2016 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main highlight for this year is the 2016 Olympic and

Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

Calendar by month

January January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is also the first of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the ...

February February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the ''leap day''. It is the first of five months not to have 31 days (th ...

March March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second of seven months to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of Marc ...

April April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. It is the first of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. April is commonly associated with ...

May May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May ...

June June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the second of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the third of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. June contains the summer solstice in ...

July July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the fourth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., it being the mont ...

August August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...

September September is the ninth month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the third of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the fourth of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. September in the Northern H ...

October October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ''ôct ...

November November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, the fourth and last of four months to have a length of 30 days and the fifth and last of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. No ...

December December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is also the last of seven months to have a length of 31 days. December got its name from the Latin word ''decem'' (meaning ten) because it was or ...

Air sports The term "air sports" covers a range of aerial activities, including air racing, aerobatics, aeromodelling, hang gliding, human-powered aircraft, parachuting, paragliding and skydiving. Recognized and regulated air sports Many air sports ...

Alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

Amateur boxing Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

Super Bowl 50 Super Bowl 50 was an American football game to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2015 season. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos defeated the National Football Conference (NFC) cha ...

– the

Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquart ...

(AFC) won 24–10 over the

Carolina Panthers The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. T ...

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Levi's Stadium Levi's Stadium is an American football stadium located in Santa Clara, California, just outside San Jose in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has served as the home venue for the National Football League (NFL)'s San Francisco 49ers since 2014. T ...

**Attendance: 71,088 **MVP:

Von Miller Vonnie B'VSean Miller (born March 26, 1989) is an American football outside linebacker for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). Miller played college football at Texas A&M, where he earned consensus All-American honors and ...

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Aquatics Aquatics may refer to: Aquatic sports in the Olympics and other international competitions, including the disciplines of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and open water swimming Water-related sports more broadly (including boa ...

Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

* November 21, 2015 – September 17, 2016: 2015–16 World Archery Federation Events Page

2016 Summer Olympics ( WA)

* August 5 – 12:

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

at the

Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí The Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí is a purpose-built parade area built for the Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The venue is also known as Passarela Professor Darcy Ribeiro or simply the Sambódromo in Portuguese or Sambadrome in English. ...

** Men's individual:

Ku Bon-chan Ku Bon-chan ( or ; born 31 January 1993) is a South Korean recurve archer. He won an individual and a team gold medal at the 2016 Olympics and two team gold medals at the 2015 World Championships. Career He made his international debut at t ...

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Jean-Charles Valladont Jean-Charles Valladont (born 20 March 1989) is a French archer. He competed at the 2008 and 2016 Olympics, the latter in which he won a silver medal. He won another silver medal at the 2015 World Cup.Brady Ellison Brady Ellison (born October 27, 1988) is an American archer who competes in recurve archery. He is currently a Resident Athlete at the United States Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. He holds the record for the longest continu ...

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Chang Hye-jin Chang Hye-jin ( ko, 장혜진; or ; born 13 May 1987) is a South Korean former recurve archer. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Chang was the Olympic champion in both the women's individual and women's team events at 2016 Summer Olympics i ...

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Lisa Unruh Lisa Unruh (born 12 April 1988) is a German athlete who competes in recurve archery. Unruh represented Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro winning the silver medal. Her Silver medal was the first individu ...

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Ki Bo-bae Ki Bo-bae (Hangul: 기보배; or ; born February 20, 1988) is a South Korean recurve archer and three-time Olympic gold medalist. She was the winner of the women's team and women's individual events at the 2012 Summer Olympics and of the wom ...

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Indoor archery

* November 21 & 22, 2015: IA World Cup #1 in

Marrakesh Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...

(junior & senior individual events) ** and won 2 gold medals each. won the overall medal tally. * December 9 & 10, 2015: IA World Cup #2 in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

(senior individual events only) ** Men's Recurve winner:

Brady Ellison Brady Ellison (born October 27, 1988) is an American archer who competes in recurve archery. He is currently a Resident Athlete at the United States Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. He holds the record for the longest continu ...

** Women's Recurve winner:

Aída Román Aída Nabila Román Arroyo (born May 21, 1988) is a Mexican archer. A three-time Olympian, she won silver medal in the women's individual event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the women's World Indoor Archery Champion in 2014. She has addi ...

** Men's Compound winner:

Reo Wilde Reo Wilde (born October 6, 1973, in Pocatello, Idaho) is an American athlete, who competes in compound archery. He took up archery in 1992 and first represented the United States senior team in 1995, and has since won many World Cup and World ...

** Women's Compound winner: Toja Cerne * January 15 – 17: IA World Cup #3 in

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; oc, Nimes ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes, the commune of Nîmes has an estimated population of 148,5 ...

(junior & senior individual events) ** Men's Recurve winner: Luca Melotto ** Women's Recurve winner:

Guendalina Sartori Guendalina Sartori (born 8 August 1988) is an Italian archer. A gold medalist at the World Archery Championships, European Games and the Mediterranean Games, she competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing in fourth in the women's team even ...

** Men's Compound winner:

Braden Gellenthien Braden Gellenthien (born 26 April 1986 in Boston), is an athlete from the United States who competes in compound archery. He is a former world number one archer and has won individual gold medals at the FITA Archery World Cup, Indoor World Cham ...

** Women's Compound winner: Linda Ochoa-Anderson ** and won 2 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally. * January 29 – 31: IA World Cup #4 (final) in

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

** Men's Recurve winner: Brady Ellison ** Women's Recurve winner:

Khatuna Lorig Khatuna Lorig (; born January 1, 1974, as Khatuna Kvrivishvili, ka, ხათუნა ქვრივიშვილი) is a Georgian archer who immigrated to the United States. She has used at least 3 different last names while competing i ...

** Men's Compound winner: Jesse Broadwater ** Women's Compound winner: Sarah Holst Sonnichsen * March 1 – 6:

2016 World Indoor Archery Championships The 2016 World Indoor Target Archery Championships was the 13th edition of the World Indoor Archery Championships. The event was held in Ankara, Turkey, from 1 to 6 March 2016, and was organized by World Archery. Events Recurve Senior Junior ...

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Outdoor archery

* January 28 – 31:

2016 African Archery Championships The 2016 African Archery Championships was the 11th edition of the African Archery Championships. The event was held in Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia from 28 January to 31 January 2016. The men's and women's individual recurve tournaments ...

Windhoek Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 20 ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * April 26 – May 1: WA World Cup #1 in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

** Men's Recurve winner:

Sjef van den Berg Sjef van den Berg (born 14 April 1995) is a retired Dutch competitive archer. He has won a total of two medals (a silver in the individual recurve and a bronze for the Dutch team) at the 2015 European Games, and eventually finished fourth in th ...

** Women's Recurve winner: JU Hye-bhin ** Men's Compound winner:

Mike Schloesser Mike Schloesser (born 15 january 1994 in Heerlen, Netherlands) is a compound archer from Netherlands. He has won minet medals at the World Youth Archery Championships, competed in the Archery World Cup and in the 2013 Worl ...

** Women's Compound winner: Sara López * May 9 – 15: WA World Cup #2 in

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

** Men's Recurve winner:

** Women's Recurve winner:

Choi Mi-sun Choi Mi-sun (; born 1 July 1996) is a South Korean professional recurve archer. She won gold medal in the women's team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Career 2015: Instant success Choi made her international debut in Ma ...

** Men's Compound winner: Sergio Pagni ** Women's Compound winner: Sara López * May 23 – 29: 2016

European Archery Championships The European Archery Championships is an archery outdoor/indoor and .... championship in Europe. Championships 1968-2012: European Mediterranean Archery Championships 2014-2022: European Archery Championships European and Mediterranean Arch ...

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

** Men's Recurve winner:

Jean-Charles Valladont Jean-Charles Valladont (born 20 March 1989) is a French archer. He competed at the 2008 and 2016 Olympics, the latter in which he won a silver medal. He won another silver medal at the 2015 World Cup.Veronika Marchenko ** Men's Compound winner: Stephan Hansen ** Women's Compound winner: Sarah Prieels * June 1 – 5: World University Archery Championship in

Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...

** Men's Recurve winner:

Galsan Bazarzhapov Galsan Belikovich Bazarzhapov (russian: Галсан Бэликович Базаржапов; born 1 November 1994) is a Russian recurve archer. He competed in the men's individual and in the mixed event with Ksenia Perova at the 2020 Summer ...

** Women's Recurve winner:

Kang Chae-young Kang Chae-young (Hangul: 강채영, born 8 June 1996) is a South Korean archer competing in women's recurve events. She has won numerous medals in archery competitions. Career At the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan, she won the ...

** Men's Compound winner: Kim Jong-ho ** Women's Compound winner: Ko Soyoung * June 13 – 19: WA World Cup #3 in

Antalya Antalya () is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, fifth-most populous city in Turkey as well as the capital of Antalya Province. Located on Anatolia's southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish cit ...

** Men's Recurve winner:

Lee Seung-yun Lee Seung-yun ( ko, 이승윤; ; born 18 April 1995) is a South Korean archer. After winning medals at the World Youth Championships, he was first selected for the South Korean archery team in 2013, in which year he won team and individual med ...

** Women's Recurve winner: Choi Mi-sun ** Men's Compound winner: Evren Çağıran ** Women's Compound winner: Sara López * September 24 & 25: WA World Cup #4 (final) in

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...

** Men's Recurve winner: Brady Ellison ** Women's Recurve winner:

** Men's Compound winner: Mike Schloesser ** Women's Compound winner: Marcella Tonioli ** Mixed Team Recurve winners: ** Mixed Team Compound winners: * September 27 – October 2: 2016 World Archery Field Championships in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

** and the won 5 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.

Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
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track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...
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Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

Bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

* April 3 – October 2:

2016 Major League Baseball season The 2016 Major League Baseball season began on April 3, 2016 with a Sunday afternoon matchup between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, the two teams with the best regular-season records in 2015, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. T ...

American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league ...

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Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive F ...

National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...

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Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located ...

* June 9 – 11:

2016 Major League Baseball draft The 2016 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft began on June 9, 2016, to assign amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The draft order is the reverse order of the 2015 MLB season standings. In addition, compensation picks will be d ...

Secaucus, New Jersey Secaucus ( ) is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the town's population was 16,264,#1 pick:

Mickey Moniak McKenzie Matthew "Mickey" Moniak (born May 13, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Moniak was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies with the first overall pick of the ...

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Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...

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La Costa Canyon High School La Costa Canyon High School (LCC) is a public high school located in Carlsbad, California. Established in 1996, it is a member of the San Dieguito Union High School District and serves the communities of Encinitas, south Carlsbad, Leucadia, Oliv ...

* July 12:

2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game The 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 87th edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The game was hosted by the San Diego Padres and was played at Petco Park on July 12, 2016. It was televised nationally on Fox. The Amer ...

San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eigh ...

Petco Park Petco Park is a baseball stadium in Downtown San Diego, California. It is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres, and has also been used as a venue for concerts, soccer, golf, and rugby. The ballpark is located between Se ...

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Eric Hosmer Eric John Hosmer (born October 24, 1989) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, and the Boston Red Sox ...

