2016 in sports
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2016 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main highlight for this year is the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Calendar by month
- Super Bowl 50 – the Denver Broncos (AFC) won 24–10 over the Carolina Panthers (NFC)
- Location: Levi's Stadium
- Attendance: 71,088
- MVP: Von Miller, LB (Denver)
- November 21, 2015 – September 17, 2016: 2015–16 World Archery Federation Events Page[1]
2016 Summer Olympics (WA)
- August 5 – 12: 2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí
- Men's individual:
Ku Bon-chan;
Jean-Charles Valladont;
Brady Ellison
- Men's team:
South Korea (KOR);
United States (USA);
Australia (AUS)
- Women's individual:
Chang Hye-jin;
Lisa Unruh;
Ki Bo-bae
- Women's team:
South Korea (KOR);
Russia (RUS);
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
- Men's individual:
Indoor archery
- November 21 & 22, 2015: IA World Cup #1 in
Marrakesh (junior & senior individual events)[2]
- December 9 & 10, 2015: IA World Cup #2 in
Bangkok (senior individual events only)[3]
- Men's recurve winner:
Brady Ellison
- Women's recurve winner:
Aída Román
- Men's compound winner:
Reo Wilde
- Women's compound winner:
Toja Cerne
- Men's recurve winner:
- January 15 – 17: IA World Cup #3 in
Nîmes (junior & senior individual events)[4]
- Men's recurve winner:
Luca Melotto
- Women's recurve winner:
Guendalina Sartori
- Men's compound winner:
Braden Gellenthien
- Women's compound winner:
Linda Ochoa-Anderson
Italy and
France won 2 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.
- Men's recurve winner:
- January 29 – 31: IA World Cup #4 (final) in
Las Vegas[5]
- Men's recurve winner:
Brady Ellison
- Women's recurve winner:
Khatuna Lorig
- Men's compound winner:
Jesse Broadwater
- Women's compound winner:
Sarah Holst Sonnichsen
- Men's recurve winner:
- March 1 – 6: 2016 World Indoor Archery Championships in
Ankara[6]
Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Outdoor archery
- January 28 – 31: 2016 African Archery Championships in
Windhoek
Egypt won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- April 26 – May 1: WA World Cup #1 in
Shanghai[7]
- Men's recurve winner:
Sjef van den Berg
- Women's recurve winner:
JU Hye-bhin
- Men's compound winner:
Mike Schloesser
- Women's compound winner:
Sara López
- Men's recurve winner:
- May 9 – 15: WA World Cup #2 in
Medellín[8]
- Men's recurve winner:
Brady Ellison
- Women's recurve winner:
Choi Mi-sun
- Men's compound winner:
Sergio Pagni
- Women's compound winner:
Sara López
- Men's recurve winner:
- May 23 – 29: 2016 European Archery Championships in
Nottingham[9][10]
- Men's recurve winner:
Jean-Charles Valladont
- Women's recurve winner:
Veronika Marchenko
- Men's compound winner:
Stephan Hansen
- Women's compound winner:
Sarah Prieels
- Men's recurve winner:
- June 1 – 5: World University Archery Championship in
Ulaanbaatar
- Men's recurve winner:
Galsan Bazarzhapov
- Women's recurve winner:
Kang Chae-young
- Men's compound winner:
Kim Jong-ho
- Women's compound winner:
Ko Soyoung
- Men's recurve winner:
- June 13 – 19: WA World Cup #3 in
Antalya[11]
- Men's recurve winner:
Lee Seung-yun
- Women's recurve winner:
Choi Mi-sun
- Men's compound winner:
Evren Çağıran
- Women's compound winner:
Sara López
- Men's recurve winner:
- September 24 & 25: WA World Cup #4 (final) in
Odense[12]
- Men's recurve winner:
Brady Ellison
- Women's recurve winner:
Ki Bo-bae
- Men's compound winner:
Mike Schloesser
- Women's compound winner:
Marcella Tonioli
- Mixed team recurve winners:
South Korea
- Mixed team compound winners:
Denmark
- Men's recurve winner:
- September 27 – October 2: 2016 World Archery Field Championships in
Dublin[13]
Italy and the
United States won 5 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.
Athletics (track and field)
- April 3 – October 2: 2016 Major League Baseball season
- American League winner:
Cleveland Indians
- National League winner:
Chicago Cubs
- American League winner:
- June 9 – 11: 2016 Major League Baseball draft in
Secaucus, New Jersey
- July 12: 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in
San Diego at Petco Park
- Winners: American League
- MVP:
Eric Hosmer (
Kansas City Royals)
- Home Run Derby:
Giancarlo Stanton (
Miami Marlins)
- October 25 – November 2: 2016 World Series
- The
Chicago Cubs defeated the
Cleveland Indians, 4–3 in games played, to win their third World Series title. Notably, this ended the longest championship drought in the history of North American sports at 108 years.
- The
- July 29 – August 7: 2016 WBSC 15U Baseball World Cup in
Iwaki, Fukushima[14]
Cuba defeated
Japan, 9–4, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall WBSC 15U Baseball World Cup title.
- The
United States took the bronze medal.
- September 3 – 11: 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup in
Gijang County (Busan)[15]
- October 28 – November 6: 2016 23U Baseball World Cup in
Monterrey (replaces the 21U Baseball World Cup)[16]
Japan defeated
Australia, 10–3, to win their first 23U Baseball World Cup title.
South Korea took the bronze medal.
- July 26 – August 2: 2016 Big League World Series in
Easley, South Carolina[17][18]
Tao-Yuan County Big LL (Team Asia-Pacific) defeated
Kihei LL (Team West), 6–2, in the final.
- July 31 – August 6: 2016 Senior League World Series in
Bangor, Maine[19][20]
Clear Ridge LL (Team Central) defeated
Southern Mariners LL (Team Asia-Pacific), 7–2, in the final.
- July 31 – August 7: 2016 Little League Intermediate (50/70) World Series in
Livermore, California[21][22]
Central East Maui LL (Team West) defeated
West Seoul LL (Team Asia-Pacific), 5–1, in the final.
- August 14 – 21: 2016 Junior League World Series in
Taylor, Michigan[23][24]
Shing-Ming Junior LL (Team Asia-Pacific) defeated
Kawaihau Community LL (Team West), 9–1, in the final.
- August 18 – 28: 2016 Little League World Series in
South Williamsport, Pennsylvania[25]
Maine-Endwell Little League (Team Mid-Atlantic) defeated
East Seoul Little League (Team Asia-Pacific and Middle East), 2–1, in the final.
2016 Summer Olympics (FIBA)
- January 15 – 17: Aquece Rio International Women's Basketball Tournament in
Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)[26]
- August 6 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Training Center
- Men:
United States;
Serbia;
Spain
- Women:
United States;
Spain;
Serbia
- Men:
International FIBA championships
- June 1 – 5: 2016 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships in
Astana[27]
- June 13 – 19: 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women in
Nantes[28]
- June 22 – July 3: 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Men and Women in
Zaragoza[30][31]
- Men: The
United States defeated
Turkey, 96–56, to win their fourth consecutive FIBA Under-17 World Championship title.
Lithuania took third place.
- Women:
Australia defeated
Italy, 62–38, to win their first FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women title.
- The
United States took third place.
- Men: The
- July 4 – 9: FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament #1 in
Turin[32]
Croatia has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
- July 4 – 9: FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament #2 in
Belgrade[33]
Serbia has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
- July 5 – 10: FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament #3 in
Manila[34]
France has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
- August 6 & 7: 2016 FIBA 3x3 Open Pacific Championships in
Gold Coast, Queensland[35]
Guam defeated
NSW, 11–9, in the final.
- October 11 – 15: 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships in
Guangzhou[36]
- Men:
Serbia defeated the
United States, 21–16, in the final.
Slovenia took third place.
- Women: The
Czech Republic defeated
Ukraine, 21–11, in the final. The
United States took third place.
- Men:
- October 27, 2015 – April 13, 2016: 2015–16 NBA season
- Top regular season team:
Golden State Warriors
- MVP:
Stephen Curry (
Golden State Warriors)
- Top regular season team:
- February 14: 2016 NBA All-Star Game at the Air Canada Centre in
Toronto
- Note: This NBA All-Star Game was held outside the United States for the first time.
- The Western Conference (NBA) defeat the Eastern Conference (NBA) 196–173.
- MVP:
Russell Westbrook (
Oklahoma City Thunder)
- NBA All-Star Celebrity Game: Team
Canada defeated Team
United States 74–64.
- Rising Stars Challenge: Team USA defeated Team
World 157–154.
- NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge winner:
Karl-Anthony Towns (
Minnesota Timberwolves)
- Three-Point Contest winner:
Klay Thompson (
Golden State Warriors)
- Slam Dunk Contest winner:
Zach LaVine (
Minnesota Timberwolves)
- April 16 – June 19: 2016 NBA Playoffs
- The
Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the
Golden State Warriors, 4–3 in games played, to win their first NBA title.
- MVP:
LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
- The
- June 23: 2016 NBA draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn (New York City)
- #1 pick:
Ben Simmons to the
Philadelphia 76ers from
LSU
- #1 pick:
- April 14: 2016 WNBA draft at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut
- #1:
Breanna Stewart, from the
Connecticut Huskies, to the
Seattle Storm
- #1:
- May 14 – September 18: 2016 WNBA season
- Eastern Conference Winners:
New York Liberty
- Western Conference Winners:
Minnesota Lynx
- Eastern Conference Winners:
- September 21 – October 20: 2016 WNBA Playoffs[37]
- The
Los Angeles Sparks defeated the
Minnesota Lynx, 3–2 in games played, to win their third WNBA championship title.
- The
- March 15 – April 4: 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (Final four at NRG Stadium in Houston)
- The
Villanova Wildcats defeated the
North Carolina Tar Heels, 77–74, to win their second NCAA Men's Division I Basketball title.
- Most Outstanding Player:
Ryan Arcidiacono (Villanova)
- Most Outstanding Player:
- The
- March 19 – April 5: 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament (Final four at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis)
- The
Connecticut Huskies defeated the
Syracuse Orange, 82–51, to win their fourth consecutive and 11th overall NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament title. The title was also the 11th for Huskies head coach Geno Auriemma, putting him ahead of John Wooden for the most Division I national titles for a head coach in either men's or women's basketball.
- Most Outstanding Player:
Breanna Stewart (Connecticut)
- Most Outstanding Player:
- The
- January 15 – March 12: 2016 FIBA Americas League[38]
Guaros de Lara defeated
Bauru, 84–79, to win their first FIBA Americas League title.
Mogi das Cruzes took third place.
- May 20 – 26: 2016 South American Basketball Championship for Women in
Barquisimeto[39]
- June 19 – 25: 2016 Centrobasket in
Panama City[40]
Puerto Rico defeated
Mexico, 84–83, to win their 11th Centrobasket title.
Dominican Republic took third place.
- June 26 – July 2: 2016 South American Basketball Championship for Men in
Caracas[41]
- July 3 – 16: 2016 CBC U16 Championship in
Georgetown, Guyana[42]
- July 13 – 23: 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Men and Women in
Valdivia[44][45]
- Men: The
United States defeated
Canada, 99–84, to win their fourth consecutive and eighth overall FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship title.
Brazil took third place.
- Women: The
United States defeated
Canada, 109–62, to win their eighth consecutive and ninth overall FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship title.
Brazil took third place.
- Men: The
- August 24 – 28: 2016 Centrobasket U15 Championship in
Patillas, Puerto Rico[46]
Puerto Rico defeated the
Dominican Republic, 74–67, in the final.
Mexico took third place.
- August 29 – September 2: 2016 COCABA U16 Championship for Men and Women in
San José, Costa Rica[47][48]
- Men: 1.
Mexico; 2.
Panama; 3.
El Salvador
- Women: 1.
Mexico; 2.
El Salvador; 3.
Costa Rica
- Men: 1.
- September 20 – December 7: 2016 South American League for Men's Clubs in
Comodoro Rivadavia and La Banda,
Valdivia, and
Barquisimeto[49]
Mogi das Cruzes defeated
Weber Bahía, 3–0 in games played, in the final.
- October 25 – 29: 2016 South American U15 Championship for Men in
Asunción[50]
- November 16 – 20: 2016 FIBA South America Under-15 Championship for Women in
Guayaquil[51]
- October 5, 2015 – May 15, 2016: 2015–16 Euroleague[52]
CSKA Moscow defeated
Fenerbahçe, 101–96 in overtime, to win their seventh Euroleague title.
Lokomotiv Kuban took third place.
