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

Calendar by month

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Air sports

Alpine skiing

Amateur boxing

American football

Aquatics

Archery

• November 21, 2015 – September 17, 2016: 2015–16 World Archery Federation Events Page^[1]

2016 Summer Olympics (WA)

• August 5 – 12: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí
  • Men's individual: 01 ! Ku Bon-chan; 02 ! Jean-Charles Valladont; 03 ! Brady Ellison
  • Men's team: 01 !  South Korea (KOR); 02 !  United States (USA); 03 !  Australia (AUS)
  • Women's individual: 01 ! Chang Hye-jin; 02 ! Lisa Unruh; 03 ! Ki Bo-bae
  • Women's team: 01 !  South Korea (KOR); 02 !  Russia (RUS); 03 !  Chinese Taipei (TPE)

Indoor archery

• November 21 & 22, 2015: IA World Cup #1 in Marrakesh (junior & senior individual events)^[2]
  •  Ireland and  Italy won 2 gold medals each.  France won the overall medal tally.
• December 9 & 10, 2015: IA World Cup #2 in Bangkok (senior individual events only)^[3]
  • Men's Recurve winner: Brady Ellison
  • Women's Recurve winner: Aída Román
  • Men's Compound winner: Reo Wilde
  • Women's Compound winner: Toja Cerne
• January 15 – 17: IA World Cup #3 in Nîmes (junior & senior individual events)^[4]
  • Men's Recurve winner: Luca Melotto
  • Women's Recurve winner: Guendalina Sartori
  • Men's Compound winner: Braden Gellenthien
  • Women's Compound winner: Linda Ochoa-Anderson
  •  Italy and  France won 2 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.
• January 29 – 31: IA World Cup #4 (final) in Las Vegas^[5]
  • Men's Recurve winner: Brady Ellison
  • Women's Recurve winner: Khatuna Lorig
  • Men's Compound winner: Jesse Broadwater
  • Women's Compound winner: Sarah Holst Sonnichsen
• March 1 – 6: 2016 World Indoor Archery Championships in Ankara^[6]
  •  Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Outdoor archery

• January 28 – 31: 2016 African Archery Championships in Windhoek
  •  Egypt won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• April 26 – May 1: WA World Cup #1 in Shanghai^[7]
  • Men's Recurve winner: Sjef van den Berg
  • Women's Recurve winner: JU Hye-bhin
  • Men's Compound winner: Mike Schloesser
  • Women's Compound winner: Sara López
• May 9 – 15: WA World Cup #2 in Medellín^[8]
  • Men's Recurve winner: Brady Ellison
  • Women's Recurve winner: Choi Mi-sun
  • Men's Compound winner: Sergio Pagni
  • Women's Compound winner: Sara López
• May 23 – 29: 2016 European Archery Championships in Nottingham^[9][10]
  • Men's Recurve winner: Jean-Charles Valladont
  • Women's Recurve winner: Veronika Marchenko
  • Men's Compound winner: Stephan Hansen
  • Women's Compound winner: Sarah Prieels
• June 1 – 5: World University Archery Championship in Ulaanbaatar
  • Men's Recurve winner: Galsan Bazarzhapov
  • Women's Recurve winner: Kang Chae-young
  • Men's Compound winner: Kim Jong-ho
  • Women's Compound winner: Ko Soyoung
• June 13 – 19: WA World Cup #3 in Antalya^[11]
  • Men's Recurve winner: Lee Seung-yun
  • Women's Recurve winner: Choi Mi-sun
  • Men's Compound winner: Evren Çağıran
  • Women's Compound winner: Sara López
• September 24 & 25: WA World Cup #4 (final) in Odense^[12]
  • Men's Recurve winner: Brady Ellison
  • Women's Recurve winner: Ki Bo-bae
  • Men's Compound winner: Mike Schloesser
  • Women's Compound winner: Marcella Tonioli
  • Mixed Team Recurve winners:  South Korea
  • Mixed Team Compound winners:  Denmark
• September 27 – October 2: 2016 World Archery Field Championships in Dublin^[13]
  •  Italy and the  United States won 5 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.

Association football

Athletics (track and field)

Badminton

Bandy

Baseball

Major League Baseball

• April 3 – October 2: 2016 Major League Baseball season
  • American League winner: Cleveland
  • National League winner: Chicago Cubs
• June 9 – 11: 2016 Major League Baseball draft in Secaucus, New Jersey
  • #1 pick: Mickey Moniak to the Philadelphia Phillies from La Costa Canyon High School
• July 12: 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Diego at Petco Park
  • Winners: American League
  • MVP: Eric Hosmer ( Kansas City Royals)
  • Home Run Derby: Giancarlo Stanton ( Miami Marlins)
• October 25 – November 2: 2016 World Series
  • The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians, 4–3 in games played, to win their third World Series title.

WBSC

• July 29 – August 7: 2016 WBSC 15U Baseball World Cup in Iwaki, Fukushima^[14]
  •  Cuba defeated  Japan, 9–4, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall WBSC 15U Baseball World Cup title.
  • The  United States took the bronze medal.
• September 3 – 11: 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup in Gijang County (Busan)^[15]
  •  Japan defeated  Canada, 10–0, to win their fifth consecutive Women's Baseball World Cup title.
  •  Venezuela took the bronze medal.
• October 28 – November 6: 2016 23U Baseball World Cup in Monterrey (replaces the 21U Baseball World Cup)^[16]
  •  Japan defeated  Australia, 10–3, to win their first 23U Baseball World Cup title.
  •  South Korea took the bronze medal.

Little League Baseball

• July 26 – August 2: 2016 Big League World Series in Easley, South Carolina^[17][18]
  • Tao-Yuan County Big LL (Team Asia-Pacific) defeated Kihei LL (Team West), 6–2, in the final.
• July 31 – August 6: 2016 Senior League World Series in Bangor, Maine^[19][20]
  • Clear Ridge LL (Team Central) defeated Southern Mariners LL (Team Asia-Pacific), 7–2, in the final.
• July 31 – August 7: 2016 Little League Intermediate (50/70) World Series in Livermore, California^[21][22]
  • Central East Maui LL (Team West) defeated West Seoul LL (Team Asia-Pacific), 5–1, in the final.
• August 14 – 21: 2016 Junior League World Series in Taylor, Michigan^[23][24]
  • Shing-Ming Junior LL (Team Asia-Pacific) defeated Kawaihau Community LL (Team West), 9–1, in the final.
• August 18 – 28: 2016 Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania^[25]
  • Maine-Endwell Little League (Team Mid-Atlantic) defeated East Seoul Little League (Team Asia-Pacific and Middle East), 2–1, in the final.

Basketball

2016 Summer Olympics (FIBA)

• January 15 – 17: Aquece Rio International Women's Basketball Tournament in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)^[26]
  • Overall,  Australia defeated  Brazil in the final standings.  Argentina took the bronze medal.
• August 6 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Training Center
  • Men: 01 ! United States; 02 !  Serbia; 03 !  Spain
  • Women: 01 !  United States; 02 !  Spain; 03 !  Serbia

International FIBA championships

• June 1 – 5: 2016 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships in Astana^[27]
  • Men:  Qatar defeated  Brazil, 20–12, in the final.  Italy took the bronze medal.
  • Women:  France defeated the  United States, 21–12, in the final.  Spain took the bronze medal.
• June 13 – 19: 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women in Nantes^[28]
  •  France,  Spain,  Turkey,  China, and  Belarus all qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[29]
• June 22 – July 3: 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Men and Women in Zaragoza^[30][31]
  • Men: The  United States defeated  Turkey, 96–56, to win their fourth consecutive FIBA Under-17 World Championship title.
  •  Lithuania took third place.
  • Women:  Australia defeated  Italy, 62–38, to win their first FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women title.
  • The  United States took third place.
• July 4 – 9: FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament #1 in Turin^[32]
  •  Croatia has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
• July 4 – 9: FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament #2 in Belgrade^[33]
  •  Serbia has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
• July 5 – 10: FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament #3 in Manila^[34]
  •  France has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
• August 6 & 7: 2016 FIBA 3x3 Open Pacific Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland^[35]
  •  Guam defeated NSW, 11–9, in the final.
• October 11 – 15: 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships in Guangzhou^[36]
  • Men:  Serbia defeated the  United States, 21–16, in the final.  Slovenia took third place.
  • Women: The  Czech Republic defeated  Ukraine, 21–11, in the final. The  United States took third place.

NBA

• October 27, 2015 – April 13, 2016: 2015–16 NBA season
  • Top regular season team: Golden State Warriors
  • MVP: Stephen Curry ( Golden State Warriors)
• February 14: 2016 NBA All-Star Game at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto
  • Note: This NBA All-Star Game was held outside the United States for the first time.
  • The Western Conference (NBA) defeat the Eastern Conference (NBA) 196–173.
  • MVP: Russell Westbrook ( Oklahoma City Thunder)
  • NBA All-Star Celebrity Game: Team  Canada defeated Team  United States 74–64.
  • Rising Stars Challenge: Team USA defeated Team World 157–154.
  • NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge winner: Karl-Anthony Towns ( Minnesota Timberwolves)
  • Three-Point Contest winner: Klay Thompson ( Golden State Warriors)
  • Slam Dunk Contest winner: Zach LaVine ( Minnesota Timberwolves)
• April 16 – June 19: 2016 NBA Playoffs
  • The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors, 4–3 in games played, to win their first NBA title.
  • MVP: LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• June 23: 2016 NBA draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn (New York City)
  • #1 pick: Ben Simmons to the Philadelphia 76ers from LSU

WNBA

• April 14: 2016 WNBA draft at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut
  • #1: Breanna Stewart, from the Connecticut Huskies, to the Seattle Storm
• May 14 – September 18: 2016 WNBA season
  • Eastern Conference Winners: New York Liberty
  • Western Conference Winners: Minnesota Lynx
• September 21 – October 20: 2016 WNBA Playoffs^[37]
  • The Los Angeles Sparks defeated the Minnesota Lynx, 3–2 in games played, to win their third WNBA championship title.

NCAA

• March 15 – April 4: 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (Final four at NRG Stadium in Houston)
  • The Villanova Wildcats defeated the North Carolina Tar Heels, 77–74, to win their second NCAA Men's Division I Basketball title.
    • Most Outstanding Player: Ryan Arcidiacono (Villanova)
• March 19 – April 5: 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament (Final four at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis)
  • The Connecticut Huskies defeated the Syracuse Orange, 82–51, to win their fourth consecutive and 11th overall NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament title. The title was also the 11th for Huskies head coach Geno Auriemma, putting him ahead of John Wooden for the most Division I national titles for a head coach in either men's or women's basketball.
    • Most Outstanding Player: Breanna Stewart (Connecticut)

FIBA Americas

• January 15 – March 12: 2016 FIBA Americas League^[38]
  • Guaros de Lara defeated Bauru, 84–79, to win their first FIBA Americas League title. Mogi das Cruzes took third place.
• May 20 – 26: 2016 South American Basketball Championship for Women in Barquisimeto^[39]
  •  Brazil defeated  Venezuela, 94–75, to win their 16th consecutive and 26th overall South American Basketball Championship for Women title.  Colombia took the bronze medal.
• June 19 – 25: 2016 Centrobasket in Panama City^[40]
  •  Puerto Rico defeated  Mexico, 84–83, to win their 11th Centrobasket title.  Dominican Republic took third place.
• June 26 – July 2: 2016 South American Basketball Championship for Men in Caracas^[41]
  •  Venezuela defeated  Brazil, 64–58, to win their second consecutive and third overall South American Basketball Championship title.
  •  Uruguay took third place.
• July 3 – 16: 2016 CBC U16 Championship in Georgetown, Guyana^[42]
  • Men: The  Bahamas defeated  Guyana, 84–57, to win the inaugural FIBA CBC U16 Championship title.  Jamaica took third place.^[43]
  • Women: The  Bahamas defeated  Suriname, 55–50, to win the inaugural Women's FIBA CBC U16 Championship title.  British Virgin Islands took third place.
• July 13 – 23: 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Men and Women in Valdivia^[44][45]
  • Men: The  United States defeated  Canada, 99–84, to win their fourth consecutive and eighth overall FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship title.
  •  Brazil took third place.
  • Women: The  United States defeated  Canada, 109–62, to win their eighth consecutive and ninth overall FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship title.
  •  Brazil took third place.
• August 24 – 28: 2016 Centrobasket U15 Championship in Patillas, Puerto Rico^[46]
  •  Puerto Rico defeated the  Dominican Republic, 74–67, in the final.  Mexico took third place.
• August 29 – September 2: 2016 COCABA U16 Championship for Men and Women in San José, Costa Rica^[47][48]
  • Men: 1.  Mexico; 2.  Panama; 3.  El Salvador
  • Women: 1.  Mexico; 2.  El Salvador; 3.  Costa Rica
• September 20 – December 7: 2016 South American League for Men's Clubs in Comodoro Rivadavia and La Banda, Valdivia, and Barquisimeto^[49]
  • Mogi das Cruzes defeated Weber Bahía, 3–0 in games played, in the final.
• October 25 – 29: 2016 South American U15 Championship for Men in Asunción^[50]
  •  Argentina defeated  Paraguay, 69–60, in the final.  Venezuela took third place.
• November 16 – 20: 2016 FIBA South America Under-15 Championship for Women in Guayaquil^[51]
  •  Argentina defeated  Venezuela, 65–54, to win their sixth FIBA South America Under-15 Championship for Women title.
  •  Colombia took third place.

FIBA Europe

• October 5, 2015 – May 15, 2016: 2015–16 Euroleague^[52]
  • CSKA Moscow defeated Fenerbahçe, 101–96 in overtime, to win their seventh Euroleague title. Lokomotiv Kuban took third place.
• October 7, 2015 – April 13, 2016: 2015–16 EuroCup Women^[53]
  • CJM Bourges Basket defeated fellow French team, ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 105–93 in two matches, to win their first EuroCup Women title.
• October 13, 2015 – April 27, 2016: 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball^[54]
  • Galatasaray Odeabank defeated Strasbourg IG, 140–133 on aggregate, to win their first Eurocup Basketball title.
• October 14, 2015 – April 17, 2016: 2015–16 EuroLeague Women^[55]
  • UMMC Ekaterinburg defeated fellow Russian team, Nadezhda Orenburg, 72–69, to win their third EuroLeague Women title. Fenerbahçe took third place.
• October 21, 2015 – May 1, 2016: 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup (debut event and replaced the EuroChallenge)^[56]
  • Skyliners Frankfurt defeated Pallacanestro Varese, 66–62, to win the inaugural FIBA Europe Cup title. Élan Chalon took third place.
• June 26 – July 3: 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries in Chișinău^[57]
  •  Armenia defeated  Andorra, 79–71, to win their first FIBA European Championship for Small Countries title.
  •  San Marino took third place.
• June 28 – July 3: 2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries in  Gibraltar^[58]
  •  Malta defeated  Ireland, 67–59, to win their third FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries title.
  •  Moldova took third place.
• July 9 – 17: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women in Matosinhos^[59]
  •  Spain defeated  Italy, 71–69, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women title.
  •  Russia took third place.
• July 16 – 24: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Helsinki^[60]
  •  Spain defeated  Lithuania, 68–55, to win their second FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship title.
  •  Turkey took third place.
• July 23 – 31: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women in Sopron^[61]
  •  France defeated  Spain, 74–44, to win their second FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women title.
  •  Russia took third place.
• August 6 – 14: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women in Udine^[62]
  •  Spain defeated  Germany, 64–48, to win their tenth FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women title.
  •  France took third place.
• August 12 – 20: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Radom^[63]
  •  Spain defeated  Lithuania, 74–72, to win their fourth FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship title.
  •  Turkey took third place.
• September 2 – 4: 2016 FIBA 3x3 European Championships in Bucharest^[64]
  • Men:  Slovenia defeated  Serbia 19–17, to win their first FIBA 3x3 European Championships title. The  Netherlands took third place.
  • Women:  Hungary defeated  Romania, 21–14, to win their first FIBA Women's 3x3 European Championships title.  Russia took third place.
• September 9 – 11: 2016 FIBA U18 3x3 European Championships in Debrecen^[65]
  • Men:  France defeated  Belgium, 19–15, in the final.  Turkey took third place.
  • Women:  France defeated  Hungary, 11–10, in the final. The  Czech Republic took third place.
• December 16 – 22: 2016 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Samsun^[66]
  • Note: This event was temporarily postponed, due to the aftermath of the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt.
  •  France defeated  Lithuania, 75–68, to win their fourth FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship title.
  •  Italy took third place.

