2016 Copa Fila – Doubles
Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Sergio Galdós and Fernando Romboli 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1) in the final.


2016 Copa Fila – Singles
Kyle Edmund was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2016 Copa Fila – Singles
Renzo Olivo won the title after defeating Leonardo Mayer 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3) in the final.


2016 Copa Libertadores
The 2016 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2016 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores for sponsorship reasons) was the 57th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.


2016 Copa Libertadores
In the finals, Colombian club Atlético Nacional defeated Ecuadorian club Independiente del Valle by an aggregate score of 2–1 to win their second tournament title in team history and qualify for the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, their first appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup. They also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana in the 2017 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage.


2016 Copa Libertadores
River Plate were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Independiente del Valle in the round of 16.


2016 Copa Libertadores, Teams
The following 38 teams from 11 associations (the 10 CONMEBOL members plus Mexico which were invited to compete) qualified for the tournament:


2016 Copa Libertadores, Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 22 December 2015, 20:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.


2016 Copa Libertadores, Draw
Starting from this season, teams were seeded by the newly established CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (except for teams from Mexico which were not ranked and thus seeded last in all draws), taking into account of the following three factors:


2016 Copa Libertadores, Draw
For the first stage, the 12 teams were drawn into six ties containing a team from Pot A and a team from Pot B, with the former hosting the second leg. The teams were seeded based on their CONMEBOL ranking (shown in parentheses). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.


2016 Copa Libertadores, Draw
For the second stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions (River Plate) were automatically placed first in Pot 1 and allocated to Group 1 for the draw. The remaining teams were seeded based on their CONMEBOL ranking (shown in parentheses). Teams from the same association in Pots 1, 2 and 3 could not be drawn into the same group. Teams from Mexico were allocated to Pot 4, together with the winners of the first stage, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and they could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.


2016 Copa Libertadores, Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all dates listed are Wednesdays, but matches may be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well). There is a one-month break between the quarterfinals and semifinals due to the Copa América Centenario held in June.


2016 Copa Libertadores, First stage
In the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 5.2). The six winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join the 26 direct entrants.


2016 Copa Libertadores, Second stage
In the second stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Away goals scored; 4. Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 5.1). The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.


2016 Copa Libertadores, Final stages
In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:


2016 Copa Libertadores, Final stages, Seeding
The qualified teams were seeded in the final stages according to their results in the second stage, with the group winners seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up seeded 9–16.


2016 Copa Libertadores, Final stages, Finals
The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2016 Copa Libertadores, Prize money dispute
In January 2016, several clubs threatened to withdraw from the competition due a disagreement regarding prize money. CONMEBOL had offered a 40% increase on what was given in the 2015 edition but clubs wanted a 150% increase. On 2 February, CONMEBOL announced that the prize money paid to each club was doubled from the previous amount.


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina
The 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina was the eighth edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was played in Uruguay from 6 to 20 December 2016.


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina
In the first final without a team from Brazil, Paraguayan team Sportivo Limpeño won their first title against Estudiantes de Guárico from Venezuela.


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Teams
The competition was contested by 12 teams: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations were given one entry, additionally the title holders re-entered and the host association qualified one more team. The qualifying competitions of each association usually end late in the year (September to December). The Colombian tournament finished last, in fact only a week after the final draw was made. With Generaciones Palmiranas qualifying from Colombia it was the first time the Copa Libertadores was held without Formas Íntimas, who were the only team from that country to have played in all previous editions.


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Venues
Matches were played in the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo and the Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici in Colonia del Sacramento.


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Match officials
One referee plus two assistant referees were announced from every association to officiate the matches.


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Format
There were no format changes to the previous seasons. The teams were drawn into three groups of four, where each group was played on a round-robin basis. The winners of each group and the best runners-up advanced to the semifinals, which were played on a single-elimination basis, with the following matchups:


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Format
The semifinal winners and losers play in the final and third place match respectively.


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 16 November 2016, 19:30 UTC−3, at the headquarters of the Uruguayan Football Association. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots. The host teams Colon and Nacional and the title holder Ferroviaria were seeded to Group A, B and C respectively. The other teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2015 Copa Libertadores Femenina.


