The 2016 World Draughts Championship match at the

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was held from December 3–18 in the

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under auspice International Draughts Federation

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. The match was scheduled to take place between

Jan Groenendijk Jan Groenendijk (6 July 19469 February 2014) was a Dutch football player. Club career Born in Vreeswijk, Groenendijk came through the youth ranks at hometown club Geinoord and made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Elinkwijk an ...

and

Roel Boomstra Roel Boomstra (born 9 March 1993) is a Dutch draughts player and current world champion. He won the Draughts World Championship match in 2016, 2018 and 2022. In 2014 Boomstra won the Draughts European Championship. He also won the Dutch champio ...

, who were second and third at last Draughts Championship. World Champion

Alexander Georgiev Alexander Sergeyevich Georgiev (russian: link=no, Александр Серге́евич Георгиев; born 17 July 1975) is a Russian draughts player. He won the world championship in international draughts in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 201 ...

(

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) has informed

that he will not defend his title. FMJD decided that the next player in the classifications of last WC, Roel Boomstra, should play the Match for World Title against the Vice Champion, Jan Groenendijk.World champions withdraw from the World Title competitions/05-03-2016
/ref> Roel Boomstra won this match with score 16–8 and became World Draughts Champion.

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