowlan Park	Éamonn Butler
1972	Tipperary	2-13	Galway	1-9	St. Brendan's Park	Paddy Kelly
1973	Kilkenny	5-15	Galway	2-9	Walsh Park	Paddy Grace
1974-1996	Championship suspended
1997	Cork	2-11	Galway	1-12	Gaelic Grounds	Pat Mulcahy
1998	Limerick	4-16	Kilkenny	2-17	Semple Stadium	John Cormican
1999	Galway	3-13	Kilkenny	2-10	St. Brendan's Park	Noel Larkin
2000	Tipperary	2-17	Galway	1-10	St. Brendan's Park	Declan Corcoran
2001	Cork	2-17	Wexford	2-8	Fraher Field	Paddy Barry
2002	Galway	2-15 (1-20)	Tipperary	1-10 (2-17)	St. Brendan's Park
2003	Cork	1-21	Kilkenny	0-23	Semple Stadium	Brendan Lombard
2004	Cork	1-16 (2-11)	Kilkenny	1-10 (2-11)	Semple Stadium	Brendan Walsh
2005	Wexford	1-15	Galway	0-16	O'Moore Park
2006	Cork	3-15	Kilkenny	1-18	Fraher Field	Darren Dineen
2007	Wexford	1-11	Waterford	1-9	Nowlan Park
2008	Kilkenny	1-16	Limerick	0-13	Semple Stadium	David Prendergast
2009	Cork	2-23	Kilkenny	0-16	Semple Stadium	Dara McSweeney
2010	Kilkenny	2-17	Cork	1-13	Semple Stadium	Bill Beckett
2011	Clare	2-13	Kilkenny	1-11	Semple Stadium	Tony Carmody
2012	Tipperary	3-13	Kilkenny	1-17	Semple Stadium	Michael Ryan
2013	Tipperary	2-14	Kilkenny	2-11	Nowlan Park	David Young
2014	Cork	2-18	Wexford	2-12	Nowlan Park	John O'Callaghan
2015	Galway	0-23	Cork	0-14	Gaelic Grounds	James Skehill

Performances by counties

No.	Team	Wins	Years won	Losses	Years lost
1	Cork	8	1965, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2014	4	1967, 1969, 2010, 2015
2	20px Tipperary	7	1963, 1966, 1971, 1972, 2000, 2012, 2013	1	2002
3	Wexford	4	1961, 1964, 2005, 2007	2	2001, 2014
4	Kilkenny	3	1973, 2008, 2010	9	1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
	Galway	3	1999, 2002, 2015	5	1972, 1973, 1997, 2000, 2005
5	20px London	2	1967, 1968	5	1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
7	20px Clare	1	2011
	20px Limerick	1	1998	1	2008
	20px Antrim	1	1970
	Kildare	1	1969
	20px Carlow	1	1962
	20px Dublin			2	1966, 1988
	20px Warwickshire			1	1970
	20px Wicklow			1	1971
	20px Waterford			1	2007