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Group stage
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 17.1):


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Group stage, Group A
Colón advanced to the knock-out stage as best runners-up. It was the first time in the competition history that a team from Uruguay advanced from the group stage.


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Group stage, Group C
Both last year's finalists Ferroviária and Colo-Colo met in Group C. Both failed to advance as Estudiantes de Guárico won the group with just 2 goals scored.


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Knockout stage
If tied after regulation time, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 17.4).


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Knockout stage, Bracket
For the first time no team from Brazil reached the final.


2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Prize money
Each participating team received US$10,000, with prize money given to the top four teams.


2016 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 2016 Copa Libertadores Finals was the two-legged final that decided the winner of the 2016 Copa Libertadores de América, the 57th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.


2016 Copa Libertadores Finals
The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Ecuadorian team Independiente del Valle and Colombian team Atlético Nacional. The first leg was hosted by Independiente del Valle at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito on 20 July 2016, while the second leg was hosted by Atlético Nacional at Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín on 27 July 2016. The winner earned the right to represent CONMEBOL at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the semifinal stage, and also to play against the 2016 Copa Sudamericana winners in the 2017 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage.


2016 Copa Libertadores Finals
Atlético Nacional defeated Independiente del Valle 2–1 on aggregate to win their second Copa Libertadores title.


2016 Copa Libertadores Finals, Teams
These finals were the first ones without either an Argentine or a Brazilian team since the 1991 edition between Paraguayan team Olimpia and Chilean team Colo-Colo.


2016 Copa Libertadores Finals, Teams, Road to the finals
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.


2016 Copa Libertadores Finals, Format
The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2016 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, First leg
In the 35th minute, Orlando Berrío opened the scoring for Atlético Nacional with a low right foot shot from outside the penalty box to the right corner of the net. Arturo Mina got the equalizer for Independiente del Valle in the 86th minute when his header from a free-kick into the penalty box was saved but not cleared he hit the rebound low to the net.


2016 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)Milcíades Saldívar (Paraguay)Additional assistant referee:Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)José Méndez (Paraguay)Fourth official:Roberto Cañete (Paraguay)


2016 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, Second leg
Miguel Borja got the only goal of the game in the 8th minute with a low right foot shot from twelve yards out after Macnelly Torres's chip into the box came back to him off the post.


2016 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)Ariel Scime (Argentina)Additional assistant referee:Darío Herrera (Argentina)Germán Delfino (Argentina)Fourth official:Iván Núñez (Argentina)


2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer
The 2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer was the first edition of the Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer (known natively in Spanish as the Copa Libertadores de Futbol Playa), an annual continental beach soccer club tournament contested between the champions of the domestic leagues of South American nations who are members of CONMEBOL.


2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer
Organised by CONMEBOL and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the competition took place in Santos, Brazil, hosted on the Praia do Gonzaga. Originally organised to take place from 6 to 11 December 2016, the event was postponed at the request of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in response to the Chapecoense plane disaster, and eventually took place in January 2017, despite being the 2016 edition of the event.


2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer
Brazilian champions Vasco da Gama won the inaugural title after beating Argentinean team Rosario Central 8–1 in the final.


2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Format
The tournament started with a group stage, played in a round robin format. The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knockout stage, in which the teams then competed in single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final. A third-place deciding match was also contested by the losing semi-finalists. The third and fourth placed nations from each group played in a series of consolation matches to decide fifth through eighth place.


2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Teams
A total of nine teams entered the competition, the winners of each of the respective domestic beach soccer leagues of the members of CONMEBOL, bar Ecuador who did not submit a team.


2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Squads
Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers, at least 2 weeks before the start of the event (Regulations Article II.A).


2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Referees
Ten officials were appointed by CONMEBOL on 17 November 2016.


2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Draw
The draw to split the nine teams into two groups, one of five and one of four, took place on November 26 in Luque, Paraguay at the Auditorio de la Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol. The teams were seeded based on their national teams' final placement in the 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship. The representative team of the host nation, Brazil, were allocated to Group A.


2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Group stage
Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Article XII.B):


2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Group stage
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criterion, their rankings are determined as follows:


2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Consolation matches
The teams finishing in third and fourth place were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.


