2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23 April 2017 — 3 September 2017 |
| Teams | 15 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Not Played |
| Leinster | Not Played |
| Ulster | Antrim |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 11 |
| Goals total | 41 |
| Points total | 429 |
| Top Scorer |
 Ross King (0-41) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the 130th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship begins on 23 April 2017 and is scheduled to end on 3 September 2017. The draw for the championship was held on 13 October 2016 and was broadcast live on RTÉ2.
Tipperary are the defending champions.Meath field a team in the championship for the first time since 2004.
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is a double-elimination tournament based on the Leinster and Munster provincial championships and the Christy Ring Cup. Fifteen teams take part.
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Seven of the twelve Leinster counties compete. Galway and Kerry, though not in Leinster, also participate. The competition begins with a qualifier group consisting of the four weakest teams. Two teams from the qualifier group progress and the remainder of the competition is knock-out. Most of the beaten teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers – the two bottom teams in the Leinster qualifier group do not.
In 2017 the bottom team in the Leinster qualifier group will be relegated to next year's Christy Ring Cup (2nd tier). Their place in next year's Leinster qualifier group will be taken by the winner of 2017’s Christy Ring Cup.
Meath qualified for this year's Leinster Championship by winning the 2016 Christy Ring Cup.
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Five of the six Munster counties compete. Kerry participates in The Leinster Hurling Championship (see above). The competition has a knock-out format. All of the beaten teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers.
The eight teams beaten in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Leinster and Munster Hurling Championships enter the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers. The GAA congress held in February 2017 voted to allow the winners of the 2017 Christy Ring cup to enter the 2017 qualifiers in a new preliminary round. The qualifiers are knock-out and eventually result in two teams who progress to the two All-Ireland quarter-finals.
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