2016 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Germany
The squad was announced on 11 December 2015. Uwe Gensheimer and Patrick Groetzki were ruled out due to injuries on 19 and 25 December 2015. Michael Allendorf would miss the tournament because of an injury, announced on 2 January 2016. Kai Häfner and Julius Kühn were added on 8 and 11 January 2016. The final squad was announced on 14 January 2016.


2016 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Slovenia
A 21-player squad was announced on 23 December 2015. Klemen Ferlin was replaced by Urban Lesjak on 26 December 2015 due to an injury. The final squad was announced on 12 January 2016.


2016 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Denmark
An 18-player squad was announced on 17 December 2015. Alexander Lynggaard and Klaus Thomsen were added on 28 December 2015, due to an injury to Rene Toft Hansen. Lasse Andersson was ruled out because of an injury on 30 December 2015.


2016 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Hungary
An 18-player squad was announced on 30 December 2015. A 17-man squad was named on 12 January 2016. The final squad was announced on 13 January 2016.


2016 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Russia
A 21-player squad was announced on 19 December 2015. It was cut to 18 on 13 January 2016.


2016 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Statistics, Player representation by league system
In all, European  Championship squad members play for clubs in 22 different countries.


2016 European Men's Handball Championship squads, Statistics, Player representation by league system
Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals. German squad have only one player employed by a non-domestic club; that players are employed in Poland. Only Icelandic squad is made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs; although one player on that squad. Of the countries not represented by a national team at the European Championship, Handball-Bundesliga provides the most squad members.


2016 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships
The 2016 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships was held in Kazan, Russia, from February 16 to February 21, 2016. This tournament also serves as European qualification for the 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup.


2016 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, Men's team, Ranking of second-placed teams
Due to group 6 having different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams are not considered for this ranking.


2016 European Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 2016 European Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 4–11 July 2016.


2016 European Mountain Bike Championships
The 2016 European Mountain Bike Championships was held in Huskvarna, Sweden, between 5 and 8 May 2016.


2016 European Open
The 2016 European Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the European Open and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, from October 17 to October 23.


2016 European Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 European Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 European Open Water Championships
The 2016 European Open Water Championships took place from 10 to 14 July 2016 in Hoorn (Netherlands), organized by European Swimming Federation LEN.


2016 European Open Water Championships, Trophy
Best Swimmers 2 swimmers each nation each event got points for championships trophy. It was awarded to the nation with the highest number of points, according to


2016 European Open – Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Édouard Roger-Vasselin won the title, defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2016 European Open – Singles
Richard Gasquet won the title, defeating Diego Schwartzman in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–1.


2016 European Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2016 European Pairs Speedway Championship
The 2016 European Pairs Speedway Championship was the 13th edition of the European Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held in Riga, Latvia on 13 August.


2016 European Pairs Speedway Championship
The title was won by Italy for the first time.


2016 European Rally Championship
The 2016 European Rally Championship was the 64th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the fourth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.


2016 European Road Championships
The 2016 European Road Cycling Championships was the 22nd running of the European Road Cycling Championships, that took place over 14–18 September 2016 in Plumelec, France. The event consisted of a total of 5 road races and 5 time trials, regulated by the Union Européenne de Cyclisme (UEC). The 2016 championships were the first to be run with elite events for riders over 23 years of age, although the women's under-23 events were combined with the women's elite events.


2016 European Road Championships, Relocation of the championships
Initially the championships were planned to be held in Nice, France. However, on 5 August, three weeks after the Bastille Day terrorist attack there, mayor Philippe Pradal cancelled their hosting of the event, stating that the championships would require a large police presence which had not yet been guaranteed to him. The Union Européenne de Cyclisme (UEC) further explained that the "huge security presence" could not be guaranteed in Nice due to "the significant constraints".


2016 European Road Championships, Relocation of the championships
The European Cycling Union received several new applications: from Yorkshire in the United Kingdom, Trentino and the Marche region in Italy and the French application of the Plumelec-Morbihan department within the French Brittany region. On 13 August, it was announced that the championships would be held in Plumelec-Morbihan.


2016 European Road Championships, Courses, Time trial
All the starts were held on the Rue du Canal in Josselin apart from the junior women, who started on the Place de l'église in Plumelec. All event finishes were at the top of the Côte de Cadoudal, a 1.8 km (1.1 mi), 7.8% average gradient hill in Plumelec. The elite women, men's under-23 and men's junior races were held over the same course.


2016 European Road Championships, Courses, Road race
All road races took place on a 13.7 km (8.5 mi) circuit, that were completed a varying number of times. All events started and finished at the top of the Côte de Cadoudal, a 1.8 km (1.1 mi), 7.8% average gradient hill in Plumelec. The circuit was the same as the one held for the Grand Prix de Plumelec.


2016 European Road Championships – Women's time trial
The Women's time trial at the 2016 European Road Championships took place on 15 September. It was the first time that an elite time trial event for women was contested at the European Road Championships. The start of the time trial was in Josselin, with the finish at the top of the Côte de Cadoudal, in Plumelec; in total, the course was 25.4 km (15.8 mi) in length. The event also saw riders under the age of 23 take part, with separated rankings and the UEC European Champion jersey on offer to the fastest rider. In total, 52 riders contested the event.


2016 European Road Championships – Women's time trial
The elite title was won by Dutch rider Ellen van Dijk, completing the course in a time of 36 minutes, 41.07 seconds. Van Dijk finished 18.40 seconds ahead of her compatriot Anna van der Breggen, with Russia's Olga Zabelinskaya completing the podium, a further 4.99 seconds in arrears of van der Breggen.


2016 European Road Championships – Women's time trial
In the concurrent under-23 race, Russia's Anastasiia Iakovenko claimed the title in a time of 39 minutes, 35.87 seconds. Second place went to Ksenyia Tuhai of Belarus, 9.62 seconds in arrears of Iakovenko, while the bronze medal was taken by Germany's Lisa Klein, 1.99 seconds behind Tuhai.


2016 European Road Championships – Women's time trial, Course
The race start was held on the Rue du Canal in Josselin. The finish was at the top of the Côte de Cadoudal, a 1.8 km (1.1 mi), 7.8% average gradient hill in Plumelec.


2016 European Road Championships – Women's time trial, Preview
It was the first time that an elite time trial event was organised at the European Road Championships, although there had been a time trial competition held exclusively for riders under 23 years of age since 1997. Of those competing in Plumelec, five riders had previously won the European under-23 championship; Olga Zabelinskaya (2002), Ellen van Dijk (2007 and 2008), Anna van der Breggen (2012), Hanna Solovey (2013) and Mieke Kröger (2014). The inaugural edition of the European Games, held in 2015, also included an individual time trial, won by van Dijk ahead of Solovey. Previous UCI Road World Championships medallists that participated at the championships were 2013 gold medal winner van Dijk, as well as previous silver medallists Solovey (2014) and van der Breggen (2015).


2016 European Road Championships – Women's time trial, Preview
On the 2016 women's road cycling calendar there were only a few international individual time trial event. The most important one was the time trial at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Behind gold medal winner Kristin Armstrong from the United States, Zabelinskaya finished the 29.8 km (18.5 mi)-long course with the silver medal, six seconds ahead of van der Breggen, with van Dijk in fourth after going off-course during her race. A week before the European Championships, the annual Chrono Champenois was held in the French commune of Bétheny. Over the 33.4 km (20.8 mi) course, Zabelinskaya finished five seconds ahead of van Dijk; however, both riders were beaten by Australia's Katrin Garfoot.


2016 European Road Championships – Women's time trial, Race report
Despite predicted rain for race day it was dry during the time trial. The time trial started at 10:30 with the Ukrainian rider Olga Shekel first to set off onto the course, setting a time of 39 minutes, 49.88 seconds. The fifth rider to set off, Anastasiia Iakovenko then set the fastest time at 39' 35", a time that was ultimately good enough for her to win the under-23 race. Later the French rider Edwige Pitel went quicker with a new fastest time of 39' 13".


2016 European Road Championships – Women's time trial, Race report
At the intermediate time point after 14.5 km (9.0 mi), Azerbaijan's Olena Pavlukhina went 22 seconds faster than Pitel (22' 22") before French team-mate Audrey Cordon became the first rider to go below 22 minutes to the intermediate point. When Pavlukhina finished she was the new leader with a time of 39' 12", but was later beaten by Cordon in 38' 29".


2016 European Road Championships – Women's time trial, Race report
Meanwhile Ellen van Dijk had set the fastest intermediate time by over a minute with a time of 20' 59", before recording the fastest time at the finish of 36' 41". Olga Zabelinskaya, with an intermediate time of 21' 19", was not able to beat the time of van Dijk and finished in a time of 37' 04 "; a time ultimately good enough for the bronze medal. Finally Anna van der Breggen, who was 5 seconds slower than van Dijk at the intermediate time point, was also not able to improve, finishing 18 seconds in arrears of her compatriot, with the silver medal.


2016 European Road Championships – Women's time trial, Post-race reactions
After winning the gold medal, van Dijk explained that she had been unwell in the run-up to the championships, but elected to compete after consultations with her doctor. Van Dijk stated that she was "happy" to win overall, and found the result to be "a boost towards the World Championships in Qatar".


