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2016 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main highlight for this year is the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The year is considered by many to be the greatest year in sports history, featuring many underdog stories, huge comebacks, broken curses and exciting and historic moments.

January

Calendar by month

  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December

[[Air sports]]

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[[Alpine skiing]]

Main article: 2016 in skiing

[[Amateur boxing]]

Main article: 2016 in combat sports

[[American football]]

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  • Super Bowl 50 – the Denver Broncos (AFC) won 24–10 over the Carolina Panthers (NFC)
    • Location: Levi's Stadium
    • Attendance: 71,088
    • MVP: Von Miller, LB (Denver)

[[List of water sports|Aquatics]]

Main article: 2016 in aquatic sports

[[Archery]]

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

2016 Summer Olympics ([[World Archery Federation|WA]])

  • August 5 – 12: 2016 Summer Olympics in BRA Rio de Janeiro at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí
    • Men's individual: KOR Ku Bon-chan; FRA Jean-Charles Valladont; USA Brady Ellison
    • Men's team: KOR; USA; AUS
    • Women's individual: KOR Chang Hye-jin; GER Lisa Unruh; KOR Ki Bo-bae
    • Women's team: KOR; RUS; TPE

Indoor archery

  • November 21 & 22, 2015: IA World Cup #1 in MAR Marrakesh (junior & senior individual events)
    • and won 2 gold medals each. won the overall medal tally.
  • December 9 & 10, 2015: IA World Cup #2 in THA Bangkok (senior individual events only)
    • Men's recurve winner: USA Brady Ellison
    • Women's recurve winner: MEX Aída Román
    • Men's compound winner: USA Reo Wilde
    • Women's compound winner: SLO Toja Cerne
  • January 15 – 17: IA World Cup #3 in FRA Nîmes (junior & senior individual events)
    • Men's recurve winner: ITA Luca Melotto
    • Women's recurve winner: ITA Guendalina Sartori
    • Men's compound winner: USA Braden Gellenthien
    • Women's compound winner: MEX Linda Ochoa-Anderson
    • and won 2 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.
  • January 29 – 31: IA World Cup #4 (final) in USA Las Vegas
    • Men's recurve winner: USA Brady Ellison
    • Women's recurve winner: USA Khatuna Lorig
    • Men's compound winner: USA Jesse Broadwater
    • Women's compound winner: DEN Sarah Holst Sonnichsen
  • March 1 – 6: 2016 World Indoor Archery Championships in TUR Ankara
    • won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Outdoor archery

  • January 28 – 31: 2016 African Archery Championships in NAM Windhoek
    • won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • April 26 – May 1: WA World Cup #1 in CHN Shanghai
    • Men's recurve winner: NED Sjef van den Berg
    • Women's recurve winner: KOR JU Hye-bhin
    • Men's compound winner: NED Mike Schloesser
    • Women's compound winner: COL Sara López
  • May 9 – 15: WA World Cup #2 in COL Medellín
    • Men's recurve winner: USA Brady Ellison
    • Women's recurve winner: KOR Choi Mi-sun
    • Men's compound winner: ITA Sergio Pagni
    • Women's compound winner: COL Sara López
  • May 23 – 29: 2016 European Archery Championships in GBR Nottingham
    • Men's recurve winner: FRA Jean-Charles Valladont
    • Women's recurve winner: UKR Veronika Marchenko
    • Men's compound winner: DEN Stephan Hansen
    • Women's compound winner: BEL Sarah Prieels
  • June 1 – 5: World University Archery Championship in MGL Ulaanbaatar
    • Men's recurve winner: RUS Galsan Bazarzhapov
    • Women's recurve winner: KOR Kang Chae-young
    • Men's compound winner: KOR Kim Jong-ho
    • Women's compound winner: KOR Ko Soyoung
  • June 13 – 19: WA World Cup #3 in TUR Antalya
    • Men's recurve winner: KOR Lee Seung-yun
    • Women's recurve winner: KOR Choi Mi-sun
    • Men's compound winner: TUR Evren Çağıran
    • Women's compound winner: COL Sara López
  • September 24 & 25: WA World Cup #4 (final) in DEN Odense
    • Men's recurve winner: USA Brady Ellison
    • Women's recurve winner: KOR Ki Bo-bae
    • Men's compound winner: NED Mike Schloesser
    • Women's compound winner: ITA Marcella Tonioli
    • Mixed team recurve winners:
    • Mixed team compound winners:
  • September 27 – October 2: 2016 World Archery Field Championships in IRL Dublin
    • and the won 5 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.

[[Association football]]

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[[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]] ([[track and field]])

Main article: 2016 in athletics (track and field)

[[Badminton]]

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[[Bandy]]

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[[Baseball]]

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[[Major League Baseball]]

[[World Baseball Softball Confederation|WBSC]]

  • July 29 – August 7: 2016 WBSC 15U Baseball World Cup in JPN Iwaki, Fukushima
    • 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 in KOR Gijang County (Busan)
    • 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 in MEX Monterrey (replaces the 21U Baseball World Cup)
    • defeated , 10–3, to win their first 23U Baseball World Cup title.
    • took the bronze medal.

[[Little League Baseball]]

  • July 26 – August 2: 2016 Big League World Series in South Carolina Easley, South Carolina
    • TPE Tao-Yuan County Big LL (Team Asia-Pacific) defeated Hawaii Kihei LL (Team West), 6–2, in the final.
  • July 31 – August 6: 2016 Senior League World Series in Maine Bangor, Maine
    • Illinois Clear Ridge LL (Team Central) defeated AUS Southern Mariners LL (Team Asia-Pacific), 7–2, in the final.
  • July 31 – August 7: 2016 Little League Intermediate (50/70) World Series in California Livermore, California
    • Hawaii Central East Maui LL (Team West) defeated KOR West Seoul LL (Team Asia-Pacific), 5–1, in the final.
  • August 14 – 21: 2016 Junior League World Series in Michigan Taylor, Michigan
    • TPE Shing-Ming Junior LL (Team Asia-Pacific) defeated Hawaii Kawaihau Community LL (Team West), 9–1, in the final.
  • August 18 – 28: 2016 Little League World Series in Pennsylvania South Williamsport, Pennsylvania
    • New York Maine-Endwell Little League (Team Mid-Atlantic) defeated KOR East Seoul Little League (Team Asia-Pacific and Middle East), 2–1, in the final.

[[Basketball]]

Main article: 2016 in basketball

2016 Summer Olympics ([[FIBA]])

  • January 15 – 17: Aquece Rio International Women's Basketball Tournament in BRA Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
    • Overall, defeated in the final standings. took the bronze medal.
  • August 6 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in BRA Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Training Center

International FIBA championships

  • June 1 – 5: 2016 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships in KAZ Astana
    • Men: defeated , 20–12, in the final. took the bronze medal.
    • Women: defeated the , 21–12, in the final. took the bronze medal.
  • June 13 – 19: 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women in FRA Nantes
    • , , , , and all qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
  • June 22 – July 3: 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Men and Women in ESP Zaragoza
    • 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 ITA Turin
    • has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
  • July 4 – 9: FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament #2 in SRB Belgrade
    • has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
  • July 5 – 10: FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament #3 in PHI Manila
    • has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
  • August 6 & 7: 2016 FIBA 3x3 Open Pacific Championships in AUS Gold Coast, Queensland
    • defeated AUS NSW, 11–9, in the final.
  • October 11 – 15: 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships in CHN Guangzhou
    • Men: defeated the , 21–16, in the final. took third place.
    • Women: The defeated , 21–11, in the final. The took third place.

[[National Basketball Association|NBA]]

  • October 27, 2015 – April 13, 2016: 2015–16 NBA season
    • Top regular season team: California Golden State Warriors
    • MVP: North Carolina Stephen Curry (California Golden State Warriors)
  • February 14: 2016 NBA All-Star Game at the Air Canada Centre in CAN Toronto
    • Note: This NBA All-Star Game was held outside the United States for the first time.
    • The Western Conference (NBA) defeat the Eastern Conference (NBA) 196–173.
    • MVP: California Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma Oklahoma City Thunder)
    • NBA All-Star Celebrity Game: Team defeated Team 74–64.
    • Rising Stars Challenge: Team USA defeated Team UN World 157–154.
    • NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge winner: New Jersey Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Minnesota Timberwolves)
    • Three-Point Contest winner: California Klay Thompson (California Golden State Warriors)
    • Slam Dunk Contest winner: Washington Zach LaVine (Minnesota Minnesota Timberwolves)
  • April 16 – June 19: 2016 NBA Playoffs
  • June 23: 2016 NBA draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn (New York City)
    • #1 pick: AUS Ben Simmons to the Pennsylvania Philadelphia 76ers from Louisiana LSU

[[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]

  • April 14: 2016 WNBA draft at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut
    • #1: New York Breanna Stewart, from the Connecticut Connecticut Huskies, to the Washington Seattle Storm
  • May 14 – September 18: 2016 WNBA season
    • Eastern Conference Winners: New York New York Liberty
    • Western Conference Winners: Minnesota Minnesota Lynx
  • September 21 – October 20: 2016 WNBA Playoffs

[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]

  • March 15 – April 4: 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (Final four at NRG Stadium in Houston)
    • The Pennsylvania Villanova Wildcats defeated the North Carolina North Carolina Tar Heels, 77–74, to win their second NCAA Men's Division I Basketball title.
      • Most Outstanding Player: PA Ryan Arcidiacono (Villanova)
  • March 19 – April 5: 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament (Final four at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis)
    • The Connecticut Connecticut Huskies defeated the New York 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: NY Breanna Stewart (Connecticut)

[[FIBA Americas]]

  • January 15 – March 12: 2016 FIBA Americas League
    • VEN Guaros de Lara defeated BRA Bauru, 84–79, to win their first FIBA Americas League title. BRA Mogi das Cruzes took third place.
  • May 20 – 26: 2016 South American Basketball Championship for Women in VEN 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 PAN 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 VEN Caracas
    • defeated , 64–58, to win their second consecutive and third overall South American Basketball Championship title.
    • took third place.
  • July 3 – 16: 2016 CBC U16 Championship in GUY 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 Women in CHI 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 PUR 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 CRC 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 ARG Comodoro Rivadavia and La Banda, CHI Valdivia, and VEN Barquisimeto
    • BRA Mogi das Cruzes defeated ARG Weber Bahía, 3–0 in games played, in the final.
  • October 25 – 29: 2016 South American U15 Championship for Men in PAR Asunción
    • defeated , 69–60, in the final. took third place.
  • November 16 – 20: 2016 FIBA South America Under-15 Championship for Women in ECU 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
    • RUS CSKA Moscow defeated TUR Fenerbahçe, 101–96 in overtime, to win their seventh Euroleague title. RUS Lokomotiv Kuban took third place.
  • October 7, 2015 – April 13, 2016: 2015–16 EuroCup Women
    • FRA 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
    • TUR Galatasaray Odeabank defeated FRA Strasbourg IG, 140–133 on aggregate, to win their first Eurocup Basketball title.
  • October 14, 2015 – April 17, 2016: 2015–16 EuroLeague Women
    • RUS UMMC Ekaterinburg defeated fellow Russian team, Nadezhda Orenburg, 72–69, to win their third EuroLeague Women title. TUR Fenerbahçe took third place.
  • October 21, 2015 – May 1, 2016: 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup (debut event and replaced the EuroChallenge)
    • GER Skyliners Frankfurt defeated ITA Pallacanestro Varese, 66–62, to win the inaugural FIBA Europe Cup title. FRA Élan Chalon took third place.
  • June 26 – July 3: 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries in MDA 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 POR 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 FIN 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 HUN 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 ITA 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 POL 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 ROU 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 HUN 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 TUR 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 IRI 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 IRI 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 CHN Chenzhou
    • CHN China Kashgar defeated LIB Al-Riyadi, 96–88, to win their first FIBA Asia Champions Cup title.
    • IRI Petrochimi took third place.
  • November 13 – 20: 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women in THA Bangkok
    • defeated , 78–47, to win their fourth consecutive and 15th overall FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women title.
    • took third place.