FIBA Asia

• July 22 – 31: 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship in Tehran^[67]
  •  Iran defeated  Japan, 71–65, to win their third FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship title.
  •  South Korea took third place.
• September 9 – 18: 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge in Tehran^[68]
  •  Iran defeated  South Korea, 77–47, to win their third consecutive FIBA Asia Challenge title.
  •  Jordan took third place.
• October 8 – 16: 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup in Chenzhou^[69]
  • China Kashgar defeated Al-Riyadi, 96–88, to win their first FIBA Asia Champions Cup title.
  • Petrochimi took third place.
• November 13 – 20: 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women in Bangkok^[70]
  •  China defeated  Japan, 78–47, to win their fourth consecutive and 15th overall FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women title.
  •  South Korea took third place.

FIBA Africa

• July 22 – 31: 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men in Kigali^[71]
  •  Angola defeated  Egypt, 86–82, to win their fourth FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship title.
  •  Mali took third place.
• August 26 – September 4: 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women in Cairo^[72]
  •  Mali defeated  Egypt, 84–61, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women title.
  •  Mozambique took third place.

FIBA Oceania

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

Beach volleyball

Biathlon

BMX racing

Bobsleigh and skeleton

Boccia

• March 19 – 26: BISFed 2016 World Individual Championships in Beijing^[73]
  • Individual BC1 winner: Pattaya Tadtong
  • Individual BC2 winner: Worawut Saengampa
  • Individual BC3 winner: Jeong Ho-won
  • Individual BC4 winner: Stephen McGuire
• April 26 – May 2: BISFed 2016 World Open #1 in Montreal^[74]
  • Individual BC1 winner: Lee Dong-won
  • Individual BC2 winner: Lee Young-jin
  • Individual BC3 winner: Jeong Ho-won
  • Individual BC4 winner: Seo Hyeon-seok
  • Pairs BC3 winners:  South Korea
  • Pairs BC4 winners:  Slovakia
  • Team BC1–BC2 winners:  South Korea
• May 17 – 24: BISFed 2016 World Open #2 in Dubai^[75][76]
  • Individual BC1 winner: LEUNG Mei Yee
  • Individual BC2 winner: Abilio Valente
  • Individual BC3 winner: HO Yuen Kei
  • Individual BC4 winner: Samuel Andrejcik
  • Pairs BC3 winners:  Russia
  • Pairs BC4 winners:  China
  • Team BC1–BC2 winners:  Portugal
• June 14 – 19: BISFed 2016 World Open #3 in Póvoa de Varzim
  • Individual BC1 winner: David Smith
  • Individual BC2 winner: Maciel de Sousa Santos
  • Individual BC3 winner: José Carlos Macedo
  • Individual BC4 winner: Samuel Andrejcik
  • Pairs BC3 winners:  Russia
  • Pairs BC4 winners:  Brazil
  • Team BC1-BC2 winners:  Japan

Bowling

Canoeing

Chess

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

World Events

• October 3 – 15, 2015: FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015-16 #1 in Monte Carlo
  • Winner: Hou Yifan
• February 10 – 24, 2016: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #2 in Tehran
  • Winner: Ju Wenjun
• April 19 – May 3, 2016: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #3 in Batumi
  • Winner: Valentina Gunina
• July 1 – 15: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #4 in Chengdu
  • Winner: Harika Dronavalli
• November 18 – December 2: FIDE Women's Grand Prix #5 in Khanty-Mansiysk
  • Winner: Ju Wenjun
• February 25 – March 3: IMSA Elite Mind Games in Huai'an
  • Winners of rapid chess: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (m) / Tan Zhongyi
  • Winners of blitz chess: Rauf Mamedov (m) / Kateryna Lagno (f)
  • Winners of Basque chess: Ding Liren (m) / Alexandra Kosteniuk (f)
• March 1 – 19: Women's World Chess Championship 2016 in Lviv
  • Winner: Hou Yifan
• March 10 – 30: Candidates Tournament in Moscow
  • Winner: Sergey Karjakin
• April 8 – 15: 14th World University Chess Championship in Abu Dhabi
  • Winners: Hovhannes Gabuzyan (m) / Ni Shiqun (f)
• April 18 – 28: World Amateur Chess Championship 2016 in Chalkidiki
  • Under 2300 winner: Zhuban Bigabylov
  • Under 2000 winner: Enkhsaikhan Khulan
  • Under 1700 winner: Jatin SN
• May 17 – 25: 2016 ICCD World Individual Deaf Chess Championships in Yerevan
  • Men's winner: Duilio Collutiis
  • Junior men winner: Mikhail Petrenko
  • Women's winner: Tatiana Baklanova
• June 26 – July 4: World Senior Team Chess Championship 50+, 65+ 2016 in Dresden
  • 50+ winners:  Germany (Uwe Bönsch, Klaus Bischoff, Karsten Volke, Raj Tischbierek, Gernot Gauglitz)
  • 65+ winners:  Russia (Evgeny Sveshnikov, Evgeni Vasiukov, Yuri Balashov, Vladimir V. Zhelnin, Nikolai Pushkov)
• July 22 – 29: World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2016 in Poprad
  • Winners:  Iran
• July 30 – August 7: Commonwealth Chess Championship 2016 in Wadduwa
  • Winnesr: Abhijeet Gupta (m) / Tania Sachdev (f)
  • U8 winner: P. Das Swayham (m) / A. N. Shefali (f)
  • U10 winners: D. Gukesh (m) / Sanskruti Wankhede (f)
  • U12 winners: Malan Pathirana (m) / Narayani Adane(f)
  • U14 winners: P. Iniyan (m) / Meenal Gupta (f)
  • U16 winners: Minul Sanjula Doluweera (m) / Hagawane Aakanksha
  • U18 winners: Sarkar Rajdeep (m) / Mohanty Smaraki
  • U20 winners: Roland Bezuidenhout (m) / P. V. Nandhidhaa
  • Senior winner: Richard Voon
• August 7 – 21: World Junior Chess Championships 2016 in Bhubaneswar
  • Winners: Jeffery Xiong (m) / Dinara Saduakassova (f)
• September 1 – 14: 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku
  • Open winners:  United States (Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Sam Shankland)
  • Women's winners:  China (Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Guo Qi)
• September 20 – October 4: World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk
  • U14 winners: Semen Lomasov (m) / Jiner Zhu (f)
  • U16 winners: Haik M. Martirosyan (m) / Aakanksha Hagawane (f)
  • U18 winners: Manuel Petrosyan (m) / Stavroula Tsolakidou (f)
• October 18 – 31: World Cadets U8, U10, U12 Championships 2016 in Batumi
  • U8 winners: Shageldi Kurbandurdyew (m) / Aisha Zakirova (f)
  • U10 winners: Ilya Makoveev (m) / Rochelle Wu (f)
  • U12 winners: Nikhil Kumar (m) / Bibisara Assaubayeva (f)
• November 11–30: World Chess Championship 2016: Carlsen - Karjakin in New York City
  • Magnus Carlsen defeated Sergey Karjakin, 9–7.
• November 18 – December 1: World Senior Chess Championships 2016 in Mariánské Lázně
  • 50+ winners: Giorgi Bagaturov (m) / Tatiana Bogumil (f)
  • 65+ winners: Anatoly Vaisser (m) / Nona Gaprindashvili (f)

European Events

• April 1 – 11: 2nd European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship in Luxembourg City
  • Winner: Helgi Dam Ziska
• April 18 – 27: European Senior Team Chess Championship 2016 in  Greece
  • Seniors 50+ winners:  Israel (Alon Greenfeld, Yehuda Gruenfeld, Alexander Huzman, Ram Soffer)
  • Seniors 65+ winners:  Russia (Yuri Balashov, Nikolai M Mishuchkov, Nikolai Pushkov, Evgeni Vasiukov, Vladimir V Zhelnin)
• May 11 – 24: European Individual Chess Championship 2016 in Gjakova
  • Winner: Ernesto Inarkiev
• May 26 – June 8: European Individual Women’s Chess Championship 2016 in Mamaia
  • Winner: Anna Ushenina
• June 4 – 14: European Senior Individual Championship 2016 in  Armenia
  • 50+ winners: Zurab Sturua (m) / Galina Strutinskaia (f)
  • 65+ winners: Valentin Bogdanov (m) / Nona Gaprindashvili (f)
• June 6 – 12: European Amateur Chess Championship 2016 in Ruzomberok
  • Winner: Anatoly Borodavkin
• June 16 – 26: European School Chess Championship 2016 in Chalkidiki
  • U7 winners: Ziya Mammadov (m) / Sofya Svergina (f)
  • U9 winners: Taha Ozkan (m) / Alexandra Shvedova (f)
  • U11 winners: Isik Can (m) / Margarita Zvereva (f)
  • U13 winners: Ilie Martinovici (m) / Alexandra Afanasieva (f)
  • U15 winners: Toivo Keinanen (m) / Alexandra Obolentseva (f)
  • U17 winner: Timur Trubchaninov (m)
• July 9 – 17: European Youth Team Chess Championship 2016 in Celje
  • Men's winners:  Israel
  • Women's winners:  Ukraine
• July 13 – 24: European Universities Games 2016 in Zagreb
  • Winners: Hovhannes Gabuzyan (m) / Adela Velikić
  • Blitz winners: Zaven Andriasian (m) / Anastasia Travkina
• July 24 – August 1: 1st IBCA European Team Chess Championship in Warsawa
  • Winners:  Poland 1
• August 3 – 11: 2016 EU Youth Championships in Mureck
  • EU U8 winner: Simeon Todev
  • EU U10 winner: Vesna Mihelič
  • EU U12 winner: Momchil Petkov
  • EU U14 winner: Maximilian Paul Maetzkow
• August 17 – 28: European Youth Chess Championship 2016 in Prague
  • U8 winners: Artem Pingin (m) / Alexandra Shvedova (f)
  • U10 winners: Volodar Murzin (m) / Zsóka Gaál (f)
  • U12 winners: Mamikon Gharibyan (m) / Sila Çağlar (f)
  • U14 winners: Salvador Guerra Rivera (m) / Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (f)
  • U16 winners: Timur Fakhrutdinov (m) / Fiona Sieber (f)
  • U18 winners: Manuel Petrosyan (m) / Nino Khomeriki (f)
• November 5 – 13: European Chess Club Cup 2016 for men and for women Novi Sad
  • Winners: Alkaloid (m) / Cercle d’Echecs Monte Carlo
• December 14 – 18: European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2016 in Tallinn
• December 26 – 30: European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2016 in Novi Sad

American Events

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

Asian Events

• March 27 – April 8: Asian Nations Cup (Men and Women) 2016 in Abu Dhabi
  • Men's winners:  India (Baskaran Adhiban, S. P. Sethuraman, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Krishnan Sasikiran, Deep Sengupta, Ramachandran Ramesh)
  • Women's winners:  China (Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Lei Tingjie, Guo Qi, Zhao Xue)
• April 5 – 15: Asian Youth U6, U8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 Championship 2016 in Ulaanbaatar
  • U6 winners: Khumoyun Begmuratov (m) / Gantsolmon Enkh-Uyanga (f)
  • U8 winners: Artin Ashraf (m) / Tôn Nữ Quỳnh Dương (f)
  • U10 winners: Ochirbat Lkhagvajamts (m) / Davaakhuu Munkhzul (f)
  • U12 winners: R. Praggnanandhaa (m) / Divya Deshmukh (f)
  • U14 winners: Nodirbek Yakubboev (m) / Mishra Anwesha (f)
  • U16 winners: Arash Tahbaz (m) / Mobina Alinasab (f)
  • U18 winners: Mersad Khodashenas (m) / Nguyễn Thanh Thủy Tiên (f)
• April 6: Asian Nations Cup Rapid Championship 2016 in Abu Dhabi
  • Men's winner:  China (Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Zhou Jianchao, Wei Yi, Lu Shanglei)
  • Women's winner:  China (Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Zhao Xue, Lei Tingjie, Guo Qi)
• April 7: Asian Nations Cup Blitz Championship 2016 in Abu Dhabi
  • Men's winner:  China (Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Zhou Jianchao, Wei Yi, Lu Shanglei)
  • Women's winner:  China (Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Zhao Xue, Lei Tingjie, Guo Qi)
• April 9: Asian Youth Blitz Championship 2016 in Ulaanbaatar
  • U6 winners: Chin-Erdem Batbaatar (m) / Pagamdulam Munkhdemberel (f)
  • U8 winners: Dang Anh Minh (m) / Vu My Linh (f)
  • U10 winners: Yesuntumur Tugstumur (m) / Nguyễn Hồng Nhung (f)
  • U12 winners: R. Praggnanandhaa (m) / Divya Deshmukh (f)
  • U14 winners: Nodirbek Yakubboev (m) / Turmunkh Munkhzul (f)
  • U16 winners: Ortik Nigmatov (m) / R. Vaishali (f)
  • U18 winners: Arystanbek Urazayev (m) / V Varshini (f)
• April 10: Asian Youth Rapid Championship 2016 in Ulaanbaatar
  • U6 winners: Amarbat Baatar (m) / Gantsolmon Enkh-Uyanga (f)
  • U8 winner: Artin Ashraf (m) / Vu My Linh (f)
  • U10 winners: Yesuntumur Tugstumur (m) / Davaakhuu Munkhzul (f)
  • U12 winners: Duc Tri Ngo (m) / Nazerke Nurgali (f)
  • U14 winners: Yondonjamts Erdemdalai (m) / Turmunkh Munkhzul (f)
  • U16 winners: Byambasuren Garidmagnai (m) / R. Vaishali (f)
  • U18 winners: Erdenepurev Boldoo (m) / Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya (f)
• May 2 – 11: Asian Juniors and Girls U-20 Championships 2016 in New Delhi
  • Winners: V R Aravindh Chithambaram (m) / Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya (f)
• May 3: Asian Juniors and Girls Rapid Championship 2016 in New Delhi
  • Winners: Masoud Mosadeghpour (m) / R. Vaishali (f)
• May 11: Asian Juniors and Girls Blitz Championship 2016 in New Delhi
  • Winners: Narayanan Sunilduth Lyna / R. Vaishali (f)
• May 25 – June 5: Asian Individual Championship (Men and Women) 2016 in Tashkent
  • Winners: S. P. Sethuraman (m) / Bhakti Kulkarni
• May 29 – June 8: 17th ASEAN+ Age Group Open Chess Championships 2016 in Pattaya
  •  Vietnam won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• June 4: Asian Individual Blitz Championship (Men and Women) 2016 in Tashkent
  • Winners: Lu Shanglei (m) / Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng
• July 9 – 18: Asian Schools Chess Championships 2016 in Tehran
  • U7 winners: Alikhon Avazkhonov (m) / Afruza Khamdamova (f)
  • U9 winners: Yousefi Kafshgarkola Seyed Roh (m) / Daren Dela Cruz (f)
  • U11 winners: Seyed Kian Poormosavi (m) / Parnian Ghomi (f)
  • U13 winners: Azat Nurmamedov (m) / Motahare Asadi (f)
  • U15 winners: Stephen Rome Pangilinan (m) / Sedigheh Kalantari (f)
  • U17 winners: Arash Tahbaz (m) / Doroy Allaney Jia G (f)
• July 10: Asian Schools Rapid Championships 2016 in Tehran
  • U7 winners: Khumoyun Sindarov (m) / Afruza Khamdamova (f)
  • U9 winners: Roshan S (m) / Erdenebat Enkhjin (f)
  • U11 winners: Bardiya Daneshvar (m) / Zahra Heydari (f)
  • U13 winners: Mahan Saberi (m) / Nikta Nadernia (f)
  • U15 winners: Soltan Myradow (m) / Kylen Joy Mordido (f)
  • U17 winners: Mohammadamin Molaei (m) / Mitra Asgharzadeh (f)
• July 17: Asian Schools Blitz Championships 2016 in Tehran
  • U7 winners: Sunle Gong (m) / Afruza Khamdamova (f)
  • U9 winners: Jagadeesh Siddharth (m) / Ehsha Mishela Pallie (f)
  • U11 winners: Bardiya Daneshvar (m) / Lala Shohradowa (f)
  • U13 winners: Daniel Quizon (m) / Saba Jalali (f)
  • U15 winners: Daler Vakhidov (m) / Sedigheh Kalantari (f)
  • U17 winners: Mohammadamin Molaei (m) / Doroy Allaney Jia G (f)
• August 5 – 10: East Asian Youth Chess Championship in Gangwon Province
  • U8 mixed winner: Enkh-Amgalan Amgalantengis
  • U10 winners: Richard Meng (m) / Munkhtur Tergel (f)
  • U12 mixed winner: Ganzorig Amartuvshin
  • U14 mixed winner: Ochirkhuyag Ulziikhishigjargal
  • U16 mixed winner: Nguyễn Đặng Hồng Phúc
  • U20 mixed winner: Muhammad Lutfi Ali
• September 1 – 6: South Asian Amateur Championship 2016 in Srinagar
  • Winner: V Raghav Srivathsav
• October 26 – November 5: Asian Seniors Chess Championship 2016 in Mandalay
  • 50 years winner: Han Myint
  • 65 years winner: Wazeer Ahmad Khan
• November 16 – 25: Asian Amateur Chess Championship 2016 in Kuwait City

African Events

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

Arab Events

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

Cricket

• January 22 – February 14: 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Dhaka
  • The  West Indies defeated  India by 5 wickets in the final, to win their first Under-19 Cricket World Cup title.  Bangladesh took third place.
• March 8 – April 3: 2016 ICC World Twenty20 in  India
  • Men: The  West Indies defeated  England by 4 wickets to win their second ICC World Twenty20 title.
  • Women: The  West Indies defeated  Australia by 8 wickets to win their first ICC Women's World Twenty20 title.
• June 29 – August 7: 2016 Caribbean Premier League^[77]
  • The Jamaica Tallawahs defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors, by nine wickets, to win their second Caribbean Premier League title.

