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2004 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Championship Details
Dates	16 May – 4 September 2004
Teams	9
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Cork (5th win)
Captain	Brendan Walsh
Manager	Johnny Keane
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Captain	David Buggy
Manager	Maurice Power
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	9
Total Goals	31 (3.44 per game)
Total Points	230 (25.55 per game)
Top Scorer	Darren Dineen (1-18)
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The 2004 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 21st staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship. The championship began on 16 May 2004 and ended on 4 September 2004.

Cork were the defending champions and successfully retained the title after defeating Kilkenny by 1–16 to 1–10 in a replay of the final.^[1]^[2]

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
Team	Colours	All-Ireland	Provincial
Antrim	Saffron and white		1973
Clare	Saffron and blue
Cork	Red and white	2003	2003
Galway	Maroon and white	2002	1998
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1973	2003
Limerick	Green and white	1998	1998
Tipperary	Blue and gold	2000	2002
Waterford	White and blue
Wexford	Purple and gold	1964	2002

Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Leinster final

30 June 2004 Final	Wexford	1-10 - 3-17	Kilkenny	Wexford Park
	P White 0-6, J Lawlor 1-0, D Mythen 0-2, G Coleman 0-1, M Kelly 0-1.	Report	D Buggy 1-4; M Grace 0-6; J Power 1-2; E McGrath 1-1; E Walsh 0-3; D Mackey 0-1.

Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-final

16 May 2004 Quarter-final	Clare	2-13 - 0-11	Waterford	Semple Stadium
	E Taaffe 1-6, B Nugent 0-5, S Arthur 1-1, C Earlie 0-1.		P Kearney 0-7, D Howard 0-2, C Watt 0-1, D Murphy 0-1.	Referee: D Richardson (Limerick)

Munster semi-finals

30 May 2004 Semi-final	Limerick	1-10 - 1-21	Cork	Gaelic Grounds
	P Heffernan 0-5, D Clancy 1-1, P Neenan 0-2, J Lynch 0-1, A O'Connor 0-1.		D Dineen 1-5, R O'Doherty 0-5, P McGrath 0-3, D Fitzgerald 0-3, S Dineen 0-2, S Hayes 0-1, E Conway 0-1.	Referee: G Hoey (Clare)

6 June 2004 Semi-final	Tipperary	2-20 - 3-09	Clare	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	T Slevin 1-5, P Buckley 1-1, B Gaynor 0-3, R O'Brien 0-3, B Hogan 0-2, C O'Brien 0-2, S Everard 0-2, E Ryan 0-1, S McGrath 0-1.		E Taaffe 2-3, B Nugent 1-3, F Flynn 0-1, C Earlie 0-1, B Shally 0-1.	Referee: J Sexton (Limerick)

Munster final

14 July 2004 Final	Cork	0-18 - 1-09	Tipperary	Páirc Uí Rinn
	D Dineen 0-9 (0-8f), C O'Reilly 0-3, P McGrath 0-2, E Conway 0-2, S Hayes 0-1, R O'Doherty 0-1.	Report	J Leahy 1-1 (1-0f), T Slevin 0-2, B Hogan 0-2f, B Gaynor 0-2, D Maher 0-1, R O'Brien 0-1.	Referee: P Moore (Waterford)

All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

7 August 2004 Semi-final	Kilkenny	2-13 - 2-11	Galway	St. Brendan's Park
	J Power 2-1, D Buggy 0-4f, C Herity 0-4, M Grace 0-2, D Mackey, J Phelan 0-1 each.	Report	A Callanan 2-1, C Dervan 0-4, K Burke, K Hubin 0-2 each, W Lawless, D Reilly 0-1 each.	Referee: J McDonnell (Tipperary)

14 August 2004 Semi-final	Cork	5-09 - 2-11	Antrim	Parnell Park
	R O’Doherty, E Conway 2-0 each; P Dineen 1-0; D Dineen (0-1 free), B O’Dwyer 0-3 each; J Olden, J Russell, D Fitzgerald (free) 0-1 each	Report	P Cunningham 0-7 (0-4 frees); B Quinn 1-2 (0-1 free); K McMullen 1-0; E McKellop (free), P Donnelly 0-1 each.	Referee: J Kelly (Wexford)

All-Ireland final

22 August 2004 Final	Cork	2-11 - 2-11	Kilkenny	Semple Stadium
	R Doherty 1-2, J Russell 1-1, D Fitzgerald 0-5 (0-3 frees, 0-1 65), S Hayes, E Conway, D Dineen (free) 0-1 each.	Report	B Phelan 1-1, E Walsh 1-0, D Buggy 0-5 (0-2 frees, 0-1 65), C Herity 0-3 (0-2 65s), PJ Corcoran, M Grace 0-1 each.	Referee: S Roche (Tipperary)

4 September 2004 Final replay	Cork	1-16 - 1-10	Kilkenny	Semple Stadium
	S Hayes (1-1), D Fitzgerald (0-3), R Doherty (0-2), E Conway (0-2), D Dineen (0-2), B O'Dwyer (0-2), J Masters (0-2), N Murphy (0-1), J Olden (0-1).	Report	R Power (0-5), J Power (1-0), D Buggy (0-2), C Herity (0-1), M Grace (0-1), JP Corcoran (0-1).	Referee: P Ahern (Carlow)

Championship statistics

Top scores

Overall

Rank	Player	Team	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Darren Dineen	Cork	1-18	21	5	4.20
2	Rory O'Doherty	Cork	3-10	19	5	3.80
3	Éamonn Taaffe	Clare	3-09	18	2	9.00
4	David Buggy	Kilkenny	1-15	18	4	4.50
5	Jamie Power	Kilkenny	4-03	15	4	3.75

In a single game

Rank	Player	Team	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Éamonn Taaffe	Clare	2-03	9	Tipperary
	Éamonn Taaffe	Clare	1-06	9	Waterford
	Darren Dineen	Cork	0-09	9	Tipperary
4	Darren Dineen	Cork	1-05	8	Limerick
4	Tadhg Slevin	Tipperary	1-05	8	Clare
6	Jamie Power	Kilkenny	2-01	7	Galway
	Aonghus Callanan	Galway	2-01	7	Kilkenny
	David Buggy	Kilkenny	1-04	7	Wexford
	Paul Kearney	Waterford	0-07	7	Clare
	Paddy Cunningham	Antrim	0-07	7	Cork

References

^ "Cork refuse to be beaten". Irish Times. 23 August 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
^ "A short burst is all Cork require". Irish Times. 6 September 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2010.