[[FIBA Africa]]

[[FIBA Oceania]]

  • December 5 – 10: 2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship for Men and Women in FIJ 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.
  • July 16 & 17: 3x3 #1 in MEX Mexico City #1
    • PUR Caguas defeated USA NY Harlem, 21–20, in the final.
  • July 30 & 31: 3x3 #2 in JPN Utsunomiya
    • UAE Novi Sad Al Wahda defeated SLO Piran, 21–13, in the final.
  • August 6 & 7: 3x3 #3 in CZE Prague
    • SLO Ljubljana defeated CAN Saskatoon, 19–15, in the final.
  • August 26 & 27: 3x3 #4 in SUI Lausanne
    • CAN Saskatoon defeated FRA Paris, 17–14, in the final.
  • September 7 & 8: 3x3 #5 in HUN Debrecen
    • UAE Novi Sad AlWahda defeated SLO Ljubljana, 21–12, in the final.
  • September 16 & 17: 3x3 #6 in CHN Beijing
    • UAE Novi Sad AlWahda defeated POL Gdańsk, 21–9, in the final.
  • September 24 & 25: 3x3 #7 in MEX Mexico City #2
    • USA Chicago defeated BRA São Paulo DC, 21–13, in the final.
  • October 27 & 28: 3x3 World Tour Final in UAE Abu Dhabi2016 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final Page
    • SLO Ljubljana defeated JPN Hamamatsu, 21–12, in the final.--

[[Beach volleyball]]

Main article: 2016 in volleyball

[[Biathlon]]

Main article: 2016 in skiing

[[BMX racing]]

Main article: 2016 in cycling

[[Bobsleigh]] and [[Skeleton (sport)|skeleton]]

Main article: 2016 in ice sports

[[Boccia]]

  • March 19 – 26: BISFed 2016 World Individual Championships in CHN Beijing
    • Individual BC1 winner: THA Pattaya Tadtong
    • Individual BC2 winner: THA Worawut Saengampa
    • Individual BC3 winner: KOR Jeong Ho-won
    • Individual BC4 winner: GBR Stephen McGuire
  • April 26 – May 2: BISFed 2016 World Open #1 in CAN Montreal
    • Individual BC1 winner: KOR Lee Dong-won
    • Individual BC2 winner: KOR Lee Young-jin
    • Individual BC3 winner: KOR Jeong Ho-won
    • Individual BC4 winner: KOR Seo Hyeon-seok
    • Pairs BC3 winners:
    • Pairs BC4 winners:
    • Team BC1–BC2 winners:
  • May 17 – 24: BISFed 2016 World Open #2 in UAE Dubai
    • Individual BC1 winner: HKG LEUNG Mei Yee
    • Individual BC2 winner: POR Abilio Valente
    • Individual BC3 winner: HKG HO Yuen Kei
    • Individual BC4 winner: SVK Samuel Andrejcik
    • Pairs BC3 winners:
    • Pairs BC4 winners:
    • Team BC1–BC2 winners:
  • June 14 – 19: BISFed 2016 World Open #3 in POR Póvoa de Varzim
    • Individual BC1 winner: GBR David Smith
    • Individual BC2 winner: BRA Maciel de Sousa Santos
    • Individual BC3 winner: POR José Carlos Macedo
    • Individual BC4 winner: SVK Samuel Andrejcik
    • Pairs BC3 winners:
    • Pairs BC4 winners:
    • Team BC1-BC2 winners:

[[Bowling]]

Main article: 2016 in bowling

[[Canadian football]]

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

[[Canoeing]]

Main article: 2016 in aquatic sports

[[Chess]]

  • February 10 – December 18: 2016 FIDE (World Chess Federation) calendar

World events

  • February 10 – 24, 2016: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #2 in IRI Tehran
    • Winner: CHN Ju Wenjun
  • April 19 – May 3, 2016: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #3 in GEO Batumi
    • Winner: RUS Valentina Gunina
  • July 1 – 15: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #4 in CHN Chengdu
    • Winner: IND Harika Dronavalli
  • November 18 – December 2: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #5 in RUS Khanty-Mansiysk
    • Winner: CHN Ju Wenjun
  • February 25 – March 3: IMSA Elite Mind Games in CHN Huai'an
    • Winners of rapid chess: AZE Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (m) / CHN Tan Zhongyi
    • Winners of blitz chess: AZE Rauf Mamedov (m) / RUS Kateryna Lagno (f)
    • Winners of Basque chess: CHN Ding Liren (m) / RUS Alexandra Kosteniuk (f)
  • March 1 – 19: Women's World Chess Championship 2016 in UKR Lviv
    • Winner: China Hou Yifan
  • March 10 – 30: Candidates Tournament in RUS Moscow
    • Winner: RUS Sergey Karjakin
  • April 8 – 15: 14th World University Chess Championship in UAE Abu Dhabi
    • Winners: ARM Hovhannes Gabuzyan (m) / CHN Ni Shiqun (f)
  • April 18 – 28: World Amateur Chess Championship 2016 in GRE Chalkidiki
    • Under 2300 winner: KAZ Zhuban Bigabylov
    • Under 2000 winner: MGL Enkhsaikhan Khulan
    • Under 1700 winner: IND Jatin SN
  • May 17 – 25: 2016 ICCD World Individual Deaf Chess Championships in ARM Yerevan
    • Men's winner: ITA Duilio Collutiis
    • Junior men winner: RUS Mikhail Petrenko
    • Women's winner: UKR Tatiana Baklanova
  • June 26 – July 4: World Senior Team Chess Championship 50+, 65+ 2016 in GER 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 SVK Poprad
    • Winners:
  • July 30 – August 7: Commonwealth Chess Championship 2016 in SRI Wadduwa
    • Winners: IND Abhijeet Gupta (m) / IND Tania Sachdev (f)
    • U8 winner: IND P. Das Swayham (m) / A. N. Shefali (f)
    • U10 winners: IND D. Gukesh (m) / IND Sanskruti Wankhede (f)
    • U12 winners: SRI Malan Pathirana (m) / IND Narayani Adane(f)
    • U14 winners: IND P. Iniyan (m) / IND Meenal Gupta (f)
    • U16 winners: SRI Minul Sanjula Doluweera (m) / IND Hagawane Aakanksha
    • U18 winners: IND Sarkar Rajdeep (m) / IND Mohanty Smaraki
    • U20 winners: RSA Roland Bezuidenhout (m) / IND P. V. Nandhidhaa
    • Senior winner: AUS Richard Voon
  • August 7 – 21: World Junior Chess Championships 2016 in IND Bhubaneswar
    • Winners: USA Jeffery Xiong (m) / KAZ Dinara Saduakassova (f)
  • September 1 – 14: 42nd Chess Olympiad in AZE 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 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk
    • U14 winners: RUS Semen Lomasov (m) / CHN Zhu Jiner (f)
    • U16 winners: ARM Haik M. Martirosyan (m) / IND Aakanksha Hagawane (f)
    • U18 winners: ARM Manuel Petrosyan (m) / GRE Stavroula Tsolakidou (f)
  • October 18 – 31: World Cadets U8, U10, U12 Championships 2016 in GEO Batumi
    • U8 winners: TKM Shageldi Kurbandurdyew (m) / KAZ Aisha Zakirova (f)
    • U10 winners: RUS Ilya Makoveev (m) / USA Rochelle Wu (f)
    • U12 winners: USA Nikhil Kumar (m) / RUS Bibisara Assaubayeva (f)
  • November 11–30: World Chess Championship 2016: Carlsen – Karjakin in USA New York City
    • NOR Magnus Carlsen defeated RUS Sergey Karjakin, 9–7.
  • November 18 – December 1: World Senior Chess Championships 2016 in CZE Mariánské Lázně
    • 50+ winners: GEO Giorgi Bagaturov (m) / RUS Tatiana Bogumil (f)
    • 65+ winners: FRA Anatoly Vaisser (m) / GEO Nona Gaprindashvili (f)

European events

  • April 1 – 11: 2nd European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship in LUX Luxembourg City
    • Winner: FRO 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 KOS Gjakova
    • Winner: RUS Ernesto Inarkiev
  • May 26 – June 8: European Individual Women's Chess Championship 2016 in ROU Mamaia
    • Winner: UKR Anna Ushenina
  • June 4 – 14: European Senior Individual Championship 2016 in
    • 50+ winners: GEO Zurab Sturua (m) / RUS Galina Strutinskaia (f)
    • 65+ winners: UKR Valentin Bogdanov (m) / GEO Nona Gaprindashvili (f)
  • June 6 – 12: European Amateur Chess Championship 2016 in SVK Ruzomberok
    • Winner: UKR Anatoly Borodavkin
  • June 16 – 26: European School Chess Championship 2016 in GRE Chalkidiki
    • U7 winners: AZE Ziya Mammadov (m) / RUS Sofya Svergina (f)
    • U9 winners: TUR Taha Ozkan (m) / RUS Alexandra Shvedova (f)
    • U11 winners: TUR Isik Can (m) / RUS Margarita Zvereva (f)
    • U13 winners: MDA Ilie Martinovici (m) / RUS Alexandra Afanasieva (f)
    • U15 winners: FIN Toivo Keinanen (m) / RUS Alexandra Obolentseva (f)
    • U17 winner: RUS Timur Trubchaninov (m) / GRE Anastasia Avramidou (f)
  • July 9 – 17: European Youth Team Chess Championship 2016 in SVN Celje
    • Men's winners:
    • Women's winners:
  • July 13 – 24: European Universities Games 2016 in CRO Zagreb
    • Winners: ARM Hovhannes Gabuzyan (m) / SRB Adela Velikić
    • Blitz winners: ARM Zaven Andriasian (m) / RUS Anastasia Travkina
  • July 24 – August 1: 1st IBCA European Team Chess Championship in POL Warsaw
    • Winners: 1
  • August 3 – 11: 2016 EU Youth Championships in AUT Mureck
    • EU U8 winner: BUL Simeon Todev
    • EU U10 winner: SVN Vesna Mihelič
    • EU U12 winner: BUL Momchil Petkov
    • EU U14 winner: GER Maximilian Paul Maetzkow
  • August 17 – 28: European Youth Chess Championship 2016 in CZE Prague
    • U8 winners: RUS Artem Pingin (m) / RUS Alexandra Shvedova (f)
    • U10 winners: RUS Volodar Murzin (m) / HUN Zsóka Gaál (f)
    • U12 winners: ARM Mamikon Gharibyan (m) / TUR Sila Çağlar (f)
    • U14 winners: ESP Salvador Guerra Rivera (m) / RUS Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (f)
    • U16 winners: RUS Timur Fakhrutdinov (m) / GER Fiona Sieber (f)
    • U18 winners: ARM Manuel Petrosyan (m) / GEO Nino Khomeriki (f)
  • November 5 – 13: European Chess Club Cup 2016 for men and for women SRB Novi Sad
    • Winners: MKD Alkaloid (m) / MON Cercle d’Echecs Monte Carlo
  • December 14 – 18: European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2016 in EST Tallinn
  • December 26 – 30: European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2016 in SRB Novi Sad