2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Knockout stage
The group winners and runners-up progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages
The 2016 Copa Libertadores final stages were played from 26 April to 27 July 2016. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2016 Copa Libertadores. Atlético Nacional won the title by defeating Independiente del Valle in the finals.


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the second stage qualified for the final stages.


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Seeding
The qualified teams were seeded in the final stages according to their results in the second stage, with the group winners seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up seeded 9–16.


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Format
In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Bracket
The bracket of the final stages was determined by the seeding as follows:


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16
The first legs were played on 26–28 April, and the second legs were played on 3–5 May 2016.


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match A
Atlético Nacional won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match B
UNAM won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match C
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Nacional won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match D
Atlético Mineiro won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match E
São Paulo won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match F
Boca Juniors won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match G
Independiente del Valle won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match H
Rosario Central won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 11–12 and 17 May, and the second legs were played on 18–19 and 24 May 2016.


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarterfinals, Match S1
Atlético Nacional won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarterfinals, Match S2
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Independiente del Valle won on penalties and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarterfinals, Match S3
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Boca Juniors won on penalties and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarterfinals, Match S4
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, São Paulo won on away goals and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 6–7 July, and the second legs were played on 13–14 July 2016.


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Semifinals, Match F1
Atlético Nacional won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Semifinals, Match F2
Independiente del Valle won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Finals
The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2016 Copa Libertadores final stages, Finals
The first leg was played on 20 July, and the second leg was played on 27 July 2016.


2016 Copa Libertadores first stage
The 2016 Copa Libertadores first stage was played from 2 to 11 February 2016. A total of 12 teams competed in the first stage to decide six of the 32 places in the second stage of the 2016 Copa Libertadores.


2016 Copa Libertadores first stage, Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 22 December 2015, 20:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.


2016 Copa Libertadores first stage, Draw
Starting from this season, teams were seeded by the newly established CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (except for teams from Mexico which were not ranked and thus seeded last in all draws), taking into account of the following three factors:


2016 Copa Libertadores first stage, Draw
For the first stage, the 12 teams were drawn into six ties containing a team from Pot A and a team from Pot B, with the former hosting the second leg. The teams were seeded based on their CONMEBOL ranking (shown in parentheses). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.


2016 Copa Libertadores first stage, Format
In the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 5.2). The six winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join the 26 direct entrants.


2016 Copa Libertadores first stage, Matches
The first legs were played on 2–4 February, and the second legs were played on 9–11 February 2016.


2016 Copa Libertadores first stage, Matches, Match G1
Santa Fe won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 8).


2016 Copa Libertadores first stage, Matches, Match G2
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Huracán won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Group 4).


2016 Copa Libertadores first stage, Matches, Match G3
Racing won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 3).


2016 Copa Libertadores first stage, Matches, Match G4
River Plate won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 2).


2016 Copa Libertadores first stage, Matches, Match G5
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Independiente del Valle won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Group 5).


2016 Copa Libertadores first stage, Matches, Match G6
São Paulo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 1).


2016 Copa Libertadores second stage
The 2016 Copa Libertadores second stage was played from 16 February to 21 April 2016. A total of 32 teams competed in the second stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2016 Copa Libertadores.


2016 Copa Libertadores second stage, Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 22 December 2015, 20:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.


2016 Copa Libertadores second stage, Draw
Starting from this season, teams were seeded by the newly established CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (except for teams from Mexico which were not ranked and thus seeded last in all draws), taking into account of the following three factors:


2016 Copa Libertadores second stage, Draw
For the second stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions (River Plate) were automatically placed first in Pot 1 and allocated to Group 1 for the draw. The remaining teams were seeded based on their CONMEBOL ranking (shown in parentheses). Teams from the same association in Pots 1, 2 and 3 could not be drawn into the same group. Teams from Mexico were allocated to Pot 4, together with the winners of the first stage, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and they could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.


2016 Copa Libertadores second stage, Draw
The six winners of the first stage which joined the 26 direct entrants were as follows:


2016 Copa Libertadores second stage, Format
In the second stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Away goals scored; 4. Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 5.1). The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.


2016 Copa Libertadores second stage, Groups
The fixture list was determined by the draw as follows:


2016 Copa Libertadores second stage, Groups
The matches were played on 16–18, 23–25 February, 1–3, 8–10, 15–17 March, 5–7, 12–14 and 19–21 April 2016.


2016 Copa Luis Villarejo
The 2016 Copa Luis Villarejo was the first edition of the Copa Luis Villarejo, a cup tournament for clubs in Puerto Rico organized by the Puerto Rican Football Federation. The champions and runners-up of this tournament are eligible to enter the 2017 Caribbean Club Championship, which serves as a qualifying tournament for the 2017 CONCACAF League and 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.


2016 Copa Perú
The 2016 Peru Cup season (Spanish: Copa Perú 2016), the largest amateur tournament of Peruvian football, started in February.


2016 Copa Perú
This edition has featured a change, with the elimination of the Regional Stage and the inclusion of participants from all the Regions of Peru in the National Stage. Under the new format, the tournament has four stages. The first three stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, and the fourth stage is played under POT System intellectual property of the MatchVision company.


2016 Copa Perú
The 2016 Peru Cup started with the District Stage (Spanish: Etapa Distrital) in February. The next stage was the Provincial Stage (Spanish: Etapa Provincial) which started in June. The tournament continued with the Departmental Stage (Spanish: Etapa Departamental) in July. The National Stage (Spanish: Etapa Nacional) starts in September. The winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division and the runner-up will be promoted to the Second Division.


2016 Copa Perú, Departmental stage
Departmental Stage: 2016 Ligas Departamentales del Peru and 2016 Ligas Superiores del Peru


2016 Copa Perú, Departmental stage
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the National Stage.


2016 Copa Perú, National stage
In 2016 the National Stage has grown to 50 teams, and the new National Stage, designed by matchVision, is played under Regional using the POT System, with all the Regions of Peru represented. The National Stage starts in the first week of September.


2016 Copa Perú, National stage
This phase features the 50 teams that qualified from the Departmental Stage. Each team plays 3 games at home and 3 games away, for a total of 6 games against 3 different geographical rivals. The departmental stage winners only play against departmental runners-up, and vice versa. All the teams are positioned in one general table. After 6 matches, the team in places 1 to 8 are qualified directly to the Round of 16, while the teams in places 9 to 24 will play the Repechage phase. The teams in places 25 to 50 are eliminated.


2016 Copa Perú, National stage
The winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2017 Torneo Descentralizado and the runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2017 Peruvian Segunda División.


2016 Copa Perú, National stage, Tie-breaking criteria
The ranking of teams in the Unique Table is based on the following criteria: 1. Number of Points 2. Number of Relative Points, which are calculated by multiplying the points obtained against each rival with the total points obtained by this rival. 3 . Goal difference 4. Number of goals scored 5. Better performance in away matches based on the following criteria:        1. Number of Away Points        2. Number of Away Relative Points        3. Goal Difference in away games        4. Number of goals scored in away games 6. Number of First-Half points: considering the half-time results as the final results 6. Drawing of lots


2016 Copa Perú, National stage, Final group stage
The final group stage, colloquially known as La Finalísima, will be played by the four semifinalist at the Estadio Nacional in Lima. The team with the most points will be declared the winner and be promoted to the 2017 Torneo Descentralizado. The runner-up will be promoted to the 2017 Peruvian Segunda División. The draw for this stage of the tournament took place 30 November 2016 at the Peruvian Football Federation's headquarters.


2016 Copa Sevilla
The 2016 Copa Sevilla was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Seville, Spain between 5 and 10 September 2016.


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


2016 Copa Sevilla, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2016 Copa Sevilla – Doubles
Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2016 Copa Sevilla – Doubles
Íñigo Cervantes and Oriol Roca Batalla won the title after Ariel Behar and Enrique López-Pérez retired while trailing 2–6, 5–6.


2016 Copa Sevilla – Singles
Pedro Cachín was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Casper Ruud.


2016 Copa Sevilla – Singles
Ruud won the title after defeating Taro Daniel 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2016 Copa Sudamericana
The 2016 Copa Sudamericana (Portuguese: Copa Sul-Americana 2016) was the 15th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.


2016 Copa Sudamericana
The finals were originally to be played between Brazilian team Chapecoense and Colombian team Atlético Nacional. However, on 28 November 2016, LaMia Flight 2933, which was carrying the Chapecoense squad to the first leg, crashed on the way to the José María Córdova International Airport. There were 71 fatalities, including 19 of the 22 Chapecoense players on the plane. CONMEBOL immediately suspended all activities, including the scheduled final matches, in the early morning of 29 November. In light of these events, Atlético Nacional requested that CONMEBOL award the title to Chapecoense. As requested, CONMEBOL awarded Chapecoense the title of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, their first continental title, on 5 December, while Atlético Nacional received the "CONMEBOL Centenario Fair Play" award for their gesture.


2016 Copa Sudamericana
As winners of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, Chapecoense earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016 Copa Libertadores in the 2017 Recopa Sudamericana, and the winners of the 2016 J.League Cup in the 2017 Suruga Bank Championship. They also automatically qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage. Santa Fe were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Cerro Porteño in the Round of 16.


2016 Copa Sudamericana, Teams
The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament:


2016 Copa Sudamericana, Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 12 July 2016, 20:00 CLT (UTC−4), at the Espacio Riesco Convention and Events Center in Huechuraba, Chile.


2016 Copa Sudamericana, Draw
For the first stage, the 32 teams were divided into two zones:


2016 Copa Sudamericana, Draw
Teams which qualified for berths 1 were drawn against teams which qualified for berths 4, and teams which qualified for berths 2 were drawn against teams which qualified for berths 3, with the former hosting the second leg in both cases. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie. For the second stage, the 30 teams, including the 16 winners of the first stage (eight from South Zone, eight from North Zone), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and the 14 teams which entered the second stage, were divided into three sections:


2016 Copa Sudamericana, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all dates listed are Wednesdays, but matches may be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well).


2016 Copa Sudamericana, Elimination stages
In the elimination stages (first stage and second stage), each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 5.1). The 15 winners of the second stage (eight from winners of the first stage, four from Brazil, three from Argentina) advanced to the round of 16 to join the defending champions (Santa Fe).


2016 Copa Sudamericana, Final stages
In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:


2016 Copa Sudamericana, Final stages
CONMEBOL confirmed that the bracket would remain the same as the draw of the tournament regardless of the nationality of the semifinalists. In previous seasons, if there were two semifinalists from the same association, they had to play each other.


2016 Copa Sudamericana, Final stages
The qualified teams were seeded in the final stages according to the draw of the tournament, with each team assigned a "seed" 1–16 by draw.


2016 Copa Sudamericana, Final stages, Finals
The finals were suspended on 29 November following the crash of LaMia Flight 2933. CONMEBOL awarded the title to Chapecoense on 5 December 2016.


2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals
The 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals were scheduled to be the two-legged final that would decide the winner of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, the 15th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.


2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals
The finals were scheduled to be contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Colombian team Atlético Nacional and Brazilian team Chapecoense. The first leg was scheduled to be hosted by Atletico Nacional at Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín on 30 November 2016, while the second leg was scheduled to be hosted by Chapecoense at Estádio Couto Pereira in Curitiba on 7 December 2016. The winner would earn the right to play against the 2016 Copa Libertadores winners in the 2017 Recopa Sudamericana, and against the 2016 J. League Cup winners in the 2017 Suruga Bank Championship. They also automatically qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage.


2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals
The finals were suspended after the crash of LaMia Flight 2933, carrying the majority of the Chapecoense squad on their way to the first leg of the finals. CONMEBOL awarded the title to Chapecoense on 5 December 2016, following a request by Atlético Nacional.


2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals, Teams
Atlético Nacional would have the chance to complete the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana season double, having won the Copa Libertadores title earlier in 2016, while this would be the first South American club final for Chapecoense.


2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals, Teams, Road to the finals
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.


2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals, Format
The final would be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals, LaMia Flight 2933 crash
On 28 November 2016, LaMia Flight 2933, carrying the Chapecoense squad to the first leg, crashed on the way to the José María Córdova International Airport. There were 71 fatalities, including 19 of the 22 Chapecoense players on the plane. CONMEBOL immediately suspended all activities, including the scheduled final matches, in the early morning of 29 November.


