The format for the MSBA Snooker Championships is as follows:
September: Regional heats (best of 5, 160 players qualify)
16-18 Oct: Qualifying Round 2 (best of 9, 40 players qualify) [Tow Law Indoor Complex, Tow Law]
Top 24 enter at this stage
20-22 Oct: Round 1 (best of 11, 32 players qualify) [Tow Law Indoor Arena, Tow Law]
23-25 Oct: Round 2 (best of 11, 16 players qualify) [Tow Law Indoor Arena, Tow Law]
27-28 Oct: Round 3 (best of 15, 8 players qualify) [Tow Law Indoor Arena, Tow Law]
29-30 Oct: Quarter-finals (best of 19) [Tow Law Indoor Arena, Tow Law]
31 Oct - 1 Nov: Semi-finals (best of 21) [Tow Law Indoor Arena, Tow Law]
2 Nov: Final (best of 25) [Tow Law Indoor Arena, Tow Law]
September: Regional heats (best of 5, 160 players qualify)
- 6-7 Sep: Lucerne [Loto le Sinuga, Lusa] (4 players qualify)
- 13-14 Sep: May [National Snooker Centre, May] (32 players qualify)
- 13-14 Sep: Mercury [147 Club, Mercury] (24 players qualify)
- 20-21 Sep: Deacon [Clifftop Centre, Deacon] (20 players qualify)
- 20-21 Sep: Nova England [Waddington Snooker Club, Waddington] (32 players qualify)
- 20-21 Sep: Tow Law [Bridge Snooker Club, Tow Law] (12 players qualify)
- 27-28 Sep: Nova English Korea [Exhibition Centre, Port Barret] (12 players qualify)
- 27-28 Sep: Taylor [Castleton Snooker Club, Castleton] (24 players qualify)
16-18 Oct: Qualifying Round 2 (best of 9, 40 players qualify) [Tow Law Indoor Complex, Tow Law]
Top 24 enter at this stage
20-22 Oct: Round 1 (best of 11, 32 players qualify) [Tow Law Indoor Arena, Tow Law]
23-25 Oct: Round 2 (best of 11, 16 players qualify) [Tow Law Indoor Arena, Tow Law]
27-28 Oct: Round 3 (best of 15, 8 players qualify) [Tow Law Indoor Arena, Tow Law]
29-30 Oct: Quarter-finals (best of 19) [Tow Law Indoor Arena, Tow Law]
31 Oct - 1 Nov: Semi-finals (best of 21) [Tow Law Indoor Arena, Tow Law]
2 Nov: Final (best of 25) [Tow Law Indoor Arena, Tow Law]