American events

  • February 19 – 28: American Continental Women's Championship in PER Lima
    • Winner: PER Deysi Cori
  • March 24 – 29: CARIFTA Chess Championships U20 in VIR Saint Croix
    • U20 winners: BAR Orlando Husbands (m) / ARU Annelaine Jacobs (f)
    • U18 winners: BAR Yu Tien Poon (m) / ISV Hazel Acosta (f)
    • U16 winners: TTO Alan-Safar Ramoutar (m) / SUR Catherine Kaslan (f)
    • U14 winners: TTO Alan-Safar Ramoutar (m) / SUR Catherine Kaslan (f)
    • U12 winners: BAH Nathan Smith (m) / BAR Azaria Johnson (f)
    • U10 winners: JAM Kishan Clarke (m) / ARU Thamara Sagastegui (f)
    • U8 winner: VIR Jayden Barry
  • April 27 – May 3: American Subzonal 2.3.5 Open & Women in BAR Bridgetown
    • Winners: PUR Mark Machin Rivera (m) / JAM Deborah Richards (f)
  • May 28 – June 5: 11th American Continental Chess Championship in SLV San Salvador
    • Winner: PER Emilio Córdova Daza
  • June 19 – 26: Panamerican U20 Chess Championship 2016 in COL Bogotà
    • Winners: BRA Luis Paulo Supi (m) / MEX Lilia Ivonne Fuentes Godoy (f)
  • July 1 – 6: Panamerican University Championship 2016 in HON Tegucigalpa
    • Winners: CRC Mattey Emanuel Vaglio (m) / CRC Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (f)
  • July 11 – 18: Central American & Caribbean Junior U20 Chess Championships 2016 in SLV San Salvador
    • Winners: CRC Bryan Solano Cuya (m) / CUB Karla July Fernandez Rivero (f)
  • July 24 – 31: Panamerican Youth Festival 2016 in URU Montevideo
    • U8 winners: USA Marvin Gao (m) / USA Sophie Velea (f)
    • U10 winners: PER Diego Saul Rod Flores Quillas (m) / USA Rianne Ke (f)
    • U12 winners: USA Arthur Guo (m) / USA Nastassja A Matus (f)
    • U14 winners: PER German Gonzalo Quirhuayo Chumbe (m) / PER Melanie Dongo (f)
    • U16 winners: ARG Julian Villca (m) / COL Angie Gabriela Velasquez (f)
    • U18 winners: ARG Franco Villegas (m) / BOL Nataly A Monroy G (f)
  • August 7 – 11: North American Youth Chess Championship 2016 in
    • U8 winners: CAN Kevin Zhong (m) / USA Sophie Velea (f)
    • U10 winners: USA Rohun Trakru (m) / USA Atmika Gorti (f)
    • U12 winners: CAN Nicholas Vettese (m) / USA Claire Cao (f)
    • U14 winners: USA Aaron Shlionsky (m) / USA Sasha Konovalenko (f)
    • U16 winners: USA Zhaozhi Li (m) / CAN Svitlana Demchenko (f)
    • U18 winner: CAN Michael Song (m) / CAN Maili-Jade Ouellet (f)
  • August 15 – 22: Central American & Caribbean Youth Chess Championships 2016 in VEN Caracas
    • won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • October 2 – 9: Panamerican Schools Chess Championship 2016 in PER Lima
    • U7 winners: PER Matias Vincent Lima Cardenas (m) / PER Maria Fernanda Herrada Blanco (f)
    • U9 winners: PER Nicola Forno Trujillo (m) / PER Fiorella Contreras (f)
    • U11 winners: PER Diego Saul Rod Flores Quillas (m) / CHI Julia Dennis Figueroa Bernal (f)
    • U13 winners: PER Ivan Excen Soriano Quispe (m) / PER Nicole Celestino (f)
    • U15 winners: ECU Junior Zambrano (m) / PER Mitzy Mishell Caballero Quijano (f)
    • U17 winners: PER Kevin Joel Cori Quispe (m) / PER Blanca Solis Chimoy (f)
  • October 25 – 30: Panamerican Amateur Chess Championship in ARG Buenos Aires
    • Sub 1700 winner: ARG Juan Dalmas Muzi
    • Sub 2000 winner: ARG Nelson Lujan
    • Sub 2300 winner: PER Renzo Gutiérrez
    • Blitz winner: ARG Cristian Sanhueza
  • October 31 – November 6: American Subzonal 2.3.3 in PAN Panama City
    • Winners: CRC Bernal González (m) / CRC Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (f)
  • November 6 – 13: American Continental Women's Championship in MEX Colima City
    • Winner: PER Deysi Cori
  • December 1 – 6: South American Youth Festival 2016 in CHI Santiago
    • U8 winners: COL Santiago Lopez Rayo (m) / BRA Mirella Pedro Tereza (f)
    • U10 winners: BOL Axl Severich (m) / ARG Juana Rueda Nessi (f)
    • U12 winners: COL Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (m) / PER Arianna Sofia Arauco Celestino (f)
    • U14 winners: PER Flavio Gonzales Curse (m) / PER Stephanie Beatriz Puppi Lazo (f)
    • U16 winners: ARG Lucas Coro (m) / PER Mitzy Mishell Caballero Quijano (f)
    • U18 winners: ARG Franco Villegas (m) / ECU Anahi Ortiz Verdesoto (f)

Asian events

  • March 27 – April 8: Asian Nations Cup (Men and Women) 2016 in UAE 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 UAE Abu Dhabi
    • Men's winner: (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 UAE Abu Dhabi
    • Men's winner: (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 MGL Ulaanbaatar
    • U6 winners: UZB Khumoyun Begmuratov (m) / MGL Gantsolmon Enkh-Uyanga (f)
    • U8 winners: IRI Artin Ashraf (m) / VIE Tôn Nữ Quỳnh Dương (f)
    • U10 winners: MGL Ochirbat Lkhagvajamts (m) / MGL Davaakhuu Munkhzul (f)
    • U12 winners: IND R. Praggnanandhaa (m) / IND Divya Deshmukh (f)
    • U14 winners: UZB Nodirbek Yakubboev (m) / IND Mishra Anwesha (f)
    • U16 winners: IRI Arash Tahbaz (m) / IRI Mobina Alinasab (f)
    • U18 winners: IRI Mersad Khodashenas (m) / VIE Nguyễn Thanh Thủy Tiên (f)
  • April 9: Asian Youth Blitz Championship 2016 in MGL Ulaanbaatar
    • U6 winners: MGL Chin-Erdem Batbaatar (m) / MGL Pagamdulam Munkhdemberel (f)
    • U8 winners: VIE Dang Anh Minh (m) / VIE Vu My Linh (f)
    • U10 winners: MGL Yesuntumur Tugstumur (m) / VIE Nguyễn Hồng Nhung (f)
    • U12 winners: IND R. Praggnanandhaa (m) / IND Divya Deshmukh (f)
    • U14 winners: UZB Nodirbek Yakubboev (m) / MGL Turmunkh Munkhzul (f)
    • U16 winners: UZB Ortik Nigmatov (m) / IND R. Vaishali (f)
    • U18 winners: KAZ Arystanbek Urazayev (m) / IND V. Varshini (f)
  • April 10: Asian Youth Rapid Championship 2016 in MGL Ulaanbaatar
    • U6 winners: MGL Amarbat Baatar (m) / MGL Gantsolmon Enkh-Uyanga (f)
    • U8 winner: IRI Artin Ashraf (m) / VIE Vu My Linh (f)
    • U10 winners: MGL Yesuntumur Tugstumur (m) / MGL Davaakhuu Munkhzul (f)
    • U12 winners: VIE Duc Tri Ngo (m) / KAZ Nazerke Nurgali (f)
    • U14 winners: MGL Yondonjamts Erdemdalai (m) / MGL Turmunkh Munkhzul (f)
    • U16 winners: MGL Byambasuren Garidmagnai (m) / IND R. Vaishali (f)
    • U18 winners: MGL Erdenepurev Boldoo (m) / MGL Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya (f)
  • May 2 – 11: Asian Juniors and Girls U-20 Championships 2016 in IND New Delhi
    • Winners: IND Aravindh Chithambaram (m) / MGL Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya (f)
  • May 3: Asian Juniors and Girls Rapid Championship 2016 in IND New Delhi
    • Winners: IRI Masoud Mosadeghpour (m) / IND R. Vaishali (f)
  • May 11: Asian Juniors and Girls Blitz Championship 2016 in IND New Delhi
    • Winners: IND Narayanan Sunilduth Lyna / IND R. Vaishali (f)
  • May 25 – June 5: Asian Individual Championship (Men and Women) 2016 in UZB Tashkent
    • Winners: IND S. P. Sethuraman (m) / IND Bhakti Kulkarni
  • June 4: Asian Individual Blitz Championship (Men and Women) 2016 in UZB Tashkent
    • Winners: CHN Lu Shanglei (m) / VIE Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng
  • May 29 – June 8: 17th ASEAN+ Age Group Open Chess Championships 2016 in THA Pattaya
    • won both the gold and overall medal tallies
  • July 9 – 18: Asian Schools Chess Championships 2016 in IRI Tehran
    • U7 winners: UZB Alikhon Avazkhonov (m) / UZB Afruza Khamdamova (f)
    • U9 winners: IRI Yousefi Kafshgarkola Seyed Roh (m) / PHI Daren Dela Cruz (f)
    • U11 winners: IRI Seyed Kian Poormosavi (m) / IRI Parnian Ghomi (f)
    • U13 winners: TKM Azat Nurmamedov (m) / IRI Motahare Asadi (f)
    • U15 winners: PHI Stephen Rome Pangilinan (m) / IRI Sedigheh Kalantari (f)
    • U17 winners: IRI Arash Tahbaz (m) / PHI Doroy Allaney Jia G (f)
  • July 10: Asian Schools Rapid Championships 2016 in IRI Tehran
    • U7 winners: UZB Khumoyun Sindarov (m) / UZB Afruza Khamdamova (f)
    • U9 winners: IND Roshan S (m) / MGL Erdenebat Enkhjin (f)
    • U11 winners: IRI Bardiya Daneshvar (m) / IRI Zahra Heydari (f)
    • U13 winners: IRI Mahan Saberi (m) / IRI Nikta Nadernia (f)
    • U15 winners: TKM Soltan Myradow (m) / PHI Kylen Joy Mordido (f)
    • U17 winners: IRI Mohammadamin Molaei (m) / IRI Mitra Asgharzadeh (f)
  • July 17: Asian Schools Blitz Championships 2016 in IRI Tehran
    • U7 winners: CHN Sunle Gong (m) / UZB Afruza Khamdamova (f)
    • U9 winners: SIN Jagadeesh Siddharth (m) / SRI Ehsha Mishela Pallie (f)
    • U11 winners: IRI Bardiya Daneshvar (m) / TKM Lala Shohradowa (f)
    • U13 winners: PHI Daniel Quizon (m) / IRI Saba Jalali (f)
    • U15 winners: UZB Daler Vakhidov (m) / IRI Sedigheh Kalantari (f)
    • U17 winners: IRI Mohammadamin Molaei (m) / PHI Doroy Allaney Jia G (f)
  • August 5 – 10: East Asian Youth Chess Championship in KOR Gangwon Province
    • U8 mixed winner: MGL Enkh-Amgalan Amgalantengis
    • U10 winners: NZL Richard Meng (m) / MGL Munkhtur Tergel (f)
    • U12 mixed winner: MGL Ganzorig Amartuvshin
    • U14 mixed winner: MGL Ochirkhuyag Ulziikhishigjargal
    • U16 mixed winner: VIE Nguyễn Đặng Hồng Phúc
    • U20 mixed winner: INA Muhammad Lutfi Ali
  • September 1 – 6: South Asian Amateur Championship 2016 in IND Srinagar
    • Winner: IND V Raghav Srivathsav
  • October 26 – November 5: Asian Seniors Chess Championship 2016 in MYA Mandalay
    • 50+ years winner: MYA Han Myint
    • 65+ years winner: IND Wazeer Ahmad Khan
  • November 16 – 25: Asian Amateur Chess Championship 2016 in KUW Kuwait City