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Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team was founded as an expans ...

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Giancarlo Stanton Giancarlo Cruz-Michael Stanton (born November 8, 1989), formerly known as Mike Stanton, is an American professional baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2010 a ...

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Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. The club's home ballpark is LoanDepot Park. The franc ...

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2016 World Series The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season. The 112th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs and the American Leag ...

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, 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.

WBSC

* July 29 – August 7: 2016 WBSC

15U Baseball World Cup The U-15 Baseball World Cup is the 15-and-under baseball world championship that features national teams as authorized ("sanctioned") by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It began in 1989 as the World Youth Baseball Championship. I ...

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** defeated , 9–4, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall WBSC 15U Baseball World Cup title. ** The took the bronze medal. * September 3 – 11:

2016 Women's Baseball World Cup The 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup was the 7th edition of the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, the biennial international women's baseball world championship tournament. The competition was held in Gijang, South Korea from September 3 to Septe ...

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) ** defeated , 10–0, to win their fifth consecutive Women's Baseball World Cup title. ** took the bronze medal. * October 28 – November 6:

2016 23U Baseball World Cup The 2016 U-23 World Baseball Cup was the second edition of the U-23 Baseball World Cup since its inception in 2014 as the U-21 Baseball World Cup. The competition took place in Mexico between Oct. 28 and Nov. 6, 2016. A total of 50 games were pla ...

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(replaces the 21U Baseball World Cup) ** defeated , 10–3, to win their first 23U Baseball World Cup title. ** took the bronze medal.

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** Tao-Yuan County Big LL ( Team Asia-Pacific) defeated Kihei LL ( Team West), 6–2, in the final. * July 31 – August 6: 2016
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** 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
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** Central East Maui LL ( Team West) defeated West Seoul LL ( Team Asia-Pacific), 5–1, in the final. * August 14 – 21: 2016
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** 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
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** Maine-Endwell Little League ( Team Mid-Atlantic) defeated East Seoul Little League ( Team Asia-Pacific and Middle East), 2–1, in the final.

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* January 15 – 17: Aquece Rio International Women's Basketball Tournament in
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International FIBA championships
* June 1 – 5: 2016 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships in
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** , , , , and all qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * June 22 – July 3:
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Men: The defeated , 96–56, to win their fourth consecutive FIBA Under-17 World Championship title. took third place. Women: defeated , 62–38, to win their first FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women title. The took third place. * July 4 – 9: FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament #1 in
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** has qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * August 6 & 7: 2016 FIBA 3x3 Open Pacific Championships in
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** defeated NSW, 11–9, in the final. * October 11 – 15:
2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships The 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships, hosted by China, was an international 3x3 basketball event that featured separate competitions for men's and women's national teams. The tournament was run between 11 and 15 October 2016, in Guangzhou outside ...
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Men: defeated the , 21–16, in the final. took third place. Women: The defeated , 21–11, in the final. The took third place.

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...
* October 27, 2015 – April 13, 2016:
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Top regular season team:
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( Golden State Warriors) * February 14:
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196–173. MVP:
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: Team defeated Team 74–64.
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: Team USA defeated Team World 157–154.
NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge The NBA Skills Challenge (officially named The Taco Bell Skills Challenge), is a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest held on the Saturday before the annual All-Star Game as part of the All-Star Weekend. First held in 2003, it is a compe ...
winner:
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Three-Point Contest The Three-Point Contest is a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest held on the Saturday before the annual All-Star Game as part of All-Star Weekend. The 2019 iteration of the contest involved ten participants. From its introduction in 19 ...
winner:
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( Golden State Warriors)
Slam Dunk Contest The NBA Slam Dunk Contest (officially known as the AT&T Slam Dunk) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) competition held during the NBA All-Star Weekend. ''Sports Illustrated'' wrote "the dunk contest was the best halftime inventio ...
winner:
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( Minnesota Timberwolves) * April 16 – June 19:
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, 4–3 in games played, to win their first NBA title.
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WNBA
* April 14: 2016 WNBA draft at the
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* May 14 – September 18:
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Eastern Conference Winners:
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Western Conference Winners:
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* September 21 – October 20:
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Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks (LA Sparks) are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Sparks compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team was foun ...
defeated the
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, 3–2 in games played, to win their third WNBA championship title.

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
* March 15 – April 4:
2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 20 ...
(Final four at
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defeated the 2015–16 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, North Carolina Tar Heels, 77–74, to win their second NCAA Men's Division I Basketball title. * Most Outstanding Player: Ryan Arcidiacono (Villanova) * March 19 – April 5: 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament (Final four at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis) The 2015–16 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team, Connecticut Huskies defeated the 2015–16 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team, 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:
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(Connecticut)

FIBA Americas
* January 15 – March 12: 2016 FIBA Americas League ** Guaros de Lara (basketball), Guaros de Lara defeated Associação Bauru Basketball Team, Bauru, 84–79, to win their first FIBA Americas League title. Associação Desportiva Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes took third place. * May 20 – 26: 2016 South American Basketball Championship for Women in Barquisimeto ** defeated , 94–75, to win their 16th consecutive and 26th overall South American Basketball Championship for Women title. took the bronze medal. * June 19 – 25: 2016 Centrobasket in Panama City ** defeated , 84–83, to win their 11th Centrobasket title. took third place. * June 26 – July 2: 2016 South American Basketball Championship for Men in Caracas defeated , 64–58, to win their second consecutive and third overall South American Basketball Championship title. took third place. * July 3 – 16: 2016 FIBA CBC Championship, CBC U16 Championship in Georgetown, Guyana Men: The defeated , 84–57, to win the inaugural FIBA CBC U16 Championship title. took third place. Women: The defeated , 55–50, to win the inaugural Women's FIBA CBC U16 Championship title. took third place. * July 13 – 23: 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Men and 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women, Women in Valdivia Men: The defeated , 99–84, to win their fourth consecutive and eighth overall FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship title. took third place. Women: The defeated , 109–62, to win their eighth consecutive and ninth overall FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship title. took third place. * August 24 – 28: 2016 Centrobasket U15 Championship in Patillas, Puerto Rico ** defeated the , 74–67, in the final. took third place. * August 29 – September 2: 2016 COCABA U16 Championship for Men and Women in San José, Costa Rica Men: 1. ; 2. ; 3. Women: 1. ; 2. ; 3. * September 20 – December 7: 2016 South American League for Men's Clubs in Comodoro Rivadavia and La Banda, Valdivia, and Barquisimeto ** Mogi das Cruzes defeated Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca, Weber Bahía, 3–0 in games played, in the final. * October 25 – 29: 2016 South American U15 Championship for Men in Asunción ** defeated , 69–60, in the final. took third place. * November 16 – 20: 2016 FIBA South America Under-15 Championship for Women in Guayaquil defeated , 65–54, to win their sixth FIBA South America Under-15 Championship for Women title. took third place.

FIBA Europe
* October 5, 2015 – May 15, 2016: 2015–16 Euroleague ** PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow defeated Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball, Fenerbahçe, 101–96 in overtime, to win their seventh Euroleague title. PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban, Lokomotiv Kuban took third place. * October 7, 2015 – April 13, 2016: 2015–16 EuroCup Women ** 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 ** Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball), 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 ** UMMC Ekaterinburg defeated fellow Russian team, Nadezhda Orenburg, 72–69, to win their third EuroLeague Women title. Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball, Fenerbahçe took third place. * October 21, 2015 – May 1, 2016: 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup (debut event and replaced the EuroChallenge) ** 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 defeated , 79–71, to win their first FIBA European Championship for Small Countries title. took third place. * June 28 – July 3: 2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries in defeated , 67–59, to win their third FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries title. took third place. * July 9 – 17: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women in Matosinhos defeated , 71–69, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women title. took third place. * July 16 – 24: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Helsinki defeated , 68–55, to win their second FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship title. took third place. * July 23 – 31: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women in Sopron defeated , 74–44, to win their second FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women title. took third place. * August 6 – 14: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women in Udine defeated , 64–48, to win their tenth FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women title. took third place. * August 12 – 20: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Radom defeated , 74–72, to win their fourth FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship title. took third place. * September 2 – 4: 2016 FIBA 3x3 European Championships in Bucharest Men: defeated 19–17, to win their first FIBA 3x3 European Championships title. The took third place. Women: defeated , 21–14, to win their first FIBA Women's 3x3 European Championships title. took third place. * September 9 – 11: 2016 FIBA U18 3x3 European Championships in Debrecen Men: defeated , 19–15, in the final. took third place. Women: defeated , 11–10, in the final. The took third place. * December 16 – 22: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Samsun Note: ''This event was temporarily postponed, due to the aftermath of the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt.'' defeated , 75–68, to win their fourth FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship title. ** took third place.

FIBA Asia
* July 22 – 31: 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship in Tehran defeated , 71–65, to win their third FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship title. took third place. * September 9 – 18: 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge in Tehran defeated , 77–47, to win their third consecutive FIBA Asia Challenge title. took third place. * October 8 – 16: 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup in Chenzhou Xinjiang Flying Tigers, China Kashgar defeated Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, Al-Riyadi, 96–88, to win their first FIBA Asia Champions Cup title. Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC, Petrochimi took third place. * November 13 – 20: 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women in
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defeated , 78–47, to win their fourth consecutive and 15th overall FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women title. took third place.

FIBA Africa
* July 22 – 31: 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men in Kigali defeated , 86–82, to win their fourth FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship title. took third place. * August 26 – September 4: 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women in Cairo defeated , 84–61, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women title. took third place.

FIBA Oceania
* December 5 – 10: 2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship for Men and 2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship for Women, Women in Suva Men: defeated , 57–51, to win their first Men's FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship title. * took third place. Women: defeated , 107–52, to win their seventh consecutive Women's FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship title. * took third place.

Beach volleyball

Biathlon

BMX racing

Bobsleigh and Skeleton (sport), skeleton

Boccia
* March 19 – 26: BISFed 2016 World Individual Championships in Beijing Individual BC1 winner: Pattaya Tadtong Individual BC2 winner: Worawut Saengampa Individual BC3 winner: Jeong Ho-won Individual BC4 winner: Stephen McGuire * April 26 – May 2: BISFed 2016 World Open #1 in Montreal 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: Pairs BC4 winners: ** Team BC1–BC2 winners: * May 17 – 24: BISFed 2016 World Open #2 in Dubai Individual BC1 winner: LEUNG Mei Yee Individual BC2 winner: Abilio Valente Individual BC3 winner: HO Yuen Kei Individual BC4 winner: Samuel Andrejcik Pairs BC3 winners: Pairs BC4 winners: ** Team BC1–BC2 winners: * June 14 – 19: BISFed 2016 World Open #3 in Póvoa de Varzim Individual BC1 winner: David Smith (boccia), David Smith Individual BC2 winner: Maciel de Sousa Santos Individual BC3 winner: José Carlos Macedo Individual BC4 winner: Samuel Andrejcik Pairs BC3 winners: Pairs BC4 winners: ** Team BC1-BC2 winners:

Bowling

Canadian football
November 27 – 104th Grey Cup: Ottawa Redblacks defeat Calgary Stampeders, 39–33 (in overtime).

Canoeing

Chess
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 * April 19 – May 3, 2016: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #3 in Batumi ** Winner: Valentina Gunina * July 1 – 15: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #4 in Chengdu ** Winner: Harika Dronavalli * November 18 – December 2: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #5 in Khanty-Mansiysk ** Winner: Ju Wenjun * 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) * March 1 – 19: Women's World Chess Championship 2016 in Lviv ** Winner: Hou Yifan * March 10 – 30: Candidates Tournament in Moscow ** Winner: Sergey Karjakin * April 8 – 15: 14th World University Chess Championship in Abu Dhabi ** Winners: Hovhannes Gabuzyan (m) / Ni Shiqun (f) * 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 * 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 * June 26 – July 4: World Senior Team Chess Championship 50+, 65+ 2016 in Dresden 50+ winners: (Uwe Bönsch, Klaus Bischoff, Karsten Volke, Raj Tischbierek, Gernot Gauglitz) 65+ winners: (Evgeny Sveshnikov, Evgeni Vasiukov, Yuri Balashov, Vladimir V. Zhelnin, Nikolai Pushkov) ** Women's winners: (Galina Strutinskaia, Svetlana Mednikova, Valentina Kozlovskaya, Elena Fatalibekova, Elena N. Sazonova) * July 22 – 29: World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2016 in Poprad ** 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: Gukesh D, 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 * August 7 – 21: World Junior Chess Championships 2016 in Bhubaneswar ** Winners: Jeffery Xiong (m) / Dinara Saduakassova (f) * September 1 – 14: 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku Open winners: (Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Sam Shankland, Ray Robson) Women's winners: (Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun, Zhao Xue, Tan Zhongyi, Guo Qi) * 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) * 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) * November 11–30: World Chess Championship 2016: Carlsen – Karjakin in
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** 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)

European events
* April 1 – 11: 2nd European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship in Luxembourg City ** Winner: Helgi Dam Ziska * April 18 – 27: European Senior Team Chess Championship 2016 in Seniors 50+ winners: (Alon Greenfeld, Yehuda Gruenfeld, Alexander Huzman, Ram Soffer) Seniors 65+ winners: (Yuri Balashov, Nikolai M Mishuchkov, Nikolai Pushkov, Evgeni Vasiukov, Vladimir V Zhelnin) * May 11 – 24: European Individual Chess Championship 2016 in Gjakova ** Winner: Ernesto Inarkiev * May 26 – June 8: European Individual Women's Chess Championship 2016 in Mamaia ** Winner: Anna Ushenina * June 4 – 14: European Senior Chess Championship, European Senior Individual Championship 2016 in 50+ winners: Zurab Sturua (m) / Galina Strutinskaia (f) 65+ winners: Valentin Bogdanov (m) / Nona Gaprindashvili (f) * June 6 – 12: European Amateur Chess Championship 2016 in Ruzomberok ** Winner: Anatoly Borodavkin * 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) * July 9 – 17: European Youth Team Chess Championship 2016 in Celje Men's winners: Women's winners: * July 13 – 24: European Universities Games 2016 in Zagreb Winners: Hovhannes Gabuzyan (m) / Adela Velikić Blitz winners: Zaven Andriasian (m) / Anastasia Travkina * July 24 – August 1: 1st IBCA European Team Chess Championship in Warsawa ** Winners: 1 * 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 * 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) * November 5 – 13: European Chess Club Cup 2016 for men and for women Novi Sad ** Winners: Alkaloid (m) / Cercle d’Echecs Monte Carlo * 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 * March 24 – 29: CARIFTA Chess Championships U20 in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, 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 Jonhson (f) U10 winners: Kishan Clarke (m) / Thamara Sagastegui (f) ** U8 winner: Jayden Barry * April 27 – May 3: American Subzonal 2.3.5 Open & Women in Bridgetown ** Winners: Mark Machin Rivera (m) / Deborah Richards (f) * May 28 – June 5: 11th American Continental Chess Championship in San Salvador ** Winner: Emilio Córdova , Emilio Córdova Daza * June 19 – 26: Panamerican U20 Chess Championship 2016 in Bogotà ** Winners: Luis Paulo Supi (m) / Lilia Ivonne Fuentes Godoy (f) * July 1 – 6: Panamerican University Championship 2016 in Tegucigalpa ** Winners: Mattey Emanuel Vaglio (m) / Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (f) * July 11 – 18: Central American & Caribbean Junior U20 Chess Championships 2016 in San Salvador ** Winners: Bryan Solano Cuya (m) / Karla July Fernandez Rivero (f) * 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) * August 7 – 11: North American Youth Chess Championship 2016 in 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) * August 15 – 22: Central American & Caribbean Youth Chess Championships 2016 in Caracas ** 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) * 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 * October 31 – November 6: American Subzonal 2.3.3 in Panama City ** Winners: Bernal González (m) / Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (f) * November 6 – 13: American Continental Women's Championship in Colima City ** Winner: Deysi Cori * 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)

Asian events
* March 27 – April 8: Asian Nations Cup (Men and Women) 2016 in Abu Dhabi Men's winners: (Baskaran Adhiban, S. P. Sethuraman, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Krishnan Sasikiran, Deep Sengupta) Women's winners: (Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Lei Tingjie, Guo Qi, Zhao Xue) * April 6: Asian Nations Cup Rapid Championship 2016 in Abu Dhabi Men's winner: (Wang Yue (chess player), Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Zhou Jianchao, Wei Yi, Lu Shanglei) Women's winner: (Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Zhao Xue, Lei Tingjie, Guo Qi) * April 7: Asian Nations Cup Blitz Championship 2016 in Abu Dhabi Men's winner: (Wang Yue (chess player), Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Zhou Jianchao, Wei Yi, Lu Shanglei) Women's winner: (Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Zhao Xue, Lei Tingjie, Guo Qi) * April 5 – 15: Asian Youth U6, U8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 Championship 2016 in
Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...
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) * April 9: Asian Youth Blitz Championship 2016 in
Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...
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) * April 10: Asian Youth Rapid Championship 2016 in
Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...
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) * May 2 – 11: Asian Juniors and Girls U-20 Championships 2016 in New Delhi ** Winners: Aravindh Chithambaram (m) / Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya (f) * May 3: Asian Juniors and Girls Rapid Championship 2016 in New Delhi ** Winners: Masoud Mosadeghpour (m) / R. Vaishali (f) * May 11: Asian Juniors and Girls Blitz Championship 2016 in New Delhi ** Winners: S. L. Narayanan, Narayanan Sunilduth Lyna / R. Vaishali (f) * May 25 – June 5: Asian Chess Championship, Asian Individual Championship (Men and Women) 2016 in Tashkent ** Winners: S. P. Sethuraman (m) / Bhakti Kulkarni * June 4: Asian Individual Blitz Championship (Men and Women) 2016 in Tashkent ** Winners: Lu Shanglei (m) / Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng * May 29 – June 8: 17th ASEAN+ Age Group Open Chess Championships 2016 in Pattaya ** 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) * 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) * 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) * August 5 – 10: East Asian Youth Chess Championship in Gangwon Province (South Korea), 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 * September 1 – 6: South Asian Amateur Championship 2016 in Srinagar ** Winner: V Raghav Srivathsav * October 26 – November 5: Asian Seniors Chess Championship 2016 in Mandalay 50+ years winner: Han Myint 65+ years winner: Wazeer Ahmad Khan * 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 * April 22 – May 1: African Zonal 4.2 in Dar-es-Salaam ** Winners: Adham Kandil (m) / Shrook Wafa (f) * April 23 – May 2: African Zonal 4.3 in Le Morne ** Winners: Ryan Pierre Van Rensburg (m) / Jesse Nikki February (f) * May 23 – 31: African Zonal 4.1 in Taroudant ** Winners: Adlane Arab / Rania Sbai (f) * July 16 – 27: African Chess Championship, African Individual Championships in Kampala ** Winners: Abdelrahman Hesham (m) / Shrook Wafa (f) * July 25: African Blitz Championships in Kampala ** Winners: Ahmed Adly (m) / Shrook Wafa (f) * July 26: African Rapid Championships Kampala ** Winners: Samy Shoker (m) / Shahenda Wafa (f) * August 11 – 18: African Amateur Individual Championships in Lomé Under 2000 Open winner: Philip Elikem Ameku Under 2300 Open winner: Anass Ouazri * 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) * 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 * October 1 – 10: Arab Chess Championship, Arab Individual Chess Championship 2016 (Women & Open) in ** Winners: Mahfoud Oussedik (m) / Sabrina Latreche (f) * October 4: Arab Individual Blitz Championship 2016 (Women & Open) in ** Winners: Husein Aziz Nezad (m) / Sabrina Latreche (f) * October 5 – 6: Arab Individual Rapid Championship 2016 (Women & Open) in ** Winners: Husein Aziz Nezad (m) / Alshaeby Boshra (f)

Cricket
* January 22 – February 14: 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Dhaka ** The defeated by 5 wickets in the final, to win their first Under-19 Cricket World Cup title. took third place. * March 8 – April 3: 2016 ICC World Twenty20 in Men: The defeated by 4 wickets to win their second ICC World Twenty20 title. Women: The defeated by 8 wickets to win their first ICC Women's World Twenty20 title. * June 29 – August 7: 2016 Caribbean Premier League ** The Jamaica Tallawahs defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors, by nine wickets, to win their second Caribbean Premier League title.

Cross-country skiing (sport), Cross-country skiing

Curling

Cyclo-cross, Cyclo-cross bike racing

Darts

Draughts
World Draughts Federation International

International
* February 14 – 18: 2016 Qatar World Championship Turkish Draughts in Doha ** Winner: Faik Yıldız * 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) * 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 * May 2: 1st Women's World Championship Turkish Draughts in Izmir ** Winner: Darya Tkachenko * June 9 – 12: Women's World Championship English Draughts (Checkers) in Rome ** Winner: Amangul Berdieva * July 8 – 15: World Title Match English Draughts (Checkers) Sergio Scarpetta-Michele Borghetti in Rome ** Winner: Michele Borghetti * July 20 – 30: Asian Championship 2016 in
Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...
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) * 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 ;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'' * September 1 – 19: Women's World Title Match Sadowska – Kamychleeva in Karpacz ** Winner: Natalia Sadowska * September 14 – 29: 2016 African Championship in Bamako Main winner: N'Diaga Samb Blitz winner: Jean Marc Ndjofang * September 18 – 27: 2016 European Veteran Championship in Korbach Men's winner: Evgeni Gurkov Women's winner: Romualda Shidlauskiene * September 20 – 30: Pan American Championship in Águas de Lindóia ** Winner: Allan Igor Moreno Silva * September 22 – 29: XIII World Championship (Brazilian 64) in Águas de Lindóia ** Winner: Alexander Georgiev * October 2 – 6: 2016 European Team Championship in Tallinn Men's winners: (Jan Groenendijk (draughts), Jan Groenendijk, Roel Boomstra, Alexander Baliakin) Women's winners: * October 18 – 24: 2016 European Championship in Izmir ** Winners: Alexei Chizhov (m) / Aygul Idrisova (f) * October 25: 2016 European Rapid Championship in Izmir ** Winners: Alexander Schwarzman (m) / Tamara Tansykkuzhina (f) * October 26: 2016 European Blitz Championship in Izmir ** Winners: Ainur Shaibakov (m) / Matrena Nogovitsyna (f) * October 27: 2016 European Super-Blitz Cup in Izmir ** Winners: Alexei Chizhov (m) / Matrena Nogovitsyna (f)

Major
* February 22 – 28: 2016 Cannes Open World Cup in Cannes ** Winners: Christian Niami (m) / Romualda Šidlauskienė * March 19 – 27: Roethof Open World Cup in Paramaribo ** Winners: Alexander Schwarzman (m) / Natalia Sadowska (f) * May 15 – 23: Salou Open World Cup in Salou ** Winners: Alexander Georgiev (m) / Natalia Sadowska (f) * September 4 – 10: Polish Open World Cup in Karpacz ** Winner: Aleksandr Getmanski

Open
* February 5 – 7: 2016 Riga Open in Riga ** Winner: Edvardas Bužinskis * March 24 – 28: 2016 Open Guadeloupe in Baie-Mahault ** Winner: Alexander Mogilianski * May 6 – 15: 12th Thailand Open in Pattaya ** Winner: Ivan Trofimov * July 24 – 30: 2016 Nijmegen Open in Nijmegen ** Winner: Roel Boomstra * August 5 – 13: 2016 Brunssum Open in Brunssum ** Winner: Erno Prosman * August 15 – 20: 2016 MTB Open in Hoogeveen ** Winner: Martijn van IJzendoorn * September 28 – October 5: 2016 Sunny Beach Open in Sunny Beach * November 18 – 24: 4th "XingQiu Cup" International Open in Lishui

Equestrianism

Fencing

Field hockey
* January 15 – December 11: 2016 FIH Calendar of Events

2016 Summer Olympics (International Hockey Federation, FIH)
* August 6 – 19: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics in
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at the Olympic Hockey Centre (Rio de Janeiro), Olympic Hockey Centre Men: ; ; Women: ; ;

International field hockey events
* June 10 – 17: 2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in London Note: ''This event was slated for San Miguel de Tucumán, but the contract was cancelled.'' defeated , 3–1 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular play, to win their 13th Men's Hockey Champions Trophy title. ** took third place. * June 18 – 26: 2016 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy in London defeated the , 2–1, to win their third consecutive and seventh overall Women's Hockey Champions Trophy title. The took third place. * November 23 – December 4: 2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup in Santiago defeated the , 4–2, to win their second Women's Hockey Junior World Cup title. took third place. * December 8 – 18: 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in New Delhi defeated , 2–1, to win their second Men's Hockey Junior World Cup title. took third place.

European Hockey Federation (EHF)
* January 15 – 17: 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship in Prague ** defeated , 3–2, in the final. took third place. * January 22 – 24: 2016 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship in Minsk ** The defeated , 6–2, in the final. took third place. * February 12 – 14: 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Cup in Hamburg ** 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 Winner: Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club, AH&BC Amsterdam Second: Dinamo Elektrostal ** Third: Inverleith HC * February 19 – 21: 2016 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Trophy in Dundee Winner: HC Rotweiss Wettingen Second: Royal Pingouin HC ** Third: Bowdon Hightown * February 19 – 21: 2016 Women's EuroHockdey Indoor Club Champions Cup in Minsk ** 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 ** 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 ** HC 's-Hertogenbosch defeated fellow Dutch team, Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club, SCHC, 3–2 in Penalty shoot-out (field hockey), penalty shoot-outs and after a 1–1 score in regular play, in the final. Uhlenhorster HC, UHC Hamburg took third place. * May 13 – 16: 2016 EuroHockey Women's Club Champions Trophy in Barcelona ** 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 ** Kampong (field hockey club), SV Kampong defeated fellow Dutch team, Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club, 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 (city), Cork Boys: defeated the , 4–3, in the final. took third place. Girls: The defeated , 2–0, in the final. took third place.

Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF)
* March 29 – April 10: 2016 Pan American Junior Championship for Women in Tacarigua defeated the , 6–0, to win their second consecutive and seventh overall Pan American Women's Field Hockey Junior Championship title. took the bronze medal. * May 20 – 28: 2016 Pan American Junior Championship for Men in
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defeated , 5–0, to win their 11th consecutive Pan American Men's Field Hockey Junior Championship title. took the bronze medal. * October 1 – 9: 2016 South American Championships for Men and Women in Chiclayo Men: 1. ; 2. ; 3. Women: 1. ; 2. ; 3.

Asian Hockey Federation (AHF)
* September 24 – 30: 2016 Boys' U18 Asia Cup in Dhaka ** defeated , 5–4, in the final. * October 1 – 9: 2016 Women's AHF Cup in
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** defeated , 4–0, in the final. * October 20 – 30: 2016 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Kuantan District ** defeated , 3–2, to win their second Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy title. took third place. * October 29 – November 6: 2016 Asian Women's Hockey Champions Trophy in ** defeated , 2–1, to win their first Asian Women's Hockey Champions Trophy title. took third place. * November 19 – 27: 2016 Men's AHF Cup in ** defeated , 3–0, in the final. took third place. * December 15 – 22: 2016 Girl's U18 Asia Cup in Bangkok ** defeated , 4–2, in the final. took third place.

African Hockey Federation (AfHF)
* March 18 – 28: 2016 Junior African Cup for Men and Women in
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Men: defeated , 3–2, in the final. took the bronze medal. Women's winner: ** Women's runner-up:

Figure skating

Fistball
* 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, Switzerland, 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, Switzerland, 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 ** Round-robin: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4. * July 20 – 24: IFA 2016 Fistball U18 Men's and Women's World Championships in Nürnberg Men's: defeated , 4–2. took third place. Women's: defeated , 4–2 took third place. * 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, defeated , 4–2. took third place. * 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 * October 23 – 30: IFA 2016 Fistball Women's World Championship in Pomerode defeated 4:2 (08:11, 11:04, 14:15, 11:09, 11:05, 11:06) to win their fifth Fistball Women's World Championship. took third place. * November 4 – 6: U16 South American Fistball Championship in Novo Hamburgo Men's: 1. , 2. , 3. Women's: 1. , 2. , 3. * 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

Floorball

Open
* August 11 – 14: Czech Open (floorball), 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 Vítkovice, 1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice 4–3. * Top scorer: Martina Řepková (Florbal Chodov) * Best goalkeeper: Lenka Kubíčková (1. SC Vítkovice, 1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice) * Best player: Stephanie Boberg (Pixbo Wallenstam IBK) * September 9 – 11: Polish Open (national teams) in Wrocław In the final, defeated , 3–4. took third place. * Best scorer: Rasmus Kainulainen *** Best Goalkeeper: Daniel Muck

Europe
* 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. * September 30 – October 2: Champions Cup (floorball), Champions Cup in Borås Men's: Storvreta IBK defeated SC Classic, 2–1. Women's: Pixbo Wallenstam IBK defeated SC Classic, 6–2. * 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.

International Championships
* May 4 – 8: 2016 Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships in Belleville, Ontario, Belleville ** defeated , 6–3, to win their fifth Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships. took third place. * July 19 – 24: World University Championships in Porto Men: defeated , 5–4, in extra time. took third place. Women: defeated , 3–2 after penalties, after 2–2 in regular game. took third place. * December 3 – 11: 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships in Riga ** defeated , 4–2 after penalties, after 3–3 in regular game. took third place.

Freestyle skiing

Futsal
* February 2 – 13: UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 in ** defeated , 7–3, to win their seventh UEFA Futsal Euro title. took third place. * February 10 – 21: 2016 AFC Futsal Championship in ** defeated , 2–1, to win their eleventh AFC Futsal Championship title. took third place. * April 15 – 24: 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations in ** defeated , 3–2, to win their first Africa Futsal Cup of Nations title. took third place. * May 8 – 14: 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship in ** defeated , 4–0, to win their second consecutive and third overall CONCACAF Futsal Championship title. took third place. * May 21 – 28: 2016 South American Under-17 Futsal Championship in Foz do Iguaçu ** defeated , 4–2, to win their first South American Under-17 Futsal Championship. took third place. * June 12 – 19: Copa Libertadores de Futsal 2016 in Asunción ** In the final, Cerro Porteño defeated Associação Desportiva Jaraguá, Jaraguá, 4–2, tp win their first Copa Libertadores Cup. Rionegro Futsal took third place. * July 2 – 10: 2016 FISU World University Futsal Championship in Goiânia Men: defeated , 2–1, in the final. The took third place. Women: defeated , 1–0, in the final. took third place. * July 10 – 16: 2016 AFF Futsal Club Championship in Naypyidaw Men: Port Futsal Club defeated Thai Son Nam Futsal Club, 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. * July 15 – 22: 2016 CONMEBOL Women's U20 Futsal Championships in Asunción (debut event) defeated , 4–2, to win the inaugural CONMEBOL Women's U20 Futsal Championships title. took third place. * July 15 – 23: 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship in
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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 Futsal Club, Chonburi Blue Wave took third place. * September 10 – October 1: 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in defeated , 5–4, to win their first FIFA Futsal World Cup title. took third place. * October 31 – November 8: 2016 AFF Futsal Championship in
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** ''Event cancelled. The 2017 event, in , would the next such event to be hosted.'' * December 11 – 18: 2016 South American Under-20 Futsal Championship in defeated , 2–1, to win their first South American Under-20 Futsal Championship title. took third place.

Golf

2016 Summer Olympics
* August 11 – 14: Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics (Men) in
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** Justin Rose; Henrik Stenson; Matt Kuchar * August 17 – 20: 2016 Summer Olympics (Women) in Rio de Janeiro ** Inbee Park; Lydia Ko; Shanshan Feng

2016 Men's major golf championships
* April 7 – 10: 2016 Masters Tournament ** Winner: Danny Willett (first major win; first PGA Tour win) * June 16 – 19: 2016 U.S. Open (golf), 2016 U.S. Open ** Winner: Dustin Johnson (first major win; 10th PGA Tour win) * July 14 – 17: 2016 Open Championship ** Winner: Henrik Stenson (first major win) * July 28 – 31: 2016 PGA Championship ** Winner: Jimmy Walker (golfer), Jimmy Walker (first major win; 6th PGA Tour win)

2016 World Golf Championships (WGC)
* March 3–6: 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship ** Winner: Adam Scott (golfer), Adam Scott (second WGC win, first WGC-Cadillac win) * March 23–27: 2016 WGC-Dell Match Play ** Winner: Jason Day (golfer), Jason Day (second WGC-Match Play win) * June 30 – July 3: 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational ** Winner: Dustin Johnson (first WGC-Bridgestone Invitational win, third WGC win; 11th PGA Tour win) * October 27–30: 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions ** Winner: Hideki Matsuyama (first WGC win, third PGA Tour win)

Other men's golf events
* May 12 – 15: 2016 Players Championship ** Winner: Jason Day (first Players win, tenth PGA Tour win) * May 26 – 29: 2016 BMW PGA Championship (2016 European Tour, European Tour) ** Winner: Chris Wood (golfer), Chris Wood (first BMW PGA Championship win, third European Tour win) * September 30 – October 2: 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota ** Winner: (First victory since 2008) * November 24 – 27: 2016 World Cup of Golf at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia ** Winner: Denmark (first World Cup victory)

2016 Senior major golf championships
* May 19 – 22: Regions Tradition ** Winner: Bernhard Langer (first Regions Tradition title; sixth Senior major golf championship win) * May 26 – 29: Senior PGA Championship ** Winner: Rocco Mediate (first Senior PGA Championship and Senior Major win) * June 9 – 12: Constellation Senior Players Championship ** Winner: Bernhard Langer (third straight Senior Players Championship title; seventh Senior major golf championship win) * July 21 – 24: Senior Open Championship ** Winner: Paul Broadhurst (first Senior Open Championship and Senior Major win) * August 11 – 15: U.S. Senior Open ** Winner: Gene Sauers (first US Senior Open and Senior Major win)

2016 Women's major golf championships
* March 31 – April 3: 2016 ANA Inspiration ** Winner: Lydia Ko (second consecutive major win, first ANA Inspiration win; second consecutive LPGA Tour win) * June 9 – 12: 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship ** Winner: Brooke Henderson (first Major win, second LPGA Tour win) * July 7 – 10: 2016 U.S. Women's Open ** Winner: Brittany Lang (first Major win, second LPGA Tour win) * July 28 – 31: 2016 Women's British Open ** Winner: Ariya Jutanugarn (first Major win, fourth LPGA Tour win) * September 15 – 18: 2016 Evian Championship ** Winner: Chun In-gee (first Evian Championship win, second Major win, second LPGA Tour win)

2016 International Crown
* July 21 – 24: 2016 International Crown at the Merit Club in Libertyville, Illinois (Chicago metropolitan area) ** Winners: The (13 points)

International University Sports Federation, FISU
* 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. , 2. , 3. Women's Team: 1. , 2. , 3.

Grass skiing
* 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)

2016 FIS Grass Ski World Cup
* June 4 & 5: WC #1 in Rettenbach glacier, 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * August 27 & 28: WC #5 in Marbach, Lucerne, 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 * 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

Gymnastics

Handball
* January 6 – December 18: 2016 IHF Calendar of Events

2016 Summer Olympics (International Handball Federation, IHF)
* August 6 – 21: Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics in
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European Handball Federation, EHF
* 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 Handball, 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 (handball), 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 (women's handball), CSM Bucharest defeated Győri Audi ETO KC, 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 Togliatti, 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 ** BM Remudas, Gran Canaria defeated Kastamonu Bld. GSK (women's handball), 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 ** defeated , 24–17, to win their second European Men's Handball Championship title. took the bronze medal. * July 4 – 8: 2016 European Open Handball Championship for Women in Gothenburg ** defeated , 34–33, to win their first European Open Handball Championship title. took third place. * July 8 – 10: 2016 European Youth Beach Handball Championship in Nazaré, Portugal, Nazaré Men: defeated , 2–1 in matches played, in the final. took third place. Women: The defeated , 2–0 in matches played, in the final. took third place. * July 28 – August 7: 2016 European Men's Junior Handball Championship in Kolding defeated , 30–29, to win their second European Men's Junior Handball Championship title. took third place. * December 4 – 18: 2016 European Women's Handball Championship in defeated the , 30–29, to win their second consecutive and seventh overall European Women's Handball Championship title. took third place.

African Handball Confederation, CAHB
* January 21 – 30: 2016 African Men's Handball Championship in ** defeated , 21–19, to win their sixth African Men's Handball Championship title. took the bronze medal. * May 4 – 14: 2016 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup in Laayoune ** C.D. Primeiro de Agosto (handball), Primeiro de Agosto defeated TKC Yaoundé, 40–16, to win their second Women's African Handball Cup Winners' Cup. Progresso Associação do Sambizanga (handball), Progresso took third place. * May 4 – 14: 2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup in Laayoune ** Zamalek SC (handball), Zamalek SC defeated Espérance Sportive de Tunis (handball), Espérance Tunis, 26–25, to win their fifth African Handball Cup Winners' Cup. Association Sportive d'Hammamet H.C., AS Hammamet took third place. * May 4: 2016 African Handball Super Cup for men's and women's in Laayoune Men: Espérance Sportive de Tunis (handball), Espérance Tunis defeated Zamalek SC (handball), Zamalek SC, 33–32, after overtime, to win their second African Handball Super Cup. Women: C.D. Primeiro de Agosto (handball), Primeiro de Agosto defeated Africa Sports, 33–14, to win their second African Handball Super Cup. * September 2 – 9: 2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship in Bamako defeated , 26–25, to win their first African Men's Youth Handball Championship title. took the bronze medal. * September 11 – 18: 2016 African Men's Junior Handball Championship in Bamako defeated , 26–25, to win their fourth African Men's Junior Handball Championship title. took the bronze medal.

Asian Handball Federation, AHF
* January 15 – 28: 2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship in ** defeated , 27–22, to win their second consecutive Asian Men's Handball Championship title. took the bronze medal. * March 18 – 24: 18th Asian Club League 2016 in Doha ** 1. Lekhwiya Handball Team, Lekhwiya; 2. Al-Najma SC (Bahrain), Al-Najma; 3. Al-Noor * July 22 – August 1: 2016 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship in Amman defeated , 23–16, to win their fifth title and fourth consecutive Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship. took third place. * August 10 – 17: 2016 Asian Men's & Women's Youth Beach Handball Championship in Pattaya (debut event) Men: 1. ; 2. ; 3. Women: 1. ; 2. ; 3. * August 27 – September 5: 2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship in Manama defeated , 25–23, to win their first Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship title. 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 * October 29 – November 5: 2016 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship in Amman Al-Noor defeated El Jaish SC (handball), El Jaish SC, 25–23, to win their first Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship title. Lekhwiya Handball Team took third place.

Pan-American Team Handball Federation, PATHF
* March 15 – 19: 2016 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship in Foz do Iguaçu ** 1. ; 2. ; 3. * April 12 – 16: 2016 Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship in Santiago ** 1. ; 2. ; 3. * May 25 – 29: 2016 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship in Buenos Aires Handebol Clube Taubaté, Handebol Taubaté defeated fellow Brazilian team, Esporte Clube Pinheiros, 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 ** defeated , 28–24, to win their third Pan American Men's Handball Championship title. took third place. * November 1 – 5: 2016 Pan American Women's Club Handball Championship in Santiago Methodist University of São Paulo, 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 ** and both qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * March 18 – 20: 2016 Women's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #2 in Metz ** has qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * March 18 – 20: 2016 Women's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #3 in Aarhus ** and both qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * April 8 – 10: 2016 Men's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #1 in Gdańsk ** and both qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * April 8 – 10: 2016 Men's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #2 in Malmö ** and both qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * April 8 – 10: 2016 Men's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #3 in Herning ** and both qualified to compete at Rio 2016. * June 27 – July 3: 2016 World University Handball Championship in Antequera Men: defeated , 28–20, in the final. took third place. Women: defeated , 20–14, in the final. took third place. * July 3 – 15: 2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship in Moscow defeated , 32–28 in overtime, to win their second Women's Junior World Handball Championship title. took third place. * July 12 – 17: 2016 Beach Handball World Championships for Men and Women in Budapest Men: defeated , 2–0, to win their second Beach Handball World Championships title. took third place. Women: defeated , 2–1, to win their first Women's Beach Handball World Championships title. ** took third place. * July 19 – 31: 2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship in defeated , 30–22, to win their second Women's Youth World Handball Championship title. took third place. * September 5 – 8: 2016 IHF Super Globe in Doha Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC, Füchse Berlin defeated Paris Saint-Germain Handball, Paris Saint-Germain, 29–28, to win their second consecutive IHF Super Globe title. Vive Targi Kielce took third place.

Ice hockey

Judo

Kabaddi
* Major Leagues * International Tournaments

Korfball

Europe
* 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. * 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. * June 3 – 5: IKF European Korfball Championship Qualfiquation Round 1 West in Saint-Étienne ** and are qualify from European Championship. * June 3 – 5: IKF European Korfball Championship Qualfiquation Round 1 East in Nitra ** and are qualify from European Championship. * August 10 – 13: 1st IKF U15 European Korfball Championship in Dunakeszi ** The defeated the 1, 10–7. * October 22 – 30: 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship in Dordrecht ** In the final, defeated , 27–14. took third place.

North America
* June 15 – 19: Copa Internacional de Korfball in Santo Domingo 1. 2. 3. 4.

Asia
* August 26 – September 3: 4th IKF Asia Korfball Championship in ** In the final, defeated , 39–14. took third place.

World championships and World Cups
* March 18 – 20: U17 Korfball World Cup in Schijndel ** beating the squad in the final 26–12. took third place * March 25 – 27: U19 Korfball World Cup in Leeuwarden ** beating the squad in the final 22–18. took third place * July 9 – 16: IKF U23 World Korfball Championship in Olomouc ** beating the squad in the final 24–16. took third place.

Lacrosse
* July 7 – 16: Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships in Coquitlam ** defeated 13–12, to win their eighth consecutive Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship. took third place. * July 28 – August 6: 2016 European Lacrosse Championship in Gödöllő ** defeated 7–6, to win their fourth consecutive Men's European Lacrosse Championships. took third place.

Major League Lacrosse
* April 23 – August 20: 2016 Major League Lacrosse season Denver Outlaws defeated Ohio Machine, 19–18. * MVP: Eric Law

NCAA Lacrosse Championship
* May 28 – 30: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship (semifinals and final at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia) North Carolina Tar Heels men's lacrosse, North Carolina defeated Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse, Maryland 14–13. * Most Outstanding Player: Chris Cloutier (North Carolina) * May 28 & 29: 2016 NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship in Philadelphia Le Moyne Dolphins, Le Moyne defeated Limestone College, Limestone 8–4. * Most Outstanding Player: Brendan Entenmann (Le Moyne) * May 28 & 29: 2016 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship in Philadelphia Salisbury University, Salisbury defeated Tufts Jumbos, Tufts 14–13. * Most Outstanding Player: Colin Reymann (Salisbury) * May 27 – 29: 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship (semifinals and final at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania) North Carolina Tar Heels women's lacrosse, North Carolina defeated Maryland Terrapins women's lacrosse, Maryland 13–7. * Most Outstanding Player: Aly Messinger (North Carolina) * May 19 – 21: 2016 NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship in Denver Florida Southern Moccasins, Florida Southern defeated Adelphi University, Adelphi 8–7. * Most Outstanding Player: Taylor Gillis (Florida Southern) * May 28 & 29: 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship in Philadelphia Middlebury College, Middlebury defeated Trinity College (Connecticut), Trinity (CT) 9–5. * Most Outstanding Player: Katie Mandigo (Middlebury)

National Lacrosse League, NLL
* January 1 – June 2016: 2016 NLL season Saskatchewan Rush defeated Buffalo Bandits, 2–0 in the final. * MVP: Aaron Bold

Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates, WCLA
* May 4 – 7: 2016 WCLA Division I National Championship in Winston-Salem ** In the final University of Georgia, Georgia defeated University of Minnesota, Minnesota 8–7. Colorado Buffaloes took third place. ;Division I Individual Awards * Most Outstanding Attacker – Arden Birdwell (Georgia Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs, Georgia Bulldogs) * Most Outstanding Midfielder – Allie Thalhuber (University of Minnesota, Minnesota) * Most Outstanding Defender – Meredith Butler Georgia Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs, Georgia Bulldogs * Most Outstanding Goalie – Hannah Gilbert (University of Minnesota, Minnesota) * May 6 – 7: 2016 WCLA Division II National Championship in Winston-Salem ** In the final University of Denver, Denver defeated University of Utah, Utah 11–10. Loyola University Maryland, Loyola took third place. ;Division II Individual Awards * Most Outstanding Attacker – Kaitlin Ball (University of Denver, Denver) * Most Outstanding Midfielder – Audrey Burns (University of Utah, Utah) * Most Outstanding Defender – Nicole Cosmany (University of Denver, Denver) * Most Outstanding Goalie – Sasha McKee (University of Utah, Utah)

Luge

Mixed martial arts

Modern pentathlon

Motorsport

Mountain bike racing

Multi-sport events
* February 5 – 16: 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati and Shillong ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * March 6 – 11: 2016 Arctic Winter Games in / Nuuk ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 29 – July 3: 2016 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation, IWAS U23 World Games in Prague ** For results, clic
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* July 10 – 19: 2016 ASEAN University Games in ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 12 – 25: 2016 European Universities Games in Zagreb and Rijeka ** University of Zagreb won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 21 – 29: 2016 ASEAN School Games in Chiang Mai ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 24 – October 3: 2016 Asian Beach Games in Da Nang ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * November 24 – December 3: 2016 Bolivarian Beach Games in Iquique ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Nordic combined

Olympic Games
* February 12 – 21: 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer The and won ten gold medals each. However, the United States finished first, due to winning more silver medals than South Korea. won the overall medal tally. * August 5 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in
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** The won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Paralympic Games
* September 7 – 18: 2016 Summer Paralympics in
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** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Padel (sport), Padel
International Padel Federation Calendar

2016 World Padel Tour
* March 27 – December 14: 2016 World Padel Tour * March 27 – April 3: Gijón Open ** Winners: Fernando Belasteguín & Pablo de Lima * April 16 – 24: Valencia Master Men's winners: Francisco Navarro Compán & Sanyo Gutiérrez Women's winners: Alejandra Salazar & Marta Marrero * April 30 – May 8: Barcelona Master Men's winners: Fernando Belasteguín & Pablo de Lima Women's winners: Patty Llaguno & Elisabeth Amatriaín * May 12 – 14: Rome Exhibition ** Winners: Francisco Navarro Compán & Sanyo Gutiérrez * May 22 – 29: Las Rozas de Madrid Open Men's winners: Fernando Belasteguín & Pablo de Lima Women's winners: Alejandra Salazar & Marta Marrero * May 30 – June 6: Lisbon Chellenger ** Winners: Matías Marina & Alejandro Ruiz Granados * June 19 – 26: Palma, Majorca, Palma Open Men's winners: Fernando Belasteguín & Pablo de Lima Women's winners: Majo Sánchez Alayeto & Mapi Sánchez Alayeto * June 26 – July 3: Barcelona Chellenger Men's winners: Gonzalo Rubio & Javier Ruiz Women's winners: Catalina Tenorio & Victoria Iglesias * July 3 – 10: Valladolid Open Men's winners: Fernando Belasteguín & Pablo de Lima Women's winners: Majo Sánchez Alayeto & Mapi Sánchez Alayeto * July 24 – 31: Gran Canaria Open Men's winners: Fernando Belasteguín & Pablo de Lima Women's winners: Alejandra Salazar & Marta Marrero * August 7 – 14: Costa del Sol Chellenger ** Winners: Federico Quiles & Franco Stupaczuk * August 21 – 28: La Nucía Open Men's winners: Francisco Navarro Compán & Sanyo Gutiérrez Women's winners: Majo Sánchez Alayeto & Mapi Sánchez Alayeto * September 5 – 11: Monte Carlo Master Men's winners: Fernando Belasteguín & Pablo de Lima Women's winners: Alejandra Salazar & Marta Marrero * September 11 – 18: Madrid Chellenger ** Winners: Gonzalo Godo Díaz & Luciano Capra * September 18 – 25: Sevilla Open Men's winners: Fernando Belasteguín & Pablo de Lima Women's winners: Alejandra Salazar & Marta Marrero * October 9 – 16: A Coruña Open Men's winners: Fernando Belasteguín & Pablo de Lima Women's winners: Alejandra Salazar & Marta Marrero * October 23 – 30:
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Open Men's winners: Fernando Belasteguín & Pablo de Lima Women's winners: Alejandra Salazar & Marta Marrero * November 7 – 13: Buenos Aires Master ** Men's winners: Fernando Belasteguín & Pablo de Lima * November 25 – 27: Miami Exhibition * November 27 – December 4: Basque Country (autonomous community), 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

Radio-controlled racing

Racquetball

Road bicycle racing, Road cycling

Roller skating

Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports, FIRS
* June 1 – 5: 2016 World Inline Hockey Masters Cup in Bolzano Master Cup winner: Veteran 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 * June 12 – 25: 2016 World Inline Hockey Championships in Asiago/Roana Men's: In the final, defeated , 4–0. took third place. Women's: In the final, defeated , 3–1. took third place. Junior men: In the final, defeated , 5–4. took third place. Junior women: In the final, defeated , 2–0. took third place. * September 10 – 18: World Roller Speed Skating Championships in Nanjing ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 24 – October 1: 2016 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup in Iquique ** In the final, defeated , after , 3–2. took third place. * 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: (Alessandro Spigai & Elena Leoni) Junior Couples Dance winners: (Benson Kuan & Cassandra Seidel) * November 17 – 21: 2016 Inline Freestyle World Championships in
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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)

Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey, CERH
* October 24, 2015 – May, 15: 2015–16 CERH European League ** In the final, S.L. Benfica (roller hockey), S.L. Benfica defeated U.D. Oliveirense (roller hockey), U.D. Oliveirense, 5–3, to win their second European League. * October 24, 2015 – May 1: 2015–16 CERS Cup ** In the final, Óquei Clube de Barcelos, ÓC Barcelos defeated CP Vilafranca, 6–3, to win their second CERS Cup. * 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. * March 24 – 26: U23 Latin Cup in Follonica 1. 2. ** 3. * April 28 – 30: 2016 Show and Precision European Championships in Matosinhos ** win's overall gold medals. * July 11 – 16: 2016 CERH European Championship in Oliveira de Azeméis ** defeated , 6–2, to win their twenty one CERH European Championship. took third place. * August 25 – September 3: 2016 Cadet/Youth/Junior/Senior European Championships in Freiburg ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * November 1 – 5: 2016 Cup of Europe Calderara Di Reno in ** and won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Rowing (sport), Rowing

Rugby union

2016 Summer Olympics (World Rugby, WR)
* March 5 & 6: Aquece Rio International Women's Rugby Sevens 2016 in
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(Olympic Test Event) Winner: Second: ** Third: * June 18 & 19: 2016 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco Cup Winner: Cup Second: Cup Third: Plate winner: Bowl winner: Shield winner: * August 6 – 11: Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics (rugby sevens) in Rio de Janeiro Men: ; ; Women: ; ;

International rugby events
* February 5 – March 18: 2016 Six Nations Under 20s Championship Champions: (first Six Nations Under 20s Championship title) Second: ** Third: * February 5 – March 20: 2016 Women's Six Nations Championship Champions: (fifth Women's Six Nations Championship title) Second: ** Third: * February 6 – March 6: 2016 Americas Rugby Championship (debut event) Winner: (inaugural Americas Rugby Championship title) Second: ** Third: * February 6 – March 19: 2016 Six Nations Championship Champions: (fifth Six Nations Championship title) Grand Slam (rugby union), Grand Slam: Triple Crown (rugby union), Triple Crown: Calcutta Cup: Millennium Trophy: Centenary Quaich: ** Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: * March 8 – 21: 2016 World Rugby Pacific Challenge in Champions: Fiji Warriors (sixth World Rugby Pacific Challenge title) Second: Samoa A national rugby union team, Samoa A ** Third: Tonga A national rugby union team, Tonga A * June 7 – 25: 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in Manchester ** defeated , 45–21, to win their third World Rugby Under 20 Championship title. took third place. * July 6 – 9: 2016 FISU World University Rugby Sevens Championship in Swansea Men: defeated , 24–20, in the final. took third place. Women: defeated , 31–5, in the final. took third place. * August 27 – October 8: 2016 Rugby Championship ** Winner: ; 2. ; 3. ; 4.

2016 Men's Internationals
* April 30 – June 26: World Rugby, WR's 2016 Men's Internationals Page

2016 Women's Internationals
* October 22 – December 17: World Rugby, WR's 2016 Women's Internationals Page

2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series
* Overall champions: {{ru7, FIJ * Second: {{ru7, RSA * Third: {{ru7, NZL

2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
* Overall champions: {{ru7w, AUS * Second: {{ru7w, NZL * Third: {{ru7w, CAN

Club seasons and championships
* November 13, 2015 – May 14: 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup ** 2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final, Final in {{flagicon, FRA Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines: {{flagicon, ENG Saracens F.C., Saracens defeated {{flagicon, FRA Racing 92 21–9 for their first-ever European club title. * November 12, 2015 – May 13: 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup ** Final in {{flagicon, FRA Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines: {{flagicon, FRA Montpellier Hérault Rugby, Montpellier defeated {{flagicon, ENG Harlequin F.C., Harlequins 26–19 for their first-ever Challenge Cup title. * October 16, 2015 – May 28: {{flagicon, ENG 2015–16 English Premiership (rugby union), 2015–16 Aviva Premiership ** Final in Twickenham Stadium, London: Saracens F.C., Saracens defeated Exeter Chiefs 28–20 for their second straight title and third overall. * September 5, 2015 – May 28: {{flagicon, Ireland, rugby union/{{flagicon, ITA/{{flagicon, SCO/{{flagicon, WAL 2015–16 Pro12, 2015–16 Guinness Pro12 ** 2016 Pro12 Grand Final, Grand Final in {{flagicon, SCO Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh: In a matchup of Irish teams, Connacht Rugby, Connacht defeated Leinster Rugby, Leinster 20–10 for their first-ever championship. * August 22, 2015 – June 4: {{flagicon, FRA 2015–16 Top 14 season, 2015–16 Top 14 ** Final in {{flagicon, ESP Camp Nou, Barcelona: In a match moved from its traditional site of Stade de France due to scheduling conflicts with UEFA Euro 2016, Racing 92 defeated RC Toulonnais, 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. * February 26 – August 6: {{flagicon, AUS/{{flagicon, NZL/{{flagicon, RSA/{{flagicon, ARG/{{flagicon, JPN 2016 Super Rugby season ** 2016 Super Rugby Final, Final in {{flagicon, NZL Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington: In a matchup between teams from New Zealand's North Island, the {{rut, Hurricanes defeated the {{rut, Blues 20–3 for their second straight title, and also second overall.