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Cyclo-cross bike racing

Darts

BDO

January

• January 2 – 10: 2016 BDO World Darts Championship in Frimley Green
  • Men's winner: Scott Waites
  • Women's winner: Trina Gulliver
  • Youth winner: Josh Richardson
• January 17: Quebec Open in Drummondville
  • Men's winner: Dawson Murschell
  • Women's winner: Cindy Hayhurst
• January 22 – 24: Romanian Darts Festival in Bucharest
  • Men's Classic winner: Jamie Hughes
  • Women's Classic winner: Anette Tillbom
  • Men's Open winner: Fabian Roosenbrand
  • Women's Open winner: Rachel Brooks
• January 22 – 24: Las Vegas Open in Las Vegas
  • Men's winner: Benny Dersch
  • Women's winner: Paula Murphy
• January 29 – 31: Dutch Open in Assen
  • Men's winner: Martin Adams
  • Women's winner: Lisa Ashton

February

• February 7: Canterbury Classic in  New Zealand
  • Men's winner: Cody Harris
  • Women's winner: Tina Osborne
• February 12 – 14: Scottish Open in Renfrew
  • Men's winner: Danny Noppert
  • Women's winner: Lorraine Winstanley
• February 20: Syracuse Open in Syracuse
  • Men's winner: Jim Widmayer
  • Women's winner: Paula Murphy

March

• March 4 – 6: Halifax Open in  Canada
  • Men's winner: Jeff Smith
  • Women's winner: Patricia Farrell
• March 10 – 13: Isle of Man Classic and Open in
  • Men's Classic winner: Scott Mitchell
  • Women's Classic winner: Deta Hedman
  • Men's Open winner: Tony O'Shea
  • Women's Open winner: Lisa Ashton
• March 11 – 13: Greater Vancouver Open in  Canada
  • Men's winner: Shawn Burt
  • Women's winner: Kim Bellay-Rouselle
• March 12 – 13: 2016 Iceland Open in  Iceland
  • Men's winner: Göran Eriksson
  • Women's winner: Elin Mortensen
• March 12 – 13: West Coast Classic in  Australia
  • Men's winner: Koha Kokiri
  • Women's winner: Kim Kelly
  • Boys' winner: Bobby Mckeig
  • Girls' winner: Erin Dawson
• March 13 – Torremolinos Festival of Darts in Torremolinos
  • Men's winner: Gary Tipping
  • Women's winner: Paula Jacklin
• March 18 – 20: Saint John Port City Open Dart Shoot in Saint John
  • Men's winner: David Cameron
  • Women's winner: Patricia Farrell
• March 19: HAL Masters in Venray
  • Men's winner: Geert De Vos
  • Women's winner: Lisa Ashton
  • Boys' winner: Justin van Tergouw
  • Girls' winner: Kyana Frauenfelder
• March 20: Hal Open in Venray
  • Men's winner: Wesley Harms
  • Women's winner: Lisa Ashton
  • Boys' winner: Maikel Verberk
  • Girls' winner: Kyana Frauenfelder
• March 26: South Island Masters in  New Zealand
  • Winner: Warren Parry
• March 26 – 27: Victorian Easter Open in  Australia
  • Men's winner: Harley Kemp
  • Women's winner: Natalie Carter
  • Boys' winner: Colby Dodge
  • Girls' winner: Kassandra Lee
• March 26: Napoleon Games Top Of Waregem in  Belgium
  • Men's winner: Madars Razma
  • Women's winner: Anastasia Dobromyslova
  • Boys' winner: Levy Frauenfelder
  • Girls' winner: Tamara Van der Meirsch
• March 27: Napoleon Games Masters Of Waregem in  Belgium
  • Men's winner: Danny Noppert
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman
  • Boys' winner: Justin van Tergouw
  • Girls' winner: Kyana Frauenfelder

April

• April 1 – 3: The Main Event in Saskatoon
  • Men's winner: David Cameron
  • Women's winner: Roxanne VanTassel
• April 2: Virginia Beach Dart Classic in Virginia Beach
  • Men's winner: Darin Young
  • Women's winner: Paula Murphy
• April 2: White Mountain Shootout in Shelburne
  • Men's winner: Tom Sawyer
  • Women's winner: Pam Briggs
• April 8 – 10: Charlotte Open in Charlotte
  • Men's winner: Joe Chaney
  • Women's winner: Sandy Hudson
• April 16: Bull’s German Open in  Germany
  • Men's Singles winner: Danny Noppert
  • Women's Singles winner: Aileen de Graaf
  • Boys' winner: Justin van Tergouw
  • Girls' winner: Christina Schuler
• April 17: Bull’s Darts Masters in  Germany
  • Men's Singles winner: Wesley Harms
  • Women's Singles winner: Aileen de Graaf
• April 22 – 24: Murray Bridge Grand Prix in Adelaide
  • Men's winner: Peter Machin
  • Women's winner: Corrine Hammond
  • Boys' winner: Zaine Skelton
  • Girls' winner: Elleesha Jarrett
• April 24: North Island Masters in  New Zealand
  • Men's winner: Craig Caldwell
  • Women's winner: Sha Hohipa
• April 29 – May 1: Estonia Open in  Estonia
  • Men's winner: Peter Sajwani
  • Women's winner: Kaisu Rekinen
• April 30: 2016 Denmark Open darts in  Denmark
  • Men's winner: Darius Labanauskas
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman

May

• May 1: Denmark Masters in  Denmark
  • Men's winner: Glen Durrant
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman
  • Boys' winner: Wessel Nijman
  • Girls' winner: Iselin Hauen
• May 6 – 8: Newfoundand & Labrador Spring Open in St. John's
  • Men's winner: David Cameron
  • Women's winner: Patricia Farrell
• May 12 – 15: Welsh Open in Prestatyn
  • Men's winner: Cameron Menzies
  • Women's winner: Lindsey Ashton
• May 14: Lithuania Open in  Lithuania
  • Men's winner: Darius Labanauskas
  • Women's winner: Maret Liiri
• May 21: Polish Open in  Poland
  • Men's winner: Darren Clifford
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman
  • Boys' winner: Gijsbert van Malsem
  • Girls' winner: Veerle Hamelink
• May 21 & 22: Sunshine State Classic in Brisbane
  • Men's winner: Raymond Smith
  • Women's winner: Corrine Hammond
  • Youth winner: Fletcher Blair
• May 22: Police Masters in  Poland
  • Men's winner: James Hurrell
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman
  • Boys' winner: Dennis Wunsch
  • Girls' winner: Leni Nielsen
• May 28: Finnish Open in  Finland
  • Men's winner: Tony Alanentalo
  • Women's winner: Vicky Pruim
  • Youth winner: Otto Kekäläinen
• May 28 – 30: 2016 BDO World Trophy in Frimley Green
  • Men's winner: Darryl Fitton
  • Women's winner: Lisa Ashton
• May 29: Finnish Masters in  Finland
  • Men's winner: Dennis Nilsson
  • Women's winner: Vicky Pruim

June

• June 3 – 5: Swiss Open in Lausen
  • Men's winner: Jeffrey Sparidaans
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman
  • Youth winner: Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
• June 3 – 6: BDO International Open in Somerset
  • Men's winner: Nick Kenny
  • Women's winner: Lisa Ashton
  • Youth winner: Owen Maiden
• June 5: Canterbury Open in  New Zealand
  • Men's winner: Greg Moss
  • Women's winner: Sha Hohipa
• June 17 – 18: Canadian Open in Richmond
  • Men's winner: Kiley Edmunds
  • Women's winner: Karrah Boutilier
• June 17 – 19: England National Singles in Selsey
  • Men's winner: Gary Robson
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman
• June 18: Puma NZ Masters in  New Zealand
  • Men's winner: Mark McGrath
  • Women's winner: Tina Osborne
• June 18 & 19: England Open in Selsey
  • Men's winner: Glen Durrant
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman
• June 25 – 26: Central Coast Classic Gosford
  • Men's winner: Raymond Lane
  • Women's winner: Corrine Hammond
• June 25 – 26: Austrian Open Vienna in  Austria
  • Men's winner: Robert Allenstein
  • Women's winner: Veronika Ihász
  • Boys' winner: Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
  • Girls' winner: Boglarka Bokor

July

• July 1 – 3: Australian Grand Masters in Canberra
  • Men's winner: Corey Cadby
  • Women's winner: Corrine Hammond
• July 10: Japan Open Tokyo
  • Men's winner: Seigo Asada
  • Women's winner: Fallon Sherrock
• July 30: BDO Shownights Winmau European Darts Classic in Blackpool
  • Men's winner: Scott Waites
  • Women's winner: Anastasia Dobromyslova
• July 30: Pacific Masters in Bendigo
• July 31: 2016 European Darts Open in Blackpool
  • Men's winner: Glen Durrant
  • Women's winner: Lisa Ashton
  • Youth winner: Jordan Singh

August

• August 5 – 7: Belgium Open in  Belgium
  • Men's winner: Ross Montgomery
  • Women's winner: Aileen de Graaf
  • Youth winner: Justin van Tergouw
  • Girl's winner: Layla Brussel
• August 6: USA Darts Classic in Stamford
  • Men's winner: Tom Sawyer
  • Women's winner: Paula Murphy
  • Youth winner: Tyler Burnett
  • Girl's winner: Kaylee Roy
• August 10: New Zealand Open in Rotorua
  • Men's winner: Cody Harris
  • Women's winner: Tina Osborne
• August 12 – 14: Antwerp Open in Antwerp
  • Men's winner: Jimmy Hendriks
  • Women's winner: Lisa Ashton
  • Youth winner: Justin van Tergouw
  • Girl's winner: Kyana Frauenfelder
• August 19: LDO Swedish Classic in Malmö
  • Winner: Aileen de Graaf
• August 20: Swedish Open in Malmö
  • Men's winner: Glen Durrant
  • Women's winner: Lisa Ashton
• August 20 & 21: Hong Kong Open in  Hong Kong
  • Men's winner: Paolo Nebrida
  • Women's winner: Inoue Sayaka
• August 20 & 21: Van Diemen Classic Grand Prix in Westbury
  • Men's winner: Michael Pearce
  • Women's winner: Sandra Smith
• August 26 – 28: French Open in  France
  • Men's winner: Geert De Vos
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman
  • Youth winner: Dylan Van Beers
• August 27: LDO Ladies Classic in Gainsborough
  • Winner: Lisa Ashton

September

• September 2 – 4: Music City Classic in Nashville
• September 9 – 11: England Classic in Selsey
  • Men's winner: Dean Reynolds
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman
• September 9 – 11: England Masters in Selsey
  • Men's winner: Glen Durrant
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman
  • Youth winner: Tyler Radlett
  • Girl's winner: Nicolle Bidgway
• September 11: Catalonia Open Darts in Calella
  • Men's winner: Martín Martí
  • Women's winner: Sharon Prins
• September 17: BDO British Classic in Bridlington
  • Men's winner: Glen Durrant
  • Women's winner: Claire Brookin
• September 17: 2016 Auckland Open in  New Zealand
  • Men's winner: Mark Cleaver
  • Women's winner: Jo Steed
• September 17 & 18: Baltic Cup Open in  Lithuania
  • Men's winner: Dennis Nilsson
  • Women's winner: Ramona Eriksen
• September 18: BDO British Open in Bridlington
  • Men's winner: Cameron Menzies
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman
• September 24 & 25: North Queensland Classic in  Australia
  • Men's winner: Raymond Smith
  • Women's winner: Corrine Hammond
• September 25: Dutch Open in Egmond aan Zee
  • Men's winner: Martin Adams
  • Women's winner: Lisa Ashton

October

• October 7 – 9: Luxembourg Open in  Luxembourg
  • Men's winner: Darryl Fitton
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman
  • Youth winner: Marvin Van Velzen
  • Women's Youth winner: Layla Brussel
• October 14 – 16: Latvia Open in Riga
  • Men's winner: Madars Razma
  • Women's winner: Kaisu Rekinen
  • Youth winner: Rihards Slisans
• October 14 – 16: Northern Ireland Open in Newry
  • Men's winner: Keith Rooney
  • Women's winner: Deta Hedman
  • Youth winner: Kean Barry
• October 15: Colorado Open in Denver
  • Men's winner: Joe Chaney
  • Women's winner: Stacey Pace
  • Youth winner: Tyler Burnett
• October 15 & 16: Australian Grand Masters in Geelong
  • Men's winner: John Weber
  • Women's winner: Corrine Hammond
  • Boy's winner: Matt Evans
  • Girl's winner: Prosperity Nicholson
• October 19 – 26: Turkish Open in Kemer
  • Masters winners: Umit Uygunsozlu (m) / Aileen de Graaf (f)
  • Open winners: Martin Phillips (m) / Aileen de Graaf (f)
• October 21 – 23: Witch City Open in Nashua
• October 22: Alan King Memorial in Dunedin
  • Winner: Mark McGrath
• October 22: EDO London Ladies Classic in London
  • Winner: Anastasia Dobromyslova
• October 23: EDO London Ladies Open in London
  • Winner: Anastasia Dobromyslova

November

• November 4 – 6: Chris Hatter Memorial in  Canada
  • Winners: Jim Edwards (m) / Ivy Wieshlow (f)
• November 5 & 6: Hungarian Open in Budapest
  • Open winners: Krzysztof Ratajski (m) / Deta Hedman (f)
  • Youth winners: Rusty-Jake Rodriguez / Vivien Czipó (f)
  • Masters winners: Rusty-Jake Rodriguez / Deta Hedman (f)
• November 10 – 13: Jersey Festival of darts in Jersey
• November 12: Seacoast Open in Andover
  • Winners: David Cameron (m) / Trish Grzesik (f)
• November 12: Ted Clements Memorial in Levin
  • Winners: Cody Harris (m) / Sha Hohipa (f)
• November 15 – 17: 2016 Malta Open darts in Buġibba
  • Winners: Paul Williams (m) / Christine Readhead (f)
• November 18 – 20: Czech Open in Prague
  • Winners: Andy Baetens (m) / Anastasia Dobromyslova (f)
  • Youth winners: Romn Benecky (m) / Vivien Czipó (f)
• November 30 – December 4: World Masters (TBD)