2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals, LaMia Flight 2933 crash
In light of these events, Atlético Nacional requested that CONMEBOL award the title to Chapecoense. As requested, CONMEBOL awarded Chapecoense the title of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, their first continental title, on 5 December, while Atlético Nacional received the "CONMEBOL Centenario Fair Play" award for their gesture.


2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals, Match details, First leg
Atlético Nacional invited fans to the Estadio Atanasio Girardot dressed in white with candles at the scheduled time of the first leg, to pay tribute in memory to the victims of the crash. A vigil was held on the same night at Chapecoense's stadium, the Arena Condá.


2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals, Match details, Second leg
Services were held in both the Estádio Couto Pereira, and Chapecoense's stadium, the Arena Condá, on the night that the second leg was scheduled.


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages
The 2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages were played from 9 August to 15 September 2016. A total of 46 teams competed in the elimination stages to decide 15 of the 16 places in the final stages of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 12 July 2016, 20:00 CLT (UTC−4), at the Espacio Riesco Convention and Events Center in Huechuraba, Chile.


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Draw
For the first stage, the 32 teams were divided into two zones:


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Draw
Teams which qualified for berths 1 were drawn against teams which qualified for berths 4, and teams which qualified for berths 2 were drawn against teams which qualified for berths 3, with the former hosting the second leg in both cases. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Draw
For the second stage, the 30 teams, including the 16 winners of the first stage (eight from South Zone, eight from North Zone), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and the 14 teams which entered the second stage, were divided into three sections:


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Format
In the elimination stages (first stage and second stage), each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 5.1). The 15 winners of the second stage (eight from winners of the first stage, four from Brazil, three from Argentina) advanced to the round of 16 to join the defending champions (Santa Fe).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage
The first legs were played on 9–11 August, and the second legs were played on 16–18 August 2016.


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G1
Cerro Porteño won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O8).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G2
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Sportivo Luqueño won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Match O16).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G3
Bolívar won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O4).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G4
Real Potosí won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O8).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G5
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Blooming won on penalties and advanced to the second stage (Match O6).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G6
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Sol de América won on penalties and advanced to the second stage (Match O13).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G7
Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Montevideo Wanderers won on penalties and advanced to the second stage (Match O11).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G8
Palestino won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O10).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G9
Emelec won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O2).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G10
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Real Garcilaso won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Match O10).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G11
Junior won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O6).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G12
Deportivo La Guaira won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O2).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G13
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Zamora won on penalties and advanced to the second stage (Match O11).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G14
Independiente Medellín won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O16).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G15
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Sport Huancayo won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Match O13).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, First stage, Match G16
Atlético Nacional won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O4).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage
The first legs were played on 23–25 August, and the second legs were played on 31 August and 13–15 September 2016.


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O1
Santa Cruz won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match A).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O2
Deportivo La Guaira won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match B).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O3
Chapecoense won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match C).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O4
Atlético Nacional won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match D).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O5
Belgrano won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match E).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O6
Junior won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match F).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O7
Tied 5–5 on aggregate, Flamengo won on away goals and advanced to the round of 16 (Match G).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O8
Cerro Porteño won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match H).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O10
Palestino won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match G).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O11
Montevideo Wanderers won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match F).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O12
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Coritiba won on away goals and advanced to the round of 16 (Match E).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O13
Sol de América won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match D).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O14
Independiente won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match C).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O15
San Lorenzo won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match B).


2016 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages, Second stage, Match O16
Independiente Medellín won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match A).


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages
The 2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages were scheduled to be played from 20 September to 7 December 2016. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Qualified teams
The 15 winners of the second stage (eight from winners of the first stage, four from Brazil, three from Argentina) and the defending champions qualified for the final stages.


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Seeding
The qualified teams were seeded in the final stages according to the draw of the tournament, with each team assigned a "seed" 1–16 by draw.


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Format
In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Format
CONMEBOL confirmed that the bracket would remain the same as the draw of the tournament regardless of the nationality of the semifinalists. In previous seasons, if there were two semifinalists from the same association, they had to play each other.


