| Bull Oceanic Winter League
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| Founded 2018
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| Most recent champions
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(1) Wellington Diggers
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| Most titles
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(2) Tunis Freemen
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The Bull Oceanic Winter League (BOWL) is an annual off-season developmental league owned and operated by the Bull Baseball League. The league includes ten teams, divided into an African division, and an Australian/New Zealand division. Each year, the league plays its games at a single baseball complex in a selected host city. The players are drawn from the lower minor leagues of all twenty Bull League teams.
Structure
The eighteen teams in the BOWL each draw their players from an affiliated Bull League team, ensuring there are a large number of roster slots available to teams who want to continue to develop their minor league players during the off-season.
| Division |
Team |
City, Country |
Seed teams
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| Africa
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Accra Fire Cats |
Accra, Ghana |
Grand Rapids Hops
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| Algiers Berbers ★ |
Algiers, Algieria |
Kansas City Blizzard
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| Cairo Pharaohs |
Cairo, Egypt |
Calgary Inferno
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| Cape Town Nuggets ★ |
Cape Town, South Africa |
Houston Oilers
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| Johannesburg Miners |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
California Tidals
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| Lagos Millionaires |
Lagos, Nigeria |
Minneapolis Ravens
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| Madagascar Barracudas |
Madagascar |
Denver Grizzlies
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| Nairobi Team |
Nairobi, Kenya |
Seattle Salts
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| Tunis Freemen ★★ |
Tunis, Tunisia |
Toronto Nomads
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| AUS/NZ
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Adelaide Antelopes |
Adelaide, Australia |
New York Dragons
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| Brisbane Team |
Brisbane, Australia |
Nevada Speeders
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| Canberra Team |
Canberra, Australia |
Miami Storm
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| Gold Coast Stars |
Gold Coast, Australia |
Montreal Metros
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| Melbourne Gold Rush ★ |
Melbourne, Australia |
Boston Brawlers
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| Newcastle Nuclears |
Newcastle, Australia |
Ohio Oxen
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| Sydney Surfers |
Sydney, Australia |
Chicago Pit Bulls
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| Tasmania Devils |
Tasmania, Australia |
Atlanta Fire Ants
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| Wellington Diggers ★ |
Wellington, New Zealand |
Washington Freedom
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Schedule
The season runs from the first Monday in December to January each year, and consists of 48 games.
Championships
The championship team is determined in a 2-round playoff.
During round 1, the top two seeded teams play a one-game playoff to determine the division playoff team. Then in round 2, the two division round winner play a one-game championship.
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