December

• December 4: Darts Golden Nugget in  Australia
• December 9 – 11: Zuiderduin Masters

PDC

• December 17, 2015 – January 3, 2016: 2016 PDC World Darts Championship in London
  • Winner: Gary Anderson
• January 30 & 31: 2016 Masters in Milton Keynes
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• February 12 – 14: 2016 Dutch Darts Masters in Venray
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• March 4 – 6: 2016 UK Open in Minehead
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• March 26 – 28: 2016 German Darts Masters in Munich
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• May 6 – 8: 2016 Gibraltar Darts Trophy in  Gibraltar
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• May 13 – 15: 2016 European Darts Matchplay in Hamburg
  • Winner: James Wade
• May 26 & 27: 2016 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters in Dubai
  • Winner: Gary Anderson
• June 2 – 5: 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts in Frankfurt
  • Winners:  England
• June 10 – 12: 2016 Austrian Darts Open in Vienna
  • Winner: Phil Taylor
• June 17 – 19: 2016 Auckland Darts Masters in Auckland
  • Winner: Gary Anderson
• June 25 & 26: 2016 Shanghai Darts Masters in Shanghai
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• July 6 & 7: 2016 Tokyo Darts Masters in Tokyo
  • Winner: Gary Anderson
• July 16 – 24: 2016 World Matchplay in Blackpool
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• July 21 – 29: 2016 European Darts Open in Düsseldorf
  • Winner: Glen Durrant
• August 18 – 20: 2016 Sydney Darts Masters in Sydney
  • Winner: Phil Taylor
• August 25 – 27: 2016 Perth Darts Masters in Perth
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• September 2 – 4: 2016 International Darts Open in Riesa
  • Winner: Mensur Suljović
• September 9 – 11: 2016 European Darts Trophy in Mülheim
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• September 16 – 18: 2016 European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• September 24 & 25: 2016 Champions League of Darts in Cardiff
  • Winner: Phil Taylor
• October 2 – 8: 2016 World Grand Prix in Dublin
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• October 14 – 16: 2016 German Darts Championship in Hildesheim
  • Winner: Alan Norris
• October 28 – 30: 2016 European Championship in Hasselt
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• November 5 & 6: 2016 World Series of Darts Finals in Glasgow
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• November 12 – 20: 2016 Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton
  • Winner: Michael van Gerwen
• November 25 – 27: 2016 Players Championship Finals in Minehead
• October 16 – November 27: 2016 PDC World Youth Championship in Minehead

Draughts

World Draughts Federation International ^[78]

International

• February 14 – 18: 2016 Qatar World Championship Turkish Draughts in Doha
  • Winner: Faik Yıldız
• February 25 – March 3: IMSA Elite Mind Games in Huai'an
  • Rapid winners: Alexander Georgiev (m) / Matrena Nogovitsyna (f)
  • Blitz winners: Alexei Chizhov (m) / Darya Tkachenko (f)
  • Super blitz winners: Alexander Schwarzman (m) / Tamara Tansykkuzhina (f)
• April 29 – May 1: World Championship blitz & rapid in Izmir
  • Rapid winners: Yuri Anikeev (m) / Matrena Nogovitsyna (f)
  • Blitz winners: Murodoullo Amrillaev (m) / Aygul Idrisova
• May 2: 1st Women's World Championship Turkish Draughts in Izmir
  • Winner: Darya Tkachenko
• June 9 – 12: Women's World Championship English Draughts (Checkers) in Rome
  • Winner: Amangul Berdieva
• July 8 – 15: World Title Match English Draughts (Checkers) Sergio Scarpetta-Michele Borghetti in Rome
  • Winner: Michele Borghetti
• July 20 – 30: Asian Championship 2016 in Ulaanbaatar
  • 64 Standard Open winners: Liu Jinxin (m) / Liu Pei (f)
  • Blitz Open winners: Alisher Artikov (m) / Liu Pei (f)
  • 100 Standard Open winners: Manlai Ravjir (m) / Nyamjargal Munkhbaatar (f)
  • 100 Rapid Open winners: ZHOU Wei (m) / You Zhang (f)
  • 100 Blitz Open winners: Ganjargal Ganbaatar (m) / Sai Ya (f)
  • Turkish Open winners: Chengcheng Tian (m) / Batdelger Nandintsetseg (f)
• July 31 – August 9: European Youth Championship 2016 in Pinsk

Main

• • U10 winners: Marsel Sharafutdinov (m) / Rufina Tavlykaeva
  • U13 winners: Nikita Volkov (m) / Olga Balukova
  • U16 winners: Marsel Sharafutdinov (m) / Ksenia Nakhova
  • U19 winners: Martijn van IJzendoorn (m) / Ayanika Kychkina
  • U26 winners: Andrei Tolchykau (m) / Darja Fedorovich

Blitz

• • U10 winners: Savva Zaika (m) / Nastassia Sakalova
  • U13 winners: Nikita Volkov (m) / Aygiza Muhametyanova
  • U16 winners: Michael Semyaniuk (m) / Elena Cesnokova
  • U19 winners: Martijn van IJzendoorn (m) / Katarzyna Stańczuk
  • U26 winners: Andrei Tolchykau (m) / Aygul Idrisova
  • 'Rapid here not played
• September 1 – 19: Women's World Title Match Sadowska - Kamychleeva in Karpacz
  • Winner: Natalia Sadowska
• September 14 – 29: 2016 African Championship in Bamako
  • Main winner: N'Diaga Samb
  • Blitz winner: Jean Marc Ndjofang
• September 18 – 27: 2016 European Veteran Championship in Korbach
  • Men's winner: Evgeni Gurkov
  • Women's winner: Romualda Shidlauskiene
• September 20 – 30: Pan American Championship in Águas de Lindóia
  • Winner: Allan Igor Moreno Silva
• September 22 – 29: XIII World Championship (Brazilian 64) in Águas de Lindóia
  • Winner: Alexander Georgiev
• October 2 – 6: 2016 European Team Championship in Tallinn
  • Men's winners:  Netherlands (Jan Groenendijk, Roel Boomstra, Alexander Baliakin)
  • Women's winners:  Russia
• October 18 – 24: 2016 European Championship in Izmir
  • Winners: Alexei Chizhov (m) / Aygul Idrisova (f)
• October 25: 2016 European Rapid Championship in Izmir
  • Winners: Alexander Schwarzman (m) / Tamara Tansykkuzhina (f)
• October 26: 2016 European Blitz Championship in Izmir
  • Winners: Ainur Shaibakov (m) / Matrena Nogovitsyna (f)
• October 27: 2016 European Super-Blitz Cup in Izmir
  • Winners: Alexei Chizhov (m) / Matrena Nogovitsyna (f)

Major

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

Open

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

Equestrianism

Fencing

Field hockey

• January 15 – December 11: 2016 FIH Calendar of Events^[79]

2016 Summer Olympics (FIH)

• August 6 – 19: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Hockey Centre
  • Men: 01 !  Argentina (ARG); 02 !  Belgium (BEL); 03 !  Germany (GER)
  • Women: 01 !  Great Britain (GBR); 02 !  Netherlands (NED); 03 !  Germany (GER)

International field hockey events

• June 10 – 17: 2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in London^[80]
  • Note: This event was slated for San Miguel de Tucumán, but the contract was cancelled.^[81]
  •  Australia defeated  India, 3–1 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular play, to win their 13th Men's Hockey Champions Trophy title.
  •  Germany took third place.
• June 18 – 26: 2016 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy in London^[82]
  •  Argentina defeated the  Netherlands, 2–1, to win their third consecutive and seventh overall Women's Hockey Champions Trophy title.
  • The  United States took third place.
• November 23 – December 4: 2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup in Santiago^[83]
  •  Argentina defeated the  Netherlands, 4–2, to win their second Women's Hockey Junior World Cup title.
  •  Australia took third place.
• December 8 – 18: 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in New Delhi^[84]
  •  India defeated  Belgium, 2–1, to win their second Men's Hockey Junior World Cup titie.
  •  Germany took third place.

European Hockey Federation (EHF)

• January 15 – 17: 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship in Prague^[85]
  •  Germany defeated  Austria, 3–2, in the final.  Russia took third place.
• January 22 – 24: 2016 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship in Minsk^[86]
  • The  Netherlands defeated  Poland, 6–2, in the final.  Belarus took third place.
• February 12 – 14: 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Cup in Hamburg^[87]
  • Harvestehuder THC defeated SV Arminen, 2–1, in the final. Partille Sport Club took third place.
• February 12 – 14: 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Trophy in Pavlovski Posad^[88]
  • Winner: AH&BC Amsterdam
  • Second: Dinamo Elektrostal
  • Third: Inverleith HC
• February 19 – 21: 2016 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Trophy in Dundee^[89]
  • Winner: HC Rotweiss Wettingen
  • Second: Royal Pingouin HC
  • Third: Bowdon Hightown
• February 19 – 21: 2016 Women's EuroHockdey Indoor Club Champions Cup in Minsk^[90]
  • Düsseldorfer HC defeated Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, 2–0, in the final. SK Slavia Prague took third place.
• May 13 – 16: 2016 EuroHockey Men's Club Champions Trophy in Glasgow^[91]
  • Cardiff & Met defeated Banbridge Hockey Club, 4–0, in the final. Bromac Kelburne took third place.
• May 13 – 16: 2016 EuroHockey Women's Club Champions Cup in Bilthoven^[92]
  • HC 's-Hertogenbosch defeated fellow Dutch team, SCHC, 3–2 in penalty shoot-outs and after a 1–1 score in regular play, in the final. UHC Hamburg took third place.
• May 13 – 16: 2016 EuroHockey Women's Club Champions Trophy in Barcelona^[93]
  • Rot-Weiss Köln defeated Royal Antwerp HC, 4–2, in the final. HC Minsk took third place.
• May 14 & 15: 2016 EHL Final Four in Barcelona^[94]
  • SV Kampong defeated fellow Dutch team, AH&BC Amsterdam, 2–0 in the final. Harvestehuder THC took third place.
• July 24 – 30: 2016 EuroHockey Boys' and Girls' U18 Championships in Cork^[95][96]
  • Boys:  Germany defeated the  Netherlands, 4–3, in the final.  Belgium took third place.
  • Girls: The  Netherlands defeated  Germany, 2–0, in the final.  England took third place.

Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF)

• March 29 – April 10: 2016 Pan American Junior Championship for Women in Tacarigua
  •  Argentina defeated the  United States, 6–0, to win their second consecutive and seventh overall Pan American Women's Field Hockey Junior Championship title.
  •  Chile took the bronze medal.
• May 20 – 28: 2016 Pan American Junior Championship for Men in Toronto^[97]
  •  Argentina defeated  Canada, 5–0, to win their 11th consecutive Pan American Men's Field Hockey Junior Championship title.
  •  Chile took the bronze medal.
• October 1 – 9: 2016 South American Championships for Men and Women in Chiclayo
  • Men: 1.  Chile; 2.  Venezuela; 3.  Uruguay^[98]
  • Women: 1.  Uruguay; 2.  Chile; 3.  Brazil^[99]

Asian Hockey Federation (AHF)

• September 24 – 30: 2016 Boys' U18 Asia Cup in Dhaka^[100]
  •  India defeated  Bangladesh, 5–4, in the final.
• October 1 – 9: 2016 Women's AHF Cup in Bangkok^[101]
  •  Thailand defeated  Singapore, 4–0, in the final.
• October 20 – 30: 2016 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Kuantan District
  •  India defeated  Pakistan, 3–2, to win their second Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy title.  Malaysia took third place.
• October 29 – November 6: 2016 Asian Women's Hockey Champions Trophy in  Singapore^[102]
  •  India defeated  China, 2–1, to win their first Asian Women's Hockey Champions Trophy title.  Japan took third place.
• November 19 – 27: 2016 Men's AHF Cup in  Hong Kong^[103]
  •  Bangladesh defeated  Sri Lanka, 3–0, in the final.  Hong Kong took third place.
• December 15 – 22: 2016 Girl's U18 Asia Cup in Bangkok
  •  China defeated  Japan, 4–2, in the final.  India took third place.^[104]

African Hockey Federation (AfHF)

• March 18 – 28: 2016 Junior African Cup for Men and Women in Windhoek^[105]
  • Men:  Egypt defeated  South Africa, 3–2, in the final.  Zimbabwe took the bronze medal.
  • Women's winner:  South Africa
  • Women's runner-up:  Zimbabwe

Figure skating

Fistball

• January 16 & 17: IFA 2016 Fistball Men's European Champions' Cup Indoor in Diepoldsau
  • TSV Dennach defeated Union Arnreit 4–1, in the final. Ahlhorner SV took third place.
• January 16 & 17: IFA 2016 Fistball Women's European Champions' Cup Indoor in Rohrbach
  • TSV Pfungstadt defeated TuS Kremsmünster 4–0, in the final. TV Schweinfurt-Oberndorf took third place.
• July 1 – 2: EFA 2016 Fistball Men’s European Cup in Unterweitersdorf
  • STV Wigoltingen defeated VFK Berlin, 3–2. MTV Rosenheim took third place.
• July 1 – 2: Men’s Champions Cup 2016 in Pfungstadt
  • TSV Pfungstadt defeated Union Compact Freistadt 4–0, in the final. TV SW-Oberndorf took third place.
• July 2 & 3: EFA 2016 Fistball Women's European Champions' Cup in Jona
  • TSV Dennach defeated TSV Jona, 3–2. SV Moslesfehn took third place.
• July 9 & 10: EFA 2016 Fistball U21 Men's European Championship in   Switzerland
  • Round-robin: 1.  Germany, 2.   Switzerland, 3.  Austria, 4.  Czech Republic
• July 20 – 24: IFA 2016 Fistball U18 Men's and Women's World Championships in Nürnberg
  • Men's:  Germany defeated  Austria, 4–2.
  •  Brazil took third place.
  • Women's:  Germany defeated  Brazil, 4–2
  •   Switzerland took third place.
• August 5 – 7: IFA 2016 Fistball Women's World Cup in Neuenbürg
  • Duque de Caixas defeated TSV Dennach, 4–1.
• August 26 – 28: 2016 Fistball European Championships in Grieskirchen
  • In the final,  Germany defeated   Switzerland, 4–2.  Austria took third place.
• October 14 – 16: IFA 2016 Fistball Men's World Cup in Cape Town
  • Winner: TSV Pfungstadt, 2nd: Club Mercês, 3rd: South Melbourne Fistball Club, 4th: Archbishops of Banterbury
• October 23 – 30: IFA 2016 Fistball Women's World Championship in Pomerode
  •  Germany defeated  Brazil 4:2 (08:11, 11:04, 14:15, 11:09, 11:05, 11:06) to win their fifth Fistball Women's World Championship.
  •   Switzerland took third place.
• November 4 – 6: U16 South American Fistball Championship in Novo Hamburgo
  • Men's: 1.  Brazil, 2.  Argentina, 3.  Chile
  • Women's: 1.  Brazil, 2.  Argentina, 3.  Chile
• November 19 & 20: IFA South America Fistball Cup 2016 in Santiago
  • Men's: 1. Sogipa Porto Alegre, 2. Merces Curitiba, 3. Ginástica Novo Hamburgo
  • Women's: 1. Duque de Caxias Curitiba, 2. Sogipa Porto Alegre, 3. Club Manquehue Santiago

Floorball

Open

• August 11 – 14: Czech Open (clubs) in Prague
  • Men: EraViikingit defeated Hollvikens, 2–0.
    • Top scorer: Mika Moilanen (EräViikingit)
    • Best goalie: Robin Johansson (Höllviken IBF)
    • Best player: Miko Kailiala (EräViikingit)
  • Women: Pixbo Wallenstam IBK defeated 1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice 4–3.
    • Top scorer: Martina Řepková (Florbal Chodov)
    • Best goalkeeper: Lenka Kubíčková (1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice)
    • Best player: Stephanie Boberg (Pixbo Wallenstam IBK)
• September 9 – 11: Polish Open (national teams) in Wrocław
  • In the final,  Finland defeated  Czech Republic, 3–4.  Norway took third place.
    • Best scorer: Rasmus Kainulainen
    • Best Goalkeeper: Daniel Muck

Europe

• August 24 – 28: EuroFloorball Challenge in Budapest and Érd
  • Men's: Phoenix Fireball SE defeated Dunai Krokodilok SE, 7–4. FBC Bozen.
  • Women's: CDE El Valle defeated Neumann Pillangók, 4–1. Phoenix Fireball SE took third place.
• September 30 – October 2: Champions Cup in Borås
  • Men's: Storvreta IBK defeated SC Classic, 2–1.
  • Women's: Pixbo Wallenstam IBK defeated SC Classic, 6–2.
• October 5 – 9: EuroFloorball Cup in Weißenfels
  • Men's: UHC Weißenfels defeated SK Lielvarde 8–6.
  • Women's: Sveiva IB defeated UHC Weißenfels 5–0.