- October 7, 2015 – April 13, 2016: 2015–16 EuroCup Women[53]
CJM Bourges Basket defeated fellow French team, ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 105–93 in two matches, to win their first EuroCup Women title.
- October 13, 2015 – April 27, 2016: 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball[54]
Galatasaray Odeabank defeated
Strasbourg IG, 140–133 on aggregate, to win their first Eurocup Basketball title.
- October 14, 2015 – April 17, 2016: 2015–16 EuroLeague Women[55]
UMMC Ekaterinburg defeated fellow Russian team, Nadezhda Orenburg, 72–69, to win their third EuroLeague Women title.
Fenerbahçe took third place.
- October 21, 2015 – May 1, 2016: 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup (debut event and replaced the EuroChallenge)[56]
Skyliners Frankfurt defeated
Pallacanestro Varese, 66–62, to win the inaugural FIBA Europe Cup title.
Élan Chalon took third place.
- June 26 – July 3: 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries in
Chișinău[57]
Armenia defeated
Andorra, 79–71, to win their first FIBA European Championship for Small Countries title.
San Marino took third place.
- June 28 – July 3: 2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries in
Gibraltar[58]
- July 9 – 17: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women in
Matosinhos[59]
- July 16 – 24: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in
Helsinki[60]
- July 23 – 31: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women in
Sopron[61]
- August 6 – 14: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women in
Udine[62]
- August 12 – 20: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in
Radom[63]
- September 2 – 4: 2016 FIBA 3x3 European Championships in
Bucharest[64]
- September 9 – 11: 2016 FIBA U18 3x3 European Championships in
Debrecen[65]
- December 16 – 22: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in
Samsun[66]
- Note: This event was temporarily postponed, due to the aftermath of the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt.
France defeated
Lithuania, 75–68, to win their fourth FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship title.
Italy took third place.
- July 22 – 31: 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship in
Tehran[67]
Iran defeated
Japan, 71–65, to win their third FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship title.
South Korea took third place.
- September 9 – 18: 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge in
Tehran[68]
Iran defeated
South Korea, 77–47, to win their third consecutive FIBA Asia Challenge title.
Jordan took third place.
- October 8 – 16: 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup in
Chenzhou[69]
China Kashgar defeated
Al-Riyadi, 96–88, to win their first FIBA Asia Champions Cup title.
Petrochimi took third place.
- November 13 – 20: 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women in
Bangkok[70]
China defeated
Japan, 78–47, to win their fourth consecutive and 15th overall FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women title.
South Korea took third place.
- July 22 – 31: 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men in
Kigali[71]
- August 26 – September 4: 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women in
Cairo[72]
Mali defeated
Egypt, 84–61, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women title.
Mozambique took third place.
- December 5 – 10: 2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship for Men and Women in
Suva
- Men:
New Zealand defeated
Australia, 57–51, to win their first Men's FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship title.
Guam took third place.
- Women:
Australia defeated
New Zealand, 107–52, to win their seventh consecutive Women's FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship title.
Samoa took third place.
- Men:
Bobsleigh and skeleton
- March 19 – 26: BISFed 2016 World Individual Championships in
Beijing[73]
- Individual BC1 winner:
Pattaya Tadtong
- Individual BC2 winner:
Worawut Saengampa
- Individual BC3 winner:
Jeong Ho-won
- Individual BC4 winner:
Stephen McGuire
- Individual BC1 winner:
- April 26 – May 2: BISFed 2016 World Open #1 in
Montreal[74]
- Individual BC1 winner:
Lee Dong-won
- Individual BC2 winner:
Lee Young-jin
- Individual BC3 winner:
Jeong Ho-won
- Individual BC4 winner:
Seo Hyeon-seok
- Pairs BC3 winners:
South Korea
- Pairs BC4 winners:
Slovakia
- Team BC1–BC2 winners:
South Korea
- Individual BC1 winner:
- May 17 – 24: BISFed 2016 World Open #2 in
Dubai[75][76]
- June 14 – 19: BISFed 2016 World Open #3 in
Póvoa de Varzim
- November 27 – 104th Grey Cup: Ottawa Redblacks defeat Calgary Stampeders, 39–33 (in overtime).
- February 10 – December 18: 2016 FIDE (World Chess Federation) calendar
World events
- February 10 – 24, 2016: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #2 in
Tehran
- Winner:
Ju Wenjun
- Winner:
- April 19 – May 3, 2016: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #3 in
Batumi
- Winner:
Valentina Gunina
- Winner:
- July 1 – 15: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #4 in
Chengdu
- Winner:
Harika Dronavalli
- Winner:
- November 18 – December 2: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #5 in
Khanty-Mansiysk
- Winner:
Ju Wenjun
- Winner:
- February 25 – March 3: IMSA Elite Mind Games in
Huai'an
- Winners of rapid chess:
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (m) /
Tan Zhongyi
- Winners of blitz chess:
Rauf Mamedov (m) /
Kateryna Lagno (f)
- Winners of Basque chess:
Ding Liren (m) /
Alexandra Kosteniuk (f)
- Winners of rapid chess:
- March 1 – 19: Women's World Chess Championship 2016 in
Lviv
- Winner:
Hou Yifan
- Winner:
- March 10 – 30: Candidates Tournament in
Moscow
- Winner:
Sergey Karjakin
- Winner:
- April 8 – 15: 14th World University Chess Championship in
Abu Dhabi
- Winners:
Hovhannes Gabuzyan (m) /
Ni Shiqun (f)
- Winners:
- April 18 – 28: World Amateur Chess Championship 2016 in
Chalkidiki
- Under 2300 winner:
Zhuban Bigabylov
- Under 2000 winner:
Enkhsaikhan Khulan
- Under 1700 winner:
Jatin SN
- Under 2300 winner:
- May 17 – 25: 2016 ICCD World Individual Deaf Chess Championships in
Yerevan
- Men's winner:
Duilio Collutiis
- Junior men winner:
Mikhail Petrenko
- Women's winner:
Tatiana Baklanova
- Men's winner:
- June 26 – July 4: World Senior Team Chess Championship 50+, 65+ 2016 in
Dresden
- 50+ winners:
Germany (Uwe Bönsch, Klaus Bischoff, Karsten Volke, Raj Tischbierek, Gernot Gauglitz)
- 65+ winners:
Russia (Evgeny Sveshnikov, Evgeni Vasiukov, Yuri Balashov, Vladimir V. Zhelnin, Nikolai Pushkov)
- Women's winners:
Russia (Galina Strutinskaia, Svetlana Mednikova, Valentina Kozlovskaya, Elena Fatalibekova, Elena N. Sazonova)
- 50+ winners:
- July 22 – 29: World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2016 in
Poprad
- Winners:
Iran
- Winners:
- July 30 – August 7: Commonwealth Chess Championship 2016 in
Wadduwa
- Winnesr:
Abhijeet Gupta (m) /
Tania Sachdev (f)
- U8 winner:
P. Das Swayham (m) / A. N. Shefali (f)
- U10 winners:
D. Gukesh (m) /
Sanskruti Wankhede (f)
- U12 winners:
Malan Pathirana (m) /
Narayani Adane(f)
- U14 winners:
P. Iniyan (m) /
Meenal Gupta (f)
- U16 winners:
Minul Sanjula Doluweera (m) /
Hagawane Aakanksha
- U18 winners:
Sarkar Rajdeep (m) /
Mohanty Smaraki
- U20 winners:
Roland Bezuidenhout (m) /
P. V. Nandhidhaa
- Senior winner:
Richard Voon
- Winnesr:
- August 7 – 21: World Junior Chess Championships 2016 in
Bhubaneswar
- Winners:
Jeffery Xiong (m) /
Dinara Saduakassova (f)
- Winners:
- September 1 – 14: 42nd Chess Olympiad in
Baku
- Open winners:
United States (Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Sam Shankland, Ray Robson)
- Women's winners:
China (Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun, Zhao Xue, Tan Zhongyi, Guo Qi)
- Open winners:
- September 20 – October 4: World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships 2016 in
Khanty-Mansiysk
- U14 winners:
Semen Lomasov (m) /
Zhu Jiner (f)
- U16 winners:
Haik M. Martirosyan (m) /
Aakanksha Hagawane (f)
- U18 winners:
Manuel Petrosyan (m) /
Stavroula Tsolakidou (f)
- U14 winners:
- October 18 – 31: World Cadets U8, U10, U12 Championships 2016 in
Batumi
- U8 winners:
Shageldi Kurbandurdyew (m) /
Aisha Zakirova (f)
- U10 winners:
Ilya Makoveev (m) /
Rochelle Wu (f)
- U12 winners:
Nikhil Kumar (m) /
Bibisara Assaubayeva (f)
- U8 winners:
- November 11–30: World Chess Championship 2016: Carlsen – Karjakin in
New York City
Magnus Carlsen defeated
Sergey Karjakin, 9–7.
