The 2001 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 18th staging of the

All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling Intermediate All-Ireland Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Effectively contested by the second ...

since its establishment by the

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. The championship ran from 27 May to 29 October 2001. Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by

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in the Munster semi-final. The All-Ireland final was played at

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on 28 October 2001 between

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and

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, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Cork won the match by 2-17 to 2-08 to claim a third All-Ireland title overall and a first title in four years.

Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship The Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship was an inter county competition between the Intermediate Hurling county teams in the province of Leinster. The Leinster Council organizes the series of games. The winners of the championship each ...

Leinster quarter-final

Leinster semi-finals

Leinster final

Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship The Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship was an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) between 1961 and 2017. Teams consisted of senior, intermediate and junior club ...

Munster quarter-final

Munster semi-finals

Munster final

All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling Intermediate All-Ireland Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Effectively contested by the second ...

All-Ireland semi-finals

All-Ireland final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Overall ;In a single game

Miscellaneous

won the Leinster Championship for the first time since

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References

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