2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
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| Event | 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 3 September 2017 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | David Burke | ||||||
| Referee | Fergal Horgan (Tipperary) | ||||||
| Attendance | 82,300 | ||||||
| Weather | 17 °C, partly sunny | ||||||
The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the 130th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 3 September 2017.
The final was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ Two as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Liam Sheedy, Henry Shefflin and Ger Loughnane. Match commentary was provided by Marty Morrissey with analysis by Michael Duignan. The game was also shown live on Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney.
Galway won their fifth All-Ireland title, winning by three points, it was their first title since 1988.
The match drew a peak audience of 1.1 million which made it the most watched RTÉ broadcast of 2017 up to then before being overtaken by the football final, it had an average audience of 901,500.
The match-up was unusual for several reasons:
The match was the 11th championship meeting between Galway and Waterford, the first in 1938 with the most recent in 2011. Galway had never beaten Waterford in the championship.
Galway were looking to win their fifth All-Ireland title after winning in 1923, 1980, 1987, and 1988. Waterford were looking for a third title after winning in 1948 and 1959.
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