title: 1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
text: # 1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
  
  The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1946 was the 60th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Cork won the championship, beating Kilkeny 7-5 to 3-8 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.
  
  ## Format
  
  The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis, whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:
  
  * The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to one of the All-Ireland semi-finals.
  * The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
  * Antrim, the representatives from the Ulster Championship, were drawn to play the Leinster champions in the All-Ireland semi-final.
  * Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, automatically advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final where they were drawn to play the Munster champions.
  
  ## All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
  
  ### Bracket
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1M | Cork | 2-10 (16) | | | |
  | 1C | Galway | 0-03 (3) | | | |
  | 1C | Galway | 0-03 (3) | 1M | Cork | 7-05 (26) |
  | | | | 1L | Kilkenny | 3-08 (17) |
  | 1L | Kilkenny | 7-11 (32) | 1L | Kilkenny | 3-08 (17) |
  | 1U | Antrim | 0-07 (7) | | | |
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
  * Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
  