International Championships

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

Freestyle skiing

Futsal

• February 2 – 13: UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 in  Serbia
  •  Spain defeated  Russia, 7–3, to win their seventh UEFA Futsal Euro title.  Kazakhstan took third place.
• February 10 – 21: 2016 AFC Futsal Championship in  Uzbekistan
  •  Iran defeated  Uzbekistan, 2–1, to win their eleventh AFC Futsal Championship title.  Thailand took third place.
• April 15 – 24: 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations in  South Africa
  •  Morocco defeated  Egypt, 3–2, to win their first Africa Futsal Cup of Nations title.  Mozambique took third place.
• May 8 – 14: 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship in  Costa Rica
  •  Costa Rica defeated  Panama, 4–0, to win their second consecutive and third overall CONCACAF Futsal Championship title.  Guatemala took third place.
• May 21 – 28: 2016 South American Under-17 Futsal Championship in Foz do Iguaçu
  •  Brazil defeated  Argentina, 4–2, to win their first South American Under-17 Futsal Championship.  Venezuela took third place.
• June 12 – 19: Copa Libertadores de Futsal 2016 in Asunción
  • In the final, Cerro Porteño defeated Jaraguá, 4–2, tp win their first Copa Libertadores Cup. Rionegro Futsal took third place.
• July 2 – 10: 2016 FISU World University Futsal Championship in Goiânia^[106]
  • Men:  Brazil defeated  Russia, 2–1, in the final. The  Czech Republic took third place.
  • Women:  Brazil defeated  Russia, 1–0, in the final.  Portugal took third place.
• July 10 – 16: 2016 AFF Futsal Club Championship in Naypyidaw^[107]
  • Men: Port Futsal Club defeated Thai Son Nam, 4–3, to win their second consecutive AFF Futsal Club Championship title.
  • Myanmar Imperial College took third place.
  • Women: Jaya Kencana Angels defeated Khon Kaen Futsal Team, 5-4 on penalties and after a 2–2 score in regular play, to win their first Women's AFF Futsal Club Championship title.
  • Thai Son Nam District 8 took third place.
• July 15 – 22: 2016 CONMEBOL Women's U20 Futsal Championships in Asunción (debut event)^[108]
  •  Brazil defeated  Colombia, 4–2, to win the inaugural CONMEBOL Women's U20 Futsal Championships title.
  •  Paraguay took third place.
• July 15 – 23: 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship in Bangkok
  • Nagoya Oceans defeated Naft Al-Wasat SC, 6–5 in penalties and after a 4–4 score in regular play, to win their third AFC Futsal Club Championship title.
  • Chonburi Blue Wave took third place.
• September 10 – October 1: 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in  Colombia^[109]
  •  Argentina defeated  Russia, 5–4, to win their first FIFA Futsal World Cup title.
  •  Iran took third place.
• October 31 – November 8: 2016 AFF Futsal Championship in Bangkok
  • Event cancelled. The 2017 event, in  Vietnam, would the next such event to be hosted.
• December 11 – 18: 2016 South American Under-20 Futsal Championship in  Uruguay
  •  Argentina defeated  Brazil, 2–1, to win their first South American Under-20 Futsal Championship title.
  •  Venezuela took third place.

Golf

2016 Summer Olympics (PGA and LPGA)

• August 11 – 14: 2016 Summer Olympics (Men) in Rio de Janeiro
  • 01 ! Justin Rose; 02 ! Henrik Stenson; 03 ! Matt Kuchar
• August 17 – 20: 2016 Summer Olympics (Women) in Rio de Janeiro
  • 01 ! Inbee Park; 02 ! Lydia Ko; 03 ! Shanshan Feng

2016 Men's major golf championships

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

2016 World Golf Championships (WGC)

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

Other men's golf events

• May 12 – 15: 2016 Players Championship
  • Winner: Jason Day (first Players win, tenth PGA Tour win)
• May 26 – 29: 2016 BMW PGA Championship (European Tour)
  • Winner: 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^[110]
  • Winner:  Team USA (First victory since 2008)
• November 24 – 27: 2016 World Cup of Golf at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia
  • Winner: Denmark (first World Cup victory)

2016 Senior major golf championships

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

2016 Women's major golf championships

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

2016 International Crown

• July 21 – 24: 2016 International Crown at the Merit Club in Libertyville, Illinois (Chicago metropolitan area)^[111]
  • Winners: The  United States (13 points)

FISU

• June 22 – 26: 2016 World University Golf Championship in Brive-la-Gaillarde
  • Men's Individual: 1 Robin Dawson, 2. Xuewem Luo, 3. Yu-Chen Yeh
  • Women's Individual: 1. Karolina Vlckova, 2. Marie Luňáčková, 3. Kateřina Vlašínová
  • Men's Team: 1.  France, 2.  Ireland, 3.  Chinese Taipei
  • Women's Team: 1.  Czech Republic, 2.  Chinese Taipei, 3.  United States

Grass skiing

• July 23 – 29: 2016 FIS Grass Ski Junior World Championships in Dizin
  • Super Combined winners: Martin Barták (m) / Kristin Hetfleisch (f)
  • Super G #1 winners: Martin Barták (m) / Kristin Hetfleisch (f)
  • Super G #2 winners: Martin Barták (m) / Marino Maeda (f)
  • Slalom winners: Martin Barták (m) / Magdaléna Kotyzová (f)
  • Giant Slalom winners: Marcel Knapp (m) / Daniela Krueckel (f)

2016 FIS Grass Ski World Cup

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

Gymnastics

Handball

• January 6 – December 18: 2016 IHF Calendar of Events^[112]

2016 Summer Olympics (IHF)

• August 6 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Training Center
  • Men: 01 !  Denmark (DEN); 02 !  France (FRA); 03 !  Germany (GER)
  • Women: 01 !  Russia (RUS); 02 !  France (FRA); 03 !  Norway (NOR)

EHF

• September 5, 2015 – May 29, 2016: 2015–16 EHF Champions League
  • Vive Targi Kielce defeated MVM Veszprém KC, 39–38, after overtime and penalties, to win their first EHF Champions League title.
  • Paris Saint-Germain took third place.
• September 5, 2015 – May 15, 2016: 2015–16 EHF Cup
  • Frisch Auf Göppingen defeated HBC Nantes, 32–26, to win their first EHF Cup title. BM Granollers took third place.
• October 11, 2015 – May 21, 2016: 2015–16 EHF Challenge Cup
  • ABC Braga defeated S.L. Benfica, 53–51, to win their first EHF Challenge Cup title.
• September 12, 2015 – May 7, 2016: 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League
  • CSM Bucharest defeated Győri ETO, 29–26, to win their first Women's EHF Champions League title. ŽRK Vardar took third place.
• October 16, 2015 – May 6, 2016: 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup
  • Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA defeated TuS Metzingen, 55–49, to win their second Women's EHF Cup title.
• October 17, 2015 – May 7, 2016: 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup
  • Team Tvis Holstebro defeated Handball Club Lada, 61–52, to win their first Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup title.
• November 14, 2015 – May 7, 2016: 2015–16 Women's EHF Challenge Cup
  • Gran Canaria defeated Kastamonu Bld. GSK, 62–54, to win their first Women's EHF Challenge Cup title.
• January 15 – 31: 2016 European Men's Handball Championship in  Poland
  •  Germany defeated  Spain, 24–17, to win their second European Men's Handball Championship title.  Croatia took the bronze medal.
• July 4 – 8: 2016 European Open Handball Championship for Women in Gothenburg^[113]
  •  Sweden defeated  Denmark, 34–33, to win their first European Open Handball Championship title.  Norway took third place.
• July 8 – 10: 2016 European Youth Beach Handball Championship in Nazaré^[114][115]
  • Men:  Spain defeated  Portugal, 2–1 in matches played, in the final.  Italy took third place.
  • Women: The  Netherlands defeated  Spain, 2–0 in matches played, in the final.  Portugal took third place.
• July 28 – August 7: 2016 European Men's Junior Handball Championship in Kolding^[116]
  •  Spain defeated  Germany, 30–29, to win their second European Men's Junior Handball Championship title.
  •  France took third place.
• December 4 – 18: 2016 European Women's Handball Championship in  Sweden^[117]
  •  Norway defeated the  Netherlands, 30–29, to win their second consecutive and seventh overall European Women's Handball Championship title.
  •  France took third place.

CAHB

• January 21 – 30: 2016 African Men's Handball Championship in  Egypt
  •  Egypt defeated  Tunisia, 21–19, to win their sixth African Men's Handball Championship title.  Angola took the bronze medal.
• May 4 – 14: 2016 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup in Laayoune
  • Primeiro de Agosto defeated TKC Yaoundé, 40–16, to win their second Women's African Handball Cup Winners' Cup. Progresso took third place.
• May 4 – 14: 2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup in Laayoune
  • Zamalek SC defeated Espérance Tunis, 26–25, to win their fifth African Handball Cup Winners' Cup. AS Hammamet took third place.
• May 4: 2016 African Handball Super Cup for men's and women's in Laayoune
  • Men: Espérance Tunis defeated Zamalek SC, 33–32, after overtime, to win their second African Handball Super Cup.
  • Women: Primeiro de Agosto defeated Africa Sports, 33–14, to win their second African Handball Super Cup.
• September 2 – 9: 2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship in Bamako
  •  Tunisia defeated  Egypt, 26–25, to win their first African Men's Youth Handball Championship title.
  •  Algeria took the bronze medal.
• September 11 – 18: 2016 African Men's Junior Handball Championship in Bamako
  •  Tunisia defeated  Egypt, 26–25, to win their fourth African Men's Junior Handball Championship title.
  •  Algeria took the bronze medal.

AHF

• January 15 – 28: 2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship in  Bahrain
  •  Qatar defeated  Bahrain, 27–22, to win their second consecutive Asian Men's Handball Championship title.  Japan took the bronze medal.
• March 18 – 24: 18th Asian Club League 2016 in Doha
  • 1. Lekhwiya; 2. Al-Najma; 3. Al-Noor
• July 22 – August 1: 2016 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship in Amman
  •  Qatar defeated  Saudi Arabia, 23–16, to win their fifth title and fourth consecutive Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship.
  •  South Korea took third place.
• August 10 – 17: 2016 Asian Men’s & Women’s Youth Beach Handball Championship in Pattaya (debut event)^[118]
  • Men: 1.  Thailand; 2.  Chinese Taipei; 3.  Pakistan
  • Women: 1.  China; 2.  Thailand; 3.  Chinese Taipei
• August 27 – September 5: 2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship in Manama
  •  Bahrain defeated  Japan, 25–23, to win their first Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship title.
  •  South Korea took third place.
• October 26 – November 1: 2016 Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship in Kyzylorda (debut event)
  • 1. Kaysar; 2. Almaty Club; 3. Ile Club^[119]
• October 29 – November 5: 2016 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship in Amman
  • Al-Noor defeated El Jaish SC, 25–23, to win their first Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship title.
  • Lekhwiya Handball Team took third place.

PATHF

• March 15 – 19: 2016 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship in Foz do Iguaçu
  • 1.  Brazil; 2.  Argentina; 3.  Chile
• April 12 – 16: 2016 Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship in Santiago
  • 1.  Brazil; 2.  Paraguay; 3.  Argentina
• May 25 – 29: 2016 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship in Buenos Aires
  • Handebol Taubaté defeated fellow Brazilian team, Esporte Pinheiros, 28–23, to win their fourth consecutive Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship title.
  • SAG Villa Ballester took third place.
• June 11 – 19: 2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship in Buenos Aires^[120]
  •  Brazil defeated  Chile, 28–24, to win their third Pan American Men's Handball Championship title.  Argentina took third place.
• November 1 – 5: 2016 Pan American Women's Club Handball Championship in Santiago
  • Metodista São Bernardo defeated Ferro Carril Oeste, 29–15, to win the first ever Pan American Women's Club Handball Championship.
  • Club Atlético Goes took third place.

International handball championships

• March 18 – 20: 2016 Women's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #1 in Astrakhan
  •  Russia and  Sweden both qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[121]
• March 18 – 20: 2016 Women's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #2 in Metz
  •  France has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[122]
• March 18 – 20: 2016 Women's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #3 in Aarhus
  •  Romania and  Montenegro both qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[123]
• April 8 – 10: 2016 Men's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #1 in Gdańsk
  •  Tunisia and  Poland both qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[124]
• April 8 – 10: 2016 Men's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #2 in Malmö
  •  Sweden and  Slovenia both qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[125]
• April 8 – 10: 2016 Men's Handball Olympic Qualifying event #3 in Herning
  •  Croatia and  Denmark both qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[126]
• June 27 – July 3: 2016 World University Handball Championship in Antequera^[127]
  • Men:  Romania defeated  South Korea, 28–20, in the final.  Spain took third place.
  • Women:  Spain defeated  Romania, 20–14, in the final.  Poland took third place.
• July 3 – 15: 2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship in Moscow^[128]
  •  Denmark defeated  Russia, 32–28 in overtime, to win their second Women's Junior World Handball Championship title.
  •  Romania took third place.
• July 12 – 17: 2016 Beach Handball World Championships for Men and Women in Budapest^[129]
  • Men:  Croatia defeated  Brazil, 2–0, to win their second Beach Handball World Championships title.  Qatar took third place.
  • Women:  Spain defeated  Brazil, 2–1, to win their first Women's Beach Handball World Championships title.
  •  Norway took third place.
• July 19 – 31: 2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship in  Slovakia^[130]
  •  Russia defeated  Denmark, 30–22, to win their second Women's Youth World Handball Championship title.
  •  South Korea took third place.
• September 5 – 8: 2016 IHF Super Globe in Doha^[131]
  • Füchse Berlin defeated Paris Saint-Germain, 29–28, to win their second consecutive IHF Super Globe title.
  • Vive Targi Kielce took third place.

Ice hockey

Judo

Kabaddi

• Major Leagues

• International Tournaments

Korfball

Europe

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

North America

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

1.  Dominican Republic 2.  Netherlands 3.  Colombia 4.  Costa Rica

Asia

• August 26 – September 3: 4th IKF Asia Korfball Championship in  India
  • In the final,  Chinese Taipei defeated  Hong Kong, 39–14.  China took third place.

World championships and World Cups

• March 18 – 20: U17 Korfball World Cup in Schijndel
  •  Netherlands beating the  Belgium squad in the final 26–12.  England took third place
• March 25 – 27: U19 Korfball World Cup in Leeuwarden
  •  Netherlands beating the  Belgium squad in the final 22–18.  Chinese Taipei took third place
• July 9 – 16: IKF U23 World Korfball Championship in Olomouc
  •  Netherlands beating the  Chinese Taipei squad in the final 24–16.  Czech Republic took third place.

Lacrosse

• July 7 – 16: Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships in Coquitlam
  • United States defeated Canada, 13–12, to win their eighth consecutive ILF Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship. Iroquois took third place.
• July 28 – August 6: 2016 European Lacrosse Championship in Gödöllő
  • England defeated Israel, 7–6, to win their fourth consecutive Men's European Lacrosse Championships. Finland took third place.

