| Championship details | |
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| Dates | 7 May - 9 September 2001 |
| Teams | 17 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Tipperary (25th win) |
| Captain | Tommy Dunne |
| Manager | Nicky English |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Galway |
| Captain | Liam Hodgins |
| Manager | Noel Lane |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Derry |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 19 |
| Top Scorer | Eugene Cloonan |
| Player of the Year | Tommy Dunne |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 114th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Galway 2-18 to 2-15 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.
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: