2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the 135th final of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and the culmination of the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 17 July 2022. This was the earliest in the year that the final had ever taken place. Some past finals had taken place at dates earlier in the year, but these were finals rescheduled from the years in which they were originally supposed to occur.
| Event | 2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 17 July 2022 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Gearóid Hegarty | ||||||
| Referee | Colm Lyons (Cork) | ||||||
| Weather | Dry, very warm with sunny spells 29 °C (84 °F) | ||||||
The match was televised live on RTÉ One as part of The Sunday Game, presented by Joanne Cantwell from the Croke Park studio with analysis by Anthony Daly, Dónal Óg Cusack and Liam Sheedy. Commentary on the game was provided by Marty Morrissey alongside Michael Duignan. The match was also live on Sky Sports, with analysis from Jamesie O'Connor, Ollie Canning and J. J. Delaney.
Defending champions Limerick won the game by 1-31 to 2-26 to claim their fourth title in five years and their first ever three-in-a-row. The game was the joint highest scoring final in history, equalling the total of 66 points scored in the 2021 final between Limerick and Cork, and had the most scores (60) in a final surpassing the 58 scores of the 2021 final. Kilkenny's score of 2-26 was the highest total for a losing team in a final. There were 25 different scorers in the game, 10 for Limerick and 15 for Kilkenny.
Audience share for television coverage of the game in Ireland was 72%.