African events

  • March 28 – April 6: African Zonal 4.4 in GHA Accra (men only)
    • Winner: NGA Oladapo Adu
  • April 22 – May 1: African Zonal 4.2 in TAN Dar-es-Salaam
    • Winners: EGY Adham Kandil (m) / EGY Shrook Wafa (f)
  • April 23 – May 2: African Zonal 4.3 in MRI Le Morne
    • Winners: RSA Ryan Pierre Van Rensburg (m) / RSA Jesse Nikki February (f)
  • May 23 – 31: African Zonal 4.1 in MAR Taroudant
    • Winners: ALG Adlane Arab / MAR Rania Sbai (f)
  • July 16 – 27: African Individual Championships in UGA Kampala
    • Winners: EGY Abdelrahman Hesham (m) / EGY Shrook Wafa (f)
  • July 25: African Blitz Championships in UGA Kampala
    • Winners: EGY Ahmed Adly (m) / EGY Shrook Wafa (f)
  • July 26: African Rapid Championships UGA Kampala
    • Winners: EGY Samy Shoker (m) / EGY Shahenda Wafa (f)
  • August 11 – 18: African Amateur Individual Championships in TOG Lomé
    • Under 2000 Open winner: GHA Philip Elikem Ameku
    • Under 2300 Open winner: MAR Anass Ouazri
  • August 21 – 29: African Youth Championships in RSA Port Elizabeth
    • U8 winners: EGY Ahmed Kandil (m) / RSA Yanti Nunnan (f)
    • U10 winners: ALG Safin Benyahia (m) / RSA Aarti Datharam (f)
    • U12 winners: ALG Wassel Bousmaha (m) / RSA Nicola Putter (f)
    • U14 winners: ALG Samy Leffad (m) / ALG Lina Nassr (f)
    • U16 winners: RSA Keegan Agulhas (m) / ALG Rania Nassr (f)
    • U18 winners: ALG Ahmad Nassr (m) / RSA Inge Marx (f)
  • December 10 – 18: African Schools Individual Championships in ZAM Lusaka
  • December 27 – January 6, 2017: African Junior Championships in TUN Tunis

Arab events

  • February 1 – 9: 8th Arab Women Clubs Championship 2016 in KUW Kuwait City
    • Overall winner club: UAE Golden Team club
  • October 1 – 10: Arab Individual Chess Championship 2016 (Women & Open) in
    • Winners: ALG Mahfoud Oussedik (m) / ALG Sabrina Latreche (f)
  • October 4: Arab Individual Blitz Championship 2016 (Women & Open) in
    • Winners: QAT Husein Aziz Nezad (m) / ALG Sabrina Latreche (f)
  • October 5 – 6: Arab Individual Rapid Championship 2016 (Women & Open) in
    • Winners: QAT Husein Aziz Nezad (m) / JOR Alshaeby Boshra (f)

[[Cricket]]

  • January 22 – February 14: 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in BAN 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 JAM Jamaica Tallawahs defeated the GUY Guyana Amazon Warriors, by nine wickets, to win their second Caribbean Premier League title.

[[Cross-country skiing (sport)|Cross-country skiing]]

Main article: 2016 in skiing

[[Curling]]

Main article: 2015–16 curling season, 2016–17 curling season, 2016 in ice sports

[[Cyclo-cross|Cyclo-cross bike racing]]

Main article: 2016 in cycling

[[Darts]]

Main article: 2016 in darts

[[Draughts]]

World Draughts Federation International

International

  • February 14 – 18: 2016 Qatar World Championship Turkish Draughts in QAT Doha
    • Winner: TUR Faik Yıldız
  • February 25 – March 3: IMSA Elite Mind Games in CHN Huai'an
    • Rapid winners: RUS Alexander Georgiev (m) / RUS Matrena Nogovitsyna (f)
    • Blitz winners: RUS Alexei Chizhov (m) / RUS Darya Tkachenko (f)
    • Super blitz winners: RUS Alexander Schwarzman (m) / RUS Tamara Tansykkuzhina (f)
  • April 29 – May 1: World Championship blitz & rapid in TUR İzmir
    • Rapid winners: UKR Yuri Anikeev (m) / RUS Matrena Nogovitsyna (f)
    • Blitz winners: RUS Murodoullo Amrillaev (m) / RUS Aygul Idrisova
  • May 2: 1st Women's World Championship Turkish Draughts in TUR İzmir
    • Winner: RUS Darya Tkachenko
  • June 9 – 12: Women's World Championship English Draughts (Checkers) in ITA Rome
    • Winner: TKM Amangul Berdieva
  • July 8 – 15: World Title Match English Draughts (Checkers) Sergio Scarpetta-Michele Borghetti in ITA Rome
    • Winner: ITA Michele Borghetti
  • July 20 – 30: Asian Championship 2016 in MGL Ulaanbaatar
    • 64 Standard Open winners: CHN Liu Jinxin (m) / CHN Liu Pei (f)
    • Blitz Open winners: UZB Alisher Artikov (m) / CHN Liu Pei (f)
    • 100 Standard Open winners: MGL Manlai Ravjir (m) / MGL Nyamjargal Munkhbaatar (f)
    • 100 Rapid Open winners: CHN ZHOU Wei (m) / CHN You Zhang (f)
    • 100 Blitz Open winners: MGL Ganjargal Ganbaatar (m) / CHN Sai Ya (f)
    • Turkish Open winners: CHN Chengcheng Tian (m) / MGL Batdelger Nandintsetseg (f)
  • July 31 – August 9: European Youth Championship 2016 in BLR Pinsk ;Main
    • U10 winners: RUS Marsel Sharafutdinov (m) / RUS Rufina Tavlykaeva
    • U13 winners: RUS Nikita Volkov (m) / RUS Olga Balukova
    • U16 winners: RUS Marsel Sharafutdinov (m) / RUS Ksenia Nakhova
    • U19 winners: NED Martijn van IJzendoorn (m) / RUS Ayanika Kychkina
    • U26 winners: BLR Andrei Tolchykau (m) / BLR Darja Fedorovich ;Blitz
    • U10 winners: RUS Savva Zaika (m) / BLR Nastassia Sakalova
    • U13 winners: RUS Nikita Volkov (m) / RUS Aygiza Muhametyanova
    • U16 winners: BLR Michael Semyaniuk (m) / LVA Elena Cesnokova
    • U19 winners: NED Martijn van IJzendoorn (m) / POL Katarzyna Stańczuk
    • U26 winners: BLR Andrei Tolchykau (m) / RUS Aygul Idrisova
    • 'Rapid here not played
  • September 1 – 19: Women's World Title Match Sadowska – Kamychleeva in POL Karpacz
    • Winner: POL Natalia Sadowska
  • September 14 – 29: 2016 African Championship in MLI Bamako
    • Main winner: SEN N'Diaga Samb
    • Blitz winner: CMR Jean Marc Ndjofang
  • September 18 – 27: 2016 European Veteran Championship in GER Korbach
    • Men's winner: RUS Evgeni Gurkov
    • Women's winner: LTU Romualda Shidlauskiene
  • September 20 – 30: Pan American Championship in BRA Águas de Lindóia
    • Winner: BRA Allan Igor Moreno Silva
  • September 22 – 29: XIII World Championship (Brazilian 64) in BRA Águas de Lindóia
    • Winner: RUS Alexander Georgiev
  • October 2 – 6: 2016 European Team Championship in EST Tallinn
    • Men's winners: (Jan Groenendijk, Roel Boomstra, Alexander Baliakin)
    • Women's winners:
  • October 18 – 24: 2016 European Championship in TUR İzmir
    • Winners: RUS Alexei Chizhov (m) / RUS Aygul Idrisova (f)
  • October 25: 2016 European Rapid Championship in TUR İzmir
    • Winners: RUS Alexander Schwarzman (m) / RUS Tamara Tansykkuzhina (f)
  • October 26: 2016 European Blitz Championship in TUR İzmir
    • Winners: RUS Ainur Shaibakov (m) / RUS Matrena Nogovitsyna (f)
  • October 27: 2016 European Super-Blitz Cup in TUR İzmir
    • Winners: RUS Alexei Chizhov (m) / RUS Matrena Nogovitsyna (f)

Major

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

Open

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

[[Equestrianism]]

Main article: 2016 in equestrianism

[[Fencing]]

Main article: 2016 in combat sports

[[Field hockey]]

  • January 15 – December 11: 2016 FIH Calendar of Events

2016 Summer Olympics ([[International Hockey Federation|FIH]])

  • August 6 – 19: 2016 Summer Olympics in BRA Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Hockey Centre
    • Men: ARG; BEL; GER
    • Women: GBR; NED; GER

International field hockey events

  • June 10 – 17: 2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in GBR 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 GBR 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 CHI 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 IND 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 CZE Prague
    • defeated , 3–2, in the final. took third place.
  • January 22 – 24: 2016 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship in BLR Minsk
    • The defeated , 6–2, in the final. took third place.
  • February 12 – 14: 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Cup in GER Hamburg
    • GER Harvestehuder THC defeated AUT SV Arminen, 2–1, in the final. SWE Partille Sport Club took third place.
  • February 12 – 14: 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Trophy in RUS Pavlovski Posad
    • Winner: NED AH&BC Amsterdam
    • Second: RUS Dinamo Elektrostal
    • Third: SCO Inverleith HC
  • February 19 – 21: 2016 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Trophy in SCO Dundee
    • Winner: GER HC Rotweiss Wettingen
    • Second: BEL Royal Pingouin HC
    • Third: ENG Bowdon Hightown
  • February 19 – 21: 2016 Women's EuroHockdey Indoor Club Champions Cup in BLR Minsk
    • GER Düsseldorfer HC defeated ESP Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, 2–0, in the final. CZE SK Slavia Prague took third place.
  • May 13 – 16: 2016 EuroHockey Men's Club Champions Trophy in SCO Glasgow
    • WAL Cardiff & Met defeated IRL Banbridge Hockey Club, 4–0, in the final. SCO Bromac Kelburne took third place.
  • May 13 – 16: 2016 EuroHockey Women's Club Champions Cup in NED Bilthoven
    • NED HC 's-Hertogenbosch defeated fellow Dutch team, SCHC, 3–2 in penalty shoot-outs and after a 1–1 score in regular play, in the final. GER UHC Hamburg took third place.
  • May 13 – 16: 2016 EuroHockey Women's Club Champions Trophy in ESP Barcelona
    • GER Rot-Weiss Köln defeated BEL Royal Antwerp HC, 4–2, in the final. BLR HC Minsk took third place.
  • May 14 & 15: 2016 EHL Final Four in ESP Barcelona
    • NED SV Kampong defeated fellow Dutch team, AH&BC Amsterdam, 2–0 in the final. GER Harvestehuder THC took third place.
  • July 24 – 30: 2016 EuroHockey Boys' and Girls' U18 Championships in IRL 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 TTO 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 CAN Toronto
    • 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 PER Chiclayo
    • Men: 1. ; 2. ; 3.
    • Women: 1. ; 2. ; 3.

[[Asian Hockey Federation]] (AHF)

  • September 24 – 30: 2016 Boys' U18 Asia Cup in BAN Dhaka
    • defeated , 5–4, in the final.
  • October 1 – 9: 2016 Women's AHF Cup in THA Bangkok
    • defeated , 4–0, in the final.
  • October 20 – 30: 2016 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in MAS 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 THA 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 NAM Windhoek
    • Men: defeated , 3–2, in the final. took the bronze medal.
    • Women's winner:
    • Women's runner-up:

[[Figure skating]]

Main article: 2016 in ice sports

[[Fistball]]

  • January 16 & 17: IFA 2016 Fistball Men's European Champions' Cup Indoor in SWI Diepoldsau
    • GER TSV Dennach defeated AUT Union Arnreit 4–1, in the final. GER Ahlhorner SV took third place.
  • January 16 & 17: IFA 2016 Fistball Women's European Champions' Cup Indoor in SWI Rohrbach
    • GER TSV Pfungstadt defeated AUT TuS Kremsmünster 4–0, in the final. GER TV Schweinfurt-Oberndorf took third place.
  • July 1 – 2: EFA 2016 Fistball Men's European Cup in AUT Unterweitersdorf
    • SWI STV Wigoltingen defeated GER VFK Berlin, 3–2. GER MTV Rosenheim took third place.
  • July 1 – 2: Men's Champions Cup 2016 in GER Pfungstadt
    • GER TSV Pfungstadt defeated AUT Union Compact Freistadt 4–0, in the final. GER TV SW-Oberndorf took third place.
  • July 2 & 3: EFA 2016 Fistball Women's European Champions' Cup in SWI Jona
    • GER TSV Dennach defeated SWI TSV Jona, 3–2. GER 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 GER Nuremberg
    • 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 GER Neuenbürg
    • BRA Duque de Caixas defeated GER TSV Dennach, 4–1.
  • August 26 – 28: 2016 Fistball European Championships in AUT Grieskirchen
    • In the final, defeated , 4–2. took third place.
  • October 14 – 16: IFA 2016 Fistball Men's World Cup in RSA Cape Town
    • Winner: GER TSV Pfungstadt, 2nd: BRA Club Mercês, 3rd: AUS South Melbourne Fistball Club, 4th: ENG Archbishops of Banterbury
  • October 23 – 30: IFA 2016 Fistball Women's World Championship in BRA 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 BRA Novo Hamburgo
    • Men's: 1. , 2. , 3.
    • Women's: 1. , 2. , 3.
  • November 19 & 20: IFA South America Fistball Cup 2016 in CHI Santiago
    • Men's: 1. BRA Sogipa Porto Alegre, 2. BRA Merces Curitiba, 3. BRA Ginástica Novo Hamburgo
    • Women's: 1. BRA Duque de Caxias Curitiba, 2. BRA Sogipa Porto Alegre, 3. CHI Club Manquehue Santiago

[[Floorball]]

Open

  • August 11 – 14: Czech Open (clubs) in CZE Prague
    • Men: FIN defeated SWE , 2–0.
      • Top scorer: (EräViikingit)
      • Best goalie: Robin Johansson (Höllviken IBF)
      • Best player: (EräViikingit)
    • Women: SWE Pixbo Wallenstam IBK defeated CZE 1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice 4–3.
  • September 9 – 11: Polish Open (national teams) in POL Wrocław
    • In the final, defeated , 3–4. took third place.
      • Best scorer: FIN
      • Best Goalkeeper: CZE Daniel Mück

[[Europe]]

  • August 24 – 28: EuroFloorball Challenge in HUN Budapest and Érd
    • Men's: HUN Phoenix Fireball SE defeated HUN Dunai Krokodilok SE, 7–4. ITA FBC Bozen.
    • Women's: ESP CDE El Valle defeated HUN Neumann Pillangók, 4–1. HUN Phoenix Fireball SE took third place.
  • September 30 – October 2: Champions Cup in SWE Borås
    • Men's: SWE Storvreta IBK defeated FIN SC Classic, 2–1.
    • Women's: SWE Pixbo Wallenstam IBK defeated FIN SC Classic, 6–2.
  • October 5 – 9: EuroFloorball Cup in GER Weißenfels
    • Men's: GER defeated LVA FK Lielvārde 8–6.
    • Women's: NOR GER 5–0.

International Championships

  • May 4 – 8: 2016 Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships in CAN 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 POR 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 LVA Riga
    • defeated , 4–2 after penalties, after 3–3 in regular game. took third place.

[[Freestyle skiing]]

Main article: 2016 in 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 BRA 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 PAR Asunción
    • In the final, PAR Cerro Porteño defeated BRA Jaraguá, 4–2, tp win their first Copa Libertadores Cup. COL Rionegro Futsal took third place.
  • July 2 – 10: 2016 FISU World University Futsal Championship in BRA 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 MYA Naypyidaw
    • Men: THA Port Futsal Club defeated VIE Thai Son Nam, 4–3, to win their second consecutive AFF Futsal Club Championship title.
    • MYA Myanmar Imperial College took third place.
    • Women: INA Jaya Kencana Angels defeated THA 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.
    • VIE Thai Son Nam District 8 took third place.
  • July 15 – 22: 2016 CONMEBOL Women's U20 Futsal Championships in PAR 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 THA Bangkok
    • JPN Nagoya Oceans defeated IRQ 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.
    • THA 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 THA Bangkok
    • 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]]

Main article: 2016 in golf

2016 Summer Olympics

  • August 11 – 14: 2016 Summer Olympics (Men) in Rio de Janeiro
    • GBR Justin Rose; SWE Henrik Stenson; USA Matt Kuchar
  • August 17 – 20: 2016 Summer Olympics (Women) in Rio de Janeiro
    • KOR Inbee Park; NZL Lydia Ko; CHN Shanshan Feng

2016 [[Men's major golf championships]]

2016 [[World Golf Championships]] (WGC)

Other men's golf events

  • May 12 – 15: 2016 Players Championship
    • Winner: AUS Jason Day (first Players win, tenth PGA Tour win)
  • May 26 – 29: 2016 BMW PGA Championship (European Tour)
    • Winner: ENG 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: USA (First victory since 2008)
  • November 24 – 27: 2016 World Cup of Golf at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia
    • Winner: DNK Denmark (first World Cup victory)

2016 [[Senior major golf championships]]

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

2016 [[Women's major golf championships]]

  • March 31 – April 3: 2016 ANA Inspiration
    • Winner: NZL 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: CAN Brooke Henderson (first Major win, second LPGA Tour win)
  • July 7 – 10: 2016 U.S. Women's Open
    • Winner: USA Brittany Lang (first Major win, second LPGA Tour win)
  • July 28 – 31: 2016 Women's British Open
    • Winner: THA Ariya Jutanugarn (first Major win, fourth LPGA Tour win)
  • September 15 – 18: 2016 Evian Championship
    • Winner: KOR 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 FRA Brive-la-Gaillarde
    • Men's Individual: 1 IRL Robin Dawson, 2. CHN Xuewem Luo, 3. TPE Yu-Chen Yeh
    • Women's Individual: 1. CZE Karolina Vlckova, 2. CZE Marie Luňáčková, 3. CZE 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 IRI Dizin
    • Super Combined winners: CZE Martin Barták (m) / AUT Kristin Hetfleisch (f)
    • Super G #1 winners: CZE Martin Barták (m) / AUT Kristin Hetfleisch (f)
    • Super G #2 winners: CZE Martin Barták (m) / JPN Marino Maeda (f)
    • Slalom winners: CZE Martin Barták (m) / CZE Magdaléna Kotyzová (f)
    • Giant Slalom winners: GER Marcel Knapp (m) / AUT Daniela Krueckel (f)

2016 FIS Grass Ski World Cup

  • June 4 & 5: WC #1 in AUT Rettenbach
    • Men's Giant Slalom winner: ITA Edoardo Frau
    • Women's Giant Slalom winner: AUT Jacqueline Gerlach
    • Men's Super Combined winner: SWI Mirko Hüppi
    • Women's Super Combined winner: AUT Jacqueline Gerlach
  • July 2 & 3: WC #2 in CZE Předklášteří
    • Men's Slalom winner: CZE Jan Gardavsky
    • Women's Slalom winner: AUT Jacqueline Gerlach
    • Men's Giant Slalom winner: AUT Michael Stocker
  • July 8 – 10: WC #3 in AUT Kaprun
    • Men's Super G winner: SWI Mirko Hüppi
    • Women's Super G winner: SVK Barbara Míková
    • Men's Super Combined winner: ITA Edoardo Frau
    • Women's Super Combined winner: AUT Jacqueline Gerlach
    • Men's Giant Slalom winner: ITA Edoardo Frau
    • Women's Giant Slalon winner: AUT Kristin Hetfleisch
  • August 20 & 21: WC #7 in ITA Santa Caterina Ski Area
    • Men's Slalom #1 winner: AUT Michael Stocker
    • Men's Slalom #2 winner: AUT Michael Stocker
    • Women's Slalom #1 winner: AUT Jacqueline Gerlach
    • Women's Slalom #2 winner: AUT Daniela Krückel
  • August 27 & 28: WC #5 in SWI Marbach
    • Men's Giant Slalom winner: ITA Edoardo Frau
    • Women's Giant Slalom winner: AUT Jacqueline Gerlach
    • Men's Super G winner: ITA Edoardo Frau
    • Women's Super G winner: SVK Barbara Míková
  • September 1 – 4: WC #6 (final) in ITA Ravascletto
    • Men's Giant Slalom winner: AUT Marc Zickbauer
    • Women's Giant Slalom winner: SVK Barbara Míková
    • Men's Super G winner: AUT Michael Stocker
    • Women's Super G winner: SVK Barbara Míková
    • Men's Super Combined winner: AUT Marc Zickbauer
    • Women's Super Combined winner: SVK Barbara Míková
    • Men's Slalom winner: CZE Jan Gardavský
    • Women's Slalom winner: AUT Daniela Krueckel

[[Gymnastics]]

Main article: 2016 in gymnastics

[[Handball]]

  • January 6 – December 18: 2016 IHF Calendar of Events

2016 Summer Olympics ([[International Handball Federation|IHF]])

  • August 6 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in BRA Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Training Center
    • Men: DEN; FRA; GER
    • Women: RUS; FRA; NOR

[[European Handball Federation|EHF]]

  • September 5, 2015 – May 29, 2016: 2015–16 EHF Champions League
    • POL Vive Targi Kielce defeated HUN MVM Veszprém KC, 39–38, after overtime and penalties, to win their first EHF Champions League title.
    • FRA Paris Saint-Germain took third place.
  • September 5, 2015 – May 15, 2016: 2015–16 EHF Cup
    • GER Frisch Auf Göppingen defeated FRA HBC Nantes, 32–26, to win their first EHF Cup title. ESP BM Granollers took third place.
  • October 11, 2015 – May 21, 2016: 2015–16 EHF Challenge Cup
    • POR ABC Braga defeated POR 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
    • ROU CSM Bucharest defeated HUN Győri ETO, 29–26, to win their first Women's EHF Champions League title. MKD ŽRK Vardar took third place.
  • October 16, 2015 – May 6, 2016: 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup
    • HUN Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA defeated GER 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
    • DEN Team Tvis Holstebro defeated RUS 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
    • ESP Gran Canaria defeated TUR 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 SWE 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 POR 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 DEN 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 MAR Laayoune
    • ANG Primeiro de Agosto defeated CMR TKC Yaoundé, 40–16, to win their second Women's African Handball Cup Winners' Cup. ANG Progresso took third place.
  • May 4 – 14: 2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup in MAR Laayoune
    • EGY Zamalek SC defeated TUN Espérance Tunis, 26–25, to win their fifth African Handball Cup Winners' Cup. TUN AS Hammamet took third place.
  • May 4: 2016 African Handball Super Cup for men's and women's in MAR Laayoune
    • Men: TUN Espérance Tunis defeated EGY Zamalek SC, 33–32, after overtime, to win their second African Handball Super Cup.
    • Women: ANG Primeiro de Agosto defeated CIV Africa Sports, 33–14, to win their second African Handball Super Cup.
  • September 2 – 9: 2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship in MLI 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 MLI 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 QAT Doha
      1. QAT Lekhwiya; 2. BHR Al-Najma; 3. KSA Al-Noor
  • July 22 – August 1: 2016 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship in JOR 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 THA Pattaya (debut event)
    • Men: 1. ; 2. ; 3.
    • Women: 1. ; 2. ; 3.
  • August 27 – September 5: 2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship in BHR 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 KAZ Kyzylorda (debut event)
      1. KAZ Kaysar; 2. KAZ Almaty Club; 3. KAZ Ile Club
  • October 29 – November 5: 2016 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship in JOR Amman
    • KSA Al-Noor defeated QAT El Jaish SC, 25–23, to win their first Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship title.
    • QAT Lekhwiya Handball Team took third place.

[[Pan-American Team Handball Federation|PATHF]]

International handball championships

  • March 18 – 20: 2016 Women's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #1 in RUS Astrakhan
    • and both qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
  • March 18 – 20: 2016 Women's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #2 in FRA Metz
    • has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
  • March 18 – 20: 2016 Women's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #3 in DEN Aarhus
    • and both qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
  • April 8 – 10: 2016 Men's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #1 in POL Gdańsk
    • and both qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
  • April 8 – 10: 2016 Men's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #2 in SWE Malmö
    • and both qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
  • April 8 – 10: 2016 Men's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #3 in DEN Herning
    • and both qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
  • June 27 – July 3: 2016 World University Handball Championship in ESP 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 RUS 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 HUN 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 QAT Doha
    • GER Füchse Berlin defeated FRA Paris Saint-Germain, 29–28, to win their second consecutive IHF Super Globe title.
    • POL Vive Targi Kielce took third place.

[[Ice hockey]]

Main article: 2016 in ice sports

[[Judo]]

Main article: 2016 in combat sports

[[Kabaddi]]

Main article: 2016 in Kabaddi

Main article: 2016 Pro Kabaddi League Season (June)

[[Korfball]]

[[Europe]]

  • January 13 – 16: IKF Europa Cup 2016 (final round) in HUN Budapest
    • In the final NED PKC/SWKGroep defeated BEL Boeckenberg KC 31–21. POR NC Benfica took third place.
  • January 22 – 24: IKF Europa Shield 2016 in GER Castrop-Rauxel
    • In the final ESP Korfbal Club Barcelona defeated ENG Bec Korfball Club 15–14. GER Schweriner-Korfball-Club '67 e.V. took third place.
  • June 3 – 5: IKF European Korfball Championship Qualfiquation Round 1 West in FRA Saint-Étienne
    • and are qualify from European Championship.
  • June 3 – 5: IKF European Korfball Championship Qualfiquation Round 1 East in SVK Nitra
    • and are qualify from European Championship.
  • August 10 – 13: 1st IKF U15 European Korfball Championship in HUN Dunakeszi
    • The defeated the 1, 10–7.
  • October 22 – 30: 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship in NED Dordrecht
    • In the final, defeated , 27–14. took third place.

[[North America]]

  • June 15 – 19: Copa Internacional de Korfball in DOM Santo Domingo

[[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 NED Schijndel
    • beating the squad in the final 26–12. took third place
  • March 25 – 27: U19 Korfball World Cup in NED Leeuwarden
    • beating the squad in the final 22–18. took third place
  • July 9 – 16: IKF U23 World Korfball Championship in CZE Olomouc
    • beating the squad in the final 24–16. took third place.

[[Lacrosse]]

  • July 7 – 16: Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships in CAN Coquitlam
    • USA defeated CAN 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 HUN Gödöllő
    • defeated 7–6, to win their fourth consecutive Men's European Lacrosse Championships. FIN took third place.

[[Major League Lacrosse]]

[[NCAA Lacrosse Championship]]

  • May 28 – 30: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship (semifinals and final at Lincoln Financial Field in Pennsylvania Philadelphia)
    • North Carolina North Carolina defeated MD Maryland 14–13.
      • Most Outstanding Player: Ontario Chris Cloutier (North Carolina)
  • May 28 & 29: 2016 NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship in Pennsylvania Philadelphia
    • NY Le Moyne defeated South Carolina Limestone 8–4.
      • Most Outstanding Player: NY Brendan Entenmann (Le Moyne)
  • May 28 & 29: 2016 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship in Pennsylvania Philadelphia
    • MD Salisbury defeated Massachusetts Tufts 14–13.
      • Most Outstanding Player: MD Colin Reymann (Salisbury)
  • May 27 – 29: 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship (semifinals and final at Talen Energy Stadium in Pennsylvania Chester, Pennsylvania)
    • North Carolina North Carolina defeated MD Maryland 13–7.
      • Most Outstanding Player: NJ Aly Messinger (North Carolina)
  • May 19 – 21: 2016 NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship in Colorado Denver
    • Florida Florida Southern defeated NY Adelphi 8–7.
      • Most Outstanding Player: MD Taylor Gillis (Florida Southern)
  • May 28 & 29: 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship in Pennsylvania Philadelphia
    • Vermont Middlebury defeated CT Trinity (CT) 9–5.
      • Most Outstanding Player: Vermont Katie Mandigo (Middlebury)

[[National Lacrosse League|NLL]]

  • January 1 – June 2016: 2016 NLL season
    • Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Rush defeated New York Buffalo Bandits, 2–0 in the final.
      • MVP: CAN Aaron Bold

[[Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates|WCLA]]

  • May 4 – 7: 2016 WCLA Division I National Championship in North Carolina Winston-Salem
    • In the final Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia defeated Minnesota Minnesota 8–7. Colorado Colorado Buffaloes took third place. ;Division I Individual Awards
  • Most Outstanding Attacker – Georgia (U.S. state) Arden Birdwell (Georgia Bulldogs)
  • Most Outstanding Midfielder – Minnesota Allie Thalhuber (Minnesota)
  • Most Outstanding Defender – Georgia (U.S. state) Meredith Butler Georgia Bulldogs
  • Most Outstanding Goalie – Minnesota Hannah Gilbert (Minnesota)
  • May 6 – 7: 2016 WCLA Division II National Championship in North Carolina Winston-Salem
    • In the final Colorado Denver defeated Utah Utah 11–10. Maryland Loyola took third place. ;Division II Individual Awards
  • Most Outstanding Attacker – Colorado Kaitlin Ball (Denver)
  • Most Outstanding Midfielder – Utah Audrey Burns (Utah)
  • Most Outstanding Defender – Colorado Nicole Cosmany (Denver)
  • Most Outstanding Goalie – Utah Sasha McKee (Utah)

[[Luge]]

Main article: 2016 in ice sports

[[Mixed martial arts]]

Main article: 2016 in combat sports

[[Modern pentathlon]]

Main article: 2016 in modern pentathlon

[[Motorsport]]

Main article: 2016 in motorsport, List of 2016 motorsport champions

[[Mountain bike racing]]

Main article: 2016 in cycling

[[Multi-sport event]]s

[[Netball]]

;International tournaments

DateTournamentWinnersRunners up
12–15 May2016 Netball Europe Open Challenge
13–15 May2016 Netball Europe Open Championships
5–15 April2016 World University Netball Championship
27 Aug–4 Sept2016 Netball Quad Series
11–17 September2016 Taini Jamison Trophy Series
2–5 October2016 Diamond Challenge
9–20 October2016 Constellation Cup
29–30 October2016 Fast5 Netball World Series

;Major leagues

HostLeague/CompetitionWinnersRunners up
Australia/New ZealandANZ ChampionshipQueensland FirebirdsNew South Wales Swifts
United KingdomNetball SuperleagueSurrey StormManchester Thunder

[[Nordic combined]]

Main article: 2016 in skiing

[[Olympic Games]]

  • February 12 – 21: 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in NOR Lillehammer
    • The USA and KOR won ten gold medals each. However, the United States finished first, due to winning more silver medals than South Korea.
    • RUS won the overall medal tally.
  • August 5 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in BRA Rio de Janeiro
    • The USA won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

[[Paralympic Games]]

  • September 7 – 18: 2016 Summer Paralympics in BRA Rio de Janeiro
    • UZB won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • September 8 – 11: Track cycling
      • GBR won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • September 8 – 14: Shooting
      • CHN won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • September 8 – 14: Powerlifting
      • NGR won the gold medal tally. CHN won the overall medal tally.
    • September 8 – 16: Football 7-a-side
      • UKR; IRI; BRA
    • September 8 – 16: Goalball
      • Men: LTU; USA; BRA
      • Women: TUR; CHN; USA
    • September 8 – 17: Swimming
      • CHN won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • September 8 – 17: Table tennis
      • CHN won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • September 8 – 17: Wheelchair basketball
      • Men: USA; ESP; GBR
      • Women: USA; GER; NED
    • September 8 – 18: Athletics
      • Men: CHN and the USA won 8 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.
      • Women: CHN won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • September 9 – 12: Rowing
      • Men's single sculls
      • UKR Roman Polianskyi; AUS Erik Horrie; GBR Tom Aggar
      • Women's single sculls
      • GBR Rachel Morris; CHN WANG Lili; ISR Moran Samuel
      • Mixed double sculls
      • GBR (Lauren Rowles, Laurence Whiteley)
      • CHN (LIU Shuang, FEI Tianming)
      • FRA (Perle Bouge, Stephane Tardieu)
      • Mixed coxed four
      • GBR; USA; CAN
    • September 9 – 16: Wheelchair tennis
      • AUS and the NED won 2 gold medals each. GBR won the overall medal tally.
    • September 9 – 17: Football 5-a-side
      • BRA; IRI; ARG
    • September 9 – 18: Sitting volleyball
      • Men: IRI; BIH; EGY
      • Women: USA; CHN; BRA
    • September 10 – 12: Paratriathlon
      • The USA won the gold medal tally. The United States and GBR won 4 overall medals each.
    • September 10 – 16: Boccia
      • THA won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • September 10 – 17: Archery
      • GBR and CHN won 3 gold medals each. Great Britain won the overall medal tally.
    • September 11 – 16: Equestrian dressage
      • GBR won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • September 12 – 16: Wheelchair fencing
      • CHN won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • September 12 – 17: Sailing
      • Norlin Mark 3 / 2.4 Metre
      • FRA Damien Seguin
      • AUS Matthew Bugg
      • GBR Helena Lucas
      • SKUD 18
      • AUS (Daniel Fitzgibbon, Liesl Tesch)
      • CAN (John McRoberts, Jackie Gay)
      • GBR (Alexandra Rickham, Niki Birrell)
      • Sonar
      • AUS (Colin Harrison, Russell Boaden, Jonathan Harris)
      • USA (Alphonsus Doerr, Hugh Freund, Bradley Kendell)
      • CAN (Paul Tingley, Logan Campbell, Scott Lutes)
    • September 14 & 15: Paracanoeing
      • GBR won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • September 14 – 17: Road cycling
      • GER won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • September 14 – 18: Wheelchair rugby
      • AUS; USA; JPN--
    • CHN 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: ESP Gijón Open
    • Winners: ARG Fernando Belasteguín & BRA Pablo de Lima
  • April 16 – 24: ESP Valencia Master
    • Men's winners: ESP Francisco Navarro Compán & ARG Sanyo Gutiérrez
    • Women's winners: ESP Alejandra Salazar & ESP Marta Marrero
  • April 30 – May 8: ESP Barcelona Master
    • Men's winners: ARG Fernando Belasteguín & BRA Pablo de Lima
    • Women's winners: ESP Patty Llaguno & ESP Elisabeth Amatriaín
  • May 12 – 14: ITA Rome Exhibition
    • Winners: ESP Francisco Navarro Compán & ARG Sanyo Gutiérrez
  • May 22 – 29: ESP Las Rozas de Madrid Open
    • Men's winners: ARG Fernando Belasteguín & BRA Pablo de Lima
    • Women's winners: ESP Alejandra Salazar & ESP Marta Marrero
  • May 30 – June 6: POR Lisbon Chellenger
    • Winners: ARG Matías Marina & ESP Alejandro Ruiz Granados
  • June 19 – 26: ESP Palma Open
    • Men's winners: ARG Fernando Belasteguín & BRA Pablo de Lima
    • Women's winners: ESP Majo Sánchez Alayeto & ESP Mapi Sánchez Alayeto
  • June 26 – July 3: ESP Barcelona Chellenger
    • Men's winners: ESP Gonzalo Rubio & ESP Javier Ruiz
    • Women's winners: ARG Catalina Tenorio & ESP Victoria Iglesias
  • July 3 – 10: ESP Valladolid Open
    • Men's winners: ARG Fernando Belasteguín & BRA Pablo de Lima
    • Women's winners: ESP Majo Sánchez Alayeto & ESP Mapi Sánchez Alayeto
  • July 24 – 31: ESP Gran Canaria Open
    • Men's winners: ARG Fernando Belasteguín & BRA Pablo de Lima
    • Women's winners: ESP Alejandra Salazar & ESP Marta Marrero
  • August 7 – 14: ESP Costa del Sol Chellenger
    • Winners: ARG Federico Quiles & ARG Franco Stupaczuk
  • August 21 – 28: ESP La Nucía Open
    • Men's winners: ESP Francisco Navarro Compán & ARG Sanyo Gutiérrez
    • Women's winners: ESP Majo Sánchez Alayeto & ESP Mapi Sánchez Alayeto
  • September 5 – 11: MON Monte Carlo Master
    • Men's winners: ARG Fernando Belasteguín & BRA Pablo de Lima
    • Women's winners: ESP Alejandra Salazar & ESP Marta Marrero
  • September 11 – 18: ESP Madrid Chellenger
    • Winners: ARG Gonzalo Godo Díaz & ARG Luciano Capra
  • September 18 – 25: ESP Sevilla Open
    • Men's winners: ARG Fernando Belasteguín & BRA Pablo de Lima
    • Women's winners: ESP Alejandra Salazar & ESP Marta Marrero
  • October 9 – 16: ESP A Coruña Open
    • Men's winners: ARG Fernando Belasteguín & BRA Pablo de Lima
    • Women's winners: ESP Alejandra Salazar & ESP Marta Marrero
  • October 23 – 30: ESP Zaragoza Open
    • Men's winners: ARG Fernando Belasteguín & BRA Pablo de Lima
    • Women's winners: ESP Alejandra Salazar & ESP Marta Marrero
  • November 7 – 13: ARG Buenos Aires Master
    • Men's winners: ARG Fernando Belasteguín & BRA Pablo de Lima
  • November 25 – 27: USA Miami Exhibition
  • November 27 – December 4: ESP Basque Country Open
  • December 14 – 18: ESP Madrid Master (final)

World Championship

  • November 14 – 20: Padel Tennis World Championship in POR Lisbon
    • Men's winners: ESP Álvaro Cepero Rodríguez & ESP Juan Lebrón Chincoa
    • Women's winners: ESP Alejandra Salazar & ESP Marta Marrero

Radio-controlled racing

Main article: 2016 in motorsports#Radio-controlled racing, List of 2016 motorsport champions

[[Racquetball]]

Main article: 2016 in racquetball

[[Road bicycle racing|Road cycling]]

Main article: 2016 in cycling

[[Roller skating]]

[[Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports|FIRS]]

  • June 1 – 5: 2016 World Inline Hockey Masters Cup in ITA Bolzano
    • Master Cup winner:
    • Veteran Cup winner:
  • June 4 – 5: 2016 Inline Alpine Slalom and Parallel Slalom World Championships in GER Unterensingen and ESP Villablino
    • Slalom winners: GER Katharina Hoffmann & LVA Kristaps Zvejnieks
    • Parallel Slalom winners: GER Claudia Wittmann & GER Davis Zvejnieks
    • World Cup winners: GER Jana Börsig & GER Marco Walz
  • June 12 – 25: 2016 World Inline Hockey Championships in ITA 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 CHN Nanjing
    • won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • September 24 – October 1: 2016 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup in CHI Iquique
    • In the final, defeated , after , 3–2. took third place.
  • September 28 – October 8: Artistic Skating World Championship in ITA Novara
    • Seniors Figures winners: GER Markus Lell (m) / ARG Anabella Mendoz (f)
    • Juniors Figures winners: USA Deven Jacobson (m) / ARG Giselle Soler (f)
    • Inline Seniors winners: TPE Yi-Fan Chen (m) / USA Natalie Motley (f)
    • Inline Juniors winners: USA Collin Motley (m) / RUS Anastasia Nosova (f)
    • Seniors Solo Dance winners: ITA Daniel Morandin (m) / ITA Silvia Stibilj (f)
    • Juniors Solo Dance winners: POR José Cruz (m) / ITA 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 THA Bangkok
    • Free Jump winners: FRA Thomas Rataud (m) / FRA Maëliss Conan (f)
    • Battle Slide winners: CHN Huang Haiyang (m) / THA Nichakan Chinupun (f)
    • Senior Battle Slalom winners: RUS Sergey Timchenko (m) / RUS Daria Kuznetsova (f)
    • Junior Battle Slalom winners: CHN Zhang Hao (m) / CHN Liu Jiaxin (f)
    • Senior Classic Slalom winners: RUS Sergey Timchenko (m) / CHN Mang Yun (f)
    • Junior Classic Slalom winners: CHN Zhang Hao (m) / RUS Sofia Bogdanova (f)
    • Senior Speed Slalom winners: CHN Pan Yusuo (m) / ITA Barbara Bossi (f)
    • Junior Speed Slalom winners: AUS Pedram Ranjbar Vakili (m) / TPE Lo Pei Yu (f)

[[Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey|CERH]]

  • October 24, 2015 – May, 15: 2015–16 CERH European League
    • In the final, POR S.L. Benfica defeated POR U.D. Oliveirense, 5–3, to win their second European League.
  • October 24, 2015 – May 1: 2015–16 CERS Cup
    • In the final, POR ÓC Barcelos defeated ESP 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, ESP CP Voltregà defeated ESP Manlleu, after regular game, 4–4 and penalties 2–1, to win their 4th title.
  • March 24 – 26: U23 Latin Cup in ITA Follonica
  • April 28 – 30: 2016 Show and Precision European Championships in POR Matosinhos
    • wins overall gold medals.
  • July 11 – 16: 2016 CERH European Championship in POR 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 GER 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]]

Main article: 2016 in aquatic sports

[[Rugby union]]

Main article: 2016 in rugby union

2016 Summer Olympics ([[World Rugby|WR]])

  • March 5 & 6: Aquece Rio International Women's Rugby Sevens 2016 in BRA Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
    • Winner:
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  • June 18 & 19: 2016 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in MON Fontvieille, Monaco
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  • August 6 – 11: 2016 Summer Olympics (rugby sevens) in BRA 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:
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  • February 6 – March 19: 2016 Six Nations Championship
    • Champions: (fifth Six Nations Championship title)
    • Grand Slam:
    • Triple Crown:
    • Calcutta Cup:
    • Millennium Trophy:
    • Centenary Quaich:
    • Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy:
  • March 8 – 21: 2016 World Rugby Pacific Challenge in
    • Champions: FIJ Fiji Warriors (sixth World Rugby Pacific Challenge title)
    • Second: SAM Samoa A
    • Third: TON Tonga A
  • June 7 – 25: 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in ENG 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 WAL 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.
  • November 5: 2016 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship in

2016 Men's Internationals

  • April 30 – June 26: WR's 2016 Men's Internationals Page
    • May 29: defeated , 27–13, in London
    • June 11: defeated , 30–24, in Santa Fe
    • June 11: defeated , 26–22, in Vancouver
    • June 18: defeated , 46–21, in Calgary
    • June 18: defeated , 24–20, in San Jose, California
    • June 19: defeated , 30–19, in San Miguel de Tucumán
    • June 25: defeated , 27–0, in San Miguel de Tucumán
    • June 26: defeated , 20–18, in Toronto--

2016 Women's Internationals

  • October 22 – December 17: WR's 2016 Women's Internationals Page
    • October 26: defeated , 29–3, in North Harbour, New Zealand
    • October 29: defeated , 15–0, in Cardiff
    • November 5: defeated , 37–10, in Suva
    • November 9: defeated , 10–5, in Twickenham
    • November 11: defeated British Army, 43–5, in Cardiff
    • November 13: defeated , 12–10, in Dublin
    • November 18: {{ruw|ESP)) defeated , 10–5, in Glasgow
    • November 19: defeated , 48–7, in Dublin
    • November 19: defeated , 25–20, in Twickenham
    • November 22: defeated , 36–10, in Béziers
    • November 23: defeated , 20–10, in Dublin
    • November 25: defeated , 31–6, in Montpellier
    • November 26: defeated , 15–10, in Madrid
    • November 26: defeated , 39–6, in Twickenham
    • November 27: defeated , 38–8, in Dublin
    • December 9: defeated , 45–7, in
    • December 13: defeated , 55–0, in Hong Kong
    • December 17: defeated , 20–8, in Hong Kong--

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Club seasons and championships

  • November 13, 2015 – May 14: 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup
    • Final in FRA Décines: ENG Saracens defeated 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 FRA Décines: FRA Montpellier defeated ENG Harlequins 26–19 for their first-ever Challenge Cup title.
  • October 16, 2015 – May 28: ENG 2015–16 Aviva Premiership
    • Final in London: Saracens defeated Exeter Chiefs 28–20 for their second straight title and third overall.
  • September 5, 2015 – May 28: Ireland/ITA/SCO/WAL 2015–16 Guinness Pro12
    • Grand Final in SCO Edinburgh: In a matchup of Irish teams, Connacht defeated Leinster 20–10 for their first-ever championship.
  • August 22, 2015 – June 4: FRA 2015–16 Top 14
    • Final in ESP Barcelona: In a match moved from its traditional site of Stade de France due to scheduling conflicts with UEFA Euro 2016, Racing 92 defeated Toulon 29–21 for their first title since 1990 and sixth overall. The crowd of 99,124 was the largest ever for a domestic club match in the sport's history.
  • February 26 – August 6: AUS/NZL/RSA/ARG/JPN 2016 Super Rugby season
    • Final in NZL Wellington: In a matchup between teams from New Zealand's North Island, the defeated the 20–3 for their second straight title, and also second overall.

[[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]]

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

International shooting championships

  • January 25 – February 3: 2016 Asian Olympic Shooting Qualifying Tournament in IND New Delhi
    • Note: This event was named as the alternate qualification one for Rio 2016 from the one staged in Kuwait last year.
      • Men's 10m Air Rifle winner: JPN Naoya Okada
      • Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: JPN Teruyoshi Akiyama
      • Men's 50 m Pistol winner: JPN Tomoyuki Matsuda
      • Men's 50 m Rifle Three Positions winner: KOR Kim Jong-hyun
      • Men's 50 m Rifle Prone winner: KOR Kim Jong-hyun
      • Men's Skeet winner: UAE Saif bin Futtais
      • Men's Trap winner: IOC Abdulrahman Al Faihan
      • Men's Double Trap winner: UAE Khaled Alkaabi
      • Women's 10 m Air Pistol winner: IND Heena Sidhu
      • Women's 10 m Air Rifle winner: IRI Najmeh Khedmati
      • Women's 25 m Pistol winner: KOR Koh Eun
      • Women's Trap winner: JPN Yukie Nakayama---
    • won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
  • February 22 – 28: 10m European Shooting Championships in HUN Győr
    • Men's 10 m Air Pistol Junior winner: GER Maximilian Dallinger
    • Women's 10 m Air Pistol winner: UKR Olena Kostevych
    • Women's 10 m Air Pistol Junior winner: FRA Mathilde Lamolle
    • Men's 10 m Air Rifle winner: RUS Sergey Kamenskiy
    • Men's 10 m Air Rifle Junior winner: GER Maximilian Dallinger
    • Women's 10 m Air Rifle winner: SRB Andrea Arsović
    • Women's 10 m Air Rifle Junior winner: RUS Anastasiia Galashina
    • Women's 10 m Running Target winner: UKR Viktoriya Rybovalova
    • Men's 10 m Running Target Junior winner: UKR Ihor Kizyma
    • Women's 10 m Running Target Junior winner: UKR Yuliya Tymoshko
    • Mixed men's 10 m Running Target winner: RUS Maxim Stepanov
    • Mixed Team 10 m Air Rifle winner: (Lalita Gáspár, Peter Somogyi)
    • Mixed Team 10 m Air Rifle Junior winners: (Viktória Hurai, István Péni)
    • Mixed Team 10 m Air Pistol winners: (Joana Castelão, João Costa)
    • Mixed Team 10 Air Pistol Junior winners: (Rebecca Lesti, Alessio Torracchi)---
    • won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • June 13 – 19: 2016 European Junior Shooting Championships in EST Tallinn
    • Men's Junior 25m Pistol Team winners: (Alexander Petrov, Daniil Shikhov, Egor Ismakov)
    • Men's Junior 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: CZE Lukas Skoumal
    • Men's Junior 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Team winners: (Philip Heyer, Andre Miklis, Florian Thuenemann)
    • Men's Junior 25m Standard Pistol winner: SUI Frederik Zurschmiede
    • Men's Junior 25m Standard Pistol Team winners: (Frederik Zurschmiede, Adrian Schaub, Marvin Flueckiger)
    • Men's Junior 50m Pistol winner: GER Simon Weiss
    • Men's Junior 50m Pistol Team winners: (Alexander Bassariev, Artem Chernousov, Anton Zanin)
    • Men's Junior 50m Rifle Prone winner: HUN István Péni
    • Men's Junior 50m Rifle Prone Team winners: (Christoph Duerr, Manuel Luescher, Pascal Bachmann)
    • Men's Junior 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: CZE Filip Nepejchal
    • Men's Junior 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team winners: (István Péni, Peter Vas, Zalan Pekler)
    • Women's Junior 25m Pistol winner: GER Michelle Skeries
    • Women's Junior 25m Pistol Team winners: (Anna Dedova, Silvie Ziskalova, Tereza Pribanova)
    • Women's Junior 50m Rifle Prone winner: NOR Jenny Vatne
    • Women's Junior 50m Rifle Team winners: (Tina Lehrich, Sara Leseberg, Sabrina Hoessl)
    • Women's Junior 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: NED Mandy Mulder
    • Women's Junior 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team winners: (Jenny Stene, Regine Nesheim, Jenny Vatne)--
    • won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • July 4 – 12: 2016 European Shotgun Championships in ITA Lonato del Garda
    • Men's Trap winner: ITA Massimo Fabbrizi
    • Men's Double Trap winner: RUS Vasily Mosin
    • Men's Junior Skeet winner: CYP Nicolas Vasiliou
    • Men's Junior Trap winner: ITA Simone D. Ambrosio
    • Men's Junior Double Trap winner: MLT Nathan Lee Xuereb
    • Women's Skeet winner: ITA Chiara Cainero
    • Women's Trap winner: SVK Zuzana Štefečeková
    • Women's Double Trap winner: GBR Rachel Parish
    • Women's Junior Skeet winner: CZE Radka Mancikova
    • Women's Junior Trap winner: RUS Yulia Tugolukova
    • Mixed team skeet winners:
    • Mixed team trap winners: (Elena Tkach, Aleksey Alipov)--
    • won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • July 15 – 23: 2016 World Running Target Championships in GER Suhl
    • Men's Mixed 10m running target winner: SWE Emil Martinsson
    • Men's 50m running target winner: RUS Maxim Stepanov
    • Men's Mixed 50m running target winner: SWE Emil Martinsson
    • Men's Junior 10m running target winner: FRA Nicolas Tranchant
    • Men's Junior Mixed 10m running target winner: PRK SO Kwang
    • Men's Junior 50m running target winner: UKR Ihor Kizyma
    • Men's Junior Mixed 50m running target winner: UKR Ihor Kizyma
    • Women's 10m running target winner: UKR Halyna Avramenko
    • Women's Mixed 10m running target winner: CHN YANG Zeng
    • Women's Junior 10m running target winner: HUN Veronika Major
    • Women's Junior Mixed 10m running target winner: UKR Darya Rozhniatovska--
    • won the gold medal tally. Ukraine and won 15 overall medals each.
  • September 14 – 18: 2016 World University Shooting Championship in POL Bydgoszcz
    • won the gold medal tally. India and the won 7 overall medals each.

[[2016 ISSF World Cup]]

  • March 1 – 9: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #1 in THA Bangkok
    • Women's 10 m Air Rifle winner: CHN Yi Siling
    • Men's 50 m Pistol winner: IND Jitu Rai
    • Men's 10 m Air Pistol winner: BRA Felipe Almeida Wu
    • Women's 10 m Air Pistol winner: CHN Guo Wenjun
    • Women's 25 m Pistol winnner: CHN Zhang Jingjing
    • Women's 25 m Rapid Fite Pistol winner: CHN Zhang Fusheng
    • Men's 50 m Rifle Prone winner: DEN Torben Grimmel
    • Men's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions winner: USA Matthew Emmons
    • Women's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions winner: GER Jolyn Beer--
    • won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • March 17 – 25: Shotgun World Cup #1 in CYP Nicosia
    • Men's skeet winner: UKR Mykola Milchev
    • Men's trap winner: ESP Alberto Fernández
    • Men's double trap winner: ITA Alessandro Chianese
    • Women's skeet winner: USA Morgan Craft
    • Women's trap winner: LIB Ray Bassil
  • April 13 – 25: All Guns World Cup #1 in BRA Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
    • Men's 10m Air Pistol winner: ESP Pablo Carrera
    • Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: RUS Alexei Klimov
    • Men's 50m Pistol winner: UKR Oleh Omelchuk
    • Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: UKR Olena Kostevych
    • Women's 25m Pistol winner: BUL Maria Grozdeva
    • Rifle
    • Men's 10m Air Rifle winner: RUS Vladimir Maslennikov
    • Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner: GER Henri Junghaenel
    • Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner:
    • Women's 10m Air Rifle winner: CHN Du Li
    • Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: CRO Snježana Pejčić
    • Shotgun
    • Men's Skeet winner: SWE Marcus Svensson
    • Men's Trap winner: ESP Alberto Fernández
    • Men's Double Trap winner: AUS James Willett
    • Women's Skeet winner: THA Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit
    • Women's Trap winner: TPE Lin Yi-chun--
    • , , , and won 2 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.
  • May 19 – 26: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #2 in GER Munich
    • Women's 10m Air Rifle winner: SRB Andrea Arsović
    • Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner: DEN Torben Grimmel
    • Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: USA Matthew Emmons
    • Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: CRO Snježana Pejčić
    • Men's 10m Air Pistol winner: UKR Oleh Omelchuk
    • Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: SRB Bobana Veličković
    • Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: CHN ZHANG Fusheng
    • Women's 25m Pistol winner: CHN ZHANG Jingjing
    • Men's 50m Pistol winner: ESP Pablo Carrera--
    • won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • June 1 – 11: Shotgun World Cup #2 in the SMR City of San Marino
    • Men's skeet winner: SWE Stefan Nilsson
    • Men's trap winner: CZE Jiří Lipták
    • Men's double trap winner: USA Joshua Richmond
    • Women's skeet winner: THA Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit
    • Women's trap winner: AUS Emma Elizabeth Cox
  • June 20 – 29: All Guns World Cup #2 (final) in AZE Baku
    • Men's 10m Air Pistol winner: BRA Felipe Almeida Wu
    • Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: GER Christian Reitz
    • Men's 50m Pistol winner: KOR Jin Jong-oh
    • Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: UKR Olena Kostevych
    • Women's 25m Pistol winner: BUL Antoaneta Boneva
    • Rifle
    • Men's 10m Air Rifle winner: CZE Filip Nepejchal
    • Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner: DEN Torben Grimmel
    • Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: CRO Petar Gorša
    • Women's 10m Air Rifle winner: CHN Du Bei
    • Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: CRO Snježana Pejčić
    • Shotgun
    • Men's Skeet winner: RUS Nikolay Teplyy
    • Men's Trap winner: SMR Gian Marco Berti
    • Men's Double Trap winner: MLT William Chetcuti
    • Women's Skeet winner: USA Amber English
    • Women's Trap winner: FIN Satu Mäkelä-Nummela--
    • won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
  • October 4 – 10: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #3 (final) in ITA Bologna
    • Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner: USA Michael McPhail
    • Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: RUS Sergey Kamenskiy
    • Men's 10m Air Pistol winner: SRB Damir Mikec
    • Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: GER Christian Reitz
    • Men's 50m Pistol winner: CHN Pang Wei
    • Women's 10m Air Rifle winner: SRB Andrea Arsović
    • Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: CHN Zhang Binbin
    • Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: MEX Alejandra Zavala
    • Women's 25m Pistol winner: GRE Anna Korakaki--
    • and won 2 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.
  • October 10 – 16: Shotgun World Cup #3 (final) in ITA Rome
    • Men's skeet winner: RUS Nikolai Tiopliy
    • Men's trap winner: CRO Giovanni Cernogoraz
    • Men's double trap winner: AUS James Willett
    • Women's skeet winner: USA Kim Rhode
    • Women's trap winner: NZL Natalie Rooney

[[Ski jumping]]

Main article: 2016 in skiing

[[Snooker]]

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

Others in snooker

[[Snowboarding]]

Main article: 2016 in skiing

[[Softball]]

Softball World Cup and Championships

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

Little League Softball

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

[[Speed skating]]

Main article: 2016 in ice sports

[[Squash (sport)|Squash]]

Main article: 2016 in squash sport

[[Table tennis]]

Main article: 2016 in table tennis

[[Taekwondo]]

Main article: 2016 in combat sports

[[Tennis]]

Main article: 2016 in tennis

2016 Summer Olympics ([[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] and [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]])

  • August 6 – 14: 2016 Summer Olympics in BRA Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Tennis Centre
    • Men's Singles: GBR Andy Murray; ARG Juan Martín del Potro; JPN Kei Nishikori
    • Men's Doubles:
    • (Marc López & Rafael Nadal)
    • (Florin Mergea & Horia Tecău)
    • (Steve Johnson & Jack Sock)
    • Women's Singles: PUR Monica Puig; GER Angelique Kerber; CZE Petra Kvitová
    • Women's Doubles:
    • (Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina)
    • (Timea Bacsinszky & Martina Hingis)
    • (Lucie Šafářová & Barbora Strýcová)
    • Mixed Doubles:
    • (Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Jack Sock)
    • (Venus Williams & Rajeev Ram)
    • (Lucie Hradecká & Radek Štěpánek)

International tennis competitions

[[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]]

[[Track cycling]]

Main article: 2016 in cycling

Trial cycling

Main article: 2016 in cycling

[[Triathlon]]

Main article: 2016 in triathlon

[[Volleyball]]

Main article: 2016 in volleyball

[[Water polo]]

Main article: 2016 in aquatic sports

[[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]

Main article: 2016 in weightlifting

[[Amateur wrestling|Wrestling]]

Main article: 2016 in combat sports

Deaths

Main article: 2016 sports deaths

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