All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling Championship
The ?GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 B Championship, the second tier competition in hurling is an annual series of games for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The 2019 competition was the first at the Under 20 age level.
The final is usually held in August and the winning county receive the Richie 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.
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 Down in the 2019 final at Páirc Tailteann, Navan, on a 3-22 to 0-12 scoreline. It is Kerry's tenth title at this grade and their third in a row.
Qualification
The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 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-20 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 | 0-08 | Semple Stadium | |
2008 | Carlow | 2-14 | Kerry | 0-07 | 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 | 1-09 | Semple Stadium | Jason Bowler |
2012 | Roscommon | 3-17 | Kildare | 3-16 | Semple Stadium | Peter Kellehan |
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 | Meath | 1-20 | Mayo | 0-15 | Semple Stadium | Jack Regan |
2017 | Kerry | 2-12 | Wicklow | 2-08 | Semple Stadium | Darragh Shanahan |
2018 | Kerry | 2-20 | Derry | 0-11 | Nowlan Park | Jason Diggins |
2019 | Kerry | 3-22 | Down | 0-12 | Páirc Tailteann | Adam O'Sullivan |
Wins listed by county
Team | Wins | Years won |
Kerry | 10 | 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Westmeath | 3 | ?, 2000, 2003 |
Meath | 2 | 2005, 2016 |
Roscommon | 2 | 2007, 2012 |
Laois | 1 | 2004 |
Carlow | 1 | 2008 |
Kildare | 1 | 2014 |
Wicklow | 1 | 2015 |