 The restructured NFD was divided into two streams, one inland and another coastal – each of which consisted of 8 teams.The winners of the two streams played against each other in a 'final' at the end of the season – the winner of which was be promoted to the PSL.The loser of the 'final' played in a mini-tournament/play-offs against the two second-placed teams in each stream and the 15th-placed team on the PSL log.