2000 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

The 2000 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 17th staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961. The championship ran from 28 May to 23 September 2000.

2000 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

Championship Details
Dates	28 May – 23 September 2000
Teams	12
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Tipperary (5th win)
Captain	Declan Corcoran
Manager	Brendan Bonnar
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Galway
Manager	Josie Harte
Provincial Champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	13
Total Goals	40 (3.07 per game)
Total Points	336 (25.07 per game)
Top Scorer	Declan Browne (6-47)
← 1999 2001 →

Galway entered the championship as the defending champions.^[1]

The All-Ireland final was played at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick on 30 August 2000 between Tipperary and Galway, in what was their first meeting in the final in 28 years. Tipperary won the match by 2-17 to 1-10 to claim a fifth All-Ireland title overall and a first title in 28 years.^[2][3]

Tipperary's Declan Browne was the championship's top scorer with 6-47.

Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Leinster quarter-final

Kilkenny v Laois

10 June 2000 Quarter-final	Kilkenny	1-15 - 0-10	Laois	Nowlan Park
	O Behan 1-7, J Barron 0-2, M Gordan 0-2, B Phelan 0-1, JP Corcoran 0-1, G Walsh 0-1, D Lynch 0-1		B Keenan 0-5, E Meagher 0-3, M Dunphy 0-1, J Dollard 0-1

Leinster semi-finals

Wexford v Dublin

1 July 2000 Semi-final

Wexford

2-18 - 0-07

Dublin

Kilkenny v Offaly

1 July 2000 Semi-final	Kilkenny	0-18 - 3-09	Offaly	Nowlan Park
	O O'Connor 0-6, J Barron 0-4, M Gordon 0-3, O Behan 0-2, D Lyng 0-2, B Joyce 0-1.		D Murray 1-6, D Pilkington 1-0, J Guinan 1-0, W Comerford 0-2, P McLoughlin 0-1.

Offaly v Kilkenny

19 July 2000 Semi-final replay	Offaly	1-08 - 2-13	Kilkenny	St. Brendan's Park
	A Mannion 0-4, J Guinan 1-0, P McLoughlin 0-1, P Molloy 0-1, D Pilkington 0-1, D Murray 0-1.		O O'Connor 0-5, M Gordon 1-1, J Young 1-1, J Barron 0-2, J Drea 0-1, S Kelly 0-1, G Walsh 0-1, D Lyng 0-1.

Leinster final

Kilkenny v Wexford

29 July 2000 Final	Kilkenny	2-12 - 1-13	Wexford	Nowlan Park
	O O'Connor 0-7, J Young 1-0, M Gordon 1-0, O Behan 0-3, G Walsh 0-1, D Lyng 0-1.		O O'Connor 0-4, P Carley 1-0, M Jacob 0-3, MJ Reck 0-2, C Byrne 0-2, E Cullen 0-1, P Redmond 0-1.

Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-final

Tipperary v Waterford

28 May 2000 Quarter-final	Tipperary	4-17 - 3-09	Waterford	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	D Browne 4-12, C Morrissey 0-3, P Maguire 0-1, S O'Meara 0-1.		S Daly 1-1, S Barron 1-1, S Cunningham 1-0, B Hannon 0-3, J Fitzgerald 0-1, B Hanley 0-1, A Fitzgerald 0-1.

Munster semi-finals

Cork v Limerick

4 June 2000 Semi-final	Cork	1-11 - 1-11	Limerick	Semple Stadium
	J Kingston 1-2, J O'Callaghan 0-3, D O'Donoghue 0-2, R Dwane 0-1, S O'Farrell 0-1, G O'Donovan 0-1, D Moher 0-1.		A Ryan 0-6, O O'Neill 1-1, G Galvin 0-2, P Neenan 0-1, D Murphy 0-1.

Tipperary v Clare

11 June 2000 Semi-final	Tipperary	3-12 - 2-05	Clare	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	D Browne 0-8, R Killeen 1-1, D Corcoran 1-0, S Maher 1-0, S O'Meara 0-1, C Morrissey 0-1, P Maguire 0-1.		G O'Donnell 1-1, J Punch 1-0, S Ryan 0-2, C Early 0-2.

Cork v Limerick

12 June 2000 Semi-final replay	Cork	4-14 - 1-13	Limerick	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	J O'Callaghan 1-6, S Farrell 2-0, D Moher 0-4, J Kingston 1-0, R Dwane 0-2, D O'Donoghue 0-2.		P Coleman 1-0, O O'Neill 0-3, D Murphy 0-2, P Neenan 0-2, T McLoughlin 0-2, A Ryan 0-2, B Tobin 0-1, D Carroll 0-1.

Munster final

Tipperary v Cork

2 August 2000 Final	Tipperary	1-19 - 0-15	Cork	Semple Stadium
	D Browne 1-10, D O'Connor 0-3, P Maguire 0-2, C Morrissey 0-2, D Corcoran 0-1, S Maher 0-1.		D Moher 0-5, J O'Callaghan 0-4, M Daly 0-3, A O'Connor 0-1, R Dwane 0-1, J Kingston 0-1.

All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

Tipperary v Meath

26 August 2000 Semi-final	Tipperary	1-14 - 2-09	Meath	O'Moore Park
	D Corcoran 1-3, D Browne 0-6, P Maguire 0-2, R Killeen 0-1, C Morrissey 0-1, D Gleeson 0-1.		N Horan 1-3, N Reilly 1-1, F McMahon 0-2, P Donnelly 0-2, D Reilly 0-1.

Galway v Kilkenny

2 September 2000 Semi-final	Galway	1-15 - 1-12	Kilkenny	St. Brendan's Park
	B Cunningham 0-10, M Greaney 1-0, M Fahy 0-2, J Cummins 0-1, M Headd 0-1, J Conroy 0-1.		O O'Connor 1-3, D Lyng 0-4, G Walsh 0-2, E Behan 0-2, A Barry 0-1.

All-Ireland final

Tipperary v Galway

23 September 2000 Final	Tipperary	2-17 - 1-10	Galway	Gaelic Grounds
	D Browne 1-11, R Killeen 1-0, D Corcoran 0-3, D O'Connor 0-3.	Report	B Cunningham 1-4, M Greaney 0-2, J Cummins 0-1, M Headd 0-1, K Carr 0-1, E Hyland 0-1.	Referee: Tommy McIntyre (Antrim)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Team	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Declan Browne	Tipperary	6-47	65	5	13.00
2	Ollie O'Connor	Kilkenny	1-21	24	4	6.00
3	Brian Cunningham	Galway	1-14	17	2	8.50
	Owen Behan	Kilkenny	1-14	17	5	3.40
5	Jonathan O'Callaghan	Cork	1-13	16	3	5.33

Miscellaneous

• Tipperary's Declan Browne set a number of scoring records in the Munster Championship. His 4-12 against Waterford became the highest personal tally ever recorded by a player in a match. Browne's overall tally of 5-30 during the three games was also the highest score ever recorded by a player in a single Munster Championship campaign. He also overtook Kerry's Declan Lovett to become the top scorer in the history of the Munster Championship.