- November 18 – December 1: World Senior Chess Championships 2016 in
Mariánské Lázně
- 50+ winners:
Giorgi Bagaturov (m) /
Tatiana Bogumil (f)
- 65+ winners:
Anatoly Vaisser (m) /
Nona Gaprindashvili (f)
- 50+ winners:
European events
- April 1 – 11: 2nd European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship in
Luxembourg City
- Winner:
Helgi Dam Ziska
- Winner:
- April 18 – 27: European Senior Team Chess Championship 2016 in
Greece
- Seniors 50+ winners:
Israel (Alon Greenfeld, Yehuda Gruenfeld, Alexander Huzman, Ram Soffer)
- Seniors 65+ winners:
Russia (Yuri Balashov, Nikolai M Mishuchkov, Nikolai Pushkov, Evgeni Vasiukov, Vladimir V Zhelnin)
- Seniors 50+ winners:
- May 11 – 24: European Individual Chess Championship 2016 in
Gjakova
- Winner:
Ernesto Inarkiev
- Winner:
- May 26 – June 8: European Individual Women's Chess Championship 2016 in
Mamaia
- Winner:
Anna Ushenina
- Winner:
- June 4 – 14: European Senior Individual Championship 2016 in
Armenia
- 50+ winners:
Zurab Sturua (m) /
Galina Strutinskaia (f)
- 65+ winners:
Valentin Bogdanov (m) /
Nona Gaprindashvili (f)
- 50+ winners:
- June 6 – 12: European Amateur Chess Championship 2016 in
Ruzomberok
- Winner:
Anatoly Borodavkin
- Winner:
- June 16 – 26: European School Chess Championship 2016 in
Chalkidiki
- U7 winners:
Ziya Mammadov (m) /
Sofya Svergina (f)
- U9 winners:
Taha Ozkan (m) /
Alexandra Shvedova (f)
- U11 winners:
Isik Can (m) /
Margarita Zvereva (f)
- U13 winners:
Ilie Martinovici (m) /
Alexandra Afanasieva (f)
- U15 winners:
Toivo Keinanen (m) /
Alexandra Obolentseva (f)
- U17 winner:
Timur Trubchaninov (m) /
Anastasia Avramidou (f)
- U7 winners:
- July 9 – 17: European Youth Team Chess Championship 2016 in
Celje
- July 13 – 24: European Universities Games 2016 in
Zagreb
- Winners:
Hovhannes Gabuzyan (m) /
Adela Velikić
- Blitz winners:
Zaven Andriasian (m) /
Anastasia Travkina
- Winners:
- July 24 – August 1: 1st IBCA European Team Chess Championship in
Warsawa
- Winners:
Poland 1
- Winners:
- August 3 – 11: 2016 EU Youth Championships in
Mureck
- EU U8 winner:
Simeon Todev
- EU U10 winner:
Vesna Mihelič
- EU U12 winner:
Momchil Petkov
- EU U14 winner:
Maximilian Paul Maetzkow
- EU U8 winner:
- August 17 – 28: European Youth Chess Championship 2016 in
Prague
- U8 winners:
Artem Pingin (m) /
Alexandra Shvedova (f)
- U10 winners:
Volodar Murzin (m) /
Zsóka Gaál (f)
- U12 winners:
Mamikon Gharibyan (m) /
Sila Çağlar (f)
- U14 winners:
Salvador Guerra Rivera (m) /
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (f)
- U16 winners:
Timur Fakhrutdinov (m) /
Fiona Sieber (f)
- U18 winners:
Manuel Petrosyan (m) /
Nino Khomeriki (f)
- U8 winners:
- November 5 – 13: European Chess Club Cup 2016 for men and for women
Novi Sad
- Winners:
Alkaloid (m) /
Cercle d’Echecs Monte Carlo
- Winners:
- December 14 – 18: European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2016 in
Tallinn
- December 26 – 30: European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2016 in
Novi Sad
American events
- February 19 – 28: American Continental Women's Championship in
Lima
- Winner:
Deysi Cori
- Winner:
- March 24 – 29: CARIFTA Chess Championships U20 in
Saint Croix
- U20 winners:
Orlando Husbands (m) /
Annelaine Jacobs (f)
- U18 winners:
Yu Tien Poon (m) /
Hazel Acosta (f)
- U16 winners:
Alan-Safar Ramoutar (m) /
Catherine Kaslan (f)
- U14 winners:
Alan-Safar Ramoutar (m) /
Catherine Kaslan (f)
- U12 winners:
Nathan Smith (m) /
Azaria Johnson (f)
- U10 winners:
Kishan Clarke (m) /
Thamara Sagastegui (f)
- U8 winner:
Jayden Barry
- U20 winners:
- April 27 – May 3: American Subzonal 2.3.5 Open & Women in
Bridgetown
- Winners:
Mark Machin Rivera (m) /
Deborah Richards (f)
- Winners:
- May 28 – June 5: 11th American Continental Chess Championship in
San Salvador
- Winner:
Emilio Córdova Daza
- Winner:
- June 19 – 26: Panamerican U20 Chess Championship 2016 in
Bogotà
- Winners:
Luis Paulo Supi (m) /
Lilia Ivonne Fuentes Godoy (f)
- Winners:
- July 1 – 6: Panamerican University Championship 2016 in
Tegucigalpa
- Winners:
Mattey Emanuel Vaglio (m) /
Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (f)
- Winners:
- July 11 – 18: Central American & Caribbean Junior U20 Chess Championships 2016 in
San Salvador
- Winners:
Bryan Solano Cuya (m) /
Karla July Fernandez Rivero (f)
- Winners:
- July 24 – 31: Panamerican Youth Festival 2016 in
Montevideo
- U8 winners:
Marvin Gao (m) /
Sophie Velea (f)
- U10 winners:
Diego Saul Rod Flores Quillas (m) /
Rianne Ke (f)
- U12 winners:
Arthur Guo (m) /
Nastassja A Matus (f)
- U14 winners:
German Gonzalo Quirhuayo Chumbe (m) /
Melanie Dongo (f)
- U16 winners:
Julian Villca (m) /
Angie Gabriela Velasquez (f)
- U18 winners:
Franco Villegas (m) /
Nataly A Monroy G (f)
- U8 winners:
- August 7 – 11: North American Youth Chess Championship 2016 in
Canada
- U8 winners:
Kevin Zhong (m) /
Sophie Velea (f)
- U10 winners:
Rohun Trakru (m) /
Atmika Gorti (f)
- U12 winners:
Nicholas Vettese (m) /
Claire Cao (f)
- U14 winners:
Aaron Shlionsky (m) /
Sasha Konovalenko (f)
- U16 winners:
Zhaozhi Li (m) /
Svitlana Demchenko (f)
- U18 winner:
Michael Song (m) /
Maili-Jade Ouellet (f)
- U8 winners:
- August 15 – 22: Central American & Caribbean Youth Chess Championships 2016 in
Caracas
Venezuela won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- October 2 – 9: Panamerican Schools Chess Championship 2016 in
Lima
- U7 winners:
Matias Vincent Lima Cardenas (m) /
Maria Fernanda Herrada Blanco (f)
- U9 winners:
Nicola Forno Trujillo (m) /
Fiorella Contreras (f)
- U11 winners:
Diego Saul Rod Flores Quillas (m) /
Julia Dennis Figueroa Bernal (f)
- U13 winners:
Ivan Excen Soriano Quispe (m) /
Nicole Celestino (f)
- U15 winners:
Junior Zambrano (m) /
Mitzy Mishell Caballero Quijano (f)
- U17 winners:
Kevin Joel Cori Quispe (m) /
Blanca Solis Chimoy (f)
- U7 winners:
- October 25 – 30: Panamerican Amateur Chess Championship in
Buenos Aires
- Sub 1700 winner:
Juan Dalmas Muzi
- Sub 2000 winner:
Nelson Lujan
- Sub 2300 winner:
Renzo Gutiérrez
- Blitz winner:
Cristian Sanhueza
- Sub 1700 winner:
- October 31 – November 6: American Subzonal 2.3.3 in
Panama City
- Winners:
Bernal González (m) /
Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (f)
- Winners:
- November 6 – 13: American Continental Women's Championship in
Colima City
- Winner:
Deysi Cori
- Winner:
- December 1 – 6: South American Youth Festival 2016 in
Santiago
- U8 winners:
Santiago Lopez Rayo (m) /
Mirella Pedro Tereza (f)
- U10 winners:
Axl Severich (m) /
Juana Rueda Nessi (f)
- U12 winners:
Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (m) /
Arianna Sofia Arauco Celestino (f)
- U14 winners:
Flavio Gonzales Curse (m) /
Stephanie Beatriz Puppi Lazo (f)
- U16 winners:
Lucas Coro (m) /
Mitzy Mishell Caballero Quijano (f)
- U18 winners:
Franco Villegas (m) /
Anahi Ortiz Verdesoto (f)
- U8 winners:
Asian events
- March 27 – April 8: Asian Nations Cup (Men and Women) 2016 in
Abu Dhabi
- Men's winners:
India (Baskaran Adhiban, S. P. Sethuraman, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Krishnan Sasikiran, Deep Sengupta)
- Women's winners:
China (Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Lei Tingjie, Guo Qi, Zhao Xue)
- Men's winners:
- April 6: Asian Nations Cup Rapid Championship 2016 in
Abu Dhabi
- Men's winner:
China (Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Zhou Jianchao, Wei Yi, Lu Shanglei)
- Women's winner:
China (Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Zhao Xue, Lei Tingjie, Guo Qi)
- Men's winner:
- April 7: Asian Nations Cup Blitz Championship 2016 in
Abu Dhabi
- Men's winner:
China (Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Zhou Jianchao, Wei Yi, Lu Shanglei)
- Women's winner:
China (Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Zhao Xue, Lei Tingjie, Guo Qi)
- Men's winner:
- April 5 – 15: Asian Youth U6, U8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 Championship 2016 in
Ulaanbaatar
- U6 winners:
Khumoyun Begmuratov (m) /
Gantsolmon Enkh-Uyanga (f)
- U8 winners:
Artin Ashraf (m) /
Tôn Nữ Quỳnh Dương (f)
- U10 winners:
Ochirbat Lkhagvajamts (m) /
Davaakhuu Munkhzul (f)
- U12 winners:
R. Praggnanandhaa (m) /
Divya Deshmukh (f)
- U14 winners:
Nodirbek Yakubboev (m) /
Mishra Anwesha (f)
- U16 winners:
Arash Tahbaz (m) /
Mobina Alinasab (f)
- U18 winners:
Mersad Khodashenas (m) /
Nguyễn Thanh Thủy Tiên (f)
- U6 winners:
- April 9: Asian Youth Blitz Championship 2016 in
Ulaanbaatar
- U6 winners:
Chin-Erdem Batbaatar (m) /
Pagamdulam Munkhdemberel (f)
- U8 winners:
Dang Anh Minh (m) /
Vu My Linh (f)
- U10 winners:
Yesuntumur Tugstumur (m) /
Nguyễn Hồng Nhung (f)
- U12 winners:
R. Praggnanandhaa (m) /
Divya Deshmukh (f)
- U14 winners:
Nodirbek Yakubboev (m) /
Turmunkh Munkhzul (f)
- U16 winners:
Ortik Nigmatov (m) /
R. Vaishali (f)
- U18 winners:
Arystanbek Urazayev (m) /
V. Varshini (f)
- U6 winners:
- April 10: Asian Youth Rapid Championship 2016 in
Ulaanbaatar
- U6 winners:
Amarbat Baatar (m) /
Gantsolmon Enkh-Uyanga (f)
- U8 winner:
Artin Ashraf (m) /
Vu My Linh (f)
- U10 winners:
Yesuntumur Tugstumur (m) /
Davaakhuu Munkhzul (f)
- U12 winners:
Duc Tri Ngo (m) /
Nazerke Nurgali (f)
- U14 winners:
Yondonjamts Erdemdalai (m) /
Turmunkh Munkhzul (f)
- U16 winners:
Byambasuren Garidmagnai (m) /
R. Vaishali (f)
- U18 winners:
Erdenepurev Boldoo (m) /
Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya (f)
- U6 winners:
- May 2 – 11: Asian Juniors and Girls U-20 Championships 2016 in
New Delhi
- Winners:
Aravindh Chithambaram (m) /
Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya (f)
- Winners:
- May 3: Asian Juniors and Girls Rapid Championship 2016 in
New Delhi
- Winners:
Masoud Mosadeghpour (m) /
R. Vaishali (f)
- Winners:
- May 11: Asian Juniors and Girls Blitz Championship 2016 in
New Delhi
- Winners:
Narayanan Sunilduth Lyna /
R. Vaishali (f)
- Winners:
- May 25 – June 5: Asian Individual Championship (Men and Women) 2016 in
Tashkent
- Winners:
S. P. Sethuraman (m) /
Bhakti Kulkarni
- Winners:
- June 4: Asian Individual Blitz Championship (Men and Women) 2016 in
Tashkent
- Winners:
Lu Shanglei (m) /
Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng
- Winners:
- May 29 – June 8: 17th ASEAN+ Age Group Open Chess Championships 2016 in
Pattaya
Vietnam won both the gold and overall medal tallies
- July 9 – 18: Asian Schools Chess Championships 2016 in
Tehran
- U7 winners:
Alikhon Avazkhonov (m) /
Afruza Khamdamova (f)
- U9 winners:
Yousefi Kafshgarkola Seyed Roh (m) /
Daren Dela Cruz (f)
- U11 winners:
Seyed Kian Poormosavi (m) /
Parnian Ghomi (f)
- U13 winners:
Azat Nurmamedov (m) /
Motahare Asadi (f)
- U15 winners:
Stephen Rome Pangilinan (m) /
Sedigheh Kalantari (f)
- U17 winners:
Arash Tahbaz (m) /
Doroy Allaney Jia G (f)
- U7 winners:
- July 10: Asian Schools Rapid Championships 2016 in
Tehran
- U7 winners:
Khumoyun Sindarov (m) /
Afruza Khamdamova (f)
- U9 winners:
Roshan S (m) /
Erdenebat Enkhjin (f)
- U11 winners:
Bardiya Daneshvar (m) /
Zahra Heydari (f)
- U13 winners:
Mahan Saberi (m) /
Nikta Nadernia (f)
- U15 winners:
Soltan Myradow (m) /
Kylen Joy Mordido (f)
- U17 winners:
Mohammadamin Molaei (m) /
Mitra Asgharzadeh (f)
- U7 winners:
- July 17: Asian Schools Blitz Championships 2016 in
Tehran
- U7 winners:
Sunle Gong (m) /
Afruza Khamdamova (f)
- U9 winners:
Jagadeesh Siddharth (m) /
Ehsha Mishela Pallie (f)
- U11 winners:
Bardiya Daneshvar (m) /
Lala Shohradowa (f)
- U13 winners:
Daniel Quizon (m) /
Saba Jalali (f)
- U15 winners:
Daler Vakhidov (m) /
Sedigheh Kalantari (f)
- U17 winners:
Mohammadamin Molaei (m) /
Doroy Allaney Jia G (f)
- U7 winners:
- August 5 – 10: East Asian Youth Chess Championship in
Gangwon Province
- U8 mixed winner:
Enkh-Amgalan Amgalantengis
- U10 winners:
Richard Meng (m) /
Munkhtur Tergel (f)
- U12 mixed winner:
Ganzorig Amartuvshin
- U14 mixed winner:
Ochirkhuyag Ulziikhishigjargal
- U16 mixed winner:
Nguyễn Đặng Hồng Phúc
- U20 mixed winner:
Muhammad Lutfi Ali
- U8 mixed winner:
- September 1 – 6: South Asian Amateur Championship 2016 in
Srinagar
- Winner:
V Raghav Srivathsav
- Winner:
- October 26 – November 5: Asian Seniors Chess Championship 2016 in
Mandalay
- 50+ years winner:
Han Myint
- 65+ years winner:
Wazeer Ahmad Khan
- 50+ years winner:
- November 16 – 25: Asian Amateur Chess Championship 2016 in
Kuwait City
African events
- March 28 – April 6: African Zonal 4.4 in
Accra (men only)
- Winner:
Oladapo Adu
- Winner:
- April 22 – May 1: African Zonal 4.2 in
Dar-es-Salaam
- Winners:
Adham Kandil (m) /
Shrook Wafa (f)
- Winners:
- April 23 – May 2: African Zonal 4.3 in
Le Morne
- Winners:
Ryan Pierre Van Rensburg (m) /
Jesse Nikki February (f)
- Winners:
- May 23 – 31: African Zonal 4.1 in
Taroudant
- Winners:
Adlane Arab /
Rania Sbai (f)
- Winners:
- July 16 – 27: African Individual Championships in
Kampala
- Winners:
Abdelrahman Hesham (m) /
Shrook Wafa (f)
- Winners:
- July 25: African Blitz Championships in
Kampala
- Winners:
Ahmed Adly (m) /
Shrook Wafa (f)
- Winners:
- July 26: African Rapid Championships
Kampala
- Winners:
Samy Shoker (m) /
Shahenda Wafa (f)
- Winners:
- August 11 – 18: African Amateur Individual Championships in
Lomé
- Under 2000 Open winner:
Philip Elikem Ameku
- Under 2300 Open winner:
Anass Ouazri
- Under 2000 Open winner:
- August 21 – 29: African Youth Championships in
Port Elizabeth
- U8 winners:
Ahmed Kandil (m) /
Yanti Nunnan (f)
- U10 winners:
Safin Benyahia (m) /
Aarti Datharam (f)
- U12 winners:
Wassel Bousmaha (m) /
Nicola Putter (f)
- U14 winners:
Samy Leffad (m) /
Lina Nassr (f)
- U16 winners:
Keegan Agulhas (m) /
Rania Nassr (f)
- U18 winners:
Ahmad Nassr (m) /
Inge Marx (f)
- U8 winners:
- December 10 – 18: African Schools Individual Championships in
Lusaka
- December 27 – January 6, 2017: African Junior Championships in
Tunis
Arab events
- February 1 – 9: 8th Arab Women Clubs Championship 2016 in
Kuwait City
- Overall winner club:
Golden Team club
- Overall winner club:
- October 1 – 10: Arab Individual Chess Championship 2016 (Women & Open) in
Sudan
- Winners:
Mahfoud Oussedik (m) /
Sabrina Latreche (f)
- Winners:
- October 4: Arab Individual Blitz Championship 2016 (Women & Open) in
Sudan
- Winners:
Husein Aziz Nezad (m) /
Sabrina Latreche (f)
- Winners:
- October 5 – 6: Arab Individual Rapid Championship 2016 (Women & Open) in
Sudan
- Winners:
Husein Aziz Nezad (m) /
Alshaeby Boshra (f)
- Winners:
- January 22 – February 14: 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in
Dhaka
- The
West Indies defeated
India by 5 wickets in the final, to win their first Under-19 Cricket World Cup title.
