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All-Ireland Hurling Championship 2025
Clare won their fifth SHC in 2024 defeating Kilkenny 3-29 to 1-34 in a pulsating final that went to extra-time. The current champions are third favourites to win back-to-back titles, a feat they have never previously been able to achieve.
| All Ireland Hurling Championship 2025 20 Jul @ 15:00 - Win Hurling | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cork | 1.80 | |
| Kilkenny | 4.75 | |
| Tipperary | 5.00 | |
| Dublin | 13.00 | |
Limerick were the bookmakers' ante-post favourite to get back on the winning title run that saw them complete a four-timer between 2020 and 2023.
Last season's runners-up, Cork, were second favourites for 2025 where they will be attempting to win their thirty-first All-Ireland title.
Kilkenny, the most winning county in All-Ireland history with thirty-six wins, satt next in the bookmakers' lists at the start of the season.
All-Ireland Hurling Final 2024
Clare won their first All-Ireland title for eleven years when just pipping Cork 3-29 to 1-34 after extra-time in a trememdous match that was all-square at half-time and full-time.
Clare had been in the driving seat for much of the match but Cork showed typical resistance to force the match into the extra twenty-minute period. Clare looked to be safe when they went three points up with hardly any time left on the clock but Patrick Horgan scored two late points for Cork to leave the defecit at just one point with seconds to go. Robbie O'Flynn had a chance to level the game but put the ball agonisingly wide with virtually the last action of this classic match.
The match was enjoyed in the UK for the first time on terrestrial TV when shown in full on BBC2 and with the positive outpourings for the game all over social media it looks certain the All-Ireland final will be live on UK television again in 2025.
Preview
These two teams have met in one previous All-Ireland final in 2013 when Clare came out on top 5-16 to 3-16 after a drawn first match.
Route to the Final: Clare
Qualifying: Clare qualified for the quarter-finals by finishing runner-up to Limerick in the Munster Championship
Quarter-Final: Clare 2-28 Wexford 1-19
Semi-Final: Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-24
Route to the Final: Cork
Qualifiying: Cork qualified to the preliminary quarter-finals by virtue of finishing third in the Munster Championship
Preliminary Quarter-Final: Offaly 3-19 Cork 4-25
Quarter-FInal: Dublin 0-21 Cork 0-26
Semi-Final: Limerick 0-29 Cork 1-28 (Cork ended Limerick's hoped of winning a historic fifth consecutive All-Ireland title)
Clare defeated Cork this season in Round Two of the Munster Championship 3-26 - 3-24 in a thrilling match where they scored three goals in the last quarter.
Most All-Ireland Senor Hurling Championships
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Year of last title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilkenny | 36 | 29 | 2015 |
| Cork | 30 | 21 | 2005 |
| Tipperary | 28 | 13 | 2019 |
| Limerick | 12 | 9 | 2023 |
| Dublin | 6 | 15 | 1938 |
| Wexford | 6 | 11 | 1996 |
| Galway | 5 | 20 | 2017 |
| Clare | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Offaly | 4 | 3 | 1998 |
| Waterford | 2 | 6 | 1959 |
- Kerry, Laois and London all have one win apiece of the All-Ireland Championship
Last Ten All-Ireland Hurling Past Winners
The first All-Ireland Hurling Final took place in 1887 when Tipperary beat Galway 1-1 to 0-0.
A total of 126 All-Ireland Hurling Finals have taken place and thirteen different teams have taken the title.
Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary have won an amazing 91 titles between them.
Who will win the 2025 All-Ireland Hurling?
Head over to the hurling predictions to see which teams the OLBG hurling tipsters are picking daily.
Last Ten All-Ireland Hurling Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Clare | 3-29 | Cork | 1-34 |
| 2023 | Limerick | 0-30 | Kilkenny | 2-15 |
| 2022 | Limerick | 1-31 | Kilkenny | 2-26 |
| 2021 | Limerick | 3-32 | Cork | 1-22 |
| 2020 | Limerick | 0-30 | Waterford | 0-19 |
| 2019 | Tipperary | 3-25 | Kilkenny | 0-20 |
| 2018 | Limerick | 3-16 | Galway | 2-18 |
| 2017 | Galway | 0-26 | Waterford | 2-17 |
| 2016 | Tipperary | 2-29 | Kilkenny | 2-20 |
| 2015 | Kilkenny | 1-22 | Galway | 1-18 |