2016 European Road Championships – Women's time trial, Post-race reactions
With van Dijk having already qualified for October's UCI Road World Championships in Qatar, an additional place was awarded for winning the European championships, and as a result, Annemiek van Vleuten was selected to also compete for the Netherlands.


2016 European Rowing Championships
The 2016 European Rowing Championships were held in Brandenburg, Germany, between 6 and 8 May 2016.


2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final
The 2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final was the final match in the 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup, and the twenty-first European club rugby final in general. It was contested by French side Racing 92, and Saracens of England, at the Grand Stade de Lyon, in the Lyon suburb of Décines, France, on Saturday 14 May 2016.


2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final
Saracens defeated Racing 92 by 21 points to 9. This was Saracens first European Cup win, making them the first new champions since Toulon, whose first victory in what was then known as the Heineken Cup came in 2013.


2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final, Background
Prior to the draw for the 2015–16 tournament, it was announced that Lyon would host the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup and Champions Cup finals at the newly built Grand Stade de Lyon, while the 2017 finals would be held at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. Two weeks before the match, Nigel Owens was chosen to referee the final. This was Racing's first European Cup final, while Saracens were previously defeated by Toulon in the 2014 Heineken Cup Final. The two teams last met in the tournament the previous season, Saracens having defeated Racing at the quarter-final stage with a last-minute penalty kick.


2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final, Route to the final, Racing 92
In the pool stages, fifth-seeds Racing 92 topped Pool 3, winning four of six games. Their first match with Glasgow Warriors was postponed for two months due to the November 2015 Paris attacks, but they went on to win their first two fixtures. After drawing 9-9 with Northampton Saints and winning the postponed match 34-10, Racing inflicted a heavy 64-14 away defeat on the Scarlets. Racing lost their final match 22-5 away at against the Warriors, which was relocated from Scotstoun Stadium to Rugby Park due to heavy rainfall.


2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final, Route to the final, Racing 92
On April 10 in the quarter-finals, Racing hosted Toulon at Stade Yves-du-Manoir and narrowly won by 19-16. Two weeks later, they won in the semi-finals by the same scoreline Leicester Tigers at City Ground in Nottingham, England.


2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final, Route to the final, Saracens
Seeded first, Saracens won Pool 1 after winning all six of their matches. In the quarter-finals, they won 29-20 against the Northampton Saints at Allianz Park on 9 April, with tries from Chris Ashton and Chris Wyles. Both were converted by Owen Farrell, who also scored all five of their penalties. Two weeks later, they won their semi-final 24-17 against Wasps at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, England.


2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final, Match, Summary
The game was played mostly during a heavy rain storm, and featured no tries. Racing 92's scrum-half Maxime Machenaud missed an early penalty kick, allowing Saracens fly-half Owen Farrell to score first, hitting a drop goal from close range to give the Saracens a 3–0 lead. After winning a scrum deep in the Saracens half, Racing's outside-centre Johan Goosen drew the score level 3–3 at 17 minutes. Machenaud was removed from play under concussion regulations on 22 minutes. Farrell scored on a two successive penalties to make the score 9–3 in Saracens' favour. Just before the end of the half, Goosen and Farrell traded penalties to make the score 12–6.


2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final, Match, Summary
Racing's fly-half, Dan Carter was substituted shortly after half-time, having aggravated his leg injury. Farrell scored another penalty early in the second half to extend the lead to 15–6. As Racing became more aggressive following the 60 minute mark, Goosen scored his third penalty of the game to bring the score to 15–9. Farrell would preserve the lead for Saracens, by scoring two more penalties; once in the 76th minute, and once in the 79th minute for a final score of 21–9 in favour of Saracens.


2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final, Match, Summary
Maro Itoje was named Man of The Match. Saracens became the first team to win the competition by winning all their matches.


2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final, Match, Details
Touch judges: George Clancy (Ireland) Leighton Hodges (Wales)Television match official: Simon McDowell (Ireland)


2016 European Senior Tour
The 2016 European Senior Tour was the 25th season of the European Senior Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged 50 and above operated by the PGA European Tour.


2016 European Senior Tour, Tournament results
The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Senior Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.


2016 European Senior Tour, Tournament results
For the tour schedule on the European Senior Tour's website, including links to full results, click .


2016 European Senior Tour, Leading money winners
There is a complete list on the official site .


2016 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2016 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 22 and 24 January 2016 in Sochi, Russia.


2016 European Shotgun Championships
The 2016 European Shotgun Championships was the 62nd edition of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the European Shooting Confederation.


2016 European Speed Skating Championships
The 2016 European Speed Skating Championships were held in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 10 January 2016. Skaters from 17 countries participated.


2016 European Speed Skating Championships
Sven Kramer and Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands were the defending champions. Kramer successfully defended his title, winning a record 8th title overall, and Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic won her 5th title.


2016 European Speed Skating Championships, Men's championships
DNS = did not start, WDR = withdrew, DQ = disqualified


2016 European Table Tennis Championships
The 2016 European Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 18–23 October 2016. The competition was held at Tüskecsarnok.


2016 European Table Tennis Championships - Men's doubles
The men's doubles on 2016 European Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 18–22 October 2016. Venue for the competition is Tüskecsarnok.


2016 European Table Tennis Championships - Men's singles
The men's singles on 2016 European Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 18–22 October 2016. Venue for the competition is Tüskecsarnok.


2016 European Table Tennis Championships - Mixed Doubles
The mixed doubles on 2016 European Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 18–22 October 2016. Venue for the competition is Tüskecsarnok.


2016 European Table Tennis Championships - Women's doubles
The women's doubles on 2016 European Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 18–22 October 2016. Venue for the competition is Tüskecsarnok.


2016 European Table Tennis Championships - Women's singles
The women's singles on 2016 European Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 18–23 October 2016. Venue for the competition is Tüskecsarnok.


2016 European Taekwondo Championships
The 2016 European Taekwondo Championships was the 22st edition of the European Taekwondo Championships, and was held in Montreux, Switzerland, from May 19 to May 22, 2016.


2016 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2016 European Qualification Tournament for Rio Olympic Games was held in Istanbul, Turkey from January 16 to January 17, 2016. Each country may enter maximum 2 male and 2 female divisions with only one in each division and the first two ranked athletes per weight division qualify their NOCs a place each for Olympic Games.


2016 European Throwing Cup
The 2016 European Throwing Cup was held on 12 and 13 March at the Gloria Arad Stadium in Arad, Romania. It was the sixteenth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events and was jointly organised by the European Athletic Association. The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. In addition to the senior competitions, there were under-23 events for younger athletes.


2016 European Tour
The 2016 European Tour was the eighth edition of the Race to Dubai and the 45th season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.


2016 European Tour
The Race to Dubai was won for the second time by Sweden's Henrik Stenson, who was also named Golfer of the Year. The Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year was Wang Jeung-hun from South Korea.


2016 European Tour, Rule changes
For the 2016 season, the European Tour modified its membership requirements from 13 tournaments inclusive of the four majors and four World Golf Championships, to 5 tournaments exclusive of them; the change was intended to make it easier for United States-based players outside the top-50 in the world rankings to retain their membership, as they may not be eligible for the majors and WGCs.


2016 European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 2016 European Tour schedule which began with three events in late 2015.


2016 European Tour, Schedule
There were many changes from the previous season. Seven tournaments were lost from the schedule, the most significant being the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational which, due to a clash of dates with the 100th edition of the Open de France, was not sanctioned by the European tour in 2016. Other tournaments to be removed were the Africa Open, the Malaysian Open, the Madeira Islands Open, the Russian Open, the BMW Masters and the Hong Kong Open, which would take place early in the 2017 season due to a change in dates from October to December. There were four additions to the schedule: the return of the Perth International, the first European Tour sanctioned Australian PGA Championship; the inaugural Maybank Championship, which replaced the Malaysian Open; and the Olympic Men's Golf Competition.


2016 European Tour, Schedule
The Final Series was also adjusted; the Nedbank Golf Challenge replaced the dropped BMW Masters, and the series was reduced to three events with the removal of the WGC-HSBC Champions. As a result of the change of dates, the Nedbank Golf Challenge was played twice during the season.


2016 European Tour, Schedule
The Fiji International and the King's Cup were added to the schedule later.


2016 European Tour, Race to Dubai
Since 2009, the European Tour's money list has been known as the "Race to Dubai". It is based on money earned during the season and is calculated in euro, with earnings from tournaments that award prize money in other currencies being converted at the exchange rate available the week of the event. The following table shows the final top-10 in the 2016 standings (earnings converted to points before the Final Series).


2016 European Tour, Awards, Golfer of the Month
The winners of the European Tour Golfer of the Month award:


2016 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 30 players who earned 2017 European Tour cards through Q School in 2016.


2016 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
Five of the thirty had competed in the First Stage of 2016 qualifying:  Nathan Kimsey, Rafael Echenique, Ashley Chesters, Jamie Rutherford and Niclas Johansson.


2016 European Tour Qualifying School graduates, 2017 Results
* European Tour rookie in 2017T = Tied  The player retained his European Tour card for 2018 (finished inside the top 101 or the top 10 of the Access List). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018, but retained conditional status (finished between 102 and 147, inclusive). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018 (finished outside the top 147).