Bangladesh took third place.
- The
- March 8 – April 3: 2016 ICC World Twenty20 in
India
- Men: The
West Indies defeated
England by 4 wickets to win their second ICC World Twenty20 title.
- Women: The
West Indies defeated
Australia by 8 wickets to win their first ICC Women's World Twenty20 title.
- Men: The
- June 29 – August 7: 2016 Caribbean Premier League[77]
- The
Jamaica Tallawahs defeated the
Guyana Amazon Warriors, by nine wickets, to win their second Caribbean Premier League title.
- The
Cross-country skiing
World Draughts Federation International[78]
International
- February 14 – 18: 2016 Qatar World Championship Turkish Draughts in
Doha
- Winner:
Faik Yıldız
- Winner:
- February 25 – March 3: IMSA Elite Mind Games in
Huai'an
- Rapid winners:
Alexander Georgiev (m) /
Matrena Nogovitsyna (f)
- Blitz winners:
Alexei Chizhov (m) /
Darya Tkachenko (f)
- Super blitz winners:
Alexander Schwarzman (m) /
Tamara Tansykkuzhina (f)
- Rapid winners:
- April 29 – May 1: World Championship blitz & rapid in
Izmir
- Rapid winners:
Yuri Anikeev (m) /
Matrena Nogovitsyna (f)
- Blitz winners:
Murodoullo Amrillaev (m) /
Aygul Idrisova
- Rapid winners:
- May 2: 1st Women's World Championship Turkish Draughts in
Izmir
- Winner:
Darya Tkachenko
- Winner:
- June 9 – 12: Women's World Championship English Draughts (Checkers) in
Rome
- Winner:
Amangul Berdieva
- Winner:
- July 8 – 15: World Title Match English Draughts (Checkers) Sergio Scarpetta-Michele Borghetti in
Rome
- Winner:
Michele Borghetti
- Winner:
- July 20 – 30: Asian Championship 2016 in
Ulaanbaatar
- 64 Standard Open winners:
Liu Jinxin (m) /
Liu Pei (f)
- Blitz Open winners:
Alisher Artikov (m) /
Liu Pei (f)
- 100 Standard Open winners:
Manlai Ravjir (m) /
Nyamjargal Munkhbaatar (f)
- 100 Rapid Open winners:
ZHOU Wei (m) /
You Zhang (f)
- 100 Blitz Open winners:
Ganjargal Ganbaatar (m) /
Sai Ya (f)
- Turkish Open winners:
Chengcheng Tian (m) /
Batdelger Nandintsetseg (f)
- 64 Standard Open winners:
- July 31 – August 9: European Youth Championship 2016 in
Pinsk
- Main
- U10 winners:
Marsel Sharafutdinov (m) /
Rufina Tavlykaeva
- U13 winners:
Nikita Volkov (m) /
Olga Balukova
- U16 winners:
Marsel Sharafutdinov (m) /
Ksenia Nakhova
- U19 winners:
Martijn van IJzendoorn (m) /
Ayanika Kychkina
- U26 winners:
Andrei Tolchykau (m) /
Darja Fedorovich
- U10 winners:
- Blitz
- U10 winners:
Savva Zaika (m) /
Nastassia Sakalova
- U13 winners:
Nikita Volkov (m) /
Aygiza Muhametyanova
- U16 winners:
Michael Semyaniuk (m) /
Elena Cesnokova
- U19 winners:
Martijn van IJzendoorn (m) /
Katarzyna Stańczuk
- U26 winners:
Andrei Tolchykau (m) /
Aygul Idrisova
- 'Rapid here not played
- U10 winners:
- September 1 – 19: Women's World Title Match Sadowska – Kamychleeva in
Karpacz
- Winner:
Natalia Sadowska
- Winner:
- September 14 – 29: 2016 African Championship in
Bamako
- Main winner:
N'Diaga Samb
- Blitz winner:
Jean Marc Ndjofang
- Main winner:
- September 18 – 27: 2016 European Veteran Championship in
Korbach
- Men's winner:
Evgeni Gurkov
- Women's winner:
Romualda Shidlauskiene
- Men's winner:
- September 20 – 30: Pan American Championship in
Águas de Lindóia
- Winner:
Allan Igor Moreno Silva
- Winner:
- September 22 – 29: XIII World Championship (Brazilian 64) in
Águas de Lindóia
- Winner:
Alexander Georgiev
- Winner:
- October 2 – 6: 2016 European Team Championship in
Tallinn
- Men's winners:
Netherlands (Jan Groenendijk, Roel Boomstra, Alexander Baliakin)
- Women's winners:
Russia
- Men's winners:
- October 18 – 24: 2016 European Championship in
Izmir
- Winners:
Alexei Chizhov (m) /
Aygul Idrisova (f)
- Winners:
- October 25: 2016 European Rapid Championship in
Izmir
- Winners:
Alexander Schwarzman (m) /
Tamara Tansykkuzhina (f)
- Winners:
- October 26: 2016 European Blitz Championship in
Izmir
- Winners:
Ainur Shaibakov (m) /
Matrena Nogovitsyna (f)
- Winners:
- October 27: 2016 European Super-Blitz Cup in
Izmir
- Winners:
Alexei Chizhov (m) /
Matrena Nogovitsyna (f)
- Winners:
Major
- February 22 – 28: 2016 Cannes Open World Cup in
Cannes
- Winners:
Christian Niami (m) /
Romualda Šidlauskienė
- Winners:
- March 19 – 27: Roethof Open World Cup in
Paramaribo
- Winners:
Alexander Schwarzman (m) /
Natalia Sadowska (f)
- Winners:
- May 15 – 23: Salou Open World Cup in
Salou
- Winners:
Alexander Georgiev (m) /
Natalia Sadowska (f)
- Winners:
- September 4 – 10: Polish Open World Cup in
Karpacz
- Winner:
Aleksandr Getmanski
- Winner:
Open
- February 5 – 7: 2016 Riga Open in
Riga
- Winner:
Edvardas Bužinskis
- Winner:
- March 24 – 28: 2016 Open Guadeloupe in
Baie-Mahault
- Winner:
Alexander Mogilianski
- Winner:
- May 6 – 15: 12th Thailand Open in
Pattaya
- Winner:
Ivan Trofimov
- Winner:
- July 24 – 30: 2016 Nijmegen Open in
Nijmegen
- Winner:
Roel Boomstra
- Winner:
- August 5 – 13: 2016 Brunssum Open in
Brunssum
- Winner:
Erno Prosman
- Winner:
- August 15 – 20: 2016 MTB Open in
Hoogeveen
- Winner:
Martijn van IJzendoorn
- Winner:
- September 28 – October 5: 2016 Sunny Beach Open in
Sunny Beach
- November 18 – 24: 4th "XingQiu Cup" International Open in
Lishui
- January 15 – December 11: 2016 FIH Calendar of Events[79]
2016 Summer Olympics (FIH)
- August 6 – 19: 2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Hockey Centre
- Men:
Argentina (ARG);
Belgium (BEL);
Germany (GER)
- Women:
Great Britain (GBR);
Netherlands (NED);
Germany (GER)
- Men:
International field hockey events
- June 10 – 17: 2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in
London[80]
- Note: This event was slated for San Miguel de Tucumán, but the contract was cancelled.[81]
Australia defeated
India, 3–1 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular play, to win their 13th Men's Hockey Champions Trophy title.
Germany took third place.
- June 18 – 26: 2016 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy in
London[82]
Argentina defeated the
Netherlands, 2–1, to win their third consecutive and seventh overall Women's Hockey Champions Trophy title.
- The
United States took third place.
- November 23 – December 4: 2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup in
Santiago[83]
Argentina defeated the
Netherlands, 4–2, to win their second Women's Hockey Junior World Cup title.
Australia took third place.
- December 8 – 18: 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in
New Delhi[84]
- January 15 – 17: 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship in
Prague[85]
- January 22 – 24: 2016 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship in
Minsk[86]
- The
Netherlands defeated
Poland, 6–2, in the final.
Belarus took third place.
- The
- February 12 – 14: 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Cup in
Hamburg[87]
Harvestehuder THC defeated
SV Arminen, 2–1, in the final.
Partille Sport Club took third place.
- February 12 – 14: 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Trophy in
Pavlovski Posad[88]
- Winner:
AH&BC Amsterdam
- Second:
Dinamo Elektrostal
- Third:
Inverleith HC
- Winner:
- February 19 – 21: 2016 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Trophy in
Dundee[89]
- Winner:
HC Rotweiss Wettingen
- Second:
Royal Pingouin HC
- Third:
Bowdon Hightown
- Winner:
- February 19 – 21: 2016 Women's EuroHockdey Indoor Club Champions Cup in
Minsk[90]
Düsseldorfer HC defeated
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, 2–0, in the final.
SK Slavia Prague took third place.
- May 13 – 16: 2016 EuroHockey Men's Club Champions Trophy in
Glasgow[91]
Cardiff & Met defeated
Banbridge Hockey Club, 4–0, in the final.
Bromac Kelburne took third place.
- May 13 – 16: 2016 EuroHockey Women's Club Champions Cup in
Bilthoven[92]
HC 's-Hertogenbosch defeated fellow Dutch team, SCHC, 3–2 in penalty shoot-outs and after a 1–1 score in regular play, in the final.
UHC Hamburg took third place.
- May 13 – 16: 2016 EuroHockey Women's Club Champions Trophy in
Barcelona[93]
Rot-Weiss Köln defeated
Royal Antwerp HC, 4–2, in the final.
HC Minsk took third place.
- May 14 & 15: 2016 EHL Final Four in
Barcelona[94]
SV Kampong defeated fellow Dutch team, AH&BC Amsterdam, 2–0 in the final.
Harvestehuder THC took third place.
- July 24 – 30: 2016 EuroHockey Boys' and Girls' U18 Championships in
Cork[95][96]
- Boys:
Germany defeated the
Netherlands, 4–3, in the final.
Belgium took third place.
