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The Leinster GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-21 Championship is an annual championship of hurling for male players under the age of 21 and is organized by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The championship has been awarded every year since the first tournament in 1964. It is sponsored by Bord Gáis Energy. The series of games are played during the summer months with the Leinster final currently being played in July. The prize for the winning team is the Seán Robbins Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knock-out basis whereby once a team lost they are eliminated from the series. The Leinster Championship is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship. The winners of the Leinster final join Galway, the Munster champions and the Ulster champions in the semi-final stages of the All-Ireland series of games. Eight teams currently participate in the Munster Championship. Kilkenny is the most successful team with 24 titles, followed by Wexford with 17 titles. The title has been won by five different teams, four of whom have won the title more than once. Wexford are the current holders. ==History== The Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship began in 1964 in response to a Congress motion put forward by the Kerry County Board for the introduction of a new championship grade. It was the fifth championship to be created after the senior, junior, minor and intermediate grades. In 2008 a radical motion was brought before a special Congress in an effort to combat player burnout. It was proposed to merge the existing under-21 and minor championships to create a new All-Ireland Under-19 Hurling Championship based on the provincial system. This motion was defeated by 115 votes to 58. A similar motion was later introduced in an effort to lower the age and create a new All-Ireland Under-20 Championship based on the provincial system, however, this motion was also defeated. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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