2016 European Tour Qualifying School graduates, 2017 Results
Nixon, Winther, Heisele, Canter, Widegren, and Foster regained their cards for 2018 through Q School.


2016 European Touring Car Cup
The 2016 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the twelfth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It consisted of six events in France (twice), Slovakia, Germany, Portugal and Italy.


2016 European Touring Car Cup
The championship was split into two categories: Super 2000 (including TC2 Turbo, TC2 and TCN-2 machinery) and Super 1600.


2016 European Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers
The races at the Nürburgring had both WTCC and ETCC competitors. ETCC competitors entered with their usual car numbers, but with 100 added up to it.


2016 European Touring Car Cup, Race calendar and results
The first four rounds were supporting the World Touring Car Championship, whereas the final two rounds were jointly with the FFSA GT Tour.


2016 European Touring Car Cup, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:


2016 European Touring Car Cup, Championship standings
Qualifying points: 1 2 3 refers to the classification of the drivers after the qualifying for first race, where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1.


2016 European Touring Car Cup, Championship standings
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance. ‡ — Double points were awarded.


2016 European Trampoline Championships
The 25th Trampoline European Championships were held in Valladolid, Spain, from March 31 – April 3, 2016.


2016 European Triathlon Championships
The 2016 European Triathlon Championships was held in Lisbon, Portugal from 26 May to 29 May 2016.


2016 European Truck Racing Championship
The 2016 FIA European Truck Racing Championship is a motor-racing championship using highly tuned tractor units. It was the 32nd year of the championship. Jochen Hahn won the championship with MAN.


2016 European Truck Racing Championship, Championship Overall Standings, Drivers' Championship
Each round or racing event consisted of four races. At each race, points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:


2016 European Truck Racing Championship, Championship Overall Standings, Drivers' Championship
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2016 European U23 Wrestling Championship
The 2016 European U23 Wrestling Championships was the 2nd edition of European U23 Wrestling Championships of combined events, and took place from 29 March to 3 April in Ruse, Bulgaria.


2016 European Union bank stress test
The European Union-wide banking stress test 2016 was conducted by the European Banking Authority (EBA) in order to assess the resilience of financial institutions in the European Union to a hypothetical adverse market scenario. The stress test was formally launched on 24 February 2016 with a publication of the final methodology and templates as well as the scenarios. It covered over 70% of the national banking-industry assets in the euro area, each EU member state and Norway. 53 EU banks participated in the exercise, 39 of which fall under the jurisdiction of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM). The outcomes of the exercise, including banks' individual results, were published on 29 July 2016, at 22:00 CET.


2016 European Union bank stress test, Background
The European Banking Authority (EBA) aims to ensure the proper functioning of financial markets and the stability of the financial system in the EU. To this end, the EBA has the right to conduct the EU-wide stress tests, in cooperation with the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB). Such exercises are designed to test the resilience of financial institutions to adverse market developments.


2016 European Union bank stress test, Background
The stress tests are performed in cooperation with the ESRB, the European Central Bank (ECB), national competent authorities and the European Commission. In particular, the EBA was responsible for the common methodology and disclosure of the results. The ESRB and the European Commission designed the underlying macroeconomic scenarios. The quality assurance process of banks’ results was led by the ECB and national competent authorities. Moreover, the ECB conducted the Asset Quality Review that served as a starting point of the stress test.


2016 European Union bank stress test, Features of the stress test
Banks needed to assess the impact of a macroeconomic baseline and adverse scenario. The scenarios each covered a period of three years (2015-2018). The macroeconomic adverse scenario and any risk type specific shocks linked to the scenario are developed by the ESRB and the ECB in close cooperation with competent authorities, the EBA and the European Commission. The latter will also provide the macroeconomic baseline scenario.


2016 European Union bank stress test, Features of the stress test
Risk types considered in the stress test included credit risk including securitisations, market risk and counterparty credit risk, operational risk including conduct risk. In addition, banks are requested to project the effect of the scenarios on net interest income and to stress P&L and capital items not covered by other risk types. The 2016 exercise adds an explicit treatment of conduct risk and FX lending to its scope.


2016 European Union bank stress test, Features of the stress test
The stress test relied on a static balance sheet assumption as of 31 December 2015, implying no new growth and a constant business mix and model over the whole time horizon.methodology


2016 European Union bank stress test, Features of the stress test
The exercise is run at the highest level of consolidation. The scope of consolidation is the perimeter of the banking group as defined by the CRR/CRD IV (i.e. the implementation of Basel III in the EU). Insurance activities are therefore excluded both from the balance sheet and the revenues and costs side of the P&L.


2016 European Union bank stress test, Features of the stress test
As opposed to the 2014 stress test, no single capital threshold is defined for this exercise as banks will be assessed against relevant supervisory capital ratios under a static balance sheet and the results will inform the 2016 round of Supervisory Review and Evaluation Processes (SREP) under which decisions are made on appropriate capital resources and forward looking capital plans are challenged. No hurdle rates or capital thresholds are defined for the purpose of the exercise. However, competent authorities will apply stress test results as an input to the supervisory review and evaluation process.


2016 European Union bank stress test, Results
No bank will be said to have failed because the test won't judge banks against a single capital threshold as in previous exercises.


2016 European Union bank stress test, Results
The outcomes of the exercise, including banks' individual results, was published on 29 July 2016. An expedited publication is designed to align the finalisation of the exercise with the cycle of the annual supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP), as this will ensure the results of the stress test are incorporated as an input to that process. DZ Bank was excluded from the test due to the ongoing merger with WGZ Bank, as well as National Bank of Greece was already covered in 2015 Comprehensive Assessment of European Central Bank.


2016 European Union bank stress test, Results
The following table lists the 52 banks that undergone the stress test:


2016 European Universities Games
The 2016 European University Games, also known as 2016 European Universiade, was the third biannual European Universities Games (EUG), the largest European multisport event, with 4800 participants from 403 universities in 41 countries. The event took place in the Croatian cities of Zagreb and Rijeka between 13 and 25 July 2016, and was organised by European University Sports Association (EUSA) and Croatian Academic Sport Federation (CASF) with the cooperation of University of Zagreb, University of Rijeka, City of Rijeka, City of Zagreb and Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia).


2016 European Universities Games, Introduction, Bid selection
The host for the European Universities Games 2016 was decided on 1 June 2013 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, by the EUSA Executive Committee. The two bids were Zagreb and Rijeka in Croatia, and Coimbra in Portugal. The Croatian presentation was followed by a questions and answers session, and the same system applied also for the Portuguese delegation with the bidding city of Coimbra, which came next.


2016 European Universities Games, Introduction, Bid selection
The Croatian delegation was led by Gordan Kozulj, the Chairman of the Bidding Committee, and other members of the delegation were Zeljko Jovanovic, Minister of Science, Education and Sports;  Pero Lucin, Rector of the University of Rijeka; Petra Radetic, President of Student Council of the University of Zagreb;  Jelena Pavicic Vukicevic, Deputy Mayor of the City of Zagreb and Zrinko Custonja, the President of the Croatian University Sports Federation (CASF).


2016 European Universities Games, Introduction, Bid selection
The Portuguese delegation was composed of Mr Ricardo Morgado, the Chairman of the Bidding Committee; Mr Emidio Guerreiro, Secretary of State for Sport and Youth; Mr Joao Gabriel Silva, Rector of the University of Coimbra; Mr Joao Barbosa De Melo, Mayor of Coimbra; Mr Bruno Barracosa, the President of the Academic University Sports Federation of Portugal (FADU) and Mr Tiago Martins, Vice-President of the Students Council of the University of Coimbra.


2016 European Universities Games, Introduction, Bid selection
Before the announcement of the winning city was done, EUSA President Roczek stressed the quality of both bids and presentations, and then announced "The 3rd European Universities Games in 2016 will be organised in: Zagreb-Rijeka in Croatia" Coimba in Portugal was later chosen to host the European Universities Games 2018.


2016 European Universities Games, Introduction, Tradition of university sports in Croatia
The first student sports club was founded 112 years ago at the University of Zagreb. The Federation of Academic Sports Clubs at the University of Zagreb was founded 92 years ago. Mandatory physical education classes were introduced in Croatian universities 52 years ago. Twenty eight years ago the first University Games, also known as Universiade was organized in Zagreb. The Croatian Academic Sports Federation was founded 22 years ago. Organized primarily as a cultural and a social event, the 1987 Universiade in Zagreb helped bring infrastructural renaissance to the capital city of Croatia and created the prerequisites for the significant advancement of Croatian sport as a whole.


2016 European Universities Games, Sports, Sport events
The 2016 European University Games programme featured 21 sports including Compulsory sports (8), Optional sports (11), Demo sports programme (2) and sports for students with disabilities (2) for the first time in academical sport.


2016 European Universities Games, Opening Ceremony
The EUG 2016 Opening Ceremony took place on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 21.00 with a live TV broadcast by the national TV broadcaster (Croatian Radiotelevision - HRT), and a duration of 120 minutes. The tickets for the opening ceremony were free, but without them it was not possible to enter the event area – the athletics stadium of the Sports Park Mladost in Zagreb.


2016 European Universities Games, Opening Ceremony
Directed by Krešimir Dolenčić, the ceremony started with an introduction of host cities. Zagreb was depicted as the city of universities, parks, museums, art and sporting success, while Rijeka was depicted as the city of naval tradition, torpedoes, rock and roll, good vibrations and the world’s second largest carnival. Croatian singer Damir Kedžo and the University of Zagreb’s choir Concordia discors performed the official song of the Games– As long as heart believes. The anthem describes the synergy of faith and hard work, which explains its popularity among the athletes who came to the Games.


2016 European Universities Games, Opening Ceremony
It is not easy to study and achieve good sporting results at the same time, and the very fact that they are participating makes all student athletes at the Games champions of hard work, faith, knowledge, and labor.


2016 European Universities Games, Opening Ceremony
A parade of this year’s participants ensued; the participants and the organizers of the 1987 Universiade carried the flag of the European University Sports Association, leading the parade– legendary basketball coach Mirko Novosel, the president of the Executive Board of the 1987 Universiade, lawyer Vladimir Pezo, the former Mayor of Zagreb, Dr. Mato Mikić, the director of the security sector of the 1987 Universiade, Lieutenant General Mate Laušić, the director of the opening ceremony of the 1987 Universiade, Paolo Magelli, and theatre director and producer Duško Ljuština, who was the director of the culture sector at the 1987 Universiade.


2016 European Universities Games, Opening Ceremony
The first group of flag-carriers then passed the flag to the second group, consisting of several Croatian trophy-winning athletes: longtime member of the Croatian national water polo team Dubravko Šimenc, basketball player Danira Bilić, backstroke swimmer Gordan Kožulj, basketball player and coach Aleksandar Petrović, tennis player Renata Šašak and water polo player Samir Barać. Over five thousand participants walked the athletic track at Mladost Stadium, entering the track in alphabetical order by the name of the country they came from. The hosts occasionally made interesting remarks about the 403 universities participating in the Games.


2016 European Universities Games, Opening Ceremony
The hosts walked at the tail of the parade – Croatian students came from 16 universities from Zagreb, Osijek, Karlovac, Rijeka, Split, Pula, Vukovar and Dubrovnik. Before the oaths were taken, the attendees were addressed by the president of the European Universities Games Zagreb – Rijeka 2016 Zrinko Čustonja, the Rector of the University of Zagreb Damir Boras, the president of the European University Sports Association Adam Roczek and the Croatian Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković.


2016 European Universities Games, Opening Ceremony
In the end, contestants and referees took their oaths. On behalf of the contestants the oath was taken by Ana Lenard, a karateist from Zagreb, while Ivan Šverko, a basketball referee from Rijeka, took the oath on behalf of the referees.


2016 European Universities Games, Closing Ceremony
The closing ceremony of the European Universities Games in Zagreb and Rijeka took place at Rijeka Korzo on July 25, 2016. These third European Universities Games were the greatest and biggest to date by the number of participants, with almost six thousand student athletes from 403 universities and 41 European countries who competed in Rijeka and Zagreb over the two weeks.


2016 European Universities Games, Closing Ceremony
The ceremony was attended by numerous dignitaries who praised the organizers and congratulated the participants on their results. Near the very end of tonight’s programme, after the young bell-ringers passed him the flag of EUSA, Daniel Moreno, representative of the next host of the European Universities Games – the Portuguese city of Coimbra, addressed the audience as well:


2016 European Universities Games, Closing Ceremony
‘First of all, I would like to congratulate the Croatian Academic Sports Federation, Zagreb and Rijeka on these great European Universities Games 2016. This is a great moment for the university sports movement. The standard of quality these games have set is high, and we will do our best to deliver an event as this one in Coimbra, Portugal in 2018.’


2016 European Universities Games, Closing Ceremony
The Games, which were opened with a great opening ceremony at Mladost Stadium in Zagreb, were closed today in Rijeka, thus symbolically closing the circle of organization of the largest multi-sport event in recent Croatian history.


2016 European Universities Games, Symbols, Verbal identity: motto
The slogan Hearth believes, mind achieves, proclaims idea of dualism, which is integrated in the very proposal of the dual candidature of Zagreb and Rijeka, and its basic idea is officially explained as follows: "The slogan is the basic concept of the synergy of the heart and mind, two mighty organs of great contrast; however only through their joint work it is possible to achieve the proper functioning of the human body.


2016 European Universities Games, Symbols, Verbal identity: motto
The concept of dualism and synergy of the heart and mind, promote all the key values that student sports represent: ratio, education, prudence, strength, energy, fighting spirit and love – characteristics that help young people achieve excellence in their academic and athletic lives. The slogan also rests on the concepts of faith as a motivator, and achievement as a result of the successful sports activity. Both concepts represent important elements of sports – faith in one self and one’s own capabilities, faith in victory, the achievement of results, the worthiness of persistence and in vested effort."


2016 European Universities Games, Symbols, Visual identity: logo
The author of the visual identity is Croatian graphic designer Jurica Dolić, who described his solution as follows:"The visual identity embodies the verbal identity aspect by incorporating the symbol of the heart (shape, red colour) and mind (circle, blue colour). It also embodies a number of other symbols which have an exceptional importance for the candidature of Zagreb and Rijeka: Colours – red, white and blue are the representative colours of Croatian national symbols. Red is the colour of Rijeka, while blue is the representative colour of Zagreb.


2016 European Universities Games, Symbols, Visual identity: logo
Shapes – white shapes (inside the blue circle) symbolize the number 16 (year of holding the Games – 2016). Furthermore, these shapes denote the silhouette of “Zagi” (the exceptionally popular mascot of the Zagreb Universiade from 1987), and in the combination with the red colour of the heart portrays a flame as the symbol of the sporting and Olympic spirit."


2016 European Universities Games, Symbols, The mascot
After public voting, the figure of hamster became an official mascote of EUG2016. Final selection of the mascot is the result of the selection process that began in September 2014, after which at an open call 64 applications with mascot suggestions arrived. Nine-member jury selected three finalists that were presented to the public who was offered the opportunity to make a final decision of the EUG 2016 mascot in the second round of the competition. The winning suggestion was the one by Croatian authors Vedran Rede and Matija Tomšić who created the mascot of hamster, suggesting that it is important to participate and not always to win.


2016 European Universities Games, Symbols, Official Anthem
'As long as heart believes' is official song of European Universities Games Zagreb-Rijeka 2016.


2016 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2016 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Førde, Norway from 10 April to 16 April 2016.


2016 European Weightlifting Championships, Participating countries
List of participating countries. In total, 340 (144 female, 196 male) athletes from 40 countries participated in this championships.


2016 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament
The 2016 EHF European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament was the 2nd edition and was hosted for the first time in Sweden from 7 to 8 December 2016.


2016 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament, Ranking and statistics, All-Star Team
The all-star team and awards were announced on 8 December 2016.


2016 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 31st European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors was held from 1 to 5 June 2016, at the PostFinance-Arena in Bern, Switzerland. It was the first time the city had hosted a major female international competition (it hosted the 1975 Men's European Gymnastics Championships), and was the first time Switzerland hosted the competition in the country.


2016 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Venue
The competition was held at the PostFinance-Arena. Formerly the Bern Arena, it houses the home games of National League A ice hockey team SC Bern. Built in 1967, the arena has a capacity of just over 17,000 spectators – this makes it one of the largest arenas to host the competition.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2016 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 4 to 18 December 2016. It was the second time that Sweden hosts the tournament, after it also hosted the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship
Sweden was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Monaco on 23 June 2012.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship
Norway won their seventh title after a 30–29 victory over the Netherlands. France captured the bronze medal, after a 25–22 victory over Denmark.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 10 June 2016 at 13:00 local time at the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg, Sweden.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship, Referees
14 referee pairs were selected on 17 June 2016, of which 12 will be refereeing the tournament. Of these, 7 pairs are women and 5 are men.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship, Main round
Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group were carried over.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship, Final ranking and statistics, All Star Team
The All Star Team and awards were announced on 18 December 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship qualification
This article describes the qualification for the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship qualification, Qualification system
The draw was held in Vienna, Austria on 24 March 2015 at 11:30 local time. Sweden as host nation was directly qualified. 32 teams had registered for participation and compete for 14 places at the final tournament in 2 distinct Qualification Phases. The group winners of phase 1 advanced to phase 2. The 28 teams were divided into seven groups of four teams. The top two teams qualified for the main tournament as well as the best-ranked third placed team, where the results against the last-placed team were revoked.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship qualification, Qualification Phase 1
The groups played in a tournament format from 12–14 June 2015. The group winners advanced to the second phase.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship qualification, Qualification Phase 2
The draw was held on 9 April 2015 in Kristianstad, Sweden.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship qualification, Qualification Phase 2, Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the best third-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which qualified directly for the final tournament, only the results against the first, and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account, while results against the fourth-placed team were not included. As a result, four matches played by each third-placed team counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads
On 25 October 2016 every coach had to submit a list of a maximum of 28 players, whom which 16 will be selected for the final tournament. Up to three replacements were granted during the tournament. The final squads were released on 3 and 4 December 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads
Age, caps and goals are correct of the start of the tournament, 4 December 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Serbia
An 18-player squad was announced on 16 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 2 December 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Slovenia
An 18-player squad was announced on 10 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 1 December 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Spain
An 18-player squad was announced on 11 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 28 November 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Sweden
The squad was announced on 1 November 2016. On 13 December 2016, Marie Wall replaced Olivia Mellegård because of an injury.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, France
A 19-player squad was announced on 8 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 29 November 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Germany
An 18-player squad was announced on 3 November 2016. A 21-player squad was revealed on 16 November 2016. The final squad was announced on 1 December 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Netherlands
A 17-player squad was announced on 4 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 26 November 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Poland
A 17-player squad was announced on 6 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 28 November 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Czech Republic
A 19-player squad was announced on 7 November 2016. The squad was reduced to 18 players on 28 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 2 December 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Hungary
A 22-player squad was announced on 14 November 2016. It was reduced to 21 players on 20 November 2016, to 18 players on 24 November 2016, and to 17 players on 30 November 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Montenegro
A 20-player squad was announced on 14 November 2016. It was reduced to 17 on 30 November 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Croatia
An 18-player squad was announced on 14 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 3 December 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Romania
A 23-player squad was selected. It was trimmed to 18 on 28 November 2016.


2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Russia
A 21-player squad was announced on 16 November 2016. It was reduced to 18 players on 3 December 2016.


2016 European Wrestling Championships
The 2016 European Wrestling Championships were held in Riga, Latvia, from 8 March to 13 March 2016.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 125 kg
The men's freestyle 125 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 11.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 57 kg
The men's freestyle 57 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 8.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 61 kg
The men's freestyle 61 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 10.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 65 kg
The men's freestyle 65 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 8.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 70 kg
The men's freestyle 70 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 11.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 74 kg
The men's freestyle 74 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 10.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 86 kg
The men's freestyle 86 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 8.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 97 kg
The men's freestyle 97 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 9.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 130 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 12.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 59 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 59 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 12.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 66 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 12.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 71 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 71 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 13.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 75 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 13.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 80 kg
The men's  Greco-Roman 80 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 13.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
The men's  Greco-Roman 85 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 13.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg
The men's  Greco-Roman 98 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 12.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 48 kg
The Women's freestyle 48 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 8.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 53 kg
The Women's freestyle 53 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 9.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 55 kg
The Women's freestyle 55 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 10.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 58 kg
The Women's freestyle 58 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 11.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 60 kg
The Women's freestyle 60 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 9.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 63 kg
The Women's freestyle 63 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 8.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 69 kg
The Women's freestyle 69 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 11.


2016 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 75 kg
The Women's freestyle 75 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 10.


2016 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2016 Olympic Wrestling European Qualification Tournament was the fourth regional qualifying tournament for the 2016 Olympics. It was held between 15–17 April 2016 in Zrenjanin, Serbia.


2016 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament
The top two wrestlers in each weight class earn a qualification spot for their nation.


2016 European championships international draughts
The 2016 European championships of international draughts were held from 18 to 24 October in Izmir, Turkey over 9 rounds Swiss-system tournament. There were 32 participants from 14 countries, including, 14 grandmasters, 4 international masters and 6 masters of the FMJD.


2016 European championships international draughts
The winner was Alexei Chizhov from Russia, silver was for Roel Boomstra from the Netherlands, third was Martijn van IJzendoorn from the Netherlands.


2016 European floods
In late May and early June 2016 flooding began after several days of heavy rain in Europe, mostly Germany and France, but also Austria, Belgium, Romania, Moldova, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Among others, the German states  of Bavaria, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, and North Rhine-Westphalia were affected. Beginning at the river Neckar, the Danube, Rhine, Seine and their tributaries were highly affected by high water and flooding along their banks. At least 21 people died in the floods.


2016 European floods, Flooded countries, Germany
The Baden-Württemberg village of Braunsbach was most heavily affected by the floods. After flash floods on 29 May 2016, small tributaries of the river Kocher flooded the streets of the village within minutes, and the roadways were buried under rocks, trees and car wrecks. While no one was killed in Braunsbach, four people died in Baden-Württemberg alone, three of them in the floods, and a fourth victim, a 13-year-old girl, was killed while seeking shelter from the rain under a railway bridge in Schorndorf, near Stuttgart. Among the dead were a 21-year-old man and a 38-year-old firefighter, who wanted to help the young man and died along with him in a flooded underpass in Schwäbisch Gmünd, engulfed in an open sewer.


2016 European floods, Flooded countries, Germany
At least seven people were killed in Bavaria, where districts established "disaster areas". The towns of Triftern and Simbach on the river Inn faced severe flooding. Three women were found dead in the basement of a flooded house in Simbach, and a drowned woman was found hanging over a tree trunk near the village of Julbach, after her house collapsed.


2016 European floods, Flooded countries, Germany
On 2 June, it was confirmed that a fifth and a sixth person died in Bavaria: two men, aged 75 and 65, were found dead in Simbach. In addition, four people were reported missing. Streets were swept away, bridges destroyed. The small Simbach stream had risen from half a metre to a level of 5 metres within hours. Two people were arrested under allegations of looting. A seventh victim, a 72-year-old man, died in hospital after being rescued from the floods.


2016 European floods, Flooded countries, Germany
On 3 and 4 June, heavy storms were reported in Southern Germany again. Music festivals Rock am Ring and Rock im Park faced serious security concerns and heavy rainfalls. 81 people were injured at Rock am Ring festival, 15 of them seriously, after lightning struck the crowd on the evening of 3 June. Two people had to be resuscitated by paramedics; however, none were in a life-threatening condition. Hundreds left the festival on 4 June, and it was temporarily interrupted for hours after thunderstorms were predicted, but continued in the evening. The festival did not continue on 5 June, because the authorities denied approval. The 90.000 visitors had to leave.


2016 European floods, Flooded countries, Germany
On 4 June there were floods in the region around Bonn on tributaries of the river Rhine. In Polling in Upper Bavaria a "disaster situation" was reported by the authorities, in Lower Bavaria there were more than 140 rescue operations.


2016 European floods, Flooded countries, Germany
Initial estimates of the damage amounted to €1 billion, in Bavaria alone. The flooded area there was twice as large as lake Chiemsee.


2016 European floods, Flooded countries, France
In France, the river Seine burst its banks and one town was evacuated. Four people died in the floods. An 86-year-old woman was found dead in Souppes-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne, after her house was flooded. A 74-year-old man on horseback died in Évry-Grégy-sur-Yerre, south of Paris while crossing a flooded field.


2016 European floods, Flooded countries, France
Some areas reported the worst flooding seen in a century. In the department of Loiret, six weeks worth of rain reportedly fell in three days. Drivers on a highway had to be rescued by soldiers. In Paris, boat cruises were cancelled. The Louvre museum barred public admission on 2 June to 3 June to preemptively secure the artwork in case of flooding caused by the river Seine. Flooding in Paris was expected to peak at around 6.30 m above normal, higher than 6.18 m high seen in 1982, but below the 1955 flood level of 7.12 m, and the 1910 Paris flood which saw levels at 8.62 m above normal.


2016 European floods, Flooded countries, France
In Brittany and Corsica, however, a drought was experienced throughout May.


2016 European floods, Flooded countries, Belgium
Flooding in several regions of Belgium occurred in the wake of four days of torrential rain. The flooding claimed at least three lives throughout the country. A 60-year-old man died between Harsin and Hargimont after being swept away by a river in an ill-fated attempt to move his beehives. In Welkenraedt, the body of an 80-year-old woman was found, after the Bayon stream overflooded its banks. The heavy rainfall took the life of an 83-year-old man in the Walloon municipality of Momignies.


2016 European floods, Flooded countries, Romania
that two people have died and 200 people have been evacuated from their homes as floods swept parts of eastern Romania. The interior ministry said 7,000 firefighters, police and others had been dispatched overnight Friday to help in flood rescue efforts. The ministry said in a statement that a man died after a torrent of water knocked him off his bicycle in the eastern village of Ruginești. In Bacău county, in eastern Romania, another man was found drowned.


2016 European floods, Reactions
Bavaria's minister of the Interior, Joachim Herrmann, announced financial aid for those affected. French president Francois Hollande stated that "when there are such severe weather phenomena, we should realise that we must act on the global level". He said he has attended a meeting "so we can be vigilant regarding the rising water level, the peaks which might potentially involve more decisions" and noted that "what is happening now, especially in Paris and in some regions, is exceptional". German chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her condolences to the relatives of the victims.


2016 European floods, Subsequent severe weather events in Europe
On the evening on 7 June a tornado accompanied by heavy thunderstorms caused severe damage in north eastern parts of the city of Hamburg. Massive trees were uprooted and roofs were uncovered. There were 254 rescue operations by fire brigades and Technisches Hilfswerk. A state of emergency was temporarily declared for the city. Heavy thunderstorms were reported from the Ruhrgebiet area in Western Germany. Furthermore, a series of tornados was reported from nearby Schleswig-Holstein. Meteorologist Adrian Leyser of Deutscher Wetterdienst called the accumulation of the phenomenons "surprising to some" and a "result of special meteorological conditions".


2016 European floods, Subsequent severe weather events in Europe, United Kingdom
Heavy rainfall has caused a series of flash floods to strike large parts of the United Kingdom since 7 June 2016; however, this was caused by a different weather system than the European flooding.


2016 Everest Premier League
The 2016 Everest Premier League was the debut season of the Everest Premier League. It was supposed to be the second edition of the Nepal Premier League, abbreviated as NPL, and was scheduled to be held from 26 March to 4 April 2015 in Kirtipur. but Cricket Association of Nepal insisted that it will not support the tournament unless its name is changed. Later, the board decided to uphold the tournament as the name was changed to Everest Premier League and provided the ground for competition. The tournament began on 24 September and ended on 3 October 2016.


2016 Everest Premier League
The title was won by Panchakanya Tej, who defeated Colors X-Factors by 40 runs in the final. Sompal Kami of Jagadamba Rhinos was player of the tournament.


2016 Everest Premier League, Teams
Six franchise teams were formed under the names of corporate houses. The list of the teams and their players are listed below:


2016 Evergreen Premier League
The 2016 Evergreen Premier League (referred to as the EPLWA) was the third season of the Evergreen Premier League. The season began on 1 May 2016.


2016 Evian Championship
The 2016 Evian Championship was played 15–18 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 23rd Evian Championship (the first nineteen were played as the Evian Masters), and the fifth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.


2016 Evian Championship
Chun In-gee won her first Evian and second major championship, four strokes ahead of runners-up Ryu So-yeon and Park Sung-hyun. Her 21-under-par score was a record for all women's majors.


2016 Evian Championship
The event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.


2016 Evian Championship, Field
The field for the tournament was set at 120, and most earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour (LET), the LPGA Tour, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings.


2016 Evian Championship, Field
There were 16 exemption categories for the 2016 Evian Championship.


2016 Evian Championship, Field
1. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 16 August 2016


2016 Evian Championship, Field
3. Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 6 September 2015 to 6 September 2016)


2016 Evian Championship, Field
4. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years


2016 Evian Championship, Field
8. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 6 September


2016 Evian Championship, Field
9. Top 10 and ties from the 2015 Evian Championship


2016 Evian Championship, Field
12. Top two players from the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship on the Symetra Tour


2016 Evian Championship, Field
13. Top player after the 5 Activia Dream Tour tournaments in South Korea


2016 Evian Championship, Field
16. LPGA Tour money list, as of 6 September (if needed to fill the field to 120)


2016 Evian Championship, Course
Overlooking Lake Geneva, the average elevation of the course is approximately 480 metres (1,575 ft) above sea level.


2016 Evian Championship, Round summaries, First round
South Koreans Chun In-gee and Park Sung-hyun co-led after the first round at 63 (−8). Defending champion Lydia Ko was seven strokes behind at 70.


2016 Evian Championship, Round summaries, Second round
With a 66, Chun In-gee extended her lead to two strokes over Shanshan Feng and Park Sung-hyun. The cut was 145 (+3) and 72 players advanced to the weekend.


2016 Evian Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Chun In-gee shot 65 (−6) for 194 (−19) to stretch her lead to four strokes over Park Sung-hyun.


2016 Evian Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Chun In-gee completed her wire-to-wire victory with 69 for 263, four strokes over Park Sung-hyun and Ryu So-yeon. Her 21-under-par total was a record for both women and men. For men's majors, the record is 20 under par, held by Jason Day at the 2015 PGA Championship and Henrik Stenson at the 2016 Open Championship. The previous women's record of 19-under-par was shared by five: Dottie Pepper (1999 Nabisco Dinah Shore), Karen Stupples (2004 Women's British Open), Cristie Kerr (2010 LPGA Championship), Yani Tseng (2011 LPGA Championship, and Inbee Park (2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship). Her 72-hole total of 263 broke the record of 267 held by Betsy King (1992 LPGA Championship) and was one stroke better than Stenson's 264 at the 2016 Open.


2016 Exeter City Council election
The 2016 Exeter City Council election took place on 5 May 2016, to elect members of Exeter City Council in England. Following boundary changes, the entire council was up for election, and all 13 wards were contested, each electing three councillors. The election was held concurrently with other local elections held in England on the 5 May.


2016 Exeter City Council election
The council had been controlled by the Labour Party since 1990, which had held an outright majority since 2012. Labour won the Exeter election, extending their control to 30 seats, their highest ever share of the vote. The Conservatives came in second place with eight seats, losing four to Labour, while the Liberal Democrats won a single seat.


2016 Exeter City Council election
The election for the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner was also scheduled for the 5 May. Voters in Exeter would cast a separate ballot for the office, in conjunction with the residents of the rest of the Devon and Cornwall police area.


2016 Exeter City Council election, Background
The elections to Exeter City Council were the first to be held since the Local Government Boundary Commission for England conducted a review into the electoral arrangements in Exeter. The review was prompted by the previous council that had a high level of electoral inequality, with some councillors representing many more voters than others. The old council consisted of 40 councillors from 18 wards, each of two or three councillors, which were elected by thirds over a four-year cycle, with elections to Devon County Council on the fourth year.


2016 Exeter City Council election, Background
This resulted in some wards having elections every year, while others would have one year in the cycle with no elections. The review resulted in the number of councillors being reduced to 39 and the number of wards reduced to 13, with each ward returning three councillors. The ward changes equalised the ratio of voters to councillors, and provided for the entire city being able to vote in local elections every year.


2016 Exeter City Council election, Background
As a result of the review, for 2016 all seats on the council were up for election. The election used the plurality-at-large voting system; each voter was able to cast up to three votes, with the three candidates with the highest number of votes being elected. As the council would revert to electing by thirds in 2018, a number of councillors would serve partial terms in the interim. In each ward, the councillor who received the highest number of votes would serve a four-year term, the councillor with the second highest number a three-year term, and the councillor with the third-highest votes would have a two-year term. In future elections, each councillor would serve a full four-year term.


2016 Exeter City Council election, Background
Before 5 May 2016 the council was controlled by the Labour Party which had held a majority on the council since the 2012 election, and had traditionally been the largest party in the city. After the previous election, which was held in 2015 for a third of the councillors, the council consisted of 29 Labour members, 10 Conservatives, and one Liberal Democrat.


2016 Exeter City Council election, Campaign
A total of 138 candidates stood for election across the city. Four parties stood in every ward in the city, with both the Labour and Conservative parties putting up candidates for all 39 seats. The Green Party had the next highest number of candidates with 27, and the Liberal Democrats stood 20 candidates across the city. The UK Independence Party had 12 candidates standing in nine wards, and one person represented the Independence from Europe party.


2016 Exeter City Council election, Campaign
The Labour Party were standing on their record in office and their key redevelopment plans for the former bus station, which would include the St Sidwell's Point leisure complex in the centre of the city. Labour also aimed to reduce traffic congestion, add a food waste collection, and reduce homelessness and the lack of affordable housing. The Conservatives campaigned against the St Sidwell's Point project on cost grounds, instead promising to invest in affordable housing, cultural venues, and producing a new transport plan for Exeter. The party aimed to improve on its low number of seats on the council.


2016 Exeter City Council election, Campaign
The Liberal Democrats planned to rebuild their former presence in Exeter, focusing on improving the quality of public services. The Green Party proposed a more environmentally sound city, focusing on improving the quality of life for residents, a sustainable development plan, and reducing waste from the city. They also planned to make the council more democratic and accountable to the people of Exeter. UKIP had a national plan for local councils, which included devolution of power to local authorities, attempting to end funding and projects from the European Union and prioritising locals in service provision.


2016 Exeter City Council election, Results
The election was won by the Labour Party, who won 30 of the 39 seats on the council. The Conservative Party came second, winning eight seats, and the Liberal Democrats had one councillor elected. The overall turnout was 39.14%. Labour extended its majority to 10 councillors – the party's largest ever majority on the council – by gaining three seats from the Conservatives. Labour won all three seats in eight wards, and won at least one seat in every ward except the suburban Topsham, won by the Conservatives. The Conservatives also won five other seats across the city. One ward, Duryard & St James, was split three ways between the parties.


2016 Exeter Sevens
The 2016 Exeter Sevens is the second tournament of the 2016 Sevens Grand Prix Series. It will be held over the weekend of 9–10 July 2016.


2016 Exeter Sevens, Teams
12 teams participated in the tournament. In preparation for the 2016 Olympics, instead of England, Scotland, and Wales fielding individual teams, two unified Great Britain teams will compete.


2016 Extreme Sailing Series
The 2016 Extreme Sailing Series was the tenth edition of the sailing series and the sixth year of it being a fully global event. 2016 saw the series move away from the Extreme 40 catamaran, and into the GC32 foiling catamaran.


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 1: Muscat, Oman
The first act of the series was held in Muscat, Oman on the weekend of 16–19 February 2016.


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 2: Qingdao, China
Qingdao, China was the host of the second act of the 2016 series, on the weekend of 27 April–1 May 2016.


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 3: Cardiff, UK
For the fifth time, Cardiff, Wales was again a host city, it was held on the weekend of 24–26 June 2016.


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 4: Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg, Germany was, for the second time, a venue for the series, held on 14–17 July 2016.


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 5: St. Petersburg, Russia
The fifth act was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the second time as a venue in the Extreme Sailing Series. It was held on the weekend of 25–28 August 2016.


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 6: Madeira Islands, Portugal
The sixth act was held in Funchal at Madeira Island, for the first time, on the weekend of 22–25 October 2016.


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 7: Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon hosted the Series on the weekend of 6–9 October 2016. (Previously, it was scheduled to be in Istanbul, Turkey.)


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Acts, Act 8: Sydney, Australia
Act 8 was held on the weekend of 8–11 December 2016 in Sydney, Australia. This was the third year that Sydney hosted the series.


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Alinghi
Co-Skipper/Helm: Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI)Co-Skipper/Mainsail Trimmer: Arnaud Psarofaghis (SUI)Tactician: Nicolas Charbonnier (FRA)Headsail Trimmer: Nils Frei (SUI)Bowman: Yves Detrey (SUI)


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Land Rover BAR Academy
Skipper: Bleddyn Môn (GBR)Helm: Leigh McMillan (GBR)Crew: Ed Powys (GBR)Academy trialists: Adam Kay (GBR)/Oli Greber (GBR)/James Peters (GBR)/Neil Hunter (GBR)


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Oman Air
Skipper/Helm: Morgan Larson (USA)Mainsail Trimmer: Pete Greenhalgh (GBR)Headsail Trimmer: Ed Smyth (NZL/AUS)Bowmen: Nasser Al Mashari (OMA)/James Wierzbowski (AUS)


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Red Bull Sailing Team
Skipper/Helm: Roman Hagara (AUT)Tactician: Hans Peter Steinacher (AUT)Mainsail Trimmer: Stewart Dodson (NZL)Headsail Trimmer: Adam Piggott (GBR)Bowman: Brad Farrand (NZL)


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Sail Portugal
Skipper/Helm: Diogo Cayolla (POR)Tactician: Bernardo Freitas (POR)Mainsail Trimmer: Javier de la Plaza (ESP)Headsail Trimmer: Luís Brito (POR)Bowman: Winston Macfarlane (NZL)


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, SAP Extreme Sailing Team
Co-Skipper/Helm: Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN)Co-Skipper/Tactician: Rasmus Køstner (DEN)Mainsail Trimmer: Mads Emil Stephensen (DEN)Headsail Trimmer: Pierluigi De Felice (ITA)Bowman: Renato Conde (POR)


2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Teams, Team Turx
Co-Skipper/Floater: Edhem Dirvana (TUR)Co-Skipper/Helm: Stevie Morrison (GBR)Mainsail Trimmer: Cem Gözen (TUR)Headsail Trimmer: Alister Richardson (GBR)Bowman: Anil Berk Baki (TUR)


2016 F1 Powerboat World Championship
The 2016 UIM F1 H2O World Championship was the 33rd season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The season consisted of seven races, beginning in Dubai, UAE on 4 March 2016, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 16 December 2016, although initial plans indicated a ten race calendar.


2016 F1 Powerboat World Championship
Philippe Chiappe, driving for the CTIC F1 Shenzen China Team, entered the season as defending double world champion and successfully retained his title to become only the third driver in the sport's history to win three back-to-back drivers' championships. In addition, Chiappe's CTIC F1 Shenzen China Team clinched their first teams' championship. Both the BRM Pole Position Trophy and Fast Lap Trophy were also won by Chiappe.


2016 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
There was a considerable amount of continuity from 2015 into the 2016 season as far as team and driver line-ups were concerned. Following the upheaval the previous year, the driver pairings at CTIC China, Victory Team, Team Abu Dhabi, Mad-Croc and Team Sweden were all unchanged. At the F1 Atlantic Team, Youssef Al Rubayan had retired, and was replaced by former Team EMIC driver Christophe Larigot to partner regular driver Duarte Benavente. To replace Larigot, Team EMIC hired promising rookie Mike Szymura.


2016 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
The German was already a three-time F4-S champion and would drive a Jonathan Jones-built Dragon boat from the second round onwards. Francesco Cantando's team retained himself and Bartek Marszalek as drivers, but lost their Motorglass sponsorship, thus reverting their name to Blaze Performance Team in deference to Cantando's self-built Blaze boats. Bernd Enzenhofer did not return for the team. At Emirates Racing, Ivan Brigada stood in for Ahmed Al Hameli at the opening round in Dubai, though Al Hameli returned for France, partnering Erik Stark for the rest of the year.


2016 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
Brigada meanwhile made a further appearance, this time for Team EMIC at Évian-les-Bains in a third boat. Cédric Deguisne's Maverick Racing team participated in the European rounds of the championship for a second year, while there were additional entries at the final two rounds. Grant Trask brought the Trask name back to Formula 1 powerboats when he drove a third boat for Team EMIC at both Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, while Rashed Al Qamzi, cousin to Thani Al Qamzi, was rewarded for winning the F4-S title with a one-off drive in Sharjah in a third boat for Team Abu Dhabi. Away from driver changes, another legend of the sport made a return to team activities as Renato Molinari joined the Emirates Team as Team Principal alongside Scott Gillman.


2016 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
The popularity of the Moore hulls which were being campaigned so successfully by Philippe Chiappe was in evidence in 2016 as the manufacturer made a surprise switch from CTIC China to officially support Victory Team midway through the year. Victory had attempted to compete with their own hull, based closely on the Moore design, but with results not forthcoming, were able to convince the French boat builder to switch sides. The decision paid off, with Shaun Torrente taking Victory's first F1 win at the final race of the year in a Moore hull. Thus Chiappe's 2016 title win was the first since Jay Price's championship in 2009 where the team was not the primary supported outfit of the hull manufacturer - DAC in the case of Price who were officially supporting Guido Cappellini.


2016 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Season calendar
A ten-race preliminary calendar for the 2016 championship was revealed in a press release on the sport's official website in January. Amongst regular fixtures Abu Dhabi and Sharjah were two new races, with the championship scheduled to make its first appearances in Dubai and Croatia. Races in France and Portugal returned after their re-introduction in 2015, although the Portuguese race switched venues from Porto back to its traditional location Portimão. China returned to having two races on the calendar, an arrangement last seen in 2010 when three races from the country featured.


2016 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Season calendar
An additional two rounds, expected to be in Asia, were left vacant by the announcement to be confirmed at a later date. Speculation linked one of these vacant slots to a proposed race in Phuket, Thailand, which had provisionally held a slot on the 2015 calendar before the round was cancelled midway through the year. A race in Macau was also under negotiation to fill the other calendar slot. Ultimately however, neither the Thai nor Macau race materialised, while the Croatian event was also cancelled, leaving the calendar at seven confirmed races for the year.


2016 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. A maximum of two boats per team were eligible for points in the teams' championship.


2016 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings, Teams standings
Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.


2016 F2000 Championship Series
The 2016 F2000 Championship Series season is the eleventh season of competition for the series.


2016 F2000 Championship Series
Canadian Masters Class competitor Steve Bamford won eight of the twelve races he contested and won the championship. He is the second masters class driver to win the championship.


2016 F2000 Championship Series
American John McCusker won the penultimate round of the championship to finish second in points. American Masters Class competitor won one race and finished third in points. Other winners were veteran Bob Reid who won the final race of the season, a rain-affected race of only seven laps, and Americans John LaRue and Trent Walko, who each only competed in four races, finishing on the podium in all four, and winning one. Matt McDonough won the first race at Watkins Glen International, the only round he competed in.


2016 F2000 Championship Series
The points system allows a driver's two worst races to be "dropped" for season points. Because of this, Dave Weitzenhof was the only driver to compete in all sixteen races of the schedule.


2016 F4 British Championship
The 2016 F4 British Championship (known as 2016 MSA Formula Championship at the first two rounds) was a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula 4 cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. This, the second season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, was the second year that the cars conformed to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations. Part of the TOCA tour, it formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.


2016 F4 British Championship
The season commenced on 2 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 1 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races at ten meetings, all in support of the 2016 British Touring Car Championship season.


2016 F4 British Championship, Race calendar and results
The calendar for the 2016 TOCA package was announced on 27 July 2015.


2016 F4 Japanese Championship
The 2016 F4 Japanese Championship season was the second season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 9 April in Okayama and finished on 13 November on Twin Ring Motegi after fourteen races held across six rounds.


2016 F4 Japanese Championship, Race calendar and results
All rounds were held in Japan and were part of the Super GT events. The Autopolis round, initially scheduled for May 22nd, has been cancelled in the aftermath of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. On July 1, it was finally decided that one of the cancelled races will be held at the fourth round at Fuji and the other at the season finale at Motegi, both rounds becoming triple-header rounds.


2016 F4 Japanese Championship, Championship standings
Only the best thirteen results counts towards the championship. Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.


2016 F4 Japanese Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' standings
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified


2016 F4 Spanish Championship
The 2016 F4 Spanish Championship was the inaugural season of the Spanish F4 Championship, a motor racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, taking place in Spain and Portugal. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The series was organised by Koiranen GP and RFEDA. It began on 11 June at the Circuito de Navarra and finished on 16 October at the Circuito del Jarama after 20 races held across seven rounds.


2016 F4 Spanish Championship
MP Motorsport driver Richard Verschoor dominated the season and sealed the title after taking hat-trick at Jarama. While his team won the teams' championship. Aleksandr Vartanyan finished as runner-up to Verschoor, despite missing a round, but Vartanyan wasn't able to win a race. Tuomas Tujula won a race at Navarra and completed the top-three in the driver standings. Verschoor's teammate Xavier Lloveras won a race at Barcelona and helped MP Motorsport to clinch their first teams' championship in their history. Nikita Volegov and Tuomas Happalainen were the only other drivers who were eligible to score points due to obligation of competing in at least five rounds. Wildcard drivers Jarno Opmeer, Sebastián Fernández, Juuso Puhakka, Juho Valtanen, Roope Markkanen have visited a podium step (Markkanen won the second race at Navarra).


2016 F4 Spanish Championship, Race calendar and results
The calendar was announced on 10 March 2016. A mid-season change was introduced with the round in Jerez being replaced by Montmeló and ran as a double-header in support of the World Rallycross Championship. But on 12 July calendar was amended again. Estoril round was changed to Jerez, where it was be in the support of the Formula V8 3.5 Series and Euroformula Open Championship. While Barcelona round was moved to 2 October and supported Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.


2016 F4 Spanish Championship, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap. At Montmeló, only two races were held, and full points were awarded for Race 2. Only drivers, who have competed at least in five rounds were eligible to score championship points.


2016 FA Community Shield
The 2016 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield supported by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 94th FA Community Shield, an annual English football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup. The match was contested by 2015–16 FA Cup winners Manchester United, and Leicester City, champions of the 2015–16 Premier League. It was held at Wembley Stadium a week before the Premier League season kicked off. Manchester United won the match 2–1 with goals from Jesse Lingard and Zlatan Ibrahimović, either side of a goal from Leicester striker Jamie Vardy.


2016 FA Community Shield, Background
Leicester City qualified as champions of the 2015–16 Premier League. They won the title after then-second place Tottenham Hotspur drew 2–2 to Chelsea in Stamford Bridge on 2 May 2016. It was only their second FA Charity/Community Shield, first since 1971, when they defeated Liverpool 1–0. It was also the first time they played as champions/runners–up of either top division league or FA Cup winners, as they played in 1971 as Second Division champions.


2016 FA Community Shield, Background
Manchester United qualified as winners of the 2015–16 FA Cup. They defeated Crystal Palace 2–1 after extra time on 21 May 2016 to win their 12th title (tying the then-record with Arsenal). It was their 30th FA Charity/Community Shield, winning a record 20.


2016 FA Community Shield, Background
The previous match between the two sides was a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford on 1 May 2016. Anthony Martial scored for United in the eighth minute, while Leicester captain Wes Morgan equalised nine minutes later.


2016 FA Community Shield, Background
Manchester United manager José Mourinho returned to the Community Shield for the second straight year, after managing for Chelsea in the 2015 FA Community Shield.


2016 FA Community Shield, Match, Summary
Jesse Lingard opened the scoring in the 32nd minute when he ran and got past three Leicester players before shooting low with his right foot past the onrushing Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel who managed to get something on the shot but could not prevent it going into the net. Jamie Vardy made it 1–1 in the 52nd minute when he intercepted Marouane Fellaini's no-look back-pass before rounding David de Gea and slotting the ball low to the net with his left foot. Zlatan Ibrahimović got the winning goal for Manchester United in the 83rd minute when he got above Leicester captain Wes Morgan and headed in from six yards out into the right corner off the post after a cross from the right by Antonio Valencia.


2016 FA Community Shield, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Stephen Child (Kent)Lee Betts (Norfolk)Fourth official:Bobby Madley (West Yorkshire)


2016 FA Cup Final
The 2016 FA Cup Final was an association football match between Crystal Palace and Manchester United on 21 May 2016 at Wembley Stadium in London, England, organised by the Football Association (FA). It marked the 135th final of the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup) and was the showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition. It was Manchester United's first FA Cup final appearance since 2007, when they lost 1–0 to Chelsea. Crystal Palace were playing their second FA Cup final, the previous occasion being in 1990, when they lost to Manchester United after a replay following a 3–3 draw in the first match.


2016 FA Cup Final
Mark Clattenburg, from Consett, County Durham, was the referee for the match, which was played in front of 88,619 spectators. The first half was goalless although Clattenburg was the subject of some controversy when he awarded Crystal Palace a free kick instead of playing advantage after Manchester United's Chris Smalling was adjudged to have fouled Connor Wickham. After coming on as a second-half substitute, Jason Puncheon gave Crystal Palace the lead when he scored from close range past David de Gea in the Manchester United goal.


2016 FA Cup Final
The lead lasted three minutes before Juan Mata's deflected volley beat Wayne Hennessey, the Crystal Palace goalkeeper. Regular time ended  with a scoreline of 1–1, sending the final into extra time. Just before the interval in the additional period, Smalling was sent off after receiving a second yellow card, becoming the fourth player to be dismissed in an FA Cup final. Jesse Lingard, who had been brought on to replace Mata close to the end of regular time, then shot from distance, sending the ball into the top corner of the Crystal Palace goal to give Manchester United a 2–1 victory, and their twelfth FA Cup.


2016 FA Cup Final
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney was named as man of the match. The victory was Louis van Gaal's only trophy as Manchester United's manager and he was dismissed less than a week after the final, to be replaced by José Mourinho. By winning the final, Manchester United qualified for both the 2016 FA Community Shield and the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.


2016 FA Cup Final, Background
The FA Cup is an annual knockout tournament involving professional and amateur men's football clubs in the English football league system. It is the world's oldest football cup competition. The 2016 final was the 135th final to be played since it was first held in 1872.


2016 FA Cup Final, Background
In the two league matches between the sides during the regular season, the fixture at Selhurst Park in London in October 2015 ended in a goalless draw while the game at Old Trafford the following April ended in a 2–0 victory to Manchester United. Crystal Palace's top scorer during the regular season was Dwight Gayle who had scored 7 goals in 11 appearances in all competitions, while three players – Yannick Bolasie, Yohan Cabaye and Connor Wickham – had 6 each.


2016 FA Cup Final, Background
Anthony Martial was Manchester United's leading scorer, with 17 goals, including 2 in the FA Cup, followed by Wayne Rooney on 15 (also 2 in the FA Cup). Manchester United went into the final with a record of 11 wins from 18 FA Cup finals, one behind Arsenal in both FA Cup wins and FA Cup Final appearances. United last played a final in 2007, the first at the new Wembley, where they lost 1–0 after extra time to Chelsea. Their last title victory was in 2004, a 3–0 win against Millwall at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Crystal Palace's only previous FA Cup final was the 1990 final, which they lost to Manchester United after a replay when the first match had ended in a 3–3 draw.


2016 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Crystal Palace
As a Premier League team, Crystal Palace started their campaign in the third round. There, they were drawn against fellow Premier League team Southampton away at St Mary's Stadium on 9 January 2016. Crystal Palace took the lead when Joel Ward scored in the 29th minute from a Jason Puncheon pass. Six minutes after half time, Oriol Romeu equalised for Southampton following Cuco Martina's saved shot. Midway through the second half, Wilfried Zaha restored Crystal Palace's lead, scoring with a volley after the Southampton goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg had kept out Puncheon's shot.


2016 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Crystal Palace
No further goals were scored and the match ended 2–1 to Crystal Palace. In the fourth round, Crystal Palace hosted another top-flight team in Stoke City at Selhurst Park on 30 January. Zaha scored in the first half after beating the Stoke City defence, striking the ball past Jakob Haugaard for the only goal of the game. The visiting side had made eight changes to their team from their previous league match, prompting their manager Mark Hughes to say "We were a little bit stretched, we had a number of players unavailable."


2016 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Crystal Palace
In the fifth round, Crystal Palace were drawn against their third consecutive Premier League opposition, meeting Tottenham Hotspur on 21 February away at White Hart Lane. Although Tottenham Hotspur had a number of chances to score, including two shots from Harry Kane which were saved by Wayne Hennessey and Dele Alli striking both goalposts with a shot, Crystal Palace secured a 1–0 victory. Martin Kelly scored his first goal since 2011 in first-half stoppage time from close range after receiving the ball from Zaha.


2016 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Crystal Palace
The win meant Crystal Palace advanced to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time since the 1994–95 competition. There, they had their first game against a lower-division team, facing Championship side Reading at the Madejski Stadium on 11 March. Although Crystal Palace dominated possession, the first half ended goalless. With five minutes of the game remaining, Reading defender Jake Cooper was sent off after receiving a second yellow card, fouling Bolasie and conceding a penalty which was scored by Cabaye. Fraizer Campbell secured the win with a goal from close range four minutes into stoppage time. Crystal Palace won 2–0 and progressed to the semi-final for the first time in 21 years.


2016 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Crystal Palace
On 24 April, Crystal Palace faced Watford at Wembley Stadium, a neutral venue, in a repeat of the 2013 Football League Championship play-off Final. Bolasie gave Crystal Palace an early lead when he headed the ball into the Watford goal after Damien Delaney flicked on a corner from Cabaye. Watford's Étienne Capoue was stretchered off the pitch in the 30th minute following a tangle with Bolasie. Ten minutes into the second half, Troy Deeney equalised for Watford when he scored with a header from José Manuel Jurado's corner. Six minutes later, Crystal Palace retook the lead when Wickham converted Pape Souaré's cross to make it 2–1 which remained the final score.