- Girls: The
Netherlands defeated
Germany, 2–0, in the final.
England took third place.
- Boys:
- March 29 – April 10: 2016 Pan American Junior Championship for Women in
Tacarigua
Argentina defeated the
United States, 6–0, to win their second consecutive and seventh overall Pan American Women's Field Hockey Junior Championship title.
Chile took the bronze medal.
- May 20 – 28: 2016 Pan American Junior Championship for Men in
Toronto[97]
- October 1 – 9: 2016 South American Championships for Men and Women in
Chiclayo
Asian Hockey Federation (AHF)
- September 24 – 30: 2016 Boys' U18 Asia Cup in
Dhaka[100]
India defeated
Bangladesh, 5–4, in the final.
- October 1 – 9: 2016 Women's AHF Cup in
Bangkok[101]
- October 20 – 30: 2016 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in
Kuantan District
- October 29 – November 6: 2016 Asian Women's Hockey Champions Trophy in
Singapore[102]
- November 19 – 27: 2016 Men's AHF Cup in
Hong Kong[103]
Bangladesh defeated
Sri Lanka, 3–0, in the final.
Hong Kong took third place.
- December 15 – 22: 2016 Girl's U18 Asia Cup in
Bangkok
African Hockey Federation (AfHF)
- March 18 – 28: 2016 Junior African Cup for Men and Women in
Windhoek[105]
- Men:
Egypt defeated
South Africa, 3–2, in the final.
Zimbabwe took the bronze medal.
- Women's winner:
South Africa
- Women's runner-up:
Zimbabwe
- Men:
- January 16 & 17: IFA 2016 Fistball Men's European Champions' Cup Indoor in
Diepoldsau
TSV Dennach defeated
Union Arnreit 4–1, in the final.
Ahlhorner SV took third place.
- January 16 & 17: IFA 2016 Fistball Women's European Champions' Cup Indoor in
Rohrbach
TSV Pfungstadt defeated
TuS Kremsmünster 4–0, in the final.
TV Schweinfurt-Oberndorf took third place.
- July 1 – 2: EFA 2016 Fistball Men's European Cup in
Unterweitersdorf
STV Wigoltingen defeated
VFK Berlin, 3–2.
MTV Rosenheim took third place.
- July 1 – 2: Men's Champions Cup 2016 in
Pfungstadt
TSV Pfungstadt defeated
Union Compact Freistadt 4–0, in the final.
TV SW-Oberndorf took third place.
- July 2 & 3: EFA 2016 Fistball Women's European Champions' Cup in
Jona
TSV Dennach defeated
TSV Jona, 3–2.
SV Moslesfehn took third place.
- July 9 & 10: EFA 2016 Fistball U21 Men's European Championship in
Switzerland
- Round-robin: 1.
Germany, 2.
Switzerland, 3.
Austria, 4.
Czech Republic
- Round-robin: 1.
- July 20 – 24: IFA 2016 Fistball U18 Men's and Women's World Championships in
Nürnberg
- August 5 – 7: IFA 2016 Fistball Women's World Cup in
Neuenbürg
Duque de Caixas defeated
TSV Dennach, 4–1.
- August 26 – 28: 2016 Fistball European Championships in
Grieskirchen
- In the final,
Germany defeated
Switzerland, 4–2.
Austria took third place.
- In the final,
- October 14 – 16: IFA 2016 Fistball Men's World Cup in
Cape Town
- Winner:
TSV Pfungstadt, 2nd:
Club Mercês, 3rd:
South Melbourne Fistball Club, 4th:
Archbishops of Banterbury
- Winner:
- October 23 – 30: IFA 2016 Fistball Women's World Championship in
Pomerode
Germany defeated
Brazil 4:2 (08:11, 11:04, 14:15, 11:09, 11:05, 11:06) to win their fifth Fistball Women's World Championship.
Switzerland took third place.
- November 4 – 6: U16 South American Fistball Championship in
Novo Hamburgo
- November 19 & 20: IFA South America Fistball Cup 2016 in
Santiago
- Men's: 1.
Sogipa Porto Alegre, 2.
Merces Curitiba, 3.
Ginástica Novo Hamburgo
- Women's: 1.
Duque de Caxias Curitiba, 2.
Sogipa Porto Alegre, 3.
Club Manquehue Santiago
- Men's: 1.
Open
- August 11 – 14: Czech Open (clubs) in
Prague
- Men:
EraViikingit defeated
Hollvikens, 2–0.
- Top scorer: Mika Moilanen (EräViikingit)
- Best goalie: Robin Johansson (Höllviken IBF)
- Best player: Miko Kailiala (EräViikingit)
- Women:
Pixbo Wallenstam IBK defeated
1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice 4–3.
- Top scorer: Martina Řepková (Florbal Chodov)
- Best goalkeeper: Lenka Kubíčková (1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice)
- Best player: Stephanie Boberg (Pixbo Wallenstam IBK)
- Men:
- September 9 – 11: Polish Open (national teams) in
Wrocław
- In the final,
Finland defeated
Czech Republic, 3–4.
Norway took third place.
- Best scorer:
Rasmus Kainulainen
- Best Goalkeeper:
Daniel Muck
- Best scorer:
- In the final,
- August 24 – 28: EuroFloorball Challenge in
Budapest and Érd
- Men's:
Phoenix Fireball SE defeated
Dunai Krokodilok SE, 7–4.
FBC Bozen.
- Women's:
CDE El Valle defeated
Neumann Pillangók, 4–1.
Phoenix Fireball SE took third place.
- Men's:
- September 30 – October 2: Champions Cup in
Borås
- Men's:
Storvreta IBK defeated
SC Classic, 2–1.
- Women's:
Pixbo Wallenstam IBK defeated
SC Classic, 6–2.
- Men's:
- October 5 – 9: EuroFloorball Cup in
Weißenfels
- Men's:
UHC Weißenfels defeated
SK Lielvarde 8–6.
- Women's:
Sveiva IB defeated
UHC Weißenfels 5–0.
- Men's:
International Championships
- May 4 – 8: 2016 Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships in
Belleville
Sweden defeated
Finland, 6–3, to win their fifth Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships.
Switzerland took third place.
- July 19 – 24: World University Championships in
Porto
- Men:
Finland defeated
Sweden, 5–4, in extra time.
Switzerland took third place.
- Women:
Finland defeated
Sweden, 3–2 after penalties, after 2–2 in regular game.
Czech Republic took third place.
- Men:
- December 3 – 11: 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships in
Riga
- February 2 – 13: UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 in
Serbia
Spain defeated
Russia, 7–3, to win their seventh UEFA Futsal Euro title.
Kazakhstan took third place.
- February 10 – 21: 2016 AFC Futsal Championship in
Uzbekistan
Iran defeated
Uzbekistan, 2–1, to win their eleventh AFC Futsal Championship title.
Thailand took third place.
- April 15 – 24: 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations in
South Africa
Morocco defeated
Egypt, 3–2, to win their first Africa Futsal Cup of Nations title.
Mozambique took third place.
- May 8 – 14: 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship in
Costa Rica
Costa Rica defeated
Panama, 4–0, to win their second consecutive and third overall CONCACAF Futsal Championship title.
Guatemala took third place.
- May 21 – 28: 2016 South American Under-17 Futsal Championship in
Foz do Iguaçu
- June 12 – 19: Copa Libertadores de Futsal 2016 in
Asunción
- In the final,
Cerro Porteño defeated
Jaraguá, 4–2, tp win their first Copa Libertadores Cup.
Rionegro Futsal took third place.
- In the final,
- July 2 – 10: 2016 FISU World University Futsal Championship in
Goiânia[106]
- July 10 – 16: 2016 AFF Futsal Club Championship in
Naypyidaw[107]
- Men:
Port Futsal Club defeated
Thai Son Nam, 4–3, to win their second consecutive AFF Futsal Club Championship title.
Myanmar Imperial College took third place.
- Women:
Jaya Kencana Angels defeated
Khon Kaen Futsal Team, 5–4 on penalties and after a 2–2 score in regular play, to win their first Women's AFF Futsal Club Championship title.
Thai Son Nam District 8 took third place.
- Men:
- July 15 – 22: 2016 CONMEBOL Women's U20 Futsal Championships in
Asunción (debut event)[108]
- July 15 – 23: 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship in
Bangkok
Nagoya Oceans defeated
Naft Al-Wasat SC, 6–5 in penalties and after a 4–4 score in regular play, to win their third AFC Futsal Club Championship title.
Chonburi Blue Wave took third place.
- September 10 – October 1: 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in
Colombia[109]
- October 31 – November 8: 2016 AFF Futsal Championship in
Bangkok
- Event cancelled. The 2017 event, in
Vietnam, would the next such event to be hosted.
- Event cancelled. The 2017 event, in
- December 11 – 18: 2016 South American Under-20 Futsal Championship in
Uruguay
2016 Summer Olympics
- August 11 – 14: 2016 Summer Olympics (Men) in Rio de Janeiro
- August 17 – 20: 2016 Summer Olympics (Women) in Rio de Janeiro
- April 7 – 10: 2016 Masters Tournament
- Winner:
Danny Willett (first major win; first PGA Tour win)
- Winner:
- June 16 – 19: 2016 U.S. Open
- Winner:
Dustin Johnson (first major win; 10th PGA Tour win)
- Winner:
- July 14 – 17: 2016 Open Championship
- Winner:
Henrik Stenson (first major win)
- Winner:
- July 28 – 31: 2016 PGA Championship
- Winner:
Jimmy Walker (first major win; 6th PGA Tour win)
- Winner:
2016 World Golf Championships (WGC)
- March 3–6: 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship
- Winner:
Adam Scott (second WGC win, first WGC-Cadillac win)
- Winner:
- March 23–27: 2016 WGC-Dell Match Play
- Winner:
Jason Day (second WGC-Match Play win)
- Winner:
- June 30 – July 3: 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
- Winner:
Dustin Johnson (first WGC-Bridgestone Invitational win, third WGC win; 11th PGA Tour win)
- Winner:
- October 27–30: 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions
- Winner:
Hideki Matsuyama (first WGC win, third PGA Tour win)
- Winner:
Other men's golf events
- May 12 – 15: 2016 Players Championship
- Winner:
Jason Day (first Players win, tenth PGA Tour win)
- Winner:
- May 26 – 29: 2016 BMW PGA Championship (European Tour)
- Winner:
Chris Wood (first BMW PGA Championship win, third European Tour win)
- Winner:
- September 30 – October 2: 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota[110]
- Winner:
Team USA (First victory since 2008)
- Winner:
- November 24 – 27: 2016 World Cup of Golf at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia
- Winner:
Denmark (first World Cup victory)
- Winner:
- May 19 – 22: Regions Tradition
- Winner:
Bernhard Langer (first Regions Tradition title; sixth Senior major golf championship win)
- Winner:
- May 26 – 29: Senior PGA Championship
- Winner:
Rocco Mediate (first Senior PGA Championship and Senior Major win)
- Winner:
- June 9 – 12: Constellation Senior Players Championship
- Winner:
Bernhard Langer (third straight Senior Players Championship title; seventh Senior major golf championship win)
- Winner:
- July 21 – 24: Senior Open Championship
- Winner:
Paul Broadhurst (first Senior Open Championship and Senior Major win)
- Winner:
- August 11 – 15: U.S. Senior Open
- Winner:
Gene Sauers (first US Senior Open and Senior Major win)
- Winner:
- March 31 – April 3: 2016 ANA Inspiration
- Winner:
Lydia Ko (second consecutive major win, first ANA Inspiration win; second consecutive LPGA Tour win)
- Winner:
- June 9 – 12: 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
- Winner:
Brooke Henderson (first Major win, second LPGA Tour win)
- Winner:
- July 7 – 10: 2016 U.S. Women's Open
- Winner:
Brittany Lang (first Major win, second LPGA Tour win)
- Winner:
- July 28 – 31: 2016 Women's British Open
- Winner:
Ariya Jutanugarn (first Major win, fourth LPGA Tour win)
- Winner:
- September 15 – 18: 2016 Evian Championship
- Winner:
Chun In-gee (first Evian Championship win, second Major win, second LPGA Tour win)
- Winner:
- July 21 – 24: 2016 International Crown at the Merit Club in Libertyville, Illinois (Chicago metropolitan area)[111]
- Winners: The
United States (13 points)
- Winners: The
- June 22 – 26: 2016 World University Golf Championship in
Brive-la-Gaillarde
- Men's Individual: 1
Robin Dawson, 2.
Xuewem Luo, 3.
Yu-Chen Yeh
- Women's Individual: 1.
