2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 April 2014 — 27 September 2014 |
| Teams | 15 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Kilkenny (35th win) |
| Captain | Lester Ryan |
| Manager | Brian Cody |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Tipperary |
| Captain | Brendan Maher |
| Manager | Eamon O'Shea |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 36 |
| Goals total | 115 (3.19 per game) |
| Points total | 1327 (36.86 per game) |
| Top Scorer |
 Séamus Callanan (9-50) |
| Player of the Year |
 Richie Hogan
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| All-Star Team | See here |
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The 2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 127th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The draw for the 2014 fixtures took place on 3 October 2013. The championship began on 27 April 2014 and ended on 7 September 2014.
On 7 June 2014 Kilkenny versus Offaly was broadcast on Sky Sports, the first time a Championship fixture was broadcast live to a UK-wide audience. British viewers were reported to have been "amazed and confused", "bemused but impressed" and "amused and confounded" after seeing hurling for the first time.
Clare entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Wexford.Kilkenny won the All-Ireland title following a 2-17 to 2-14 defeat of Tipperary after a replay.
All teams from the 2013 championship continued to line out in hurling's top tier in 2014.
On 23 March 2013, the GAA's annual Congress adopted a proposal from the Central Competition Controls Committee (CCCC) which sought to introduce a round-robin qualifying group in Leinster for five designated counties.
Ten counties competed in the 2013 Leinster championship; however, the CCCC proposal decreased the Leinster competition to a field of five regulars, namely Kilkenny, Dublin, Wexford, Offaly and Galway, alongside two more from a round-robin qualifying group featuring Laois, Westmeath, Carlow, London and Antrim. These five teams each played four games, with the top two qualifying for the Leinster Championship quarter-finals. The fourth-placed team met the winner of the Christy Ring Cup in a promotion/relegation play-off. The bottom county faced automatic relegation to the Christy Ring Cup.
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