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2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates 7 May - 9 September 2001
Teams 17
All-Ireland champions
Winning team Tipperary (25th win)
Captain Tommy Dunne
Manager Nicky English
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Galway
Captain Liam Hodgins
Manager Noel Lane
Provincial champions
Munster Tipperary
Leinster Kilkenny
Ulster Derry
Connacht Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played 19
Top Scorer Eugene Cloonan
Player of the Year Tommy Dunne
All-Star Team See here
2000
2002

The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 114th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Galway 2-18 to 2-15 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:


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