Sailing (sport), Sailing
{{main, 2016 in aquatic sports

Shooting sport, Shooting
* January 4 – November 20: ISSF Competition Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (International Shooting Sport Federation, ISSF)
* August 6 – 14: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics in {{flagicon, BRA Rio de Janeiro at the National Shooting Center Men Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol, Men's 10 metre Air Pistol: {{gold1 {{flagicon, VIE Hoàng Xuân Vinh (OR); {{silver2 {{flagicon, BRA Felipe Almeida Wu; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, CHN Pang Wei Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle, Men's 10 metre Air Rifle: {{gold1 {{flagicon, ITA Niccolò Campriani (OR); {{silver2 {{flagicon, UKR Serhiy Kulish; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, RUS Vladimir Maslennikov Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol, Men's 25 metre Rapid Fire Pistol: {{gold1 {{flagicon, GER Christian Reitz; {{silver2 {{flagicon, FRA Jean Quiquampoix; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, CHN Li Yuehong Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol, Men's 50 metre Pistol: {{gold1 {{flagicon, KOR Jin Jong-oh (OR); {{silver2 {{flagicon, VIE Hoàng Xuân Vinh; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, PRK Kim Song-guk (sport shooter), Kim Song-guk Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone, Men's 50 metre Rifle Prone: {{gold1 {{flagicon, GER Henri Junghänel (OR); {{silver2 {{flagicon, KOR Kim Jong-hyun (sport shooter), Kim Jong-hyun; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, RUS Kirill Grigoryan Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions, Men's 50 metre Rifle Three Positions: {{gold1 {{flagicon, ITA Niccolò Campriani; {{silver2 {{flagicon, RUS Sergey Kamenskiy; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, FRA Alexis Raynaud Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's skeet, Men's Skeet: {{gold1 {{flagicon, ITA Gabriele Rossetti (sport shooter), Gabriele Rossetti; {{silver2 {{flagicon, SWE Marcus Svensson; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, IOC Abdullah Al-Rashidi (Kuwait) Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's trap, Men's Trap: {{gold1 {{flagicon, CRO Josip Glasnović; {{silver2 {{flagicon, ITA Giovanni Pellielo; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, GBR Edward Ling Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's double trap, Men's Double Trap: {{gold1 {{flagicon, IOC Fehaid Al-Deehani (Kuwait); {{silver2 {{flagicon, ITA Marco Innocenti; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, GBR Steven Scott Women Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol, Women's 10 metre Air Pistol: {{gold1 {{flagicon, CHN Zhang Mengxue (OR); {{silver2 {{flagicon, RUS Vitalina Batsarashkina; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, GRE Anna Korakaki Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle, Women's 10 metre Air Rifle: {{gold1 {{flagicon, USA Virginia Thrasher (OR); {{silver2 {{flagicon, CHN Du Li; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, CHN Yi Siling Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol, Women's 25 metre Pistol: {{gold1 {{flagicon, GRE Anna Korakaki; {{silver2 {{flagicon, GER Monika Karsch; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, SUI Heidi Diethelm Gerber Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions, Women's 50 metre Rifle Three Positions: {{gold1 {{flagicon, GER Barbara Engleder; {{silver2 {{flagicon, CHN Zhang Binbin; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, CHN Du Li Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet, Women's Skeet: {{gold1 {{flagicon, ITA Diana Bacosi; {{silver2 {{flagicon, ITA Chiara Cainero; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, USA Kim Rhode ** Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's trap, Women's Trap: {{gold1 {{flagicon, AUS Catherine Skinner; {{silver2 {{flagicon, NZL Natalie Rooney; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, USA Corey Cogdell

International shooting championships
* January 25 – February 3: 2016 Asian Olympic Shooting Qualifying Tournament in {{flagicon, IND New Delhi Note: This event was named as the alternate qualification one for Rio 2016 from the one staged in Kuwait last year. {{JPN won the gold medal tally. {{KOR won the overall medal tally. * February 22 – 28: 10m European Shooting Championships in {{flagicon, HUN Győr ** {{RUS won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 13 – 19: 2016 European Junior Shooting Championships in {{flagicon, EST Tallinn ** {{GER won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 4 – 12: 2016 European Shotgun Championships in {{flagicon, ITA Lonato del Garda ** {{ITA won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 15 – 23: 2016 World Running Target Championships in {{flagicon, GER Suhl ** {{UKR won the gold medal tally. Ukraine and {{RUS won 15 overall medals each. * September 14 – 18: 2016 World University Shooting Championship in {{flagicon, POL Bydgoszcz ** {{IND won the gold medal tally. India and the {{CZE won 7 overall medals each.

2016 ISSF World Cup
* March 1 – 9: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #1 in {{flagicon, THA
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** {{CHN won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * March 17 – 25: Shotgun World Cup #1 in {{flagicon, CYP Nicosia Men's skeet winner: {{flagicon, UKR Mykola Milchev Men's trap winner: {{flagicon, ESP Alberto Fernández (sport shooter), Alberto Fernández Men's double trap winner: {{flagicon, ITA Alessandro Chianese Women's skeet winner: {{flagicon, USA Morgan Craft ** Women's trap winner: {{flagicon, LIB Ray Bassil * April 13 – 25: All Guns World Cup #1 in {{flagicon, BRA Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event) ** {{CHN, {{ESP, {{RUS, and {{UKR won 2 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally. * May 19 – 26: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #2 in {{flagicon, GER Munich ** {{CHN won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 1 – 11: Shotgun World Cup #2 in the {{flagicon, SMR City of San Marino Men's skeet winner: {{flagicon, SWE Stefan Nilsson (sport shooter), Stefan Nilsson Men's trap winner: {{flagicon, CZE Jiří Lipták Men's double trap winner: {{flagicon, USA Joshua Richmond Women's skeet winner: {{flagicon, THA Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit ** Women's trap winner: {{flagicon, AUS Emma Elizabeth Cox * June 20 – 29: All Guns World Cup #2 (final) in {{flagicon, AZE Baku ** {{CRO won the gold medal tally. {{KOR won the overall medal tally. * October 4 – 10: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #3 (final) in {{flagicon, ITA Bologna ** {{CHN and {{SRB won 2 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally. * October 10 – 16: Shotgun World Cup #3 (final) in {{flagicon, ITA Rome Men's skeet winner: {{flagicon, RUS Nikolai Tiopliy Men's trap winner: {{flagicon, CRO Giovanni Cernogoraz Men's double trap winner: {{flagicon, AUS James Willett Women's skeet winner: {{flagicon, USA Kim Rhode ** Women's trap winner: {{flagicon, NZL Natalie Rooney

Ski jumping
{{main, 2016 in skiing

Snooker
{{main, 2015–16 snooker season, 2016–17 snooker season

Players Tour Championship
* June 16, 2015 – March 26, 2016: Players Tour Championship 2015/2016 * July 29 – August 2: European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 1 in {{flagicon, LVA Riga ** {{flagicon, ENG Barry Hawkins defeated {{flagicon, ENG Tom Ford (snooker player), Tom Ford 4–1. * August 26 – 30: European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 2, European Tour – Event 2 in {{flagicon, GER Fürth ** {{flagicon, ENG Ali Carter defeated {{flagicon, ENG Shaun Murphy 4–3. * October 7 – 11: European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 3, European Tour – Event 3 in {{flagicon, GER Mülheim ** {{flagicon, ENG Rory McLeod (snooker player), Rory McLeod defeated {{flagicon, CHN Tian Pengfei 4–2. * October 19 – 23: Asian Tour 2015/2016 – Event 1, Asian Tour – Event 1 in {{flagicon, CHN Haining City, Haining ** {{flagicon, CHN Ding Junhui defeated {{flagicon, ENG Ricky Walden 4–3. * November 4 – 8: European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 4, European Tour – Event 4 in {{flagicon, BUL Sofia ** {{flagicon, NIR Mark Allen (snooker player), Mark Allen defeated {{flagicon, WAL Ryan Day (snooker player), Ryan Day 4–0. * December 9 – 13: European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 5, European Tour – Event 5 in {{GIB ** {{flagicon, HKG Marco Fu defeated {{flagicon, WAL Michael White (snooker player), Michael White 4–1. * February 23 – 28: European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 6, European Tour – Event 6 in {{flagicon, POL Gdynia ** {{flagicon, ENG Mark Selby defeated {{flagicon, ENG Martin Gould 4–1. * March 22 – 27: Players Tour Championship 2015/2016 – Finals, Players Tour Championship – Finals in Manchester ** {{flagicon, NIR Mark Allen (snooker player), Mark Allen defeated {{flagicon, ENG 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 {{flagicon, AUT Vienna ** {{flagicon, ENG Peter Ebdon defeated {{flagicon, ENG Mark King (snooker player), Mark King 5–3. * June 22, 2015 – June 26, 2015: 2015 World Cup (snooker), World Cup in {{flagicon, CHN Wuxi ** {{CHN defeated {{SCO 4–1 * July 29 – July 5: 2015 Australian Goldfields Open in {{flagicon, AUS Bendigo ** {{flagicon, SCO John Higgins defeated {{flagicon, ENG Martin Gould 9–8. * July 15 – 19: Pink Ribbon in {{flagicon, ENG Gloucester ** {{flagicon, ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated {{flagicon, ENG Darryn Walker 4–2 * September 7 – 12: 2015 Six-red World Championship, Six-red World Championship in {{flagicon, THA
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** {{flagicon, THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh defeated {{flagicon, CHN Liang Wenbo 8–2. * September 14 – 20: 2015 Shanghai Masters, Shanghai Masters in {{flagicon, CHN
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** {{flagicon, ENG Kyren Wilson defeated {{flagicon, ENG Judd Trump 10–9. * October 25 – November 1: 2015 International Championship in {{flagicon, CHN Daqing ** {{flagicon, SCO John Higgins defeated {{flagicon, ENG David Gilbert (snooker player), David Gilbert 10–5. * November 10 – 15: 2015 Champion of Champions in {{flagicon, ENG Coventry ** {{flagicon, AUS Neil Robertson defeated {{flagicon, NIR Mark Allen (snooker player), Mark Allen 10–5. * November 10–21: 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship in {{flagicon, EGY Hurghada ** {{flagicon, IND Pankaj Arjan Advani, Pankaj Advani defeated {{flagicon, CHN Zhao Xintong 8–6. * November 16–21: 2015 General Cup in Hong Kong ** {{flagicon, HKG Marco Fu defeated {{flagicon, WAL Mark Williams (snooker player), Mark Williams 7–3. * November 24 – December 6: 2015 UK Championship in {{flagicon, ENG York ** {{flagicon, AUS Neil Robertson defeated {{flagicon, CHN Liang Wenbo 10–5. * January 10 – 17: 2016 Masters (snooker), 2016 Masters in {{flagicon, ENG London ** {{flagicon, ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated {{flagicon, ENG Barry Hawkins 10–1. * January 30 & 31: 2016 World Seniors Championship in {{flagicon, ENG Preston, Lancashire, Preston ** {{flagicon, ENG Mark Davis (snooker player), Mark Davis defeated {{flagicon, WAL Darren Morgan 2–1. * February 3 – 7: 2016 German Masters in {{flagicon, GER Berlin ** {{flagicon, ENG Martin Gould def. {{flagicon, BEL Luca Brecel 9–5. * February 12 – 14: 2016 Snooker Shoot-Out in {{flagicon, ENG Reading, Berkshire, Reading ** {{flagicon, FIN Robin Hull def. {{flagicon, BEL Luca Brecel 1–0 * February 15 – 21: 2016 Welsh Open (snooker), 2016 Welsh Open in {{flagicon, WAL Cardiff ** {{flagicon, ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated {{flagicon, AUS Neil Robertson 9–5. * January 4 – March 4: 2016 Championship League (final) in {{flagicon, ENG Stock, Essex, Stock ** {{flagicon, ENG Judd Trump defeated {{flagicon, ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2. * March 8 – 13: 2016 World Grand Prix in {{flagicon, WAL Llandudno ** {{flagicon, ENG Shaun Murphy defeated {{flagicon, ENG Stuart Bingham 10–9. * March 28 – April 3: 2016 China Open (snooker), 2016 China Open in {{flagicon, CHN Beijing ** {{flagicon, ENG Judd Trump defeated {{flagicon, ENG Ricky Walden 10–4. * April 16 – May 2: 2016 World Snooker Championship in {{flagicon, ENG Sheffield ** {{flagicon, ENG Mark Selby defeated {{flagicon, CHN Ding Junhui 18–14.