Karolina Vlckova, 2.
Marie Luňáčková, 3.
Kateřina Vlašínová
- Men's Team: 1.
France, 2.
Ireland, 3.
Chinese Taipei
- Women's Team: 1.
Czech Republic, 2.
Chinese Taipei, 3.
United States
- Men's Individual: 1
- July 23 – 29: 2016 FIS Grass Ski Junior World Championships in
Dizin
- Super Combined winners:
Martin Barták (m) /
Kristin Hetfleisch (f)
- Super G #1 winners:
Martin Barták (m) /
Kristin Hetfleisch (f)
- Super G #2 winners:
Martin Barták (m) /
Marino Maeda (f)
- Slalom winners:
Martin Barták (m) /
Magdaléna Kotyzová (f)
- Giant Slalom winners:
Marcel Knapp (m) /
Daniela Krueckel (f)
- Super Combined winners:
2016 FIS Grass Ski World Cup
- June 4 & 5: WC #1 in
Rettenbach
- Men's Giant Slalom winner:
Edoardo Frau
- Women's Giant Slalom winner:
Jacqueline Gerlach
- Men's Super Combined winner:
Mirko Hüppi
- Women's Super Combined winner:
Jacqueline Gerlach
- Men's Giant Slalom winner:
- July 2 & 3: WC #2 in
Předklášteří
- Men's Slalom winner:
Jan Gardavsky
- Women's Slalom winner:
Jacqueline Gerlach
- Men's Giant Slalom winner:
Michael Stocker
- Men's Slalom winner:
- July 8 – 10: WC #3 in
Kaprun
- Men's Super G winner:
Mirko Hüppi
- Women's Super G winner:
Barbara Míková
- Men's Super Combined winner:
Edoardo Frau
- Women's Super Combined winner:
Jacqueline Gerlach
- Men's Giant Slalom winner:
Edoardo Frau
- Women's Giant Slalon winner:
Kristin Hetfleisch
- Men's Super G winner:
- August 20 & 21: WC #7 in
Santa Caterina Ski Area
- Men's Slalom #1 winner:
Michael Stocker
- Men's Slalom #2 winner:
Michael Stocker
- Women's Slalom #1 winner:
Jacqueline Gerlach
- Women's Slalom #2 winner:
Daniela Krückel
- Men's Slalom #1 winner:
- August 27 & 28: WC #5 in
Marbach
- Men's Giant Slalom winner:
Edoardo Frau
- Women's Giant Slalom winner:
Jacqueline Gerlach
- Men's Super G winner:
Edoardo Frau
- Women's Super G winner:
Barbara Míková
- Men's Giant Slalom winner:
- September 1 – 4: WC #6 (final) in
Ravascletto
- Men's Giant Slalom winner:
Marc Zickbauer
- Women's Giant Slalom winner:
Barbara Míková
- Men's Super G winner:
Michael Stocker
- Women's Super G winner:
Barbara Míková
- Men's Super Combined winner:
Marc Zickbauer
- Women's Super Combined winner:
Barbara Míková
- Men's Slalom winner:
Jan Gardavský
- Women's Slalom winner:
Daniela Krueckel
- Men's Giant Slalom winner:
- January 6 – December 18: 2016 IHF Calendar of Events[112]
2016 Summer Olympics (IHF)
- August 6 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Training Center
- September 5, 2015 – May 29, 2016: 2015–16 EHF Champions League
Vive Targi Kielce defeated
MVM Veszprém KC, 39–38, after overtime and penalties, to win their first EHF Champions League title.
Paris Saint-Germain took third place.
- September 5, 2015 – May 15, 2016: 2015–16 EHF Cup
Frisch Auf Göppingen defeated
HBC Nantes, 32–26, to win their first EHF Cup title.
BM Granollers took third place.
- October 11, 2015 – May 21, 2016: 2015–16 EHF Challenge Cup
ABC Braga defeated
S.L. Benfica, 53–51, to win their first EHF Challenge Cup title.
- September 12, 2015 – May 7, 2016: 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League
CSM Bucharest defeated
Győri ETO, 29–26, to win their first Women's EHF Champions League title.
ŽRK Vardar took third place.
- October 16, 2015 – May 6, 2016: 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup
Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA defeated
TuS Metzingen, 55–49, to win their second Women's EHF Cup title.
- October 17, 2015 – May 7, 2016: 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup
Team Tvis Holstebro defeated
Handball Club Lada, 61–52, to win their first Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup title.
- November 14, 2015 – May 7, 2016: 2015–16 Women's EHF Challenge Cup
Gran Canaria defeated
Kastamonu Bld. GSK, 62–54, to win their first Women's EHF Challenge Cup title.
- January 15 – 31: 2016 European Men's Handball Championship in
Poland
- July 4 – 8: 2016 European Open Handball Championship for Women in
Gothenburg[113]
- July 8 – 10: 2016 European Youth Beach Handball Championship in
Nazaré[114][115]
- July 28 – August 7: 2016 European Men's Junior Handball Championship in
Kolding[116]
- December 4 – 18: 2016 European Women's Handball Championship in
Sweden[117]
Norway defeated the
Netherlands, 30–29, to win their second consecutive and seventh overall European Women's Handball Championship title.
France took third place.
- January 21 – 30: 2016 African Men's Handball Championship in
Egypt
- May 4 – 14: 2016 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup in
Laayoune
Primeiro de Agosto defeated
TKC Yaoundé, 40–16, to win their second Women's African Handball Cup Winners' Cup.
Progresso took third place.
- May 4 – 14: 2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup in
Laayoune
Zamalek SC defeated
Espérance Tunis, 26–25, to win their fifth African Handball Cup Winners' Cup.
AS Hammamet took third place.
- May 4: 2016 African Handball Super Cup for men's and women's in
Laayoune
- Men:
Espérance Tunis defeated
Zamalek SC, 33–32, after overtime, to win their second African Handball Super Cup.
- Women:
Primeiro de Agosto defeated
Africa Sports, 33–14, to win their second African Handball Super Cup.
- Men:
- September 2 – 9: 2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship in
Bamako
- September 11 – 18: 2016 African Men's Junior Handball Championship in
Bamako
- January 15 – 28: 2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship in
Bahrain
- March 18 – 24: 18th Asian Club League 2016 in
Doha
- 1.
Lekhwiya; 2.
Al-Najma; 3.
Al-Noor
- 1.
- July 22 – August 1: 2016 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship in
Amman
Qatar defeated
Saudi Arabia, 23–16, to win their fifth title and fourth consecutive Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship.
South Korea took third place.
- August 10 – 17: 2016 Asian Men's & Women's Youth Beach Handball Championship in
Pattaya (debut event)[118]
- Men: 1.
Thailand; 2.
Chinese Taipei; 3.
Pakistan
- Women: 1.
China; 2.
Thailand; 3.
Chinese Taipei
- Men: 1.
- August 27 – September 5: 2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship in
Manama
Bahrain defeated
Japan, 25–23, to win their first Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship title.
South Korea took third place.
- October 26 – November 1: 2016 Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship in
Kyzylorda (debut event)
- 1.
Kaysar; 2.
Almaty Club; 3.
Ile Club[119]
- 1.
- October 29 – November 5: 2016 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship in
Amman
Al-Noor defeated
El Jaish SC, 25–23, to win their first Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship title.
Lekhwiya Handball Team took third place.
- March 15 – 19: 2016 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship in
Foz do Iguaçu
- April 12 – 16: 2016 Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship in
Santiago
- May 25 – 29: 2016 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship in
Buenos Aires
Handebol Taubaté defeated fellow Brazilian team, Esporte Pinheiros, 28–23, to win their fourth consecutive Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship title.
SAG Villa Ballester took third place.
- June 11 – 19: 2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship in
Buenos Aires[120]
- November 1 – 5: 2016 Pan American Women's Club Handball Championship in
Santiago
Metodista São Bernardo defeated
Ferro Carril Oeste, 29–15, to win the first ever Pan American Women's Club Handball Championship.
Club Atlético Goes took third place.
International handball championships
- March 18 – 20: 2016 Women's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #1 in
Astrakhan
- March 18 – 20: 2016 Women's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #2 in
Metz
France has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.[122]
- March 18 – 20: 2016 Women's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #3 in
Aarhus
Romania and
Montenegro both qualified to compete at Rio 2016.[123]
- April 8 – 10: 2016 Men's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #1 in
Gdańsk
- April 8 – 10: 2016 Men's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #2 in
Malmö
- April 8 – 10: 2016 Men's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #3 in
Herning
- June 27 – July 3: 2016 World University Handball Championship in
Antequera[127]
- July 3 – 15: 2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship in
Moscow[128]
- July 12 – 17: 2016 Beach Handball World Championships for Men and Women in
Budapest[129]
- July 19 – 31: 2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship in
Slovakia[130]
- September 5 – 8: 2016 IHF Super Globe in
Doha[131]
Füchse Berlin defeated
Paris Saint-Germain, 29–28, to win their second consecutive IHF Super Globe title.
Vive Targi Kielce took third place.
- Major Leagues
- International Tournaments
- January 13 – 16: IKF Europa Cup 2016 (final round) in
Budapest
- In the final
PKC/SWKGroep defeated
Boeckenberg KC 31–21.
NC Benfica took third place.
- In the final
- January 22 – 24: IKF Europa Shield 2016 in
Castrop-Rauxel
- In the final
Korfbal Club Barcelona defeated
Bec Korfball Club 15–14.
Schweriner-Korfball-Club '67 e.V. took third place.
- In the final
- June 3 – 5: IKF European Korfball Championship Qualfiquation Round 1 West in
Saint-Étienne
- June 3 – 5: IKF European Korfball Championship Qualfiquation Round 1 East in
Nitra
- August 10 – 13: 1st IKF U15 European Korfball Championship in
Dunakeszi
- The
Netherlands defeated the
Netherlands 1, 10–7.
- The
- October 22 – 30: 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship in
Dordrecht
- In the final,
Netherlands defeated
Belgium, 27–14.
Catalonia took third place.
- In the final,
- June 15 – 19: Copa Internacional de Korfball in
Santo Domingo
1. Dominican Republic 2.
Netherlands 3.
Colombia 4.
Costa Rica
- August 26 – September 3: 4th IKF Asia Korfball Championship in
India
- In the final,
Chinese Taipei defeated
Hong Kong, 39–14.
China took third place.
- In the final,
World championships and World Cups
- March 18 – 20: U17 Korfball World Cup in
Schijndel
Netherlands beating the
Belgium squad in the final 26–12.
England took third place
- March 25 – 27: U19 Korfball World Cup in
Leeuwarden
Netherlands beating the
Belgium squad in the final 22–18.
Chinese Taipei took third place
- July 9 – 16: IKF U23 World Korfball Championship in
Olomouc
Netherlands beating the
Chinese Taipei squad in the final 24–16.
Czech Republic took third place.
- July 7 – 16: Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships in
Coquitlam
- July 28 – August 6: 2016 European Lacrosse Championship in
Gödöllő
- April 23 – August 20: 2016 Major League Lacrosse season
Denver Outlaws defeated
Ohio Machine, 19–18.
- MVP:
Eric Law
- MVP:
- May 28 – 30: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship (semifinals and final at Lincoln Financial Field in
Philadelphia)
North Carolina defeated
Maryland 14–13.
- Most Outstanding Player:
Chris Cloutier (North Carolina)
- Most Outstanding Player:
- May 28 & 29: 2016 NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship in
Philadelphia
- May 28 & 29: 2016 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship in
Philadelphia
- May 27 – 29: 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship (semifinals and final at Talen Energy Stadium in
Chester, Pennsylvania)
North Carolina defeated
Maryland 13–7.
- Most Outstanding Player:
Aly Messinger (North Carolina)
- Most Outstanding Player:
- May 19 – 21: 2016 NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship in
Denver
Florida Southern defeated
Adelphi 8–7.
- Most Outstanding Player:
Taylor Gillis (Florida Southern)
- Most Outstanding Player:
- May 28 & 29: 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship in
Philadelphia
Middlebury defeated
Trinity (CT) 9–5.
- Most Outstanding Player:
Katie Mandigo (Middlebury)
- Most Outstanding Player:
- January 1 – June 2016: 2016 NLL season
Saskatchewan Rush defeated
Buffalo Bandits, 2–0 in the final.
- MVP:
Aaron Bold
- MVP:
- May 4 – 7: 2016 WCLA Division I National Championship in
Winston-Salem
- In the final
Georgia defeated
Minnesota 8–7.
Colorado Buffaloes took third place.
