1994 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship details
Dates	1 May – 3 September 1994
Teams	19
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Offaly (3rd win)
Captain	Martin Hanamy
Manager	Éamonn Cregan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Limerick
Captain	Gary Kirby
Manager	Tom Ryan
Provincial champions
Munster	Limerick
Leinster	Offaly
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	19
Top Scorer	Gary Kirby (4-33)
Player of the Year	Brian Whelahan
All-Star Team	See here
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1994 was the 108th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Offaly won the championship, beating Limerick 3-16 to 2-13 in a sensational final at Croke Park, Dublin.

Prior to the opening of the championship Kilkenny were installed as the favourites to retain the All-Ireland title for a third consecutive year. The last time they achieved this was in 1913, however, no final took place that year and Kilkenny were awarded the title as Limerick refused to play. Since then they failed to capture the 'three-in-a-row', in spite of having the opportunity in 1933, 1976 and 1984. National League champions Tipperary and runners-up Galway were regarded as the two teams that would provide the strongest challenges to Kilkenny's supremacy. Cork at 4/1, regarded as a team in decline, and Wexford at 6/1 formed the next grouping of teams who hoped to claim the All-Ireland crown. Offaly, a team who claimed three Leinster titles in succession in the late 1980s but failed to reach the All-Ireland final, were regarded as outsiders at 16/1. Antrim, Down, Limerick and Dublin were rank outsiders at 25/1 each.

Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

• Roscommon (qualified)
• Westmeath
• Wicklow

Regraded to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

• None

Quarter-final: (2 matches) These are two lone matches between the first four teams drawn from the province of Munster. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the next round.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals join the other two Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the next round.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.

First round: (2 matches) These are two lone matches between two 'weaker' teams drawn from the province of Leinster. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the next round.

Second Round: (1 match) The winners of the first round play each other in a lone second-round game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the Leinster quarter-final.

Quarter-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the second-round game joins three other Leinster teams to make up the two quarter-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the Leinster semi-finals.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals join two other Leinster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the Leinster final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.

Final: (1 match) This is a lone match between the two competing Ulster teams. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.

Quarter-final: (1 match) This is a lone match between Galway and the All-Ireland 'B' champions. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final where they play the Leinster champions.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster and Leinster champions will play the winners of the lone quarter-final and the Ulster champions. The Munster and Leinster winners will be in opposite semi-finals. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while the two winnerss advance to the All-Ireland final.

Final: (1 match) The two semi-final winners will contest the All-Ireland final.

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Roscommon		2-06
	Galway		2-21			Offaly		2-13
						Galway		1-10
											Offaly		3-16
											Limerick		2-13
						Limerick		2-23
						Antrim		0-11

• Widest winning margin: 18 points
  • Wexford 4-24 (36) : (18) 4-6 Laois (Leinster semi-final)
  • Limerick 2-23 (29) : (11) 0-11 (11) Antrim (All-Ireland semi-final)
• Most goals in a match: 8
  • Wexford 4-24 : 4-6 Laois (Leinster semi-final)
  • Limerick 4-14: 4-11 Cork (Munster quarter-final)
• Most points in a match: 35
  • Limerick 0-25 : 2-10 Clare (Munster final)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 4
  • Wexford 4-24 : 4-6 Laois (Leinster semi-final)
  • Limerick 4-14: 4-11 Cork (Munster quarter-final)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
  • Laois 4-6 : 4-24 Wexford (Leinster semi-final)
  • Cork 4-11 : 4-14 Limerick (Munster quarter-final)
• Most points scored by a winning team: 25
  • Limerick 0-25 : 2-10 Clare (Munster final)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 14
  • Wexford 0-14 : 1-18 Offaly (Leinster final)

Overall

Single game

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• Fullam, Brendan, Captains of the Ash (Wolfhound Press, 2002).

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1994 Results