| 2016 American Ultimate Disc League season | |
| League: | American Ultimate Disc League |
| Sport: | Ultimate |
| No Of Games: | 14 |
| No Of Teams: | 26 |
| Tv: | ESPN3 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Playoffs: | Postseason |
| Playoffs Link: |
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| Conf1: | East Division |
| Conf1 Champ: | Toronto Rush |
| Conf2: | Midwest Division |
| Conf2 Champ: | Madison Radicals |
| Conf3: | West Division |
| Conf3 Champ: | Seattle Cascades |
| Conf4: | South Division |
| Conf4 Champ: | Dallas Roughnecks |
| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Link: |
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| Finals Champ: | Seattle Cascades |
| Seasonslistnames: | AUDL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2015 American Ultimate Disc League season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2017 American Ultimate Disc League season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017 |
The 2016 American Ultimate Disc League season was the fifth season for the league. The twenty-six teams were split into four regional divisions (East, Midwest, West and South), with each team playing a 14-game schedule. The second and third placed teams in each division advanced to a playoff match, with the winners facing the first placed team in their division. The winners of these matches advanced to the AUDL Championship Weekend, which featured semifinals and then a final for the AUDL Championship. The Dallas Roughnecks defeated the Seattle Cascades 33–27 in the final to become the 2016 AUDL Champions.[1]
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head point difference.[3]
(C) Division champion, (Q) Qualified for the division playoffs
| width=250 | Team | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=200 | Qualifying position | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Rush (C) (Q) | 12 | 2 | +100 | East Division Final | |||||
| DC Breeze (Q) | 10 | 4 | +65 | East Division Playoff | |||||
| New York Empire (Q) | 7 | 7 | +32 | ||||||
| Ottawa Outlaws | 7 | 7 | +2 | ||||||
| Montreal Royal | 6 | 8 | −33 | ||||||
| Philadelphia Phoenix | 0 | 14 | −166 |
| Team | DC | MTL | NY | OTT | PHI | TOR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC Breeze | style="background: #bbffbb; | 2–1 26–18 28–14 22–27 | style="background: #bbffbb; | 3–0 *23–22 15–14 **27–26 | style="background: #ffff90; | 1–1 28–17 22–27 | style="background: #bbffbb; | 3–0 24–15 34–18 27–16 | style="background: #ffbbbb; | 1–2 24–25** 23–24 28–23 | ||
| Montreal Royal | style="background: #ffbbbb; | 1–2 18–26 14–28 27–22 | style="background: #ffff90; | 1–1 19–21 12–17 | style="background: #ffbbbb; | 1–2 24–31 27–30 21–20 | style="background: #bbffbb; | 3–0 25–17 21–18 27–19 | style="background: #ffbbbb; | 1–2 31–27 18–29 14–26 | ||
| New York Empire | style="background: #ffbbbb; | 0–3 22–23* 14–15 26–27** | style="background: #ffff90; | 1–1 21–19 17–12 | style="background: #bbffbb; | 2–1 24–19 23–21 19–24 | style="background: #bbffbb; | 3–0 28–16 32–17 28–13 | style="background: #ffbbbb; | 0–3 14–22 21–27 20–22* | ||
| Ottawa Outlaws | style="background: #ffff90; | 1–1 17–28 27–22 | style="background: #bbffbb; | 2–1 31–24 30–27 20–21 | style="background: #ffbbbb; | 1–2 19–24 21–23 24–19 | style="background: #bbffbb; | 3–0 25–13 30–22 37–16 | style="background: #ffbbbb; | 0–3 15–32 24–30 20–35 | ||
| Philadelphia Phoenix | style="background: #ffbbbb; | 0–3 15–24 18–34 16–27 | style="background: #ffbbbb; | 0–3 17–25 18–21 19–27 | style="background: #ffbbbb; | 0–3 16–28 17–32 13–28 | style="background: #ffbbbb; | 0–3 13–25 20–30 16–37 | style="background: #ffbbbb; | 0–2 16–24 6–28 | ||
| Toronto Rush | style="background: #bbffbb; | 2–1 **25–24 24–23 23–28 | style="background: #bbffbb; | 2–1 27–31 29–18 26–14 | style="background: #bbffbb; | 3–0 22–14 27–21 *22–20 | style="background: #bbffbb; | 3–0 32–15 30–24 35–20 | style="background: #bbffbb; | 2–0 24–16 28–6 |
| width=250 | Team | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=200 | Qualifying position | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Radicals (C) (Q) | 14 | 0 | +136 | Midwest Division Final | |||||
| Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (Q) | 10 | 4 | +61 | Midwest Division Playoff | |||||
| Minnesota Wind Chill (Q) | 9 | 5 | −26 | ||||||
| Indianapolis AlleyCats | 8 | 6 | +44 | ||||||
| Chicago Wildfire | 4 | 10 | −34 | ||||||
| Detroit Mechanix | 4 | 10 | −79 | ||||||
| Cincinnati Revolution | 0 | 14 | −102 |
| width=250 | Team | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=200 | Qualifying position | |||
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| San Francisco FlameThrowers (C) (Q) | 11 | 3 | +52 | West Division Final | |||||
| Seattle Cascades (Q) | 9 | 5 | +16 | West Division Playoff | |||||
| Los Angeles Aviators (Q) | 9 | 5 | +21 | ||||||
| Vancouver Riptide | 6 | 8 | −8 | ||||||
| San Jose Spiders | 5 | 9 | −27 | ||||||
| San Diego Growlers | 2 | 12 | −54 |
| width=250 | Team | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=200 | Qualifying position | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Roughnecks (C) (Q) | 14 | 0 | +134 | South Division Final | |||||
| Raleigh Flyers (Q) | 9 | 5 | +11 | South Division Playoff | |||||
| Atlanta Hustle (Q) | 7 | 7 | −2 | ||||||
| Austin Sol | 7 | 7 | +26 | ||||||
| Jacksonville Cannons | 5 | 9 | −20 | ||||||
| Charlotte Express | 4 | 10 | −59 | ||||||
| Nashville Nightwatch | 3 | 11 | −90 |
Regional semifinal matches were played on July 16, with regional finals taking place on July 17 and July 23.[4] [5] Matches for the AUDL Semifinals were decided based on the seeding of teams from their results during the season.