All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2009
| Championship details | |
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| Dates | 30 May 2009 - 6 September 2009 |
| Teams | 12 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Kilkenny (32nd win) |
| Captain | Michael Fennelly |
| Manager | Brian Cody |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Tipperary |
| Captain | Willie Ryan |
| Manager | Liam Sheedy |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Antrim |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| Top Scorer | Joe Canning (3-46) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 123rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The draw for the 2000 fixtures took place on 8 October 2008. The championship began on 30 May 2009 and ended on 6 September 2009.
Kilkenny were the defending champions. Antrim and Galway joined the Leinster Championship for the first time.
On 6 September 2009, Kilkenny won the championship following a 2-22 to 0-23 defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. This was their 32nd All-Ireland title overall, their 7th championship of the decade and a record-equalling fourth All-Ireland title in-a-row.
Galway's Joe Canning was the championship's top scorer with 3-46. Kilkenny's Tommy Walsh was the unanimous choice for Hurler of the Year.
Due to a lack of competition in their own respective provinces, Antrim and Galway pushed for entry to the Leinster Championship. At a special meeting of Congress on 4 October 2008, delegates voted to include Galway and Antrim in a restructured Leinster Championship on a trial basis for three years. Dublin, Wexford and Offaly spoke against the move, however, when put to a vote approximately 80% of delegates voted in favour.
A total of 12 teams competed in the championship, including all of the teams from the 2008 championship. There were no new entrants. On 3 August 2008, Westmeath won the Christy Ring Cup for the second year in succession, however, there was no promotion mechanism for them to join the top flight.
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