2016 Campeón de Campeones
The 2016 Campeón de Campeones was a Mexican football match played on 10 July 2016 between the champions of the 2015–16 Liga MX season Apertura and Clausura champions, UANL (Apertura 2015 champions) and Pachuca (Clausura 2016 champions). Like the 2015 edition, the 2016 Campeón de Campeones consisted of one match at a neutral venue in the United States. The match took place at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.


2016 Campeón de Campeones
The 2016 Campeón de Campeones was part of a doubleheader, which also included the 2016 Supercopa MX, organized by Univision Deportes, Soccer United Marketing (SUM), and Liga MX.


2016 Campeón de Campeones, Match details
Assistant referees: Joshua Haimes (United States) Brandon Major (United States)Fourth official: Denis Vargas (United States)


2016 Can-Am 500
The 2016 Can-Am 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on November 13, 2016, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 324 laps - extended from 312 laps due to an overtime finish, on the one mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the 35th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, ninth race of the Chase and final race of the Round of 8.


2016 Can-Am 500, Report, Background
Phoenix International Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.


2016 Can-Am 500, Report, Background
The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.


2016 Can-Am 500, Report, Background
Phoenix International Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop in the western United States, as well as the fourth and penultimate track on the schedule.


2016 Can-Am 500, First practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 25.802 and a speed of 139.524 mph (224.542 km/h). Martin Truex Jr. went to a backup car after wrecking his primary in the closing second of the session.


2016 Can-Am 500, Qualifying
Alex Bowman scored the pole for the race with a time of 25.619 and a speed of 140.521 mph (226.147 km/h). He said afterwards that earning it was "amazing. We weren’t really that strong in qualifying trim in practice. I don’t really know where that came from, but I just can’t thank everybody at Hendrick Motorsports enough. To do this in Phoenix, so close to home, means so much to me. We have had such fast racecars we haven’t had an ounce of luck, but to get a pole here means a lot.”


2016 Can-Am 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Martin Truex, Jr. was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 26.573 and a speed of 135.476 mph (218.027 km/h).


2016 Can-Am 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.401 and a speed of 136.358 mph (219.447 km/h).


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, First half
Alex Bowman led the field to the green flag at 2:48 p.m. Kyle Larson brought out the first caution of the race on the first lap after he got loose and spun out in turn 4.


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 6. During the run, pre-race favorite Kevin Harvick slid back through the field reporting that his car started loose, then started "plowing through the center." Martin Truex Jr., who started 40th, broke into the top-10 on lap 63. A number of cars started pitting under green on lap 79. Trying to get on pit road, Ryan Newman locked up his brakes, spun out and slammed into the rear-end of Larson's car, bringing out the second caution on lap 82. Truex, who was leading the race when the caution flew, was held a lap on pit road for "pulling up to pit." This gave the lead back to Bowman.


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 91. Joey Logano drove to the outside of Bowman going into turn 1 to take the lead on lap 93. Bowman tried to dive to the inside of Logano going into turn 3 on lap 118, but it cost him second to teammate Jimmie Johnson, who proceeded to pass Logano on the backstretch to take the lead on lap 120. Debris on the fronstretch brought out the third caution on lap 132. Logano exited pit road first. Johnson was held a lap on pit road for "pulling up to pit."


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, First half
Following the race, Johnson said that "guys have been pulling up like that all weekend to go to pit lane. In 15 years that has never been a concern, and I was always told that the last thing NASCAR wanted to do would be to penalize the leader, and as you pull off onto the apron, you accelerate to the commitment line.


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, First half
If you are held by the pace car, you’re at a disadvantage as the leader and it allows everybody to catch you and catch up, so even in drivers’ meetings they’ve said, we know you’re going to pass the pace car; it’s okay. The majority of the tracks we go to, you naturally just gradually pull ahead of the pace car coming to pit lane. I mean, this happens all the time. I am still baffled, and I don’t know if I will stop being baffled, but all I can say is if they called me on it and they continue to call everybody else on it every week, then shame on me.’’


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 140. Bowman pulled up to and passed Logano on the backstretch to retake the lead on lap 158. Debris in turn 1 brought out the fourth caution on lap 210.


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 218 and Bowman only made it to turn 2 before caution flew for the fifth time when Austin Dillon backed into Greg Biffle and Johnson, and got turned sideways in turn 1.


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 84 laps to go. The sixth caution flew with 56 to go for a two-car wreck involving Truex and Newman. Truex went on to finish 40th. Denny Hamlin opted not to pit and assumed the lead. Biffle was sent to the tail end of the field on the restart for speeding on pit road.


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 51 to go. Matt Kenseth overtook Hamlin with ease and assumed the lead with 50 to go. Debris in turn 3 brought out the seventh caution with 46 to go.


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 43 to go. Bowman demonstrated his car was the fastest in the run to the finish as he worked his way through the top-five to take second with under 20 to go. But the gap from second to Kenseth in the lead was almost four seconds and not closing fast enough. The dynamic of the race changed when Michael McDowell suffered a tire blowout, slammed the wall in turn 3 and brought out the eighth caution with two laps remaining, forcing overtime.


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, Overtime, First attempt
On the first overtime attempt with two laps to go, Kyle Busch tried for the inside of Bowman going into the first turn, but Bowman went down to block him and got sideways. This put him at an awkward angle going into the turn and resulted in him inadvertently "punting" Kenseth out of the groove and into the wall, bringing out the ninth caution. “Is there anything I can do or say right now to make it better?” Kenseth asked after the race.


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, Overtime, First attempt
“The only thing I can do or say right now is make things worse, so really I’m just trying not to do that.” He added that feeling disappointment "would put it lightly. It finished our season. Five minutes before that, it looked like we were going to have a chance to go race for a championship." Busch took the blame for what happened afterwards saying "I guess I wrecked a teammate. I feel horrible about it ... Right now, it feels really (expletive), but tomorrow it might feel a lot better. ...


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, Overtime, First attempt
The 20 should have been the Gibbs car to (advance)." Logano after the race said he "saw Kyle getting a run on him and I was like, 'Oh, boy! I knew Kyle was going to go three wide, and he has to. He's racing for a championship. That's the desperation that sets in." He was also scored as the race leader.


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, Overtime, Second attempt
On the second attempt with two to go, the field made it past the overtime line on the backstretch, making it an official attempt, and Logano drove on to score the victory.


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Logano said in victory lane that his win "feels so good. I've never felt this good about a win before. There was so much on the line and everyone brings their A-game when it comes to winning championships and this team did it. Man, this feels so good. I had a good restart there at the end and holding off Kyle to try to get this thing into Miami. We're racing for a championship now. We did exactly what we had to do. We've got to go to Homestead and do the same thing.”


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Harvick, who failed to make the Championship 4 for the first time with a fourth-place finish, said he "just started way too far off on Friday. We never got a handle on the racecar. They made it a ton better in the race and we were in contention there at the end and just came up short. Just really proud of everybody for the effort that they put in. It was a very challenging Chase for us for all the mechanical failures and situations that we had going on. We kept rebounding and winning races and today we were a lap down and came back to have a chance at the end. That says a lot about the character of our race team and we just came up short this year.”


2016 Can-Am 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Bowman, who led a race high of 194 laps and earned a career-best sixth-place finish, said on the "last couple of restarts, I just didn't do a very good job. We should have been leading that last restart to begin with. That part of it is unfortunate, what happened with (Kenseth). I hate taking somebody out of the Chase like that. It ruined our day, too. There's s no way we should have finished sixth. That's the worst we were all day. It's just frustrating.’’


2016 Can-Am 500, Media, Television
NBC covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, two–time Phoenix winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast handled pit road on the television side.


2016 Can-Am 500, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2016 Can-Am Duels
The 2016 Can-Am Duels were a pair of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car races held on February 18, 2016, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Both contested over 60 laps, they were the qualifying races for the 2016 Daytona 500. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the first Duel race and Kyle Busch won the second Duel race.


2016 Can-Am Duels, Report, Background
Daytona International Speedway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.


2016 Can-Am Duels, Practice, First practice (February 13)
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 46.364 and a speed of 194.116 mph (312.399 km/h).


2016 Can-Am Duels, Practice, Second practice (February 13)
Joey Logano was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 45.934 and a speed of 195.933 mph (315.324 km/h).


2016 Can-Am Duels, Pole qualifying
Qualifying for the Daytona 500 is different from any other race weekend because the starting lineup for the race – except for the two drivers that post the two fastest timed laps in the final round of qualifying – isn't set on qualifying day. It sets the lineup for the two duel races the following Thursday.


2016 Can-Am Duels, Pole qualifying
Unlike qualifying at non-restrictor plate races, qualifying at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway consists of two rounds of cars being sent out one at a time to make a single timed lap. The fastest 12 advance to the final round to run for the pole position.


2016 Can-Am Duels, Pole qualifying
Chase Elliott scored the pole for the race with a time of 45.845 and a speed of 196.314 mph (315.937 km/h). He said that today was "a very, very cool day. I don’t know that this opportunity has sunk in yet, much less sitting on the pole for the Daytona 500. I think the big thing is just the team and the Daytona 500 qualifying is about the team guys and the effort they put into these cars and it’s nothing special I did, it’s really what kind of work they did this off-season to make it happen."


2016 Can-Am Duels, Pole qualifying
After qualifying seventh and being all but guaranteed into the Daytona 500 based on speed, Ryan Blaney said that he "wasn't really too nervous going into today. I knew we had a really fast race car. We just had to do our job and we did it and we just had to lock ourselves in. I really wasn't feeling any different than I do any other day."


2016 Can-Am Duels, Pole qualifying
Likewise, Matt DiBenedetto – who is also all but guaranteed in on his speed after qualifying 24th – said that he could "sleep well, finally. I was really nervous all night. This is just a testament to the hard work from the guys on my team. Two-hundredths of a second. I'm really thankful, thankful to be racing in my first Daytona 500, most importantly. I'm really thankful and blessed to be here.”


2016 Can-Am Duels, Pole qualifying
Martin Truex, Jr was unable to post a time over a roof flap issue. The Stewart Haas Racing cars of Kevin Harvick and Brian Vickers had their times disqualified after their track bars failed inspection.


2016 Can-Am Duels, Practice (post-qualifying), Third practice (February 17)
Michael McDowell was the fastest in the third practice session with a time of 44.961 and a speed of 200.173 mph (322.147 km/h).


2016 Can-Am Duels, Practice (post-qualifying), Fourth practice (February 17)
Brian Scott was the fastest in the fourth practice session with a time of 45.045 and a speed of 199.800 mph (321.547 km/h). Kyle Larson and Michael Waltrip will start from the rear of the field in their respective Duel races after being involved in a four-car crash in turn 1.


2016 Can-Am Duels, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice (February 18)
Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 46.619 and a speed of 193.054 mph (310.690 km/h).


2016 Can-Am Duels, Races, Race 1, First half
Under clear night Florida skies, Chase Elliott led the field to the green flag at 7:21 p.m. He drafted ahead of teammate Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to lead the first lap. After stalling out heading to the line, Earnhardt took the lead on lap 3. He spent the next few laps holding the reigns of the field controlling the top and bottom lanes. Eventually the field formed a single-file line and rode around the top lane of the track.


2016 Can-Am Duels, Races, Race 1, First half
Brad Keselowski made a few attempts to pass him, but Earnhardt continued to control the track to the point he settled back behind. By lap 27, the single-file train broke up and two lines formed amongst the front pack. A number of cars hit pit road to kick off a cycle of green flag stops on lap 40. Earnhardt hit pit road on lap 41 and teammate Kasey Kahne assumed the lead. He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled to Denny Hamlin.


2016 Can-Am Duels, Races, Race 1, Second half
The first caution of the race flew on lap 43 for a single-car spin in turn 1. Going for the pass on Michael McDowell, Cole Whitt got turned and sent spinning by Regan Smith. He retired from the race and would go on to miss the Daytona 500.


2016 Can-Am Duels, Races, Race 1, Second half
The race restarted with 13 laps to go. Hamlin got a jump on Earnhardt and pulled to the front with ease. Earnhardt worked his way back to the front and drove underneath Hamlin to retake the lead with five laps to go. As Brian Scott got turned and slammed the inside wall exiting turn 4, Earnhardt took the checkered flag. McDowell raced his way in as the fastest of the non-charter cars while Cole Whitt and Josh Wise did not qualify.


2016 Can-Am Duels, Races, Race 2, First half
Matt Kenseth led the field to the green flag at 9:02 p.m. He pulled ahead of teammate Kyle Busch to lead the first lap. Unlike the first Duel race, the bottom line disappeared and the field formed a single-file train by the fifth lap. After Ryan Newman led the second pack of cars back up to the lead 11 cars, Martin Truex, Jr. jumped in front of him and reformed the bottom line. However, the line lost momentum and merged with the top line.


2016 Can-Am Duels, Races, Race 2, First half
Running with debris on his grille, Kenseth let Busch go by him in turn 1 to get it off and Busch took over the lead on lap 25. Kyle Busch hit pit road on lap 39 and handed the lead to Aric Almirola. He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled back to Busch.


2016 Can-Am Duels, Races, Race 2, Second half
With six laps to go, Jimmie Johnson broke out of line and caused the single-file line to form multiple lines before reforming into a single line. Eventually, Kenseth tried to break the line up again, but the field remained in place. With two laps to go, Casey Mears ran out of gas, nearly caused a wreck amongst the leaders and broke up the single-file train. The final lap saw a multi-car wreck in turn 1 that ended the race and gave the win to Busch. Robert Richardson, Jr. raced his way in, while David Gilliland and Reed Sorenson failed to qualify.


2016 Can-Am League season
The 2016 Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball season began May 19 and ended September 5. Following the regular season, the playoffs were held. It was the 12th season of operation for this professional independent baseball league. The Ottawa Champions won their first ever title in just their second season, defeating the Rockland Boulders in the fifth and deciding game of the league championships, played on September 17.


2016 Can-Am League season
The season was particularly notable for the tour of the Cuban national team, the first Cuban-based squad since 1960 to play a professional team in a United States minor or independent league stadium during the regular season. The Cubans stated that they were able to include about half their top national players in the team.


2016 Can-Am League season, Season summary
On August 21, Ottawa Champions outfielder Sebastien Boucher set a league record for career hits with 752 in a game against the Trois-Rivières Aigles.


2016 Can-Am League season, Season summary
Tragedy struck the league on September 4, when the co-owner of the Québec Capitales, Roberto Bissonnette was killed in a helicopter crash in Flatlands, New Brunswick, along with the pilot. Team president Michel Laplant was also in the helicopter, but only suffered from non-life-threatening injuries.


2016 Can-Am League season, Season summary
On September 5, former Cy Young Award winning pitcher Éric Gagné pitched for the Ottawa Champions, attracting nearly 8,000 fans. The Champions made it to the league finals in only their second season as a franchise.


2016 Can-Am League season, Season summary, Tour of Cuban national team
The Cuba national baseball team played 20 regular season games as part of the league schedule, though they were ineligible for the playoffs. It was billed as a "goodwill tour" following the opening up of Cuba–United States relations in 2015. This team included Luis Robert, who would later sign with the Chicago White Sox for a contract worth over $50 million, including a $26 million signing bonus, on May 27, 2017.


2016 Can-Am League season, Season summary, Tour of Cuban national team
Major league scouts were also interested in Julio Pablo Martinez, who in May 2017 signed to play in the Can-Am League with the Quebec Capitales, along with several other Cuban players. The Cuban team finished with an 11–9 record, including eight of their last ten, and will return in June 2017 to challenge the Ottawa Champions, winners of the 2016 season.


2016 Can-Am League season, Season summary, Tour of Cuban national team
Lazaro Ramirez, a 24-year-old outfielder, defected during the team's series against the Sussex County Miners.


2016 Can-Am League season, Season summary, Shikoku Island League all-star team
After finishing with a 6-10 record in exhibition games during the 2015 Can-Am League season, the all-star team from the Shikoku Island League Plus returned for the 2016 season. Unlike the 2015 tour, the 2016 games were part of the regular season, counting in statistics and standings, as did the games involving the Cuban national team. The Japanese players brought a Japanese custom with them by exchanging gifts with the local teams prior to each series. The Shikoku Island League team finished with a record of 8-12. Many of the games were very close and competitive, with six going to extra innings.


2016 Can-Am League season, Season summary, Shikoku Island League all-star team
Finally, the Shikoku Island team played the Cuban national team in an exhibition match at Stade Stereo+ in Trois-Rivières, Quebec on July 2, 2016. Despite a three-run eighth inning by Shikoku Island bringing them within one run, the Cubans got the win.


2016 Can-Am League season, Playoffs, Championship Finals, Rockland vs. Ottawa
The road team won every game of the 5 game series, which saw the Ottawa Champions come back from being down two games to none to win three straight games for the championship.


2016 Canad Inns Women's Classic
The 2016 Canad Inns Women's Classic was held from October 21 to 24 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple-knockout format with a purse of $60,000.


2016 Canad Inns Women's Classic
In the final, Team Rachel Homan of Ottawa, Ontario topped Team Chiaki Matsumura of Japan 9–4 in six ends. Homan lost their first game of the event to China's Mei Jie before winning their next eight games to claim the championship.


2016 Canada Cup of Curling
The 2016 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling was held from November 30 to December 4 at Westman Communications Group Place in Brandon, Manitoba.


2016 Canada Cup of Curling
Reid Carruthers and his rink from Manitoba won the men's tournament, qualifying his team for the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. Jennifer Jones, also from Manitoba and her team won the women's event, but had already previously qualified for the Olympic Trials.


2016 Canada Open Grand Prix
The 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix, parallel with the 2016 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold, is the eighth/ninth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament was held at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on 28 June – 3 July 2016 and has a total purse of $55,000.


2016 Canada Sevens
The 2016 Canada Sevens is the first edition of the Canada Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 12–13 March 2016 at BC Place in Vancouver, BC.


2016 Canada Sevens, Format
Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays each of the other teams their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Bowl/Shield brackets.


2016 Canada Women's Sevens
The 2016 Canada Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 16–17 April 2016 at Westhills Stadium in Langford, Victoria, British Columbia.


2016 Canada Women's Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams will also compete in the Cup/Plate. The rest of the teams from each group went to the Bowl brackets.


2016 Canadian Championship
The 2016 Canadian Championship (officially the Amway Canadian Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was the ninth edition of the annual Canadian Championship, and took place in the cities of Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver in 2016. The participating teams were Ottawa Fury FC and FC Edmonton of the second-division North American Soccer League, and the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer, the first-level of Canadian club soccer. The Vancouver Whitecaps were the reigning champions; having won their first title in the 2015 competition.


2016 Canadian Championship
The winner, Toronto FC, was awarded the Voyageurs Cup and was supposed to become Canada's sole entry into the Group Stage of the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League. However, due to that tournament's restructuring, it was later announced that the Canadian representative at the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League would be determined by a playoff match between Toronto FC and the 2017 Canadian Championship winner. Toronto FC went on to win the 2017 edition, however, and qualified without the need for a playoff.


2016 Canadian Championship, Tournament bracket
The three Major League Soccer and two NASL Canadian clubs are seeded according to their final position in 2015 league play, with both NASL clubs playing in the preliminary round, the winner of which advances to the semifinals.


2016 Canadian Championship, Tournament bracket
All rounds of the competition are played via a two-leg home-and-away knock-out format. The higher seeded team had the option of deciding which leg it played at home. The team that scores the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches advances. Toronto FC, was declared champion and earns the right to play in the CONCACAF Champions League playoff match.


2016 Canadian Championship, Tournament bracket
Each series was a two-game aggregate goal series with the away goals rule.


2016 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship
The 2016 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship were held from February 10 to 14 at the Nelson Curling Club in Nelson, British Columbia. The winning Jim Cotter rink represented British Columbia at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa.


2016 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship, Qualification process
Sixteen teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:


2016 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship, Teams
*Regular skip Tyler Tardi could not play due to his participation at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. Records indicate they only had a three player team.


2016 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
The 2016 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships were held January 18–24, 2016 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Organized by Skate Canada and sponsored by Canadian Tire, the event determined the national champions of Canada. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior, junior, and novice levels. Although the official International Skating Union terminology for female skaters in the singles category is ladies, Skate Canada uses women officially. The results of this competition were among the selection criteria for the 2016 World Championships, 2016 Four Continents Championships, and the 2016 World Junior Championships.


2016 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
Halifax was named as the host in May 2015. Competitors qualified at the Skate Canada Challenge, held in December 2015, or earned a bye.


2016 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Championships
The team for the 2016 World Championships was announced on January 24, 2016. On March 11, 2016, it was announced that Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau and Liam Firus withdrew and were to be replaced by Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro and Nam Nguyen.


2016 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Four Continents Championships
The team for the 2016 Four Continents Championships was announced on January 24, 2016.


2016 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Junior Championships
The team for the 2016 World Junior Championships was announced on January 24, 2016.


2016 Canadian Grand Prix
The 2016 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2016) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 12 June 2016 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The race was the seventh round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the fifty-third running of the Canadian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series' inception in 1950. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton.


2016 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Daniil Kvyat and Marcus Ericsson both took three-place grid penalties for causing avoidable accidents during the previous race in Monaco. After heavily damaging his car in an accident during the Monaco Grand Prix, Renault prepared a brand new Renault R.S.16 chassis for Jolyon Palmer for the race.


2016 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Tyre supplier Pirelli made the soft, supersoft and ultrasoft tyres available to teams for the race. Renault and Haas chose radical tyre allocation strategies, with both teams avoiding the supersoft compound entirely.


2016 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race report
At the start Sebastian Vettel made a fast start to lead into the first corner ahead of the two Mercedes who touched slightly forcing Nico Rosberg off the track and Lewis Hamilton continued in 2nd place. However the race changed when a virtual safety car was deployed to remove Jenson Button's McLaren which had had an engine failure. Vettel pitted and lost out to Hamilton, Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene admitted later that the decision was "wrong". Hamilton won the race ahead of Vettel with Valtteri Bottas in the Williams claiming the final podium spot, Championship leader Rosberg could only manage 5th after suffering from a slow puncture and being forced to make an extra stop.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The 2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held from January 23 to 31 at the Stratford Rotary Complex. The winners represented Canada at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Newfoundland and Labrador
The Junior Provincials were held January 6–10 at the Re/Max CC in St. John's (women's) and January 3–6 at the Corner Brook Curling Club in Corner Brook (men's). Junior Women's was a double round robin between the three teams qualified; Junior Men's was a single round robin. For the playoffs, the Junior Men's division had the top three teams advancing to the playoffs. The Junior Women's division had the top two teams advancing to the playoffs. If a team goes undefeated in the round robin, they must be beaten twice in the playoffs.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Nova Scotia
The Mackie's NS Junior Provincials were held December 27–31 at the Lakeshore Curling Club in Sackville. The event is a modified triple knock-out qualifying three teams in a modified playoff.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Prince Edward Island
The Pepsi PEI Provincial Junior Curling Championships were held December 27–30 at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Prince Edward Island
The juniors will play a modified triple-knockout format, which will qualify three teams for a championship round.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, New Brunswick
The O'Leary Junior Provincial Championships are being held December 28–31 at the Riverside Country Club in Rothesay. The event is a modified triple knockout, qualifying three teams in a modified playoff.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Quebec
The Championnat Provincial Junior Brosse Performance are being held from January 4–8 at the Club de curling Montréal Ouest in Montréal.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario
The Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships were held January 6–10 at the Mississaugua Golf & Country Club in Mississauga.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Northern Ontario
The Junior Provincial Championships are being held January 2–5 at the  (Men's) and  (Women's).


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Manitoba
The Canola Junior Provincial Championships are being held January 6–11 at the Riverdale Community Centre in Rivers


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Saskatchewan
The Junior Provincial Championships are being held January 2–6 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Alberta
The Subway Junior Provincials are being held January 2–6 at the Wainwright Curling Club in Wainwright.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, British Columbia
The Tim Horton's Junior Provincial Championships were held December 29–January 3 at the Kamlooops Curling Club in Kamloops.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of the 2016 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held from January 23 to 31 at the Stratford Rotary Complex.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5:00).


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Women's tournament
The women's tournament of the 2016 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held from January 23 to 31 at the Stratford Rotary Complex.


2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5:00).


2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held from November 7 to 14, 2015 at the Weston Golf & Country Club in Toronto, Ontario. The winning Alberta team represented Canada at the 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship.


2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, Round robin, Results
All draw times listed are in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5).


2016 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials
The 2016 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials were held from March 31 to April 3 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.


2016 Canadian Rugby Championship
The 2016 Canadian Rugby Championship was the 8th season of the Canadian Rugby Championship. The competition took place between June 4 and July 24, 2016. The format for the 2016 season saw a round-robin system where each team play their regional opponent home-and-away and the two teams from the opposite region once, for a total of four games each.


2016 Canadian Rugby Championship
The Ontario Blues won their fifth Championship, reclaiming the MacTier Cup from the Prairie Wolf Pack.


2016 Canadian Rugby Championship, Fixtures
All times local to where the game is being played


2016 Canadian Senior Curling Championships
The 2016 Canadian Senior Curling Championships were held from March 28 to April 2 at the Digby Curling Club and the Digby Arena in Digby, Nova Scotia. The winners will represent Canada at the 2017 World Senior Curling Championships.


2016 Canadian Soccer League season
The 2016 Canadian Soccer League season (known as the Givova Canadian Soccer League for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season under the Canadian Soccer League name. The first match of the season was played on May 21, 2016, and ended on October 30, 2016. The season concluded with Serbian White Eagles claiming their second CSL Championship by defeating expansion franchise Hamilton City SC by a score of 2-1. In the Second Division the York Region Shooters B defeated Toronto Atomic FC B 2-1.


2016 Canadian Soccer League season
During the regular season York Region claimed their fifth regular season title and achieved a team milestone by recording their best defensive record allowing only 10 goals a record not matched since the Ottawa Wizards in the 2003 CPSL season. Meanwhile SC Waterloo acquired their third Second Division regular season title.


2016 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
York Region Shooters dominated the First division throughout the regular season as they held the top position for the majority of the season. In preparation for the season York Region retained their core veterans with a notable domestic addition of Nicholas Lindsay, and talent from the Caribbean football market. The Shooters produced an eleven match undefeated streak that lasted until August 14. They finished the regular season as First division champions with 18 points above the runners up. In the postseason York Region were eliminated in the second round to a penalty shootout.


2016 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
The second position was a highly coveted spot, which was contested between FC Ukraine United, Scarborough SC, Serbian White Eagles, and Toronto Atomic FC. Ukraine United was an expansion franchise with reputable credentials from the amateur level and was the closest competitor to York Region. United utilized the usage of imports from the Ukrainian football market in their player recruitment. The club made an impressive debut season and finished as the runners up in the division with the highest offensive record. In the playoffs Ukraine United reached the semifinals.


2016 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
The third position was clinched by Scarborough SC by a single point difference. The season cemented the eastern Toronto side as a contender within the division. Former player Ricardo Munguía Pérez was assigned head coach responsibilities and followed the league's standard in importing players. The roster was reliant on imports from the Bulgarian/Balkan football market with a notable domestic acquisition of Canadian international Adrian Cann. The fourth and fifth spots were taken by Serbian White Eagles and Toronto Atomic as only a difference in goal concessions separated the two Toronto clubs. Serbia continued their practice of attracting imports from the Serbian football market, while Atomic continued acquiring talent from Ukraine with a prominent domestic signing of Canadian international Terry Dunfield.


2016 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
The remainder of the table was contested between Hamilton City SC, Brantford Galaxy, and Milton SC. After the relocation of London City to Hamilton the organization assembled a mixed roster of domestic veterans and European imports. The Steeltown side finished sixth in the standings and managed to reach the championship final against Serbia. Since the return of Brantford in 2015 the club relied on imports from the Balkans with a notable signing of Krum Bibishkov. The team secured the seventh spot with a two point difference from Milton, which finished at the bottom of the division.


2016 Canadian Soccer League season, First Division, Changes from 2015
The 2016 season featured 14 teams in the two divisions with 8 in the First division and 6 in the Second division. The First division was reduced to eight teams as Brampton United, Burlington SC, and Toronto Croatia departed from the league and became more involved at the developmental level with their academy teams participating in the Canadian Academy of Futbol (CAF). They also fielded senior teams in the newly formed CAF Supergroup Open Division. Niagara United departed from the league after a controversial ending at the final match of the 2015 season. A new entry from the Ontario Soccer League known as FC Ukraine United was granted a CSL franchise.


2016 Canadian Soccer League season, First Division, Changes from 2015
London City's franchise rights were transferred to Hamilton in order to become Hamilton City SC. London City remained in the league as their territorial rights were kept by Milton owner Jasmin Halkic and relegated to the Second division. SC Waterloo Region were voluntarily relegated to the Second division. The CSL became associated once more with Givova with a sponsor agreement reached, which granted naming rights to the league, and to the CSL Championship. The league re-launched their television program as the Givova CSL Primetime with Ethnic Channels Group, and BeIN Sports broadcasting the program. The CSL formed a partnership with the Ontario Youth Soccer Association to establish a YSA Division for the CSL academy teams. The league also finalized an agreement with the Canadian Corporate Soccer League in order to assist in developing a similar structure for Toronto's corporate clubs.


2016 Canadian Soccer League season, First Division, Playoffs, Bracket
Due to a shortage of teams all eight teams qualified for the one-game quarterfinal, and a one-game semifinal that led to the championship game played on October 30 at Birchmount Stadium in Toronto.


2016 Canadian Soccer League season, Second Division, Teams
Of the 10 teams that played in the Second Division in 2015, four returned. The number increased to six with the relegation of SC Waterloo, and London City which served as a reserve team for Milton SC. Hamilton City SC, FC Ukraine United, and Scarborough SC didn't operate a reserve team in the Second Division.


2016 Canadian census
The 2016 Canadian census is the most recent detailed enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a 5% change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census. The official census day was May 10, 2016. Census web access codes began arriving in the mail on May 2, 2016. The 2016 census marked the reinstatement of the mandatory long-form census, which had been dropped in favour of the voluntary National Household Survey for the 2011 census. With a response rate of 98.4%, this census is said to be the best one ever recorded since the 1666 census of New France. This census was succeeded by Canada's 2021 census, which is currently underway.


2016 Canadian census, Planning
Consultation with census data users, clients, stakeholders and other interested parties closed in November 2012. Qualitative content testing, which involved soliciting feedback regarding the questionnaire and tests responses to its questions, was scheduled for the fall of 2013, with more extensive testing occurring in May 2014. Statistics Canada was scheduled to submit its census content recommendations for review by the Parliament of Canada in December 2014 for subsequent final approval by the Cabinet of Canada.


2016 Canadian census, Planning
On November 5, 2015, during the first Liberal caucus meeting after forming a majority government, the party announced that it would reinstate the mandatory long-form census, starting in 2016. By early January 2016, Statistics Canada had announced a need for 35,000 people to complete this survey to commence in May.


2016 Canadian census, Data release schedule
The release dates for geography products from the 2016 Census were:


2016 Canadian census, Data release schedule
The release dates for data by release topic from the 2016 Census are:


2016 Canadian census, Enumeration
Portions of Canada's three territories and remote areas within Alberta, Labrador, Manitoba, Quebec and Saskatchewan were subject to early enumeration between February 1, 2016, and March 31, 2016. Enumeration of the balance of Canada began on May 2, 2016, with the unveiling of the online census questionnaire, eight days prior to the official census day of May 10, 2016. Because of a wildfire in early May in northeast Alberta, Statistics Canada suspended enumeration efforts in the Fort McMurray area with alternate means to collect data from its evacuated residents to be determined at a later date. Shortly after re-entry, residents were encouraged to complete their census form online or over the phone; however door-to-door enumeration remained suspended.


2016 Canadian census, Public response
Non -binary activists expressed concern that the choice between "male" and "female" on the "sex" question left them with no valid options. In response, Statistics Canada stated that "Respondents who cannot select one category ... can leave the question blank and indicate, in the Comments section at the end of the questionnaire, the reason(s) for which they've chosen to leave this question unanswered." Statistics Canada stated that they intend to analyze these comments but that because of the technical difficulties of analyzing free-form text, this analysis will not be released on the same schedule as the binary gender data.


2016 Canadian census, Results
In the 2016 Census of Population, Canada recorded a population of 35,151,728 living in 14,072,079 of its 15,412,443 total private dwellings, a 5% change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. With a land area of 8,965,588.85 km2 (3,461,633.21 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.9/km2 (10.2/sq mi) in 2016. Canada's most and least populous provinces were Ontario at 13,448,494 and Prince Edward Island at 142,907 respectively. Among the three territories, the Northwest Territories was the largest with a population of 41,786 while Yukon was the smallest with a population of 35,874 after Nunavut's population overtook Yukon for the first time in its history.


2016 Canadian census, Results
The majority of Canada's population in 2016 were females at 50.9%, while 49.1% were males. The average age of the population was 41.0 years (40.1 years for males and 41.9 years for females).


2016 Canadian census, Results
In terms of occupied private dwellings, 53.6% of them were single detached dwellings, followed by 18% being units in apartment buildings less than five storeys, and 9.9% being apartment units in buildings with five or more storeys. The average household size was 2.4 people per household. Two-person households were the most frequent size among private households at 34.4%.


2016 Canadian census, Results
In regards to the journey to work data in Ottawa, there was an increase of people driving their car to work of 51.3% which has the highest mode of transportation. On the other hand, public transit decreased to 25.1% comparing to the 2011 census. The census data in 2016 shows that people have been using other modes of transportation more than other years, this includes walking and cycling.


2016 Canadian electoral calendar
This is a list of elections in Canada in 2016. Included are provincial, municipal and federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level.


2016 Canadian federal budget
The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 2016-2017 was presented to the House of Commons of Canada by Finance Minister Bill Morneau on 22 March 2016. The deficit was projected to be $29.4 billion for the fiscal year 2016–2017, however this was adjusted to $17.8 billion by end of March 2017. This was later adjusted to $19.0 billion after reflecting a change in the discount rate methodology used to determine the present value of the Government's unfunded pension obligations. The Auditor General's recommendations resulted in revisions to 10 years' worth of budget numbers. The budget also forecast that the deficit would shrink to $14.3 billion four years later.


2016 Canadian honours
The following are the appointments to various Canadian Honours of 2016. Usually, they are announced as part of the New Year and Canada Day celebrations and are published within the Canada Gazette during year. This follows the custom set out within the United Kingdom which publishes its appoints of various British Honours for New Year's and for monarch's official birthday. However, instead of the midyear appointments announced on Victoria Day, the official birthday of the Canadian Monarch, this custom has been transferred with the celebration of Canadian Confederation and the creation of the Order of Canada.


2016 Canadian honours
However, as the Canada Gazette publishes appointment to various orders, decorations and medal, either Canadian or from Commonwealth and foreign states, this article will reference all Canadians so honoured during the 2016 calendar year.


2016 Canadian honours
Provincial Honours are not listed within the Canada Gazette, however they are listed within the various publications of each provincial government. Provincial honours are listed within the page.


2016 Canary Wharf Squash Classic
The Canary Wharf Squash Classic 2016 is the 2016 edition of the Canary Wharf Squash Classic, which is a tournament of the PSA World Tour event International (Prize money : 70 000 $). The event took place at the East Wintergarden in London in England from 7 March to 11 March. Mathieu Castagnet won his first Canary Wharf Squash Classic trophy, beating Omar Mosaad in the final.


2016 Canary Wharf Squash Classic, Prize money and ranking points
For 2016, the prize purse was $70,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:


2016 Canberra Challenger
The 2016 Canberra Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Canberra, Australia between 9 and 16 January 2016.


2016 Canberra Challenger
The tournament attracted 10 of the world's top 100 singles players, and although the 2016 edition was described as a "one-off" due to a gap in the events with the draw sizes changing in Sydney and Auckland, Tennis ACT boss Ross Triffitt campaigned for it to become a permanent fixture in the tennis calendar, succeeding in getting the event a spot in the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour schedule.


2016 Canberra Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Canberra Challenger – Doubles
Top seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Santiago González won the title, beating Maverick Banes and Jarryd Chaplin 7–6(7–3), 6–3


2016 Canberra Challenger – Singles
Top seed Paolo Lorenzi won his 17th career ATP Challenger Tour title, beating Ivan Dodig 6–2, 6–4


2016 Canberra Raiders season
The 2016 Canberra Raiders season is the 35th in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Stuart and captained by Jarrod Croker, the Raiders are currently competing in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines pre-season tournament.


2016 Canberra Raiders season, Squad, Player transfers
A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2016 season.


2016 Canberra Raiders season, Fixtures, NRL Auckland Nines
The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2016 competition was played over two days on 6 February and 7 February at Eden Park. The Raiders feature in the Piha pool and played the Dragons, Sharks and Titans.


2016 Canberra Raiders season, Ladder
1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.


2016 Canberra Raiders season, Honours
The Raiders' club awards were announced during their awards night on 19 September.


2016 Canberra Rugby League
The 2016 Canberra Raiders Cup was the 19th season of the cup, and the 93rd season of domestic rugby league in Canberra. The 2016 Canberra Raiders Cup consisted of 18 regular season rounds which began on 9 April and ended on 20 August. There were 3 playoff rounds, beginning on 27 August with the first semi-final, and ending on 11 September with the Grand Final.


2016 Canberra Tennis International
The 2016 Canberra Tennis International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Canberra, Australia between 31 October and 6 November 2016.


2016 Canberra Tennis International
This is not to be confused with 2016 Canberra Challenger.


2016 Canberra Tennis International, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Canberra Tennis International, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw with protected ranking:


2016 Canberra Tennis International, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Canberra Tennis International – Men's Doubles
The men's doubles event was held at the 2016 Canberra Tennis International in Canberra, Australia.


2016 Canberra Tennis International – Men's Doubles
Alex Bolt and Andrew Whittington were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2016 Canberra Tennis International – Men's Doubles
Luke Saville and Jordan Thompson won the title after defeating Matt Reid and John-Patrick Smith 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2016 Canberra Tennis International – Men's Singles
Benjamin Mitchell was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2016 Canberra Tennis International – Men's Singles
James Duckworth won the title after defeating Marc Polmans 7–5, 6–3 in the final.


2016 Canberra Tennis International – Women's Doubles
Misa Eguchi and Eri Hozumi were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2016 Canberra Tennis International – Women's Doubles
Jessica Moore and Storm Sanders won the title, defeating Alison Bai and Lizette Cabrera in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2016 Canberra Tennis International – Women's Singles
Asia Muhammad was the defending champion, but lost to Varatchaya Wongteanchai in the first round.


2016 Canberra Tennis International – Women's Singles
Risa Ozaki won the title, defeating Georgia Brescia in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2016 Cannes Film Festival
The 69th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 May 2016. Australian director George Miller was the President of the Jury for the main competition. French actor Laurent Lafitte was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies. On 15 March it was announced that Japanese director Naomi Kawase would serve as the Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury president. American director Woody Allen's film Café Society opened the festival.


2016 Cannes Film Festival
The Palme d'Or was awarded to the British film I, Daniel Blake directed by Ken Loach, which also served as closing film of the festival. At a press conference, Loach said that he was "quietly stunned" to win.


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, In competition
The films competing in the main competition section for the Palme d'Or were announced at a press conference on 14 April 2016: The Salesman, directed by Asghar Farhadi was added to the competition lineup on 22 April 2016. The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Un Certain Regard
The films competing in the Un Certain Regard section were announced at a press conference on 14 April 2016: Clash, directed by Mohamed Diab, was announced as the opening film for the Un Certain Regard section. Hell or High Water, directed by David Mackenzie was added to the Un Certain Regard lineup on 22 April 2016. The Un Certain Regard Prize winner has been highlighted.


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Out of competition
The following films were selected to screen out of competition:


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cinéfondation
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 18 entries (14 fiction films and 4 animation films) were selected out of 2,300 submissions. More than one-third of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time. It is also the first time that a film representing Bosnian and Venezuelan film schools have been selected. More than half of the films selected were directed by women. The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted.


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Short films
Out of 5,008 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or. The Short film Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cannes Classics
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 20 April 2016.


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cinéma de la Plage
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week
The full selection for the International Critics' Week section was announced on 18 April 2016, at the section's website. In Bed with Victoria, directed by Justine Triet was selected as the opening film for the International Critics' Week section, while the short films Bonne Figure, directed by Sandrine Kiberlain, En Moi, directed by Laetitia Casta, and Kitty, directed by Chloë Sevigny were selected as its closing films.


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week
Feature films - The winner of the Nespresso Grand Prize has been highlighted.


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week
Shorts films - The winner of the Discovery Award for Short Film has been highlighted.


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight
The full selection for the Directors' Fortnight section was announced on 19 April 2016, at the section's website. Sweet Dreams, directed by Marco Bellocchio was selected as the opening film for the Directors' Fortnight section and Dog Eat Dog, directed by Paul Schrader was selected as the closing film for the Directors' Fortnight section.


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight
Feature films - The winner of the Art Cinema Award has been highlighted.


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight
Short films - The winner of the Illy Prize for Short Film has been highlighted.


2016 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, ACID
The Association for Independent Cinema and its Distribution (ACID), an association of French and foreign film directors, demonstrates its support for nine films each year, seeking to provide support from filmmakers to other filmmakers. The full ACID selection was announced on 19 April 2016, at the section's website.


2016 Cannock Chase District Council election
Elections to Cannock Chase District Council took place on 5 May 2016. This election was held on the same day as other local elections as well as Police and Crime Commissioner elections. A total of 13 councillors were elected from all but two of the council's wards as a third of the council was up for election.


2016 Cannock Chase District Council election
The Labour Party held control of the council with a slightly reduced majority of one compared with their tally following the previous election. Labour lost one seat of their 2012 election total but held all of the other seats they were defending, albeit many with reduced majorities.


2016 Cannock Chase District Council election
The Conservative Party won the highest number of seats and votes at the previous election but did not make any net gains on their 2012 result. They did, however, regain a seat in Hawks Green which was held by a former Conservative councillor who had defected to UKIP. This left the Conservatives with 13 seats on the council, confirming their status as the official opposition party. UKIP failed to match their 2014 success and did not win any seats at this election.


2016 Cannock Chase District Council election
The Liberal Democrats only fielded two candidates, both in former areas of strength for them in Rugeley. Although one of these wards went to a recount, they did not manage to regain any of the losses they suffered in 2012. Meanwhile, the Green Party once again stood candidates in every ward and made a surprise gain in the Hednesford South ward, ousting a sitting Labour councillor and giving them their first representation on Cannock Chase District Council. Unlike previous years, there are no independent candidates.


2016 Cannock Chase District Council election, Results, Council Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2016 Cannock Chase District Council election, Ward results
Vote share changes are based on the results achieved by parties in 2012 when these seats were last contested.


2016 Cannock Chase District Council election, Ward results, Hawks Green
^ Anne Bernard was the sitting councillor for the Hawks Green ward and previously defected from the Conservatives to UKIP.


2016 Cannondale season
The 2016 season for the Cannondale–Drapac cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they are  obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2016 Canoe Marathon European Championships
The 2016 Canoe Marathon European Championships is the thirteenth edition of the Canoe Marathon European Championships, which took place between 30 June and 3 July 2016 at Pontevedra, Spain. The competition consisted of seventeen events – ten in kayak and seven in canoe – divided into junior, under–23 and senior categories.


2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup
The 2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 29th edition.


2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Calendar
The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Ivrea, Italy (June 3–5) and concluded with the World Cup Final in Tacen, Slovenia (September 9–11).


2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Standings
The winner of each race was awarded 60 points (double points were awarded for the World Cup Final for all the competitors who reached at least the semifinal stage). Points for lower places differed from one category to another. Every participant was guaranteed at least 2 points for participation and 5 points for qualifying for the semifinal run (10 points in the World Cup Final). If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the World Cup Final.


2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 1
Ivrea, Italy hosted the Canoe Slalom World Cup for the first time. It was also the first time that K1 slalom cross for men and women was an event at a world cup race. No world cup points were awarded for the cross event. The events took place from 3 to 5 June.


2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 2
The second race of the series took place at the Segre Olympic Park in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain from 10 to 12 June.


2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 3
The third race of the series took place at the Pau-Pyrénées Whitewater Stadium, France from 17 to 19 June.


2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 4
The penultimate race of the series took place at the Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre, Czech Republic from 2 to 4 September.


2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Final
Tacen, Slovenia hosted the World Cup Final from 9 to 11 September with double points awarded in each category. During the semifinal run of the men's C1 event a newly built concrete block near the end of the course started to crack. This forced the organizers to shorten the course for the rest of the events. The course only had 14 gates after the change. The jury also allowed the top 15 from the men's C1 semifinal to qualify for the final instead of the top 10 because the crack affected some of the later runners like Nicolas Peschier and Pierre-Antoine Tillard.


2016 Canoe Sprint European Championships
The 2016 Canoe Sprint European Championships (Russian: Чемпионат Европы по гребле на байдарках и каноэ 2016) was the 28th edition of the Canoe Sprint European Championships, an international sprint canoe/kayak and paracanoe event organised by the European Canoe Association, held in Moscow, Russia, between 24 and 26 June 2016.


2016 Canon Media Awards
The 2016 Canon Media Awards were hosted by the New Zealand Newspaper Publishers' Association on Friday 20 May 2016 at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, New Zealand. The Newspaper of the Year was The New Zealand Herald, and the Reporter of the Year was Matt Nippert of The New Zealand Herald.


2016 Canon Media Awards, Reporting
Reporter of the year: Matt Nippert, The New Zealand Herald


2016 Canon Media Awards, Reporting
Junior reporter of the year: Chloe Winter, The Dominion Post


2016 Canon Media Awards, Reporting
Politics: Jared Savage and Bernard Orsman, The New Zealand Herald


2016 Canon Media Awards, Feature writing
Feature writer of the year: Mike White, North & South


2016 Canon Media Awards, Feature writing
Junior feature writer of the year: Tess McClure, The Press/RNZ


2016 Canon Media Awards, Opinion Writing
Opinion writer of the year: Rachel Stewart, Taranaki Daily News/Manawatu Standard


2016 Canon Media Awards, General
Student journalist of the year: Tommy Livingston, The Dominion Post


2016 Canon Media Awards, General
Best editorial campaign or project: Forgotten Millions, The New Zealand Herald


2016 Canon Media Awards, General
Best coverage of a major news even: Wellington Floods, The Dominion Post/stuff.co.nz


2016 Canon Media Awards, General
Best innovation in storytelling: Money in Politics, The New Zealand Herald


2016 Canon Media Awards, General
Best news site or app: TVNZ One News Now, www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news


2016 Canon Media Awards, General
Best print artworks or graphics: Richard Dale, The New Zealand Herald


2016 Canon Media Awards, General
Newspaper of the year -30,000: Taranaki Daily News, Fairfax Media


2016 Canon Media Awards, General
Canon Newspaper of the Year: Waikato Times and Waikato Times Weekend


2016 Canon Media Awards, General
nib Health Journalism Scholarship - Junior: Jessica McAllen, The Spinoff/Sunday Star-Times


2016 Canon Media Awards, General
nib Health Journalism Scholarship - Senior: Donna Chisholm, North & South, NZ Listener


2016 Canon Media Awards, General
Editorial Leader of the Year: Rebecca Macfie, Barbara Fountain, New Zealand Doctor


2016 Canterbury local elections
The 2016 Canterbury local elections were part of the wider 2016 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Canterbury elections cover one regional council (Environment Canterbury), nine territorial authority (city and district) councils, two district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts.


2016 Canterbury local elections, Christchurch City Council
The Christchurch City Council significantly redrew its ward boundaries for the 2016 election, taking to account population changes since the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.


2016 Canterbury local elections, Christchurch City Council, Councillors – Riccarton ward (1)
Incumbent Riccarton-Wigram councillor and deputy mayor Vicki Buck was elected unopposed.


2016 Canterbury state by-election
A by-election for the seat of Canterbury in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 12 November 2016. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP and former interim Labor leader Linda Burney on 6 May to contest the division of Barton at the 2016 federal election.


2016 Canterbury state by-election
By-elections for the seats of Orange and Wollongong were held on the same day.


2016 Canterbury state by-election, Background
In its second incarnation from 1927, the electoral district of Canterbury has been held by the Labor Party, excepting between 1932 and 1935 when Edward Hocking held the seat for the United Australia Party following the Lang dismissal crisis.


2016 Canterbury state by-election, Background
Linda Burney was elected to represent Canterbury at the 2003 state election, becoming the first Aboriginal person to serve in the New South Wales Parliament. Burney was most recently re-elected to the seat at the 2015 state election with a margin of 15.7, making Canterbury a safe seat for the Labor Party. On 29 February 2016, Burney indicated that she would be seeking preselection for the federal seat of Barton in the upcoming federal election, and would resign from the assembly if successful. In March, the NSW branch of the Labor Party referred the preselection decisions for the federal seats of Barton and Hunter, and Canterbury, to the party's national executive. Sophie Cotsis, a member of the Legislative Council since 2010, was preselected.


2016 Canterbury state by-election, Candidates
The three candidates in ballot paper order are as follows:


2016 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season
The 2016 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season is the 82nd in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and captained by James Graham, they will compete in the National Rugby League's 2016 Telstra Premiership after finishing the 2015 season as semi-finalists.


2016 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season, Fixtures, Regular season
The Bulldogs started the season strongly, comfortably beating the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in round one. The Bulldogs were the outsiders with the bookmakers, with most rugby league experts citing the size of the forward pack as an issue with the 2016 season rule change, which dropped the interchanges allowed from 10 to 8. However, the Bulldogs surprised the rugby league community by unveiling a significantly leaner pack, with players having shed a lot of weight during the off season. Sam Kasiano was an example of this, having lost 13 kg before the season kicked off.


2016 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season, Fixtures, Regular season
Any concerns about the interchange rule affecting the team were put to rest with the side coming away with a convincing 28-6 first round victory, and a week later a last minute win against the Penrith Panthers proving the big men would not falter late in matches as a result of more minutes played. As though the team was further driving the point home, they completed the second round match using only 16 of the 17 named players.


2016 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season, Fixtures, Regular season
The month that followed was not as impressive, with the club going loss, win, loss, win, for a 4-3 record after 7 rounds.


2016 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season, Ladder
1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.


2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships
The 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 37th beginner level (likely amateur) competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. It started on 14 May and finished on 9 July, it started five days later than last season and finished two days earlier, the season was a week shorter than last. The championship was governed by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. The scheduling was completed on November 16 and the group system was kept instead of becoming a one portion season without playoffs and was the last time.


2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships
CS Mindelense won the record breaking title and became the second club after Sporting Praia to win four in a row, the highest ever, also it was Mindelense's last.


2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships
Mindelense chose to not participate in the CAF Champions League competition in 2017, Académica do Porto Novo did not participate in the  2017 CAF Confederation Cup, both of the clubs due to financial concerns, of any club, it is the eighth consecutive time and becomes the recent African nation not to bring a champion to the continentals for the most consecutive years, in the cup competition, Cape Verde is the longest for not bringing a club in Africa lasting for more than 15 years straight, not even the three national cup winners competed. Mindelense qualified and participated in the 2017 National Championships.


2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview
The triangular phase started to be used for the 2017 season, it became the fourth time and first with four clubs each and with playoffs.


2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview
CS Mindelense was the defending team of the title. A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title. The finals had two matches, Académica scored the first and Mindelense score the second leg, each with a goal, the second match went into extra time and again went into the penalty shootout, this was the first time that the season had the finals with two consecutive penalty shootouts, Mindelense won the shootout by four and claimed the recent national title.


2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview
Six clubs returned again, Desportivo da Praia returned in three years, Sport Sal Rei Club returned in five years and Vulcânicos returned in several years, Sinagoga of Santo Antão and Varandinha of Tarrafal de Santiago, two clubs competed for the first time. Varandinha's appearance was the first from the Santiago North Zone into the semifinals. At the finals, it was the sixth time that the two clubs were from Barlavento known as the Battle of Barlavento.


2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview
The biggest win was Mindelense, who scored 5-2 over Sal Rei from Boa Vista, the rest of the matches had a maximum of three goals in some of its matches as it was a low scoring season, one fifth approximately of last season, though overall are ranked third, the second highest match was Varandinha - Mindelense who Mindelense won 1-4. In Group A, neither club scored ten goals while only Mindelense from Group B scored eleven, the second club in the group scored eight and was fifth placed Sal Rei. Vulcânicos scored the fewest with two goals. Overall, Mindelense scored 16 goals, Derby and Varandinha second with ten goals and Académica Porto Novo and Sal Rei fourth with eight goals.


2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview
One match, Desportivo Praia and Varandinha originally for mid-May, on May 13, it was rescheduled to June 1, the main reason that on an April 3 match (19th round) featuring Desportivo Santa Cruz and Scorpion Vermelho that Desportivo fielded an ineligible player, it occurred after the goals were scored and the award to Scorpion Vermelho in mid-May was revoked and the 2-0 result was kept along with Varandinha first championship title. The next such delay was in 2017.


2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Participating clubs, Information about the clubs
Italics indicates a team playing in a stadium in a different town or city.


2016 Cape Verdean local elections
Local elections were held in Cape Verde on 4 September 2016. They were a landslide victory for the Movement for Democracy (MpD), that won 18 out of 22 municipalities (13 in 2012). The African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) won 2 municipalities (8 in 2012).


2016 Cape Verdean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde on 20 March 2016. The ruling African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV), led by Janira Hopffer Almada, was defeated by the Movement for Democracy (MpD), led by Ulisses Correia e Silva.


2016 Cape Verdean parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 72 members of the National Assembly are elected from 16 multi-member constituencies ranging in size from 2 to 15 seats. The elections are held using closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method.


2016 Cape Verdean parliamentary election, Campaign
A total of 551 candidates ran for election, including 173 women.


2016 Cape Verdean presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 2 October 2016. Incumbent President Jorge Carlos Fonseca of the Movement for Democracy (MpD) was re-elected with 74.08% of the vote.


2016 Cape Verdean presidential election, Electoral system
The President of Cape Verde is elected using the two-round system.


2016 Cape Verdean presidential election, Candidates
Jorge Carlos Fonseca was looking to secure his second term and was the favourite to win as the main opposition party the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) failed to present a candidate after their disappointing loss in the parliamentary elections in March and municipal elections in September. Fonseca, representing the MpD, faced two independent candidates, Joaquim Monteiro and Albertino Graça.


2016 Cape Verdean presidential election, Campaign
Campaigning was temporarily suspended on 22 September following the death of the country's ex-president António Mascarenhas Monteiro. Monteiro was the country's first democratically elected president and was also a member of the MpD. All public events and rallies were suspended for 4 days until 26 September.


2016 Capital Football season
The 2016 Capital Football season was the fourth season under the new competition format in the Australian Capital Territory. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2016.


2016 Capital Football season, League Tables, 2016 National Premier League ACT
The 2016 National Premier League ACT season was played over 18 rounds, from April to August 2016.


2016 Capital Football season, League Tables, 2016 ACT Capital League
The 2016 ACT Capital League was the fourth edition of the new Capital League as the second level domestic association football competition in the ACT.


2016 Capital Football season, League Tables, 2016 Capital Football Division 1
The 2016 ACT Capital Football Division 1 was the second edition of the new Capital League Division 1 as the third level domestic association football competition in the ACT. 10 teams competed, all playing each team twice for a total of 18 rounds.


2016 Capital Football season, League Tables, 2016 Women's Premier League
The highest tier domestic football competition in the ACT is known as the Women's Premier League. The 6 teams played each other three times, plus a finals series for the top 4 teams.


2016 Capital Football season, Cup Competitions, 2016 Federation Cup
2016 was the 54th edition of the Capital Football Federation Cup. The Federation cup acts as the preliminary rounds for the FFA Cup in the ACT with the Cup winner entering the subsequent FFA Cup round of 32. In 2016, the Federation Cup, which is open to all senior men's teams registered with Capital Football, consisted of two rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. NPL clubs entered the tournament in the second round. The Cup ran from 26 April 2016 (first round) till 18 June 2016 (final). Olympic defeated Tigers FC in the final 3–1 at Deakin Stadium to clinch the Federation Cup and qualify for the 2016 FFA Cup.


2016 Capital Football season, Cup Competitions, 2016 Charity Shield
2016 was the first edition of the annual ACT Charity Shield contested to kick off the 2016 Capital Football season. Money raised from the event goes towards a nominated charity, which in 2016 was The House with No Steps. Canberra FC and Gungahlin United contested the Shield in 2016. Canberra FC claimed the inaugural Charity Shield title with a 4–1 victory.


2016 Capri Watch Cup
The 2016 Capri Watch Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Naples, Italy between 4 April and 10 April 2016.


2016 Capri Watch Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Capri Watch Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2016 Capri Watch Cup – Doubles
Ilija Bozoljac and Filip Krajinović were the defending champions, but only Krajinović returned to defend his title, partnering Mirza Bašić. They lost in the first round to Johan Brunström and Andreas Siljeström.


2016 Capri Watch Cup – Doubles
Gero Kretschmer and Alexander Satschko won the title after defeating Matteo Donati and Stefano Napolitano 6–1, 6–3 in the final.


2016 Capri Watch Cup – Singles
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava was the defending champion, but decided not to defend his title.


2016 Capri Watch Cup – Singles
Jozef Kovalík won the title, defeating Arthur De Greef 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2016 Caribbean Premier League
The 2016 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) was the fourth season of the Caribbean Premier League, the domestic Twenty20 cricket league in the West Indies. The league began on 29 June and ended on 7 August. Matches were played in seven countries – Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and the United States. The United States have hosted fixtures for the first time, with six matches played at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida. The competition's finals was played at Warner Park, Basseterre, St.Kitts and Nevis.


2016 Caribbean Premier League squads
This is a list of the squads of the teams that participated in the 2016 Caribbean Premier League.


2016 Caribbean Series
The 2016 Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) is the 58th edition of the international competition featuring the champions of the Cuban National Series, Dominican Professional Baseball League, Mexican Pacific League, Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League, and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. It took place February 1–7 at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The teams played a ten-game round robin, followed by the semifinals and championship game.


2016 Caribbean Series
For the first time, the tournament featured a home run derby, however Major League Baseball players were barred from participating due to complaints from Major League Baseball Players Association over injury risks.


2016 Carleton Ravens football team
The 2016 Carleton Ravens football team represented Carleton University in the 2016 CIS football season. The Ravens played in their 55th season overall and their fourth season of Canadian Interuniversity Sport play after a 15-year hiatus.


2016 Carleton Ravens football team
Carleton had a fairly successful season, finishing the regular season with a 6-2 record, 4th in the OUA. This gave the Ravens the right to host their first playoff game since 1986, against their cross-town rivals, the Ottawa Gee-Gees. They would then go on to lose in the semifinal against Western. The Ravens finished the season ranked 8th in the country, and had a peak ranking of 4th after week 3.


2016 Carleton Ravens football team, Regular season and playoffs
The Ravens played an 8-game regular season schedule, playing all but two OUA football teams, the Guelph Gryphons and the Queen's Golden Gaels.


2016 Carleton Ravens football team, Game Summaries, OUA Playoff Quarterfinal vs. Ottawa
This marked Carleton's first home playoff game since 1986 and their first playoff match against their cross-town rivals since 1996 and their third overall playoff meeting against the Gee-Gees.


2016 Carling Black Label Cup
The 2016 Carling Black Label Cup was the sixth edition of the Carling Black Label Cup to be held.


2016 Carling Black Label Cup
A South African beer brand Black Label started the “Be The Coach” where the fans had the opportunity to elect the starting 11 of their desired players from the two Soweto derby arch rivals, Orlando Pirates, and Kaizer Chiefs, which are two of the most successful and largest soccer clubs in South Africa.


2016 Carling Black Label Cup, Venue
The FNB Stadium was chosen to host this once a year event. The FNB Stadium, known as Soccer City during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is a stadium located in Nasrec, the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa.


2016 Carlisle City Council election
The 2016 Carlisle City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Carlisle City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2016 Carlow Senior Football Championship
The 2016 Carlow Senior Football Championship is the 116th edition of the Carlow GAA's premier club gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Carlow, Ireland. The tournament consists of 8 teams, with the winner going on to represent Carlow in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


2016 Carlow Senior Football Championship
Palatine were the defending champions after they defeated Old Leighlin in the previous years final, and they successfully defended their title when they defeated Rathvilly 2-13 to 0-12 at Dr. Cullen Park on 9 October 2016 to claim a "2-in-a-row" of titles.


2016 Carlow Senior Football Championship
This was the O'Hanrahans' return to the senior grade after claiming the 2015 Carlow Intermediate Football Championship title, thus ending a 4-year exodus since being relegated in 2011.


2016 Carlow Senior Football Championship
Kildavan/Clonegal were relegated to the 2017 I.F.C. after spending 18 seasons in the top flight.


2016 Carlow Senior Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.


2016 Carlow Senior Football Championship, Group stage
There are two groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group compete in the semi-finals. The bottom team in each group compete in the relegation Final.


2016 Carlow Senior Football Championship, Knock-out stages, Finals
The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter finals.


2016 Carlow Senior Football Championship, Relegation play off
The bottom team in each group compete in the relegation final. The team to lose will be relegated to the 2017 Senior 'B' Championship.


2016 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship
The 2016 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship will be the 87th staging of the Carlow Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Carlow County Board in 1887. The championship will begin in July 2016 and will end in October 2016.


2016 Carlton Football Club season
The 2016 AFL season was the 120th season in the Australian Football League contested by the Carlton Football Club. In its first season under new senior coach Brendon Bolton, the club won seven games out of twenty-two to finish fourteenth out of eighteen teams.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
The 2016 AFL season was the 120th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; and, having competed in every season, it was also the 120th season contested by the Carlton Football Club. Carlton's primary home ground continued to be the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with the club playing six home matches there and five at Etihad Stadium; traditional home ground Ikon Park continued to serve as the training and administrative base.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
The club's two joint major sponsors were car manufacturer Hyundai, which has sponsored the club since 2008, and job seekers' service provider CareerOne, newly signed in 2016 to a two-season deal; the club's six-year association with confectionery company Mars came to an end at the end of the 2015 season. Carlton continued its alignment with the Northern Blues in the Victorian Football League, allowing Carlton-listed players to play with the Northern Blues when not selected in AFL matches.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
The club faced a financially challenging schedule, with no matches in the most lucrative Friday night timeslot following poor performances in 2015. The club's membership was 50,130, a 6% increase from 2015. The club's operating profit for the season was $1.1 million, with a net deficit of $765k after depreciation and amortization – an improvement on its $2.7m net deficit in the 2015 season.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
The club made a small alteration to its clash guernsey for 2016, by removing the navy blue panel around the waist of the guernsey and narrowing the widths of other blue panels and features, resulting in an overall whiter design. The design is plain white with navy blue side and shoulder panels, trimmings, monogram and number. A second match day mascot, Navy Nina, was introduced to serve as a female counterpart to established mascot Captain Carlton; as with Captain Carlton, she is a masked, navy-wearing superhero.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
In June, Carlton was granted one of four Victorian licences for a team in the AFL's national women's competition, which is planned to be established from the 2017 season. Carlton's was one of the four successful bids among the eight Victorian clubs who applied for licences, with Collingwood, Melbourne and Western Bulldogs the other successful applicants and North Melbourne, Richmond, St Kilda and Geelong the unsuccessful bidders.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Senior personnel
Mark LoGiudice continued as club president, a role he had held since June 2014. Marc Murphy retained the role of captain for his fourth season in the role, and Kade Simpson remained vice captain; the rest of the seven-man leadership group comprised Patrick Cripps, Ed Curnow, Bryce Gibbs, Andrew Walker and Sam Docherty.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Senior personnel
The club's coaching panel underwent significant changes after the 2015 season, following the dismissal of incumbent Mick Malthouse after Round 8, 2015. In August 2015, Hawthorn assistant coach Brendon Bolton was appointed Carlton's new senior coach; the club appointed Bolton to an ongoing staff position, rather than the more typical approach of hiring a senior coach on discrete fixed term contracts, with the caveat that Bolton be paid out for his first three years if dismissed during that time.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Senior personnel
The majority of the assistant coaching panel was turned over with only John Barker, who had served as caretaker coach in 2015 following Malthouse's dismissal, and Matthew Capuano surviving from the 2015 panel. New additions to the assistant coaching panel were Richmond assistant coach Tim Clarke (midfield), Geelong assistant coach Dale Amos (backline), North Melbourne assistant coach Shane Watson (forward-line), and Gold Coast reserves coach Josh Fraser (development and VFL senior coach). Neil Craig replaced Rob Wiley as director of coaching, development and performance, after having served in a similar role at Essendon.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Squad for 2016
The following is Carlton's squad for the 2016 season after offseason transfers and drafts.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Squad for 2016
Statistics are correct as of end of 2015 season. Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Playing list changes
The following summarises all player changes which have occurred since the conclusion of the 2015 season. Unless otherwise noted, draft picks refer to selections in the 2015 AFL draft.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Pre-season matches
The club's three scheduled pre-season matches were played as part of the 2016 NAB Challenge series.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
Following its 2015 wooden spoon and the loss of some senior players to trades and free agency over the offseason, expectations on the club's 2016 performance were low – with some pundits even predicting that Carlton would perform worse than an Essendon team missing twelve of its best twenty-two players due to suspensions for using illicit substances during the 2012 season. Nevertheless, the club improved significantly on its 2015 performances to finish with seven wins, three more than the previous season.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
The highlight of the club's season was the seven-round stretch between Rounds 5 and 11, in which it won six of seven games, including an upset win against eventual third-placed team Geelong, which had the team sitting in a season-high tenth place with a 6–5 record. However, the club had the worst record in the league in the second half of the year, winning only one of eleven games; and although it impressed with narrow losses against eventual finalists West Coast, Sydney and Hawthorn, it also unexpectedly lost matches against the bottom two Brisbane Lions and Essendon. Overall across the season, the club was:


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
Altogether, the club's ability to defend and prevent its opponents from scoring improved greatly, conceding 376 points fewer than it had in 2015; but its lack of options in the forward-line was a continuing problem, and the club was the second-lowest scoring team in the league below only the suspension-affected Essendon.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal
The Carlton Football Club Best and Fairest awards night took place on 9 September. The John Nicholls Medal, for the best and fairest player of the club, as well as several other awards, were presented on the night.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal
The winner of the John Nicholls Medal was Sam Docherty, who polled 179 votes to beat vice-captain Kade Simpson (169 votes) and 2015 winner Patrick Cripps (168 votes). It was Docherty's first John Nicholls Medal.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal
The following other awards were presented on John Nicholls Medal night:-


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Leading Goalkickers
Matthew Wright was Carlton's leading goalkicker for the season in his first season for the club after crossing from Adelaide. His tally of 22 goals was the fewest to lead Carlton's goalkicking since Ian Nankervis' leading tally of 18 goals in 1964.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards
Jacob Weitering finished third for the 2016 NAB AFL Rising Star, polling 26 votes to finish behind Callum Mills (Sydney) and Caleb Daniel (Western Bulldogs). Weitering was nominated for the award after his Round 3 performance against Gold Coast. He was the only Carlton player nominated for the season.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards
For each of the AFLPA awards, one or three Carlton players were nominated by an internal vote of Carlton players; Marc Murphy was also nominated for the Best Captain award by default. Weitering placed third for the best first-year player award.


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards
At the 2016 Carlton Football Club Hall of Fame dinner on 29 April, four players were inducted into the Hall of Fame and one was elevated to Legend Status:


2016 Carlton Football Club season, Northern Blues
The Carlton Football Club had a full affiliation with the Northern Blues during the 2016 season. It was the fourteenth season of the clubs' affiliation, which had been in place since 2003. Carlton senior- and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the Carlton team were eligible to play for either the Northern Blues seniors or reserves team in the Victorian Football League. The club's nine home matches were split with five matches at the VFL club's traditional home ground Preston City Oval, and four matches at Carlton's traditional home ground Ikon Park. The Northern Blues finished 13th out of 15 in the VFL with a record of 6–12.


2016 Carolina Panthers season
The 2016 season was the Carolina Panthers' 22nd in the National Football League and their sixth under head coach Ron Rivera. It was also the team's 20th season at Bank of America Stadium. The previous year, the Panthers achieved their highest win total in franchise history with a 15–1 record, but lost to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50. They entered the 2016 season as the defending NFC champions and NFC South champions and hope to repeat as NFC champions.


2016 Carolina Panthers season
After a 1–5 start, their worst start since 2004 (where they also were defending NFC Champions) and 2012, the Panthers finished the season at 6–10, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2012. The Panthers struggled throughout the season with injuries and loss of star players via free agency and retirement. The Panthers became the first team in NFL history to go 15–1 and miss the playoffs the following year and the first Super Bowl runners up to miss the next year's playoffs since the 2008 Patriots.


2016 Carolina Panthers season
They also failed to win the NFC South for the first time in three seasons. This was also the first team to have at least 15 wins and finish last in their division the following season. They were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 16 when they lost to the Atlanta Falcons 33-16.


2016 Carolina Panthers season, Offseason
The Panthers had the most explosive offense in the NFL in the regular season, thanks mostly to MVP Cam Newton. They continued to score easily in the playoffs, posting 31 and 49 against the Seahawks and Cardinals, respectively. However, they were limited to just 10 points in the Super Bowl. Was it just arrogance stemming from the fact that Carolina believed it could easily defeat the underdog Broncos? Perhaps, but a greater reason is that the liabilities the Panthers have on this side of the ball were exposed.


2016 Carolina Panthers season, Offseason
The two tackles were horrible versus Denver. Michael Oher and Mike Remmers were seen as the weakest starters on the roster entering the season, but they weren't tested very much because Carolina somehow avoided teams ranked in the top 10 of sacks. That includes its playoff battles as well - until the Broncos, who easily manufactured sacks. Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware abused Oher and Remmers mercilessly, and entering this offseason, it was clear that Carolina would have to do something about the position.