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Dates May 2017 - September 2017 | ||
The 2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship will be the 54th staging of the All-Ireland inter-county championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. The championship will begin in May 2017 and is scheduled to end in September 2017.
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Waterford will enter the championship as the defending champions.
Format
Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial under-21 championship. Connacht do not organise a provincial championship and are represented by Galway. The three provincial champions and Galway enter the All-Ireland semi-finals.
Trophy
In September 2016 the GAA unveiled a new trophy named The James Nowlan Cup to be presented to the All-Ireland under-21 hurling champions.
The old trophy, the Cross of Cashel, was retired after the 2015 final having been introduced in 1967.