Major League Lacrosse

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

NCAA Lacrosse Championship

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

NLL

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

WCLA

• May 4 – 7: 2016 WCLA Division I National Championship in Winston-Salem
  • In the final Georgia defeated Minnesota 8–7. Colorado Buffaloes took third place.

Division I Individual Awards

• Most Outstanding Attacker – Arden Birdwell (Georgia Bulldogs)
• Most Outstanding Midfielder – Allie Thalhuber (Minnesota)
• Most Outstanding Defender – Meredith Butler Georgia Bulldogs
• Most Outstanding Goalie – Hannah Gilbert (Minnesota)
• May 6 – 7: 2016 WCLA Division II National Championship in Winston-Salem
  • In the final Denver defeated Utah 11–10. Loyola took third place.

Division II Individual Awards

• Most Outstanding Attacker – Kaitlin Ball (Denver)
• Most Outstanding Midfielder – Audrey Burns (Utah)
• Most Outstanding Defender – Nicole Cosmany (Denver)
• Most Outstanding Goalie – Sasha McKee (Utah)

Luge

Mixed martial arts

Modern pentathlon

• January 28 – October 23: 2016 UIPM Events Calendar^[132]

2016 Summer Olympics (UIPM)

• August 18 – 20: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Deodoro Modern Pentathlon Park
  • Men: 01 ! Aleksander Lesun; 02 ! Pavlo Tymoshchenko; 03 ! Ismael Marcelo Hernandez Uscanga
  • Women: 01 ! Chloe Esposito; 02 ! Élodie Clouvel; 03 ! Oktawia Nowacka

International modern pentathlon events

• March 16 – 20: 2016 Pan American Modern Pentathlon Championships in Buenos Aires^[133]
  • Men's winner: Nathan Schrimsher
  • Women's winner: Leidis Laura Moya
  • Men's team winners:  United States (Nathan Schrimsher, Dennis Bowsher, Lucas Schrimsher)
  • Women's team winners:  United States (Samantha Achterberg, Margaux Isaksen, Isabella Isaksen)
• May 22 – 29: 2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Moscow^[134]
  • Men's winner: Valentin Belaud
  • Women's winner: Sarolta Kovács
  • Men's team relay winners:  South Korea (Hwang Woo-jin, Jun Woong-tae)
  • Women's team relay winners:  Germany (Lena Schöneborn, Annika Schleu)
  • Mixed team relay winners:  Russia (Aleksander Lesun, Donata Rimšaitė)
  • Men's team winners:  Egypt (Yasser Hefny, Amro El Geziry, Omar El Geziry)
  • Women's team winners:  Hungary (Tamara Alekszejev, Zsofia Foldhazi, Sarolta Kovács)
• July 4 – 11: 2016 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Sofia^[135]
  • Men's winner: Jan Kuf
  • Women's winner: Laura Asadauskaitė
  • Men's team relay winners:  Russia (Alexander Savkin, Aleksander Lesun)
  • Women's team relay winners:  Belarus (Iryna Prasiantsova, Katsiaryna Arol)
  • Mixed team relay winners:  Czech Republic (Natalie Dianová, Jan Kuf)
  • Men's team winners:  Italy (Pierpaolo Petroni, Fabio Poddighe, Riccardo De Luca)
  • Women's team winners:  Lithuania (Gintarė Venčkauskaitė, Laura Asadauskaitė, Karolina Guzauskaitė)
• July 14 – 18: 2016 World Youth A Modern Pentathlon Championships in Limerick^[136]
  • Men's winner: JEONG Young-jin
  • Women's winner: Aurora Tognetti
  • Men's team relay winners:  South Korea (JEONG Young-jin, KIM Woo-cheol)
  • Women's team relay winners:  Italy (Aurora Tognetti, Elena Micheli)
  • Mixed team relay winners:  Russia (Xeina Fralcova, Andrei Zuev)
  • Men's team winners:  South Korea (KIM Se-dong, KIM Dae-won, JEONG Young-jin)
  • Women's team winners:  Russia (Mariia Khamppu, Xeina Fralcova, Adelina Ibatullina)
• July 27 – 31: 2016 European Youth A Modern Pentathlon Championships in Barcelona^[137]
  • Men's winner: Ivan Khamtsou
  • Women's winner: Xeina Fralcova
  • Men's team relay winners:  Great Britain (Josh Miller, Harry Sykes)
  • Women's team relay winners:  Italy (Aurora Tognetti, Elena Micheli)
  • Mixed team relay winners:  Russia (Xeina Fralcova, Andrei Zuev)
  • Men's team winners:  Belarus (Mikita Harnastaeu, Yauheni Arol, Ivan Khamtsou)
  • Women's team winners:  Russia (Ekaterina Utina, Adelina Ibatullina, Xeina Fralcova)
• September 12 – 18: 2016 World Junior Modern Pentathlon Championships in Cairo^[138]
  • Men's Junior winner: Charles Fernandez
  • Women's Junior winner: KIM Sun-woo
  • Men's Junior team relay winners:  Russia (Alexander Lifanov, Serge Baranov)
  • Women's Junior team relay winners:  Russia (Sofia Serkina, Alena Popova)
  • Mixed team relay winners:  Italy (Matteo Cicinelli, Aurora Tognetti)
  • Men's Junior team winners:  Russia (Danila Glavatskikh, Viacheslav Bardyshev, Alexander Lifanov)
  • Women's Junior team winners:  Italy (Aurora Tognetti, Irene Prampolini, Francesca Tognetti)

2016 Modern Pentathlon World Cup

• February 24 – 28: MP World Cup #1 in Cairo^[139]
  • Men's winner: Amro El Geziry
  • Women's winner: Lena Schöneborn
  • Mixed team relay winners:  Italy (Auro Franceschini, Lavinia Bonessio)
• March 9 – 14: MP World Cup #2 in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)^[140]
  • Men's winner: JUN Woong-tae
  • Women's winner: Claudia Cesarini
  • Mixed team relay winners:  Germany (Lena Schöneborn, Patrick Douge)
• March 31 – April 3: MP World Cup #3 in Rome^[141]
  • Men's winner: Valentin Prades
  • Women's winner: Laura Asadauskaitė
  • Mixed team relay winners:  Italy (Lorenzo Michele, Lavinia Bonessio)
• April 14 – 18: MP World Cup #4 in Kecskemét^[142]
  • Men's winner: James Cooke
  • Women's winner: Anastasiya Prokopenko
  • Mixed team relay winners:  Guatemala (Charles Fernandez, Isabel Brand)
• May 6 – 8: MP World Cup #5 (final) in Sarasota, Florida^[143]
  • Men's winner: James Cooke
  • Women's winner: Lena Schöneborn
  • Mixed team relay winners:  Ireland (Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe, Natalya Coyle)

Motorsport

Mountain bike racing

Multi-sport events

• February 5 – 16: 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati and Shillong^[144]
  •  India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• March 6 – 11: 2016 Arctic Winter Games in / Nuuk^[145]
  •  Alaska won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• June 29 – July 3: 2016 IWAS U23 World Games in Prague^[146]
  • For results, click here.
• July 10 – 19: 2016 ASEAN University Games in  Singapore^[147]
  •  Thailand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• July 12 – 25: 2016 European Universities Games in Zagreb and Rijeka^[148]
  • University of Zagreb won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• July 21 – 29: 2016 ASEAN School Games in Chiang Mai^[149]
  •  Thailand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• September 24 – October 3: 2016 Asian Beach Games in Da Nang^[150]
  •  Vietnam won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• November 24 – December 3: 2016 Bolivarian Beach Games in Iquique^[151]
  •  Chile won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Nordic combined

Olympic Games

• February 12 – 21: 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer^[152]
  • The  United States and  South Korea won ten gold medals each. However, the United States finished first, due to winning more silver medals than South Korea.
  •  Russia won the overall medal tally.
• August 5 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro^[153]
  • The  United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Paralympic Games

• September 7 – 18: 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Padel

International Padel Federation Calendar ^[154]

2016 World Padel Tour

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

World Championship

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

Radio-controlled racing

Raquetball

Road cycling

Roller skating

FIRS

• June 1 – 5: 2016 World Inline Hockey Masters Cup in Bolzano
  • Master Cup winner:  Czech Republic
  • Veteran Cup winner:  Czech Republic
• June 4 – 5: 2016 Inline Alpine Slalom and Parallel Slalom World Championships in Unterensingen and Villablino
  • Slalom winners: Katharina Hoffmann & Kristaps Zvejnieks
  • Parallel Slalom winners: Claudia Wittmann & Davis Zvejnieks
  • World Cup winners: Jana Börsig & Marco Walz
• June 12 – 25: 2016 World Inline Hockey Championships in Asiago/Roana
  • Men's: In the final,  Czech Republic defeated  Italy, 4–0.  France took third place.
  • Women's: In the final,  Canada defeated  United States, 3–1.   Switzerland took third place.
  • Junior men: In the final,  Czech Republic defeated  Italy, 5–4.   Switzerland took third place.
  • Junior women: In the final,  Spain defeated  Italy, 2–0.  Canada took third place.
• September 10 – 18: World Roller Speed Skating Championships in Nanjing
  •  Colombia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• September 24 – October 1: 2016 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup in Iquique
  • In the final,  Spain defeated  Portugal, after (a.e.t.), 3–2.  Argentina took third place.
• September 28 – October 8: Artistic Skating World Championship in Novara
  • Seniors Figures winners: Markus Lell (m) / Anabella Mendoz (f)
  • Juniors Figures winners: Deven Jacobson (m) / Giselle Soler (f)
  • Inline Seniors winners: Yi-Fan Chen (m) / Natalie Motley (f)
  • Inline Juniors winners: Collin Motley (m) / Anastasia Nosova (f)
  • Seniors Solo Dance winners: Daniel Morandin (m) / Silvia Stibilj (f)
  • Juniors Solo Dance winners: José Cruz (m) / Martina Camana (f)
  • Senior Couples Dance winners:  Italy (Alessandro Spigai & Elena Leoni)
  • Junior Couples Dance winners:  United States (Benson Kuan & Cassandra Seidel)
• November 17 – 21: 2016 Inline Freestyle World Championships in Bangkok
  • Free Jump winners: Thomas Rataud (m) / Maëliss Conan (f)
  • Battle Slide winners: Huang Haiyang (m) / Nichakan Chinupun (f)
  • Senior Battle Slalom winners: Sergey Timchenko (m) / Daria Kuznetsova (f)
  • Junior Battle Slalom winners: Zhang Hao (m) / Liu Jiaxin (f)
  • Senior Classic Slalom winners: Sergey Timchenko (m) / Mang Yun (f)
  • Junior Classic Slalom winners: Zhang Hao (m) / Sofia Bogdanova (f)
  • Senior Speed Slalom winners: Pan Yusuo (m) / Barbara Bossi (f)
  • Junior Speed Slalom winners: Pedram Ranjbar Vakili (m) / Lo Pei Yu (f)

CERH

• October 24, 2015 – May, 15: 2015–16 CERH European League
  • In the final, S.L. Benfica defeated U.D. Oliveirense, 5–3, to win their second Europen League.
• October 24, 2015 – May 1: 2015–16 CERS Cup
  • In the final, ÓC Barcelos defeated CP Vilafranca, 6–3, to win their second CERS Cup.
• November 29, 2015 – March 20: 2015–16 CERH Women's European Cup
  • In the final, CP Voltregà defeated Manlleu, after regular game, 4–4 and penalties 2–1, to win their 4th title.
• March 24 – 26: U23 Latin Cup in Follonica
  • 1.  Portugal
  • 2.  Italy
  • 3.  Spain
• April 28 – 30: 2016 Show and Precision European Championships in Matosinhos
  •  Italy win's overall gold medals.
• July 11 – 16: 2016 CERH European Championship in Oliveira de Azeméis
  •  Portugal defeated  Italy, 6–2, to win their twenty one CERH European Championship.  Spain took third place.
• August 25 – September 3: 2016 Cadet/Youth/Junior/Senior European Championships in Freiburg
  •  Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• November 1 – 5: 2016 Cup of Europe Calderara Di Reno in  Italy
  •  Spain and  Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Rowing

Rugby union

2016 Summer Olympics (WR)

• March 5 & 6: Aquece Rio International Women's Rugby Sevens 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)^[155]
  • Winner:  Brazil
  • Second:  Argentina
  • Third:  Colombia
• June 18 & 19: 2016 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Fontvieille, Monaco
  • Cup Winner:  Spain
  • Cup Second:  Samoa
  • Cup Third:  Russia
  • Plate winner:  Canada
  • Bowl winner:  Zimbabwe
  • Shield winner:  South Korea
• August 6 – 11: 2016 Summer Olympics (rugby sevens) in Rio de Janeiro
  • Men: 01 !  Fiji; 02 !  Great Britain; 03 !  South Africa
  • Women: 01 !  Australia; 02 !  New Zealand; 03 !  Canada

International rugby events

• February 5 – March 18: 2016 Six Nations Under 20s Championship^[156]
  • Champions:  Wales (first Six Nations Under 20s Championship title)
  • Second:  France
  • Third:  Ireland
• February 5 – March 20: 2016 Women's Six Nations Championship^[157]
  • Champions:  France (fifth Women's Six Nations Championship title)
  • Second:  England
  • Third:  Ireland
• February 6 – March 6: 2016 Americas Rugby Championship (debut event)
  • Winner:  Argentina XV (inaugural Americas Rugby Championship title)
  • Second:  United States
  • Third:  Canada
• February 6 – March 19: 2016 Six Nations Championship^[158]
  • Champions:  England (fifth Six Nations Championship title)
  • Grand Slam:  England
  • Triple Crown:  England
  • Calcutta Cup:  England
  • Millennium Trophy:  England
  • Centenary Quaich:  Ireland
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy:  France
• March 8 – 21: 2016 World Rugby Pacific Challenge in  Fiji^[159]
  • Champions: Fiji Warriors (sixth World Rugby Pacific Challenge title)
  • Second: Samoa A
  • Third: Tonga A
• June 7 – 25: 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in Manchester^[160]
  •  England defeated  Ireland, 45–21, to win their third World Rugby Under 20 Championship title.  Argentina took third place.
• July 6 – 9: 2016 FISU World University Rugby Sevens Championship in Swansea^[161]
  • Men:  Australia defeated  Great Britain, 24–20, in the final.  France took third place.
  • Women:  France defeated  Canada, 31–5, in the final.  Japan took third place.
• August 27 – October 8: 2016 Rugby Championship
  • Winner:  New Zealand; 2.  Australia; 3.  South Africa; 4.  Argentina

2016 Men's Internationals

• April 30 – June 26: WR's 2016 Men's Internationals Page^[162]

2016 Women's Internationals

• October 22 – December 17: WR's 2016 Women's Internationals Page^[163]

2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series

• Overall champions:  Fiji
• Second:  South Africa
• Third:  New Zealand

2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

• Overall champions:  Australia
• Second:  New Zealand
• Third:  Canada

Club seasons and championships

• November 13, 2015 – May 14: 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup
  • Final in Décines: Saracens defeated Racing 92 21–9 for their first-ever European club title.
• November 12, 2015 – May 13: 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup
  • Final in Décines: Montpellier defeated Harlequins 26–19 for their first-ever Challenge Cup title.
• October 16, 2015 – May 28: 2015–16 Aviva Premiership
  • Final in London: Saracens defeated Exeter Chiefs 28–20 for their second straight title and third overall.
• September 5, 2015 – May 28: /// 2015–16 Guinness Pro12
  • Grand Final in Edinburgh: In a matchup of Irish teams, Connacht defeated Leinster 20–10 for their first-ever championship.
• August 22, 2015 – June 4: 2015–16 Top 14
  • Final in Barcelona: In a match moved from its traditional site of Stade de France due to scheduling conflicts with UEFA Euro 2016, Racing 92 defeated Toulon 29–21 for their first title since 1990 and sixth overall. The crowd of 99,124 was the largest ever for a domestic club match in the sport's history.
• February 26 – August 6: //// 2016 Super Rugby season
  • Final in Wellington: In a matchup between teams from New Zealand's North Island, the Hurricanes defeated the Blues 20–3 for their second straight title, and also second overall.

Sailing

Shooting

• January 4 – November 20: ISSF Competition Calendar^[164]

2016 Summer Olympics (ISSF)

• August 6 – 14: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the National Shooting Center
  • Men
  • Men's 10 metre Air Pistol: 01 ! Hoàng Xuân Vinh (OR); 02 ! Felipe Almeida Wu; 03 ! Pang Wei
  • Men's 10 metre Air Rifle: 01 ! Niccolò Campriani (OR); 02 ! Serhiy Kulish; 03 ! Vladimir Maslennikov
  • Men's 25 metre Rapid Fire Pistol: 01 ! Christian Reitz; 02 ! Jean Quiquampoix; 03 ! Li Yuehong
  • Men's 50 metre Pistol: 01 ! Jin Jong-oh (OR); 02 ! Hoàng Xuân Vinh; 03 ! Kim Song-guk
  • Men's 50 metre Rifle Prone: 01 ! Henri Junghänel (OR); 02 ! Kim Jong-hyun; 03 ! Kirill Grigoryan
  • Men's 50 metre Rifle Three Positions: 01 ! Niccolò Campriani; 02 ! Sergey Kamenskiy; 03 ! Alexis Raynaud
  • Men's Skeet: 01 ! Gabriele Rossetti; 02 ! Marcus Svensson; 03 ! Abdullah Al-Rashidi (Kuwait)
  • Men's Trap: 01 ! Josip Glasnović; 02 ! Giovanni Pellielo; 03 ! Edward Ling
  • Men's Double Trap: 01 ! Fehaid Al-Deehani (Kuwait); 02 ! Marco Innocenti; 03 ! Steven Scott
  • Women
  • Women's 10 metre Air Pistol: 01 ! Zhang Mengxue (OR); 02 ! Vitalina Batsarashkina; 03 ! Anna Korakaki
  • Women's 10 metre Air Rifle: 01 ! Virginia Thrasher (OR); 02 ! Du Li; 03 ! Yi Siling
  • Women's 25 metre Pistol: 01 ! Anna Korakaki; 02 ! Monika Karsch; 03 ! Heidi Diethelm Gerber
  • Women's 50 metre Rifle Three Positions: 01 ! Barbara Engleder; 02 ! Zhang Binbin; 03 ! Du Li
  • Women's Skeet: 01 ! Diana Bacosi; 02 ! Chiara Cainero; 03 ! Kim Rhode
  • Women's Trap: 01 ! Catherine Skinner; 02 ! Natalie Rooney; 03 ! Corey Cogdell

International shooting championships

• January 25 – February 3: 2016 Asian Olympic Shooting Qualifying Tournament in New Delhi^[165]
  • Note: This event was named as the alternate qualification one for Rio 2016 from the one staged in Kuwait last year.
  •  Japan won the gold medal tally.  South Korea won the overall medal tally.
• February 22 – 28: 10m European Shooting Championships in Győr^[166]
  •  Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.^[167]
• June 13 – 19: 2016 European Junior Shooting Championships in Tallinn^[168][169]
  •  Germany won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• July 4 – 12: 2016 European Shotgun Championships in Lonato del Garda^[170]
  •  Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• July 15 – 23: 2016 World Running Target Championships in Suhl^[171][172]
  •  Ukraine won the gold medal tally. Ukraine and  Russia won 15 overall medals each.
• September 14 – 18: 2016 World University Shooting Championship in Bydgoszcz^[173]
  •  India won the gold medal tally. India and the  Czech Republic won 7 overall medals each.^[174]

2016 ISSF World Cup

• March 1 – 9: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #1 in Bangkok^[175]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.^[176]
• March 17 – 25: Shotgun World Cup #1 in Nicosia^[177]
  • Men's skeet winner: Mykola Milchev
  • Men's trap winner: Alberto Fernández
  • Men's double trap winner: Alessandro Chianese
  • Women's skeet winner: Morgan Craft
  • Women's trap winner: Ray Bassil
• April 13 – 25: All Guns World Cup #1 in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)^[178]
  •  China,  Spain,  Russia, and  Ukraine won 2 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.^[179]
• May 19 – 26: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #2 in Munich^[180]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.^[181]
• June 1 – 11: Shotgun World Cup #2 in the City of San Marino^[182]
  • Men's skeet winner: Stefan Nilsson
  • Men's trap winner: Jiří Lipták
  • Men's double trap winner: Joshua Richmond
  • Women's skeet winner: Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit
  • Women's trap winner: Emma Elizabeth Cox
• June 20 – 29: All Guns World Cup #2 (final) in Baku^[183]
  •  Croatia won the gold medal tally.  South Korea won the overall medal tally.^[184]
• October 4 – 10: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #3 (final) in Bologna^[185]
  •  China and  Serbia won 2 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.^[186]
• October 10 – 16: Shotgun World Cup #3 (final) in Rome^[187]
  • Men's skeet winner: Nikolai Tiopliy
  • Men's trap winner: Giovanni Cernogoraz
  • Men's double trap winner: James Willett
  • Women's skeet winner: Kim Rhode
  • Women's trap winner: Natalie Rooney

Ski jumping

Snooker

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 Riga
  • Barry Hawkins defeated Tom Ford 4–1.
• August 26 – 30: European Tour – Event 2 in Fürth
  • Ali Carter defeated Shaun Murphy 4–3.
• October 7 – 11: European Tour – Event 3 in Mülheim
  • Rory McLeod defeated Tian Pengfei 4–2.
• October 19 – 23: Asian Tour – Event 1 in Haining
  • Ding Junhui defeated Ricky Walden 4–3.
• November 4 – 8: European Tour – Event 4 in Sofia
  • Mark Allen defeated Ryan Day 4–0.
• December 9 – 13: European Tour – Event 5 in  Gibraltar
  • Marco Fu defeated Michael White 4–1.
• February 23 – 28: European Tour – Event 6 in Gdynia
  • Mark Selby defeated Martin Gould 4–1.
• March 22 – 27: Players Tour Championship – Finals in Manchester
  • Mark Allen defeated Ricky Walden 10–6.

Snooker season

• May 7, 2015 – May 2, 2016: Snooker season 2015/2016
• May 7, 2015 – May 10, 2015: Vienna Snooker Open in Vienna
  • Peter Ebdon defeated Mark King 5–3.^[188]
• June 22, 2015 – June 26, 2015: World Cup in Wuxi
  •  China defeated  Scotland 4–1
• July 29 – July 5: 2015 Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo
  • John Higgins defeated Martin Gould 9–8.
• July 15 – 19: Pink Ribbon in Gloucester
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Darryn Walker 4–2
• September 7 – 12: Six-red World Championship in Bangkok
  • Thepchaiya Un-Nooh defeated Liang Wenbo 8–2.
• September 14 – 20: Shanghai Masters in Shanghai
  • Kyren Wilson defeated Judd Trump 10–9.
• October 25 – November 1: 2015 International Championship in Daqing
  • John Higgins defeated David Gilbert 10–5.
• November 10 – 15: 2015 Champion of Champions in Coventry
  • Neil Robertson defeated Mark Allen 10–5.
• November 10–21: 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship in Hurghada
  • Pankaj Advani defeated Zhao Xintong 8–6.
• November 16–21: 2015 General Cup in Hong Kong
  • Marco Fu defeated Mark Williams 7–3.
• November 24 – December 6: 2015 UK Championship in York
  • Neil Robertson defeated Liang Wenbo 10–5.
• January 10 – 17: 2016 Masters in London
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Barry Hawkins 10–1.
• January 30 & 31: 2016 World Seniors Championship in Preston
  • Mark Davis defeated Darren Morgan 2–1.
• February 3 – 7: 2016 German Masters in Berlin
  • Martin Gould def. Luca Brecel 9–5.
• February 12 – 14: 2016 Snooker Shoot-Out in Reading
  • Robin Hull def. Luca Brecel 1–0
• February 15 – 21: 2016 Welsh Open in Cardiff
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Neil Robertson 9–5.
• January 4 – March 4: 2016 Championship League (final) in Stock
  • Judd Trump defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2.
• March 8 – 13: 2016 World Grand Prix in Llandudno
  • Shaun Murphy defeated Stuart Bingham 10–9.
• March 28 – April 3: 2016 China Open in Beijing
  • Judd Trump defeated Ricky Walden 10–4.
• April 16 – May 2: 2016 World Snooker Championship in Sheffield
  • Mark Selby defeated Ding Junhui 18–14.

Others in snooker

• June 2 – 13: 2015 EBSA European Snooker Championship in Prague^[189]
  • Michael Wild defeated Jamie Rhys Clarke 7–4.
• July 18 – 26: 2015 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship in Bucharest
  • Boonyarit Keattikun defeated Jamie Rhys Clarke 7–6.
• October 3 – 11: 2015 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship in St. Petersburg
  • Ka Wai Cheung defeated Ming Tung Chan 5–2.
• February 7 – 12: 2016 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship in Wrocław
  • Tyler Rees defeated Jackson Page 5–2.
• February 7 – 12: 2016 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship in Wrocław
  • Josh Boileau defeated Brandon Sargeant 6–1.
• February 12 – 21: 2016 EBSA European Snooker Championship in Wrocław
  • Jak Jones defeated Jamie Rhys Clarke 7–4.
• March 1 – 8: 2016 ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship in Colombo
  • Wang Yuchen defeated Ratchayothin Yotharuck 6–5.

Snowboarding

Softball

Softball World Cup and Championships

• July 5 – 10: 2016 World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City
  •  Japan defeated the  United States, 2–1, to win their third World Cup of Softball title.  Australia took the bronze medal.
• July 15 – 24: 2016 Women's Softball World Championship in Surrey, British Columbia^[190]
  • The  United States defeated  Japan, 7–3, to win their tenth Women's Softball World Championship title.
  •  Canada took the bronze medal.
• July 22 – 30: 2016 ISF Junior Men's World Championship in Midland, Michigan^[191]
  •  Japan defeated  New Zealand, 2–1, to win their second ISF Junior Men's World Championship title.  Canada took the bronze medal.

Little League Softball

• July 31 – August 6: 2016 Junior League Softball in Kirkland, Washington^[192][193]
  • ASOFEM LL (Team Latin America) defeated Hampton LL (Team Canada), 8–6, in the final.
• July 31 – August 7: 2016 Senior League Softball in Sussex County, Delaware^[194][195]
  • Cape Coral Softball LL (Team Southeast) defeated District 7 (Team Canada), 3–0, in the final.
• July 31 – August 7: 2016 Big League Softball in Sussex County^[196][197]
  • District 1 (Team Latin America) defeated District 5 (Team Southwest), 10–7, in the final.
• August 10 – 17: 2016 Little League Softball in Portland, Oregon^[198][199]
  • Greater Helotes LL (Team Southwest) defeated Rowan LL (Team Southeast), 5–1, in the final.

Speed skating

Squash

• January 2 – December 3: 2016 World Squash Federation Schedule^[200]

World squash championships

• April 23 – 30: 2015 Women's World Open Squash Championship in Kuala Lumpur^[201]
  • Nour El Sherbini defeated Laura Massaro 6–11, 4–11, 11–3, 11–5, 11–8, to win her first Women's World Open Squash Championship title.
• August 6 – 11: 2016 World Junior Squash Championships for Men and Women in Bielsko-Biała^[202]
  • Men: Eain Yow Ng defeated Saadeldin Abouaish, 11–3, 9–11, 11–7, 11–5, to win his first World Junior Squash Championships title.
  • Women: Nouran Gohar defeated fellow Egyptian, Rowan Reda Araby, 11–5, 11–6, 11–7, to win her second consecutive World Junior Squash Championships title.^[202]
• August 12 – 17: 2016 Men’s World Junior Team Squash Championship in Bielsko-Biała^[203]
  •  Pakistan defeated  Egypt, 2–1 in matches played, to win their fifth Men’s World Junior Team Squash Championship title.
• August 15 – 19: 2016 World International Doubles Squash Championships in Darwin, Northern Territory
  • Men's Doubles: Alan Clyne & Greg Lobban^[204]
  • Women's Doubles: Joelle King & Amanda Landers-Murphy^[205]
  • Mixed Doubles: Joelle King & Paul Coll^[206]
• September 5 – 11: 2016 World University Squash Championship in Kuala Lumpur
  • Men: Tsz Fung Yip^[207]
  • Women: Wee Wern Low^[207]
  • Team:  Malaysia^[208]
• September 24 – 30: 2016 World Masters Squash Championships in Johannesburg
  • For results, click here and go to Draws and Results tab.
• October 30 – November 6: 2016 Men's World Open Squash Championship in Cairo
  • Karim Abdel Gawad defeated fellow Egyptian, Ramy Ashour, 5–11, 11–6, 11–7, 2–1 (retired), to win his first Men's World Open Squash Championship title.
• November 27 – December 3: 2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Issy-les-Moulineaux
  •  Egypt defeated  England, 2–1 in matches played, to win their third Women's World Team Squash Championships title.

2015–16 PSA World Series

• October 10 – 17, 2015: 2015 U.S. Open in Philadelphia
  • Men: Grégory Gaultier defeated Omar Mosaad 11–6, 11–3, 11–5, to win his third U.S. Open title.
  • Women: Laura Massaro defeated Nour El Tayeb 11–6, 9–11, 6–11, 11–8, 11–7, to win her second U.S. Open title.
• October 31 – November 6, 2015: 2015 Qatar Classic in Doha
  • Men: Mohamed El Shorbagy defeated Grégory Gaultier 11–5, 11–7, 5–11, 12–10, to win his second Qatar Classic title.
  • Women: Laura Massaro defeated Nour El Sherbini 11–8, 12–14, 11–9, 8–11, 11–9, to win her first Qatar Classic title.
• December 1 – 6, 2015: 2015 Hong Kong Open
  • Men: Mohamed El Shorbagy defeated Cameron Pilley 11–8, 11–6, 11–8, to win his second consecutive Hong Kong Open title.
  • Women: Nicol David defeated Laura Massaro 15–13, 11–9, 11–3. to win her tenth consecutive Hong Kong Open title.
• January 7 – 14: 2016 Tournament of Champions in New York City
  • Men: Mohamed El Shorbagy defeated Nick Matthew 8–11, 11–6, 11–8, 6–11, 11–6, to win his second consecutive Tournament of Champions title.
  • Women: Nour El Sherbini defeated Amanda Sobhy 11–4, 9–11, 12–10, 11–8, to win her first Tournament of Champions title.
• February 25 – March 2: 2016 Metro Squash Windy City Open in Chicago
  • Men: Mohamed El Shorbagy defeated Nick Matthew by retirement. The score was 11–6, 11–3, and 1–0. Therefore, El Shorbagy won his first Windy City Open title.
  • Women: Raneem El Weleily defeated fellow Egyptian, Nour El Sherbini, 9–11, 11–6, 11–3, 11–6, to win her second consecutive Windy City Open title.
• March 21 – 27: 2016 British Open Squash Championships in Kingston upon Hull
  • Men: Mohamed El Shorbagy defeated fellow Egyptian, Ramy Ashour, 11–2, 11–5, 11–9, to win his second consecutive British Open Squash Championships title.
  • Women: Nour El Sherbini defeated fellow Egyptian, Nouran Gohar, 11–7, 9–11, 7–11, 11–6, 11–8, to win her first British Open Squash Championships title.
• April 24 – 29: 2016 El Gouna International 2016 in  Egypt
  • Mohamed El Shorbagy defeated Grégory Gaultier, 7–11, 9–11, 11–3, 11–9, 11–8, to win his first El Gouna International title.
• May 24 – 28: 2016 PSA World Series Finals in Dubai
  • Men: Grégory Gaultier defeated Cameron Pilley, 11–4, 11–5, 8–11, 11–6, to win his third PSA World Series Finals title.
  • Women: Laura Massaro defeated Raneem El Weleily, 9–11, 11–6, 5–11, 12–10, 11–5, to win her first PSA World Series Finals title.

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

• January 3 – November 27: 2016 ATP World Tour (Men)^[209]
• January 3 – November 20: 2016 WTA Tour (Women)^[210]

2016 Summer Olympics (ATP and WTA)

• August 6 – 14: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Tennis Centre
  • Men's Singles: 01 ! Andy Murray; 02 ! Juan Martín del Potro; 03 ! Kei Nishikori
  • Men's Doubles:
  • 01 !  Spain (Marc López & Rafael Nadal)
  • 02 !  Romania (Florin Mergea & Horia Tecău)
  • 03 !  United States (Steve Johnson & Jack Sock)
  • Women's Singles: 01 ! Monica Puig; 02 ! Angelique Kerber; 03 ! Petra Kvitová
  • Women's Doubles:
  • 01 !  Russia (Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina)
  • 02 !   Switzerland (Timea Bacsinszky & Martina Hingis)
  • 03 !  Czech Republic (Lucie Šafářová & Barbora Strýcová)
  • Mixed Doubles:
  • 01 !  United States (Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Jack Sock)
  • 02 !  United States (Venus Williams & Rajeev Ram)
  • 03 !  Czech Republic (Lucie Hradecká & Radek Štěpánek)

International tennis competitions

• January 3 – 9: 2016 Hopman Cup in Perth^[211]
  •  Australia defeated  Ukraine, 2–0 in matches played, to win their second Hopman Cup title.
• February 1 – November 13: 2016 Fed Cup^[212]
  • The  Czech Republic defeated  France, 3–2 in matches played, to win their third consecutive and tenth overall Fed Cup title.
• March 5 – November 28: 2016 Davis Cup^[213]
  •  Argentina defeated  Croatia, 3–2 in matches played, to win their first Davis Cup title.
• October 23 – 30: 2016 WTA Finals in  Singapore^[214]
  • Women's Singles: Dominika Cibulková
  • Women's Doubles: Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
• November 1 – 6: 2016 WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai^[215]
  • Women's Singles: Petra Kvitová
  • Women's Doubles: İpek Soylu / Xu Yifan
• November 13 – 20: 2016 ATP World Tour Finals in London^[216]
  • Men's Singles: Andy Murray
  • Men's Doubles: Henri Kontinen / John Peers

Grand Slam

• January 18 – 31: 2016 Australian Open in Melbourne^[217]
  • Men's Singles: Novak Djokovic
  • Men's Doubles: Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares
  • Women's Singles: Angelique Kerber
  • Women's Doubles: Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
• May 16 – June 5: 2016 French Open in Paris^[218]
  • Men's Singles: Novak Djokovic
  • Men's Doubles: Feliciano López / Marc López
  • Women's Singles: Garbiñe Muguruza
  • Women's Doubles: Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic
• June 27 – July 10: 2016 Wimbledon Championships in London^[219]
  • Men's Singles: Andy Murray
  • Men's Doubles: Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut
  • Women's Singles: Serena Williams
  • Women's Doubles: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
• August 29 – September 11: 2016 US Open in New York City^[220]
  • Men's Singles: Stan Wawrinka
  • Men's Doubles: Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares
  • Women's Singles: Angelique Kerber
  • Women's Doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

• March 7 – 20: 2016 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California^[221]
  • Men's Singles: Novak Djokovic
  • Men's Doubles: Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut
• March 21 – April 3: 2016 Miami Open in the  United States^[222]
  • Men's Singles: Novak Djokovic
  • Men's Doubles: Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut
• April 9 – 17: 2016 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin^[223]
  • Men's Singles: Rafael Nadal
  • Men's Doubles: Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut
• May 1 – 8: 2016 Mutua Madrid Open in  Spain^[224]
  • Men's Singles: Novak Djokovic
  • Men's Doubles: Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău
• May 8 – 15: 2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome^[225]
  • Men's Singles: Andy Murray
  • Men's Doubles: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
• July 23 – 31: 2016 Rogers Cup in Toronto^[226]
  • Men's Singles: Novak Djokovic
  • Men's Doubles: Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo
• August 13 – 21: 2016 Western & Southern Open in Mason, Ohio^[227]
  • Men's Singles: Marin Čilić
  • Men's Doubles: Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo
• October 8 – 16: 2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters in  China^[228]
  • Men's Singles: Andy Murray
  • Men's Doubles: John Isner / Jack Sock
• October 29 – November 6: 2016 BNP Paribas Masters in Paris (final)^[229]
  • Men's Singles: Andy Murray
  • Men's Doubles: Henri Kontinen / John Peers

ATP World Tour 500 series

• February 8 – 14: 2016 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam^[230]
  • Men's Singles: Martin Kližan
  • Men's Doubles: Nicolas Mahut / Vasek Pospisil
• February 15 – 21: 2016 Rio Open in Rio de Janeiro^[231]
  • Men's Singles: Pablo Cuevas
  • Men's Doubles: Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah
• February 22 – 28: 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships in the  United Arab Emirates^[232]
  • Men's Singles: Stan Wawrinka
  • Men's Doubles: Simone Bolelli / Andreas Seppi
• February 22 – 28: 2016 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco^[233]
  • Men's Singles: Dominic Thiem
  • Men's Doubles: Treat Huey / Max Mirnyi
• April 16 – 24: 2016 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell in  Spain^[234]
  • Men's Singles: Rafael Nadal
  • Men's Doubles: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
• June 11 – 19: 2016 Gerry Weber Open in Halle^[235]
  • Men's Singles: Florian Mayer
  • Men's Doubles: Raven Klaasen / Rajeev Ram
• June 13 – 19: 2016 Aegon Championships in London^[236]
  • Men's Singles: Andy Murray
  • Men's Doubles: Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut
• July 9 – 17: 2016 German Open in Hamburg^[237]
  • Men's Singles: Martin Kližan
  • Men's Doubles: Henri Kontinen / John Peers
• July 16 – 24: 2016 Citi Open in Washington, D.C.^[238]
  • Men's Singles: Gaël Monfils
  • Men's Doubles: Daniel Nestor / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
• October 3 – 9: 2016 China Open in Beijing^[239]
  • Men's Singles: Andy Murray
  • Men's Doubles: Pablo Carreño Busta / Rafael Nadal
• October 3 – 9: 2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo^[240]
  • Men's Singles: Nick Kyrgios
  • Men's Doubles: Marcel Granollers / Marcin Matkowski
• October 22 – 30: 2016 Erste Bank Open in Vienna^[241]
  • Men's Singles: Andy Murray
  • Men's Doubles: Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo
• October 22 – 30: 2016 Swiss Indoors in Basel (final)^[242]
  • Men's Singles: Marin Čilić
  • Men's Doubles: Marcel Granollers / Jack Sock

WTA Premier tournaments

• January 3 – October 22: 2016 WTA Premier tournaments Events

Premier Mandatory

• March 9 – 20: 2016 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California^[221]
  • Women's Singles: Victoria Azarenka
  • Women's Doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Coco Vandeweghe
• March 22 – April 3: 2016 Miami Open in the  United States^[222]
  • Women's Singles: Victoria Azarenka
  • Women's Doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová
• April 30 – May 7: 2016 Mutua Madrid Open in  Spain^[224]
  • Women's Singles: Simona Halep
  • Women's Doubles: Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic
• October 3 – 9: 2016 China Open in Beijing (final)^[239]
  • Women's Singles: Agnieszka Radwańska
  • Women's Doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová

Premier 5

• February 19 – 27: 2016 Qatar Total Open in Doha^[243]
  • Women's Singles: Carla Suárez Navarro
  • Women's Doubles: Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan
• May 9 – 15: 2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome^[225]
  • Women's Singles: Serena Williams
  • Women's Doubles: Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
• July 22 – 31: 2016 Rogers Cup in Montreal^[244]
  • Women's Singles: Simona Halep
  • Women's Doubles: Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
• August 15 – 21: 2016 Western & Southern Open in Mason, Ohio^[227]
  • Women's Singles: Karolína Plíšková
  • Women's Doubles: Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová
• September 25 – October 1: 2016 Wuhan Open in  China (final)
  • Women's Singles: Petra Kvitová
  • Women's Doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová

Premier

• January 3 – 9: 2016 Brisbane International in  Australia^[245]
  • Women's Singles: Victoria Azarenka
  • Women's Doubles: Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
• January 10 – 15: 2016 Apia International Sydney in  Australia^[246]
  • Women's Singles: Svetlana Kuznetsova
  • Women's Doubles: Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
• February 8 – 14: 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy in  Russia^[247]
  • Women's Singles: Roberta Vinci
  • Women's Doubles: Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
• February 15 – 20: 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships in the  United Arab Emirates^[232]
  • Women's Singles: Sara Errani
  • Women's Doubles: Chuang Chia-jung / Darija Jurak
• April 2 – 10: 2016 Volvo Car Open in Charleston, South Carolina (formerly known as the Family Circle Cup)^[248]
  • Women's Singles: Sloane Stephens
  • Women's Doubles: Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic
• April 16 – 24: 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart^[249]
  • Women's Singles: Angelique Kerber
  • Women's Doubles: Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic
• June 11 – 19: 2016 Aegon Classic in Birmingham^[250]
  • Women's Singles: Madison Keys
  • Women's Doubles: Karolína Plíšková / Barbora Strýcová
• June 18 – 25: 2016 Aegon International in Eastbourne^[251]
  • Women's Singles: Dominika Cibulková
  • Women's Doubles: Darija Jurak / Anastasia Rodionova
• July 18 – 24: 2016 Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California^[252]
  • Women's Singles: Johanna Konta
  • Women's Doubles: Raquel Atawo / Abigail Spears
• August 19 – 27: 2016 Connecticut Open in New Haven, Connecticut^[253]
  • Women's Singles: Agnieszka Radwańska
  • Women's Doubles: Sania Mirza / Monica Niculescu
• September 19 – 25: 2016 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo^[254]
  • Women's Singles: Caroline Wozniacki
  • Women's Doubles: Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová
• October 17 – 22: 2016 Kremlin Cup in Moscow (final)^[255]
  • Women's Singles: Svetlana Kuznetsova
  • Women's Doubles: Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká

Non ATP or WTA Championships

• December 31, 2015 – January 2, 2016: 2016 Mubadala World Tennis Championship in  United Arab Emirates
  • In the final Rafael Nadal def. Milos Raonic 7–6, 6–3.

Track cycling

Trial cycling

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water polo

Weightlifting

• January 29 – December 17: 2016 IWF Calendar of Events^[256]

2016 Summer Olympics (IWF)

• March 18 – 20: 2016 IWF Grand Prix #1 (Russian Federation President's Cup) and Olympic Qualification Event in Kazan^[257]
  • Men's 94 kg winner: Adam Maligov
  • Men's 105 kg winner: Jaroslaw Pawel Samoraj
  • Men's +105 kg winner: Ruben Aleksanyan
  • Women's 75 kg winner: Johanie Filiatreault
  • Women's +75 kg winner: Hripsime Khurshudyan
• April 7 – 10: Aquece Rio Weightlifting 2016 (South American Weightlifting Championship) in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)^[258]
  •  Colombia won the gold medal tally. Colombia and  Brazil won 10 overall medals each.
• May 30 – June 3: 2016 IWF Grand Prix #2 (International Fajr Cup) and Olympic Qualification Event in Tehran (debut event)^[259]
  • Men's 85 kg winner: Kianoush Rostami
  • Men's 94 kg winner: Sohrab Moradi
  • Men's 105 kg winner: Mohammad Reza Barari
  • Men's +105 kg winner: Behdad Salimikordasiabi
• August 6 – 16: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Riocentro
  • Men
  • Men's 56 kg: 01 ! Long Qingquan (WR & OR); 02 ! Om Yun-chol; 03 ! Sinphet Kruaithong
  • Men's 62 kg: 01 ! Óscar Figueroa; 02 ! Eko Yuli Irawan; 03 ! Farkhad Kharki
  • Men's 69 kg: 01 ! Shi Zhiyong; 02 ! Daniyar Ismayilov; 03 ! Luis Javier Mosquera
    • Note: Izzat Artykov was disqualified from the 69 kg event, due to doping.^[260]
  • Men's 77 kg: 01 ! Nijat Rahimov (WR); 02 ! Lü Xiaojun; 03 ! Mohamed Ihab
  • Men's 85 kg: 01 ! Kianoush Rostami (WR); 02 ! Tian Tao; 03 ! Gabriel Sîncrăian
  • Men's 94 kg: 01 ! Sohrab Moradi; 02 ! Vadzim Straltsou; 03 ! Aurimas Didžbalis
  • Men's 105 kg: 01 ! Ruslan Nurudinov (OR); 02 ! Simon Martirosyan; 03 ! Aleksandr Zaychikov
  • Men's +105 kg: 01 ! Lasha Talakhadze (WR & OR); 02 ! Gor Minasyan; 03 ! Irakli Turmanidze
  • Women
  • Women's 48 kg: 01 ! Sopita Tanasan; 02 ! Sri Wahyuni Agustiani; 03 ! Hiromi Miyake
  • Women's 53 kg: 01 ! Hsu Shu-ching; 02 ! Hidilyn Diaz; 03 ! Yoon Jin-hee
  • Women's 58 kg: 01 ! Sukanya Srisurat (OR); 02 ! Pimsiri Sirikaew; 03 ! Kuo Hsing-chun
  • Women's 63 kg: 01 ! Deng Wei (WR & OR); 02 ! Choe Hyo-sim; 03 ! Karina Goricheva
  • Women's 69 kg: 01 ! Xiang Yanmei; 02 ! Zhazira Zhapparkul; 03 ! Sara Ahmed
  • Women's 75 kg: 01 ! Rim Jong-sim; 02 ! Darya Naumava; 03 ! Lidia Valentín
  • Women's +75 kg: 01 ! Meng Suping; 02 ! Kim Kuk-hyang; 03 ! Sarah Robles

International weightlifting championships

• April 8 – 16: 2016 European Weightlifting Championships in Førde^[261][262]
  •  Armenia and  Turkey won 3 gold medals each.  Romania won the overall medal tally.
• April 22 – 30: 2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent^[263]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• April 23 – 30: 2016 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships in San Salvador^[264]
  •  Colombia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• May 7 – 13: 2016 African Weightlifting Championships in Yaoundé^[265]
  •  Nigeria and  Tunisia won 4 gold medals each. Tunisia won the overall medal tally.
• May 23 – 28: 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships in Suva^[266]
  •  Australia and  Fiji won 3 gold medals each. Australia won the overall medal tally.
• June 4 – 11: 2016 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in Cartagena, Colombia^[267]
  •  Colombia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• June 24 – July 2: 2016 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tbilisi^[268]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• September 10 – 17: 2016 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Nowy Tomyśl
  •  Armenia,  Bulgaria,  Romania, and  Ukraine won 2 gold medals each.  Russia won the overall medal tally.
• October 20 – 25: 2016 IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Penang^[269]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• October 25 – 29: 2016 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Penang^[270]
  •  India won the gold medal tally.  Malaysia won the overall medal tally.
• November 8 – 16: 2016 Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships in Tokyo^[271][272]
  • Junior:  Thailand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • Youth:  Iran won the gold medal tally. Iran,  India, and  Chinese Taipei won 7 overall medals each.
• November 13 – 17: 2016 FISU World University Weightlifting Championships in Mérida, Yucatán^[273]
  •  China won the gold medal tally.  Mexico and  Chinese Taipei won 8 overall medals each.
• December 2 – 10: 2016 European Junior Weightlifting Championships in Eilat^[274]
  •  Ukraine won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• December 8 – 15: 2016 African Junior and Youth Weightlifting Championships in Cairo^[275][276]
  • Junior:  Egypt won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • Youth:  Egypt won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

2016 IPC Powerlifting World Cup

• January 21 – 23: PWC #1 in Rio de Janeiro (Paralympic Test Event)^[277]
  •  Brazil won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• February 15 – 19: PWC #2 in Dubai^[278]
  •  Egypt won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• February 24 – 28: PWC #3 (final) in Kuala Lumpur
  • For Day 1 results, click here.
  • For Day 2 results, click here.
  • For Day 3 results, click here.
  • For Day 4 results, click here.
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Wrestling

Deaths

References