The three group winners and the three runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match at Páirc Uí Rinn in October.

Mallow, Newmarket, Valley Rovers and St. Vincent's are the only teams to have won the championship on more than one occasion.

The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record.

The winning team are declared champions and gain automatic promotion to the following year's Cork Senior A Championship.

[3] Fixtures in the opening rounds of the championship are usually played at a neutral venue that is deemed halfway between the participating teams.

He was a selector with the Cork senior football team in 1956 and was a member of the County Board Executive.