2016 NSL 1 season

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Sports season

2016 NSL 1 season

League| National Softball League
Sport| Softball
Duration| May 2016 - September 2016
Number of games| 22
Number of teams| 12
Regular Season
NSL 1 Winner| Pioneers
NSL National Championships
Champions| Pioneers
Runners-up| H2O
NSL seasons

← 2015

2017 →

The 2016 NSL 1 season was the 8th season of play of the National Softball League. NSL 1 operated for the 1st year with pre-determined fixture lists ran during the Diamond Series tournaments.

The top 8 teams during regular season qualified for the 2016 BSF NSL National Championships which was won by Pioneers who beat H2O in the final which was streamed live by WebcastSport.[1]

## League business[edit]

### Teams[edit]

After the 2015 season it was decided that the NSL would be cut to 12 teams from 14. This meant that Maniacs and Warriors the two lowest finishing teams were removed from the NSL for the 2015 season.

Warriors would compete as part of the newly formed NSL 2 in 2015, whereas Maniacs disbanded as a team altogether.

## Regular season[edit]

### Dates[edit]

The NSL 1 competition took place across the first two Diamond Series tournaments and Windsor Tournament.

## Standings[edit]

Pos  | Team  | W  | L  | T  | Pct  | GB  | RF  | RA  | Qualification

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1  | Pioneers  | 17  | 5  | 0  | 0.733 | \-  | 233  | 123  | Qualified for the 2016 NSL Nationals
2  | H2O  | 16  | 5  | 1  | 0.750 | 0.5  | 242  | 149
3  | Chromies  | 13  | 7  | 2  | 0.636 | 3  | 215  | 169
4  | Blue Steel  | 13  | 8  | 1  | 0.614 | 3.5  | 198  | 154
5  | Windsor Knights  | 12  | 9  | 1  | 0.569 | 4.5  | 172  | 165
6  | Legends  | 12  | 10  | 0  | 0.545 | 5  | 198  | 163
7  | Thunder  | 8  | 10  | 4  | 0.456 | 7  | 186  | 176
8  | Slammers  | 10  | 12  | 0  | 0.455 | 7  | 128  | 195
9  | Greensox  | 6  | 13  | 3  | 0.341 | 9.5  | 152  | 201  |
10  | Leeds Terriers  | 6  | 13  | 3  | 0.341 | 9.5  | 168  | 220
11  | Bristol Bees  | 6  | 16  | 0  | 0.273 | 11  | 154  | 220
12  | LNZ  | 5  | 16  | 1  | 0.250 | 11.5  | 117  | 228  | Relegated to NSL 2

## References[edit]

1. ^ WebcastSport (2016-10-26), British Slowpitch Softball Final 2016, retrieved 2017-05-02