Editing 2016 NXL season (section)

== Formats ==

The 2016 rulebook specified a timed, multiple-point format for Professional, Semi-Pro and Division 2–4 X-Ball. Matches ended when time expired with one team ahead, or when a team reached its division's mercy-rule lead.[7]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Regulation playing time !! Mercy-rule lead
|-
| Professional || 16 minutes || Seven points
|-
| Semi-Pro || 15 minutes || Five points
|-
| Division 2 || 15 minutes || Five points
|-
| Division 3 || 12 minutes || Four points
|-
| Division 4 || 12 minutes || Four points
|}

The professional division comprised 16 teams. The rulebook also provided for split-deck scheduling, in which two matches alternated points on the same field.[7]

Alongside X-Ball, the event programme included separate five-player, ten-player and pump competitions. World Cup also included Amateur ten-player, Division 500 five-player and Amateur two-player divisions.[8][9][10][11][12]