The Nova Scotia Soccer League has adopted a modified competition format for this division to accommodate the teams that have been entered and to provide as much meaningful competition as possible to the participating teams.
The modified format combines all U18 Boys A and B teams into one division and splits the season into two stages.
Stage 1 (Qualification Round):
Stage 1 acts as a qualifying/seeding/placement stage. All teams play within a regional-based qualifying round in a single round robin format, where teams will play against teams that are geographically close to them. Standings from Stage 1 inform the division placement for Stage 2. Qualification Round games take place between June 1 and June 23. All teams will play four (4) qualification round games in pools of five (5) teams.
Stage 2 (Regular Season):
Stage 2 acts as the regular season and placement will be based on the standings of the Qualification Round. Five (5) teams will qualify for U18 Boys A and five (5) teams will qualify for U18 Boys B Division. Results from stage 1 do not carry over to stage 2. Stage 2 will be considered the regular season and qualification for provincials will come from stage 2. Stage 2 games take place between July 3 and August 10. All teams play 8 regular season games in divisions of five (5) teams.
Notes:
After the qualifying round games have been played, the top two (2) teams in each qualifying group (based on determination of standings - Section 6 of NSSL Handbook) will qualify for the U18 Boys A division.
The bottom two (2) teams in each division (based on determination of standings- Section 6 of NSSL Handbook) will qualify for the U18 Boys B division.
Of the two third-place teams, the team with the better record (based on the determination of standings- Section 6 of NSSL Handbook) will qualify for the U18 Boys A division, the team with the worse record will qualify for the U18 Boys B division.
Regional Pool A:
Halifax City A, Halifax City B, Dunbrack Black, Dunbrack Red, HCU
Regional Pool B:
Ignite, Storm, Suburban A, Suburban B, UDFC