- In the final
- Division I Individual Awards
- Most Outstanding Attacker –
Arden Birdwell (Georgia Bulldogs)
- Most Outstanding Midfielder –
Allie Thalhuber (Minnesota)
- Most Outstanding Defender –
Meredith Butler Georgia Bulldogs
- Most Outstanding Goalie –
Hannah Gilbert (Minnesota)
- May 6 – 7: 2016 WCLA Division II National Championship in
Winston-Salem
- Division II Individual Awards
- Most Outstanding Attacker –
Kaitlin Ball (Denver)
- Most Outstanding Midfielder –
Audrey Burns (Utah)
- Most Outstanding Defender –
Nicole Cosmany (Denver)
- Most Outstanding Goalie –
Sasha McKee (Utah)
- February 5 – 16: 2016 South Asian Games in
Guwahati and Shillong[132]
India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- March 6 – 11: 2016 Arctic Winter Games in
/
Nuuk[133]
Alaska won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- June 29 – July 3: 2016 IWAS U23 World Games in
Prague[134]
- For results, click here.
- July 10 – 19: 2016 ASEAN University Games in
Singapore[135]
Thailand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- July 12 – 25: 2016 European Universities Games in
Zagreb and Rijeka[136]
University of Zagreb won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- July 21 – 29: 2016 ASEAN School Games in
Chiang Mai[137]
Thailand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- September 24 – October 3: 2016 Asian Beach Games in
Da Nang[138]
Vietnam won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- November 24 – December 3: 2016 Bolivarian Beach Games in
Iquique[139]
Chile won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- February 12 – 21: 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in
Lillehammer[140]
- The
United States and
South Korea won ten gold medals each. However, the United States finished first, due to winning more silver medals than South Korea.
Russia won the overall medal tally.
- The
- August 5 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro[141]
- The
United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- The
- September 7 – 18: 2016 Summer Paralympics in
Rio de Janeiro
China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Padel
International Padel Federation Calendar[142]
2016 World Padel Tour
- March 27 – December 14: 2016 World Padel Tour
- March 27 – April 3:
Gijón Open
- Winners:
Fernando Belasteguín &
Pablo de Lima
- Winners:
- April 16 – 24:
Valencia Master
- Men's winners:
Francisco Navarro Compán &
Sanyo Gutiérrez
- Women's winners:
Alejandra Salazar &
Marta Marrero
- Men's winners:
- April 30 – May 8:
Barcelona Master
- Men's winners:
Fernando Belasteguín &
Pablo de Lima
- Women's winners:
Patty Llaguno &
Elisabeth Amatriaín
- Men's winners:
- May 12 – 14:
Rome Exhibition
- Winners:
Francisco Navarro Compán &
Sanyo Gutiérrez
- Winners:
- May 22 – 29:
Las Rozas de Madrid Open
- Men's winners:
Fernando Belasteguín &
Pablo de Lima
- Women's winners:
Alejandra Salazar &
Marta Marrero
- Men's winners:
- May 30 – June 6:
Lisbon Chellenger
- Winners:
Matías Marina &
Alejandro Ruiz Granados
- Winners:
- June 19 – 26:
Palma Open
- Men's winners:
Fernando Belasteguín &
Pablo de Lima
- Women's winners:
Majo Sánchez Alayeto &
Mapi Sánchez Alayeto
- Men's winners:
- June 26 – July 3:
Barcelona Chellenger
- Men's winners:
Gonzalo Rubio &
Javier Ruiz
- Women's winners:
Catalina Tenorio &
Victoria Iglesias
- Men's winners:
- July 3 – 10:
Valladolid Open
- Men's winners:
Fernando Belasteguín &
Pablo de Lima
- Women's winners:
Majo Sánchez Alayeto &
Mapi Sánchez Alayeto
- Men's winners:
- July 24 – 31:
Gran Canaria Open
- Men's winners:
Fernando Belasteguín &
Pablo de Lima
- Women's winners:
Alejandra Salazar &
Marta Marrero
- Men's winners:
- August 7 – 14:
Costa del Sol Chellenger
- Winners:
Federico Quiles &
Franco Stupaczuk
- Winners:
- August 21 – 28:
La Nucía Open
- Men's winners:
Francisco Navarro Compán &
Sanyo Gutiérrez
- Women's winners:
Majo Sánchez Alayeto &
Mapi Sánchez Alayeto
- Men's winners:
- September 5 – 11:
Monte Carlo Master
- Men's winners:
Fernando Belasteguín &
Pablo de Lima
- Women's winners:
Alejandra Salazar &
Marta Marrero
- Men's winners:
- September 11 – 18:
Madrid Chellenger
- Winners:
Gonzalo Godo Díaz &
Luciano Capra
- Winners:
- September 18 – 25:
Sevilla Open
- Men's winners:
Fernando Belasteguín &
Pablo de Lima
- Women's winners:
Alejandra Salazar &
Marta Marrero
- Men's winners:
- October 9 – 16:
A Coruña Open
- Men's winners:
Fernando Belasteguín &
Pablo de Lima
- Women's winners:
Alejandra Salazar &
Marta Marrero
- Men's winners:
- October 23 – 30:
Zaragoza Open
- Men's winners:
Fernando Belasteguín &
Pablo de Lima
- Women's winners:
Alejandra Salazar &
Marta Marrero
- Men's winners:
- November 7 – 13:
Buenos Aires Master
- Men's winners:
Fernando Belasteguín &
Pablo de Lima
- Men's winners:
- November 25 – 27:
Miami Exhibition
- November 27 – December 4:
Basque Country Open
- December 14 – 18:
Madrid Master (final)
World Championship
- November 14 – 20: Padel Tennis World Championship in
Lisboa
- Men's winners:
Álvaro Cepero Rodríguez &
Juan Lebrón Chincoa
- Women's winners:
Alejandra Salazar &
Marta Marrero
- Men's winners:
Radio-controlled racing
- June 1 – 5: 2016 World Inline Hockey Masters Cup in
Bolzano
- Master Cup winner:
Czech Republic
- Veteran Cup winner:
Czech Republic
- Master Cup winner:
- June 4 – 5: 2016 Inline Alpine Slalom and Parallel Slalom World Championships in
Unterensingen and
Villablino
- Slalom winners:
Katharina Hoffmann &
Kristaps Zvejnieks
- Parallel Slalom winners:
Claudia Wittmann &
Davis Zvejnieks
- World Cup winners:
Jana Börsig &
Marco Walz
- Slalom winners:
- June 12 – 25: 2016 World Inline Hockey Championships in
Asiago/Roana
- Men's: In the final,
Czech Republic defeated
Italy, 4–0.
France took third place.
- Women's: In the final,
Canada defeated
United States, 3–1.
Switzerland took third place.
- Junior men: In the final,
Czech Republic defeated
Italy, 5–4.
Switzerland took third place.
- Junior women: In the final,
Spain defeated
Italy, 2–0.
Canada took third place.
- Men's: In the final,
- September 10 – 18: World Roller Speed Skating Championships in
Nanjing
Colombia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- September 24 – October 1: 2016 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup in
Iquique
- September 28 – October 8: Artistic Skating World Championship in
Novara
- Seniors Figures winners:
Markus Lell (m) /
Anabella Mendoz (f)
- Juniors Figures winners:
Deven Jacobson (m) /
Giselle Soler (f)
- Inline Seniors winners:
Yi-Fan Chen (m) /
Natalie Motley (f)
- Inline Juniors winners:
Collin Motley (m) /
Anastasia Nosova (f)
- Seniors Solo Dance winners:
Daniel Morandin (m) /
Silvia Stibilj (f)
- Juniors Solo Dance winners:
José Cruz (m) /
Martina Camana (f)
- Senior Couples Dance winners:
Italy (Alessandro Spigai & Elena Leoni)
- Junior Couples Dance winners:
United States (Benson Kuan & Cassandra Seidel)
- Seniors Figures winners:
- November 17 – 21: 2016 Inline Freestyle World Championships in
Bangkok
- Free Jump winners:
Thomas Rataud (m) /
Maëliss Conan (f)
- Battle Slide winners:
Huang Haiyang (m) /
Nichakan Chinupun (f)
- Senior Battle Slalom winners:
Sergey Timchenko (m) /
Daria Kuznetsova (f)
- Junior Battle Slalom winners:
Zhang Hao (m) /
Liu Jiaxin (f)
- Senior Classic Slalom winners:
Sergey Timchenko (m) /
Mang Yun (f)
- Junior Classic Slalom winners:
Zhang Hao (m) /
Sofia Bogdanova (f)
- Senior Speed Slalom winners:
Pan Yusuo (m) /
Barbara Bossi (f)
- Junior Speed Slalom winners:
Pedram Ranjbar Vakili (m) /
Lo Pei Yu (f)
- Free Jump winners:
- October 24, 2015 – May, 15: 2015–16 CERH European League
- In the final,
S.L. Benfica defeated
U.D. Oliveirense, 5–3, to win their second European League.
- In the final,
- October 24, 2015 – May 1: 2015–16 CERS Cup
- In the final,
ÓC Barcelos defeated
CP Vilafranca, 6–3, to win their second CERS Cup.
- In the final,
- November 29, 2015 – March 20: 2015–16 CERH Women's European Cup
- In the final,
CP Voltregà defeated
Manlleu, after regular game, 4–4 and penalties 2–1, to win their 4th title.
- In the final,
- March 24 – 26: U23 Latin Cup in
Follonica
- April 28 – 30: 2016 Show and Precision European Championships in
Matosinhos
Italy wins overall gold medals.
- July 11 – 16: 2016 CERH European Championship in
Oliveira de Azeméis
- August 25 – September 3: 2016 Cadet/Youth/Junior/Senior European Championships in
Freiburg
Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- November 1 – 5: 2016 Cup of Europe Calderara Di Reno in
Italy
Rowing
2016 Summer Olympics (WR)
- March 5 & 6: Aquece Rio International Women's Rugby Sevens 2016 in
Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)[143]
- June 18 & 19: 2016 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in
Fontvieille, Monaco
- August 6 – 11: 2016 Summer Olympics (rugby sevens) in
Rio de Janeiro
- Men:
Fiji;
Great Britain;
South Africa
- Women:
Australia;
New Zealand;
Canada
- Men:
International rugby events
- February 5 – March 18: 2016 Six Nations Under 20s Championship[144]
- February 5 – March 20: 2016 Women's Six Nations Championship[145]
- February 6 – March 6: 2016 Americas Rugby Championship (debut event)
- Winner:
Argentina XV (inaugural Americas Rugby Championship title)
- Second:
United States
- Third:
Canada
- Winner:
- February 6 – March 19: 2016 Six Nations Championship[146]
- Champions:
England (fifth Six Nations Championship title)
- Grand Slam:
England
- Triple Crown:
England
- Calcutta Cup:
England
- Millennium Trophy:
England
- Centenary Quaich:
Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy:
France
- Champions:
- March 8 – 21: 2016 World Rugby Pacific Challenge in
Fiji[147]
- Champions:
Fiji Warriors (sixth World Rugby Pacific Challenge title)
- Second:
Samoa A
- Third:
Tonga A
- Champions:
- June 7 – 25: 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in
Manchester[148]
- July 6 – 9: 2016 FISU World University Rugby Sevens Championship in
Swansea[149]
- August 27 – October 8: 2016 Rugby Championship
- Winner:
New Zealand; 2.
Australia; 3.
South Africa; 4.
Argentina
- Winner:
2016 Men's Internationals
- April 30 – June 26: WR's 2016 Men's Internationals Page[150]
2016 Women's Internationals
- October 22 – December 17: WR's 2016 Women's Internationals Page[151]
- Overall champions:
Fiji
- Second:
South Africa
- Third:
New Zealand
- Overall champions:
Australia
- Second:
New Zealand
- Third:
Canada
Club seasons and championships
- November 13, 2015 – May 14: 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup
- November 12, 2015 – May 13: 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup
- Final in
Décines:
Montpellier defeated
Harlequins 26–19 for their first-ever Challenge Cup title.
- Final in
- October 16, 2015 – May 28:
2015–16 Aviva Premiership
- Final in London: Saracens defeated Exeter Chiefs 28–20 for their second straight title and third overall.
- September 5, 2015 – May 28:
/
/
/
2015–16 Guinness Pro12
- Grand Final in
Edinburgh: In a matchup of Irish teams, Connacht defeated Leinster 20–10 for their first-ever championship.
- Grand Final in
- August 22, 2015 – June 4:
2015–16 Top 14
- Final in
Barcelona: In a match moved from its traditional site of Stade de France due to scheduling conflicts with UEFA Euro 2016, Racing 92 defeated Toulon 29–21 for their first title since 1990 and sixth overall. The crowd of 99,124 was the largest ever for a domestic club match in the sport's history.