Others in snooker
* June 2 – 13: 2015 EBSA European Snooker Championship in {{flagicon, CZE Prague ** {{flagicon, ENG Michael Wild defeated {{flagicon, WAL Jamie Clarke (snooker player), Jamie Clarke 7–4. * July 18 – 26: 2015 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship in {{flagicon, ROU Bucharest ** {{flagicon, THA Boonyarit Keattikun defeated {{flagicon, WAL Jamie Clarke (snooker player), Jamie Clarke 7–6. * October 3 – 11: 2015 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship in {{flagicon, RUS St. Petersburg ** {{flagicon, HKG Ka Wai Cheung defeated {{flagicon, HKG Ming Tung Chan 5–2. * February 7 – 12: 2016 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship in {{flagicon, POL Wrocław ** {{flagicon, WAL Tyler Rees defeated {{flagicon, WAL Jackson Page 5–2. * February 7 – 12: 2016 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship in {{flagicon, POL Wrocław ** {{flagicon, IRL Josh Boileau defeated {{flagicon, ENG Brandon Sargeant 6–1. * February 12 – 21: 2016 EBSA European Snooker Championship in {{flagicon, POL Wrocław ** {{flagicon, WAL Jak Jones defeated {{flagicon, WAL Jamie Clarke (snooker player), Jamie Clarke 7–4. * March 1 – 8: 2016 ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship in {{flagicon, SRI Colombo ** {{flagicon, CHN Wang Yuchen (snooker player), Wang Yuchen defeated {{flagicon, THA Ratchayothin Yotharuck 6–5.

Snowboarding
{{main, 2016 in skiing

Softball

Softball World Cup and Championships
* July 5 – 10: 2016 World Cup of Softball in {{flagicon, USA Oklahoma City ** {{sbw, JPN defeated the {{sbw, USA, 2–1, to win their third World Cup of Softball title. {{sbw, AUS took the bronze medal. * July 15 – 24: 2016 Women's Softball World Championship in {{flagicon, CAN Surrey, British Columbia The {{sbw, USA defeated {{sbw, JPN, 7–3, to win their tenth Women's Softball World Championship title. {{sbw, CAN took the bronze medal. * July 22 – 30: 2016 ISF Junior Men's World Championship in {{flagicon, USA Midland, Michigan ** {{JPN defeated {{NZL, 2–1, to win their second ISF Junior Men's World Championship title. {{CAN took the bronze medal.

Little League Softball
* July 31 – August 6: 2016 Junior League Softball in {{flagicon, Washington Kirkland, Washington ** {{flagicon, PUR ASOFEM LL (Team Latin America) defeated {{flagicon, BC Hampton LL (Team Canada), 8–6, in the final. * July 31 – August 7: 2016 Senior League Softball in {{flagicon, Delaware Sussex County, Delaware ** {{flagicon, Florida Cape Coral Softball LL (Team Southeast) defeated {{flagicon, BC District 7 (Team Canada), 3–0, in the final. * July 31 – August 7: 2016 Big League Softball in {{flagicon, Delaware Sussex County ** {{flagicon, PUR District 1 (Team Latin America) defeated {{flagicon, Louisiana District 5 (Team Southwest), 10–7, in the final. * August 10 – 17: 2016 Little League Softball in {{flagicon, Oregon Portland, Oregon ** {{flagicon, Texas Greater Helotes LL (Team Southwest) defeated {{flagicon, North Carolina Rowan LL (Team Southeast), 5–1, in the final.

Speed skating
{{main, 2016 in ice sports

Squash (sport), Squash
{{main, 2016 in squash sport

Table tennis
{{main, 2016 in table tennis {{see also, 2016 ITTF World Tour

Taekwondo
{{main, 2016 in combat sports

Tennis
{{main, 2016 in tennis * January 3 – November 27: 2016 ATP World Tour (Men) * January 3 – November 20: 2016 WTA Tour (Women)

2016 Summer Olympics (Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP and Women's Tennis Association, WTA)
* August 6 – 14: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics in {{flagicon, BRA
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at the Olympic Tennis Centre (Rio de Janeiro), Olympic Tennis Centre Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, Men's Singles: {{gold1 {{flagicon, GBR Andy Murray; {{silver2 {{flagicon, ARG Juan Martín del Potro; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, JPN Kei Nishikori Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles, Men's Doubles: {{gold1 {{ESP (Marc López & Rafael Nadal) {{silver2 {{ROU (Florin Mergea & Horia Tecău) {{bronze3 {{USA (Steve Johnson (tennis), Steve Johnson & Jack Sock) Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, Women's Singles: {{gold1 {{flagicon, PUR Monica Puig; {{silver2 {{flagicon, GER Angelique Kerber; {{bronze3 {{flagicon, CZE Petra Kvitová Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles, Women's Doubles: {{gold1 {{RUS (Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina) {{silver2 {{SUI (Timea Bacsinszky & Martina Hingis) {{bronze3 {{CZE (Lucie Šafářová & Barbora Strýcová) Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles, Mixed Doubles: {{gold1 {{USA (Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Jack Sock) {{silver2 {{USA (Venus Williams & Rajeev Ram) {{bronze3 {{CZE (Lucie Hradecká & Radek Štěpánek)

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* January 3 – 9: 2016 Hopman Cup in {{flagicon, AUS Perth ** {{hopman, AUS defeated {{hopman, UKR, 2–0 in matches played, to win their second Hopman Cup title. * February 1 – November 13: 2016 Fed Cup ** The {{fed, CZE defeated {{fed, FRA, 3–2 in matches played, to win their third consecutive and tenth overall Fed Cup title. * March 5 – November 28: 2016 Davis Cup ** {{davis, ARG defeated {{davis, CRO, 3–2 in matches played, to win their first Davis Cup title. * October 23 – 30: 2016 WTA Finals in {{SIN 2016 WTA Finals – Singles, Women's Singles: {{flagicon, SVK Dominika Cibulková 2016 WTA Finals – Doubles, Women's Doubles: {{flagicon, RUS Ekaterina Makarova / {{flagicon, RUS Elena Vesnina * November 1 – 6: 2016 WTA Elite Trophy in {{flagicon, CHN Zhuhai 2016 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles, Women's Singles: {{flagicon, CZE Petra Kvitová 2016 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles, Women's Doubles: {{flagicon, TUR İpek Soylu / {{flagicon, CHN Xu Yifan * November 13 – 20: 2016 ATP World Tour Finals in {{flagicon, GBR London 2016 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles, Men's Singles: {{flagicon, GBR Andy Murray 2016 ATP World Tour Finals – Doubles, Men's Doubles: {{flagicon, FIN Henri Kontinen / {{flagicon, AUS John Peers

Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam
* January 18 – 31: 2016 Australian Open in {{flagicon, AUS Melbourne 2016 Australian Open – Men's singles, Men's Singles: {{flagicon, SRB Novak Djokovic 2016 Australian Open – Men's doubles, Men's Doubles: {{flagicon, GBR Jamie Murray / {{flagicon, BRA Bruno Soares 2016 Australian Open – Women's singles, Women's Singles: {{flagicon, GER Angelique Kerber 2016 Australian Open – Women's doubles, Women's Doubles: {{flagicon, SUI Martina Hingis / {{flagicon, IND Sania Mirza * May 16 – June 5: 2016 French Open in {{flagicon, FRA Paris 2016 French Open – Men's singles, Men's Singles: {{flagicon, SRB Novak Djokovic 2016 French Open – Men's doubles, Men's Doubles: {{flagicon, ESP Feliciano López / {{flagicon, ESP Marc López 2016 French Open – Women's singles, Women's Singles: {{flagicon, ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 2016 French Open – Women's doubles, Women's Doubles: {{flagicon, FRA Caroline Garcia / {{flagicon, FRA Kristina Mladenovic * June 27 – July 10: 2016 Wimbledon Championships in {{flagicon, GBR London 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, Men's Singles: {{flagicon, GBR Andy Murray 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, Men's Doubles: {{flagicon, FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert / {{flagicon, FRA Nicolas Mahut 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, Women's Singles: {{flagicon, USA Serena Williams 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, Women's Doubles: {{flagicon, USA Serena Williams / {{flagicon, USA Venus Williams * August 29 – September 11: 2016 US Open (tennis), 2016 US Open in {{flagicon, USA
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{{cite web , url=http://www.usopen.org/index.html , title=Official Site of the 2017 US Open Tennis Championships – A USTA Event , website=www.usopen.org 2016 US Open – Men's singles, Men's Singles: {{flagicon, SUI Stan Wawrinka 2016 US Open – Men's doubles, Men's Doubles: {{flagicon, GBR Jamie Murray / {{flagicon, BRA Bruno Soares 2016 US Open – Women's singles, Women's Singles: {{flagicon, GER Angelique Kerber 2016 US Open – Women's doubles, Women's Doubles: {{flagicon, USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands / {{flagicon, CZE Lucie Šafářová

Track cycling
{{main, 2016 in cycling

Trial cycling
{{main, 2016 in cycling

Triathlon
{{main, 2016 in triathlon

Volleyball
{{main, 2016 in volleyball

Water polo
{{main, 2016 in aquatic sports

Olympic weightlifting, Weightlifting
{{main, 2016 in weightlifting

Amateur wrestling, Wrestling
{{main, 2016 in combat sports

Deaths
{{Main, 2016 sports deaths

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