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
Manager Josie Harte
Provincial Champions
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 →
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.
Galway entered the championship as the defending champions .
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.
Tipperary's Declan Browne was the championship's top scorer with 6-47.
Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship Leinster quarter-final 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 1 July 2000 Semi-final Wexford 2-18 - 0-07 Dublin
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.
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 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 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 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.
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.
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 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 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.
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 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. 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.