- Final in
- February 26 – August 6:
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/
2016 Super Rugby season
- Final in
Wellington: In a matchup between teams from New Zealand's North Island, the Hurricanes defeated the Blues 20–3 for their second straight title, and also second overall.
- Final in
Sailing
- January 4 – November 20: ISSF Competition Calendar[152]
2016 Summer Olympics (ISSF)
- August 6 – 14: 2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro at the National Shooting Center
- Men
- Men's 10 metre Air Pistol:
Hoàng Xuân Vinh (OR);
Felipe Almeida Wu;
Pang Wei
- Men's 10 metre Air Rifle:
Niccolò Campriani (OR);
Serhiy Kulish;
Vladimir Maslennikov
- Men's 25 metre Rapid Fire Pistol:
Christian Reitz;
Jean Quiquampoix;
Li Yuehong
- Men's 50 metre Pistol:
Jin Jong-oh (OR);
Hoàng Xuân Vinh;
Kim Song-guk
- Men's 50 metre Rifle Prone:
Henri Junghänel (OR);
Kim Jong-hyun;
Kirill Grigoryan
- Men's 50 metre Rifle Three Positions:
Niccolò Campriani;
Sergey Kamenskiy;
Alexis Raynaud
- Men's Skeet:
Gabriele Rossetti;
Marcus Svensson;
Abdullah Al-Rashidi (Kuwait)
- Men's Trap:
Josip Glasnović;
Giovanni Pellielo;
Edward Ling
- Men's Double Trap:
Fehaid Al-Deehani (Kuwait);
Marco Innocenti;
Steven Scott
- Women
- Women's 10 metre Air Pistol:
Zhang Mengxue (OR);
Vitalina Batsarashkina;
Anna Korakaki
- Women's 10 metre Air Rifle:
Virginia Thrasher (OR);
Du Li;
Yi Siling
- Women's 25 metre Pistol:
Anna Korakaki;
Monika Karsch;
Heidi Diethelm Gerber
- Women's 50 metre Rifle Three Positions:
Barbara Engleder;
Zhang Binbin;
Du Li
- Women's Skeet:
Diana Bacosi;
Chiara Cainero;
Kim Rhode
- Women's Trap:
Catherine Skinner;
Natalie Rooney;
Corey Cogdell
International shooting championships
- January 25 – February 3: 2016 Asian Olympic Shooting Qualifying Tournament in
New Delhi[153]
- Note: This event was named as the alternate qualification one for Rio 2016 from the one staged in Kuwait last year.
Japan won the gold medal tally.
South Korea won the overall medal tally.
- February 22 – 28: 10m European Shooting Championships in
Győr[154]
Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.[155]
- June 13 – 19: 2016 European Junior Shooting Championships in
Tallinn[156][157]
Germany won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- July 4 – 12: 2016 European Shotgun Championships in
Lonato del Garda[158]
Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- July 15 – 23: 2016 World Running Target Championships in
Suhl[159][160]
- September 14 – 18: 2016 World University Shooting Championship in
Bydgoszcz[161]
India won the gold medal tally. India and the
Czech Republic won 7 overall medals each.[162]
- March 1 – 9: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #1 in
Bangkok[163]
China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.[164]
- March 17 – 25: Shotgun World Cup #1 in
Nicosia[165]
- Men's skeet winner:
Mykola Milchev
- Men's trap winner:
Alberto Fernández
- Men's double trap winner:
Alessandro Chianese
- Women's skeet winner:
Morgan Craft
- Women's trap winner:
Ray Bassil
- Men's skeet winner:
- April 13 – 25: All Guns World Cup #1 in
Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)[166]
- May 19 – 26: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #2 in
Munich[168]
China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.[169]
- June 1 – 11: Shotgun World Cup #2 in the
City of San Marino[170]
- Men's skeet winner:
Stefan Nilsson
- Men's trap winner:
Jiří Lipták
- Men's double trap winner:
Joshua Richmond
- Women's skeet winner:
Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit
- Women's trap winner:
Emma Elizabeth Cox
- Men's skeet winner:
- June 20 – 29: All Guns World Cup #2 (final) in
Baku[171]
Croatia won the gold medal tally.
South Korea won the overall medal tally.[172]
- October 4 – 10: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #3 (final) in
Bologna[173]
- October 10 – 16: Shotgun World Cup #3 (final) in
Rome[175]
- Men's skeet winner:
Nikolai Tiopliy
- Men's trap winner:
Giovanni Cernogoraz
- Men's double trap winner:
James Willett
- Women's skeet winner:
Kim Rhode
- Women's trap winner:
Natalie Rooney
- Men's skeet winner:
- June 16, 2015 – March 26, 2016: Players Tour Championship 2015/2016
- July 29 – August 2: European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 1 in
Riga
Barry Hawkins defeated
Tom Ford 4–1.
- August 26 – 30: European Tour – Event 2 in
Fürth
Ali Carter defeated
Shaun Murphy 4–3.
- October 7 – 11: European Tour – Event 3 in
Mülheim
Rory McLeod defeated
Tian Pengfei 4–2.
- October 19 – 23: Asian Tour – Event 1 in
Haining
Ding Junhui defeated
Ricky Walden 4–3.
- November 4 – 8: European Tour – Event 4 in
Sofia
Mark Allen defeated
Ryan Day 4–0.
- December 9 – 13: European Tour – Event 5 in
Gibraltar
Marco Fu defeated
Michael White 4–1.
- February 23 – 28: European Tour – Event 6 in
Gdynia
Mark Selby defeated
Martin Gould 4–1.
- March 22 – 27: Players Tour Championship – Finals in Manchester
Mark Allen defeated
Ricky Walden 10–6.
Snooker season
- May 7, 2015 – May 2, 2016: Snooker season 2015/2016
- May 7, 2015 – May 10, 2015: Vienna Snooker Open in
Vienna
Peter Ebdon defeated
Mark King 5–3.[176]
- June 22, 2015 – June 26, 2015: World Cup in
Wuxi
- July 29 – July 5: 2015 Australian Goldfields Open in
Bendigo
John Higgins defeated
Martin Gould 9–8.
- July 15 – 19: Pink Ribbon in
Gloucester
Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated
Darryn Walker 4–2
- September 7 – 12: Six-red World Championship in
Bangkok
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh defeated
Liang Wenbo 8–2.
- September 14 – 20: Shanghai Masters in
Shanghai
Kyren Wilson defeated
Judd Trump 10–9.
- October 25 – November 1: 2015 International Championship in
Daqing
John Higgins defeated
David Gilbert 10–5.
- November 10 – 15: 2015 Champion of Champions in
Coventry
Neil Robertson defeated
Mark Allen 10–5.
- November 10–21: 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship in
Hurghada
Pankaj Advani defeated
Zhao Xintong 8–6.
- November 16–21: 2015 General Cup in Hong Kong
Marco Fu defeated
Mark Williams 7–3.
- November 24 – December 6: 2015 UK Championship in
York
Neil Robertson defeated
Liang Wenbo 10–5.
- January 10 – 17: 2016 Masters in
London
Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated
Barry Hawkins 10–1.
- January 30 & 31: 2016 World Seniors Championship in
Preston
Mark Davis defeated
Darren Morgan 2–1.
- February 3 – 7: 2016 German Masters in
Berlin
Martin Gould def.
Luca Brecel 9–5.
- February 12 – 14: 2016 Snooker Shoot-Out in
Reading
Robin Hull def.
Luca Brecel 1–0
- February 15 – 21: 2016 Welsh Open in
Cardiff
Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated
Neil Robertson 9–5.
- January 4 – March 4: 2016 Championship League (final) in
Stock
Judd Trump defeated
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2.
- March 8 – 13: 2016 World Grand Prix in
Llandudno
Shaun Murphy defeated
Stuart Bingham 10–9.
- March 28 – April 3: 2016 China Open in
Beijing
Judd Trump defeated
Ricky Walden 10–4.
- April 16 – May 2: 2016 World Snooker Championship in
Sheffield
Mark Selby defeated
Ding Junhui 18–14.
Others in snooker
- June 2 – 13: 2015 EBSA European Snooker Championship in
Prague[177]
Michael Wild defeated
Jamie Clarke 7–4.
- July 18 – 26: 2015 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship in
Bucharest
Boonyarit Keattikun defeated
Jamie Clarke 7–6.
- October 3 – 11: 2015 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship in
St. Petersburg
Ka Wai Cheung defeated
Ming Tung Chan 5–2.
- February 7 – 12: 2016 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship in
Wrocław
Tyler Rees defeated
Jackson Page 5–2.
- February 7 – 12: 2016 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship in
Wrocław
Josh Boileau defeated
Brandon Sargeant 6–1.
- February 12 – 21: 2016 EBSA European Snooker Championship in
Wrocław
Jak Jones defeated
Jamie Clarke 7–4.
- March 1 – 8: 2016 ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship in
Colombo
Wang Yuchen defeated
Ratchayothin Yotharuck 6–5.
Softball World Cup and Championships
- July 5 – 10: 2016 World Cup of Softball in
Oklahoma City
Japan defeated the
United States, 2–1, to win their third World Cup of Softball title.
Australia took the bronze medal.
- July 15 – 24: 2016 Women's Softball World Championship in
Surrey, British Columbia[178]
- The
United States defeated
Japan, 7–3, to win their tenth Women's Softball World Championship title.
Canada took the bronze medal.
- The
- July 22 – 30: 2016 ISF Junior Men's World Championship in
Midland, Michigan[179]
Japan defeated
New Zealand, 2–1, to win their second ISF Junior Men's World Championship title.
Canada took the bronze medal.
Little League Softball
- July 31 – August 6: 2016 Junior League Softball in
Kirkland, Washington[180][181]
ASOFEM LL (Team Latin America) defeated
Hampton LL (Team Canada), 8–6, in the final.
- July 31 – August 7: 2016 Senior League Softball in
Sussex County, Delaware[182][183]
Cape Coral Softball LL (Team Southeast) defeated
District 7 (Team Canada), 3–0, in the final.
- July 31 – August 7: 2016 Big League Softball in
Sussex County[184][185]
District 1 (Team Latin America) defeated
District 5 (Team Southwest), 10–7, in the final.
- August 10 – 17: 2016 Little League Softball in
Portland, Oregon[186][187]
Greater Helotes LL (Team Southwest) defeated
Rowan LL (Team Southeast), 5–1, in the final.
Squash
- January 3 – November 27: 2016 ATP World Tour (Men)[188]
- January 3 – November 20: 2016 WTA Tour (Women)[189]
- August 6 – 14: 2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Tennis Centre
- Men's Singles:
Andy Murray;
Juan Martín del Potro;
Kei Nishikori
- Men's Doubles:
Spain (Marc López & Rafael Nadal)
Romania (Florin Mergea & Horia Tecău)
United States (Steve Johnson & Jack Sock)
- Women's Singles:
Monica Puig;
Angelique Kerber;
Petra Kvitová
- Women's Doubles:
Russia (Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina)
Switzerland (Timea Bacsinszky & Martina Hingis)
Czech Republic (Lucie Šafářová & Barbora Strýcová)
- Mixed Doubles:
United States (Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Jack Sock)
United States (Venus Williams & Rajeev Ram)
Czech Republic (Lucie Hradecká & Radek Štěpánek)
- Men's Singles:
International tennis competitions
- January 3 – 9: 2016 Hopman Cup in
Perth[190]
- February 1 – November 13: 2016 Fed Cup[191]
- The
Czech Republic defeated
France, 3–2 in matches played, to win their third consecutive and tenth overall Fed Cup title.
- The
- March 5 – November 28: 2016 Davis Cup[192]
- October 23 – 30: 2016 WTA Finals in
Singapore[193]
- November 1 – 6: 2016 WTA Elite Trophy in
Zhuhai[194]
- November 13 – 20: 2016 ATP World Tour Finals in
London[195]
Grand Slam
- January 18 – 31: 2016 Australian Open in
Melbourne[196]
- May 16 – June 5: 2016 French Open in
Paris[197]
- June 27 – July 10: 2016 Wimbledon Championships in
London[198]
- August 29 – September 11: 2016 US Open in
New York City[199]
- Men's Singles:
Stan Wawrinka
- Men's Doubles:
Jamie Murray /
Bruno Soares
- Women's Singles:
Angelique Kerber
- Women's Doubles:
Bethanie Mattek-Sands /
Lucie Šafářová
- Men's Singles:
Trial cycling
Deaths
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