Munster Minor Hurling Championship

The Munster Minor Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for the youngest competitors (under-18) in the province of Munster in Ireland. It is sponsored by Electric Ireland and is therefore officially known as the Electric Ireland Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship.

The series of games are played during the summer months with the Munster final currently being played on the second Sunday in July. The minor final provides the curtain-raiser to the senior final. The prize for the winning team is an unnamed cup that was first presented in 1946 by TWA. The championship had always been played on a straight knock-out basis whereby once a team lost they are eliminated from the series; however, in recent years the championship has expanded to include a first-round losers' group.

The Munster Championship is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship. The winners of the Munster final, like their counterparts in the Leinster Championship, are rewarded by advancing directly to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland series of games. The losers of the Munster final enter the All-Ireland series at the quarter-final stage.

Five teams currently participate in the Munster Championship. Two of the most successful teams in minor hurling, namely Cork and Tipperary, play their provincial hurling in the Munster Championship. Between them, these teams have won the provincial title on 68 occasions during its history while they have also claimed 36 All-Ireland titles.

The title has been won at least once by five of the six Munster counties, all of which have won the title more than once. Kerry hold the distinction of never having won the provincial title. The all-time record-holders are Clare, who have won the competition three times.