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The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 114th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Galway 2-18 to 2-15 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.
Calendar
Format
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:
The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to one of the All-Ireland semi-finals.
The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
The winners of the Ulster Championship advanced directly to one of the All-Ireland quarter-finals where they were drawn to play Galway. The winners of this game would later play the Leinster champions in the All-Ireland semi-final.
The Munster runners-up were drawn to play the Leinster runners-up in the second All-Ireland quarter-final. The winners of this game would later play the Munster champions in the All-Ireland semi-final.
Team changes
= To Championship
=Promoted from the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Kildare
Meath
Wicklow
= From Championship
=Regraded to the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Kerry
Teams
= General information
=Twenty-one counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team in the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, ten teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and five teams in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.
Provincial championships
= Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
== Munster Senior Hurling Championship
== Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
=Desipte the Foot and Mouth and London withdraw from the football championship they remained in the Hurling championship at the time.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
= Bracket
=Note: * = Provincial Champion
= All-Ireland quarter-finals
== All-Ireland semi-finals
== All-Ireland Final
=Championship statistics
= Top scorers
=Overall
Single game
Miscellaneous
Tipperary won their first All-Ireland since 1991.
Desipte on London's withdraw from the football championship due to Foot and Mouth crisis in England they decided to stay in the Hurling championship.
References
Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
External links
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2001 Results
Official GAA Website