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Bracket
The bracket of the final stages was determined by the seeding as follows:


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16
The first legs were played on 20–22 September, and the second legs were played on 27–29 September 2016.


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match A
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Independiente Medellín won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match B
San Lorenzo won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match C
Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Chapecoense won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match D
Atlético Nacional won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match E
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Coritiba won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match F
Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Junior won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match G
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Palestino won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match H
Cerro Porteño won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 18–20 October, and the second legs were played on 25–27 October 2016.


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Quarterfinals, Match S1
Cerro Porteño won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Quarterfinals, Match S2
San Lorenzo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Quarterfinals, Match S3
Chapecoense won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Quarterfinals, Match S4
Atlético Nacional won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 1–2 November, and the second legs were played on 23–24 November 2016.


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Semifinals, Match F1
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Nacional won on away goals and advanced to the finals.


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Semifinals, Match F2
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Chapecoense won on away goals and advanced to the finals.


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Finals
The first leg was scheduled to be played on 30 November, and the second leg was scheduled to be played on 7 December 2016.


2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Finals
The finals were suspended on 29 November following the crash of LaMia Flight 2933. CONMEBOL awarded the title to Chapecoense on 5 December 2016.


2016 Copa Venezuela
The 2016 Copa Venezuela is the 47th edition of the competition. It began with the First Round on 28 June 2016, and concluded with the final on 19 October 2016. The winner will qualify for the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.


2016 Copa Venezuela
Venezuelan Primera División side Deportivo La Guaira were the defending champions after they beat Deportivo Lara 1–0 on aggregate in the previous final in October 2015, but they were eliminated by Universidad Central in the second round. Zulia won the competition after defeating Estudiantes de Caracas 2–0 on aggregate score in the final.


2016 Copa Venezuela, Matches, Round of 16
The first legs took place from 10 August 2016 to 28 August 2016, while the second legs took place from 24 August 2016 to 31 August 2016.


2016 Copa Venezuela, Matches, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 4 September 2016, while the second legs took place on 7 September 2016.


2016 Copa Venezuela, Matches, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 21 September 2016, with the second legs taking place on 5 October 2016.


2016 Copa Venezuela, Matches, Finals
The first leg was played on 12 October 2016, with the second leg taking place on 19 October 2016.


2016 Copa Verde
The 2016 Copa Verde was the third edition of the Copa Verde football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 18 clubs, Amazonas and Distrito Federal has two vacancies; Acre, Amapá, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins with one each. The others four berths will be set according to CBF ranking.


2016 Copa Verde
In the finals, Paysandu defeated Gama 3–2 on aggregate to win their first title and a place in the Round of 16 of the 2017 Copa do Brasil.


2016 Copa Verde Finals
The 2016 Copa Verde Finals was the final two-legged tie that decided the 2016 Copa Verde, the 3rd season of the Copa Verde, Brazil's regional cup football tournament organised by the Brazilian Football Confederation.


2016 Copa Verde Finals
The finals were contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between Paysandu, from Pará, and Gama, from Distrito Federal.


2016 Copa Verde Finals
Paysandu defeated Gama 3–2 on aggregate to win their first Copa Verde title.


2016 Copa Verde Finals, Teams, Road to the final
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.


2016 Copa Verde Finals, Format
The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.


2016 Copa Verde Finals, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Bruno Raphael Pires (Goiás)Eduardo Gonçalves da Cruz (Mato Grosso do Sul)Fourth official:Andrey da Silva e Silva (Pará)


2016 Copa Verde Finals, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Cristhian Passos Sorence (Goiás)Leone Carvalho Rocha (Goiás)Fourth official:Breno Vieira Souza (Goiás)


2016 Copa de España de Futsal
The 2016 Copa de España de Fútbol Sala is the 27th staging of the Copa de España de Fútbol Sala. It takes place in Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha from 10 – 13 March. The matches are played at Palacio Multiusos for up to 5,894 seats. The tournament is hosted by Castilla-La Mancha regional government, Guadalajara municipality & LNFS. Ciudad Real hosts Copa de España for first time.


2016 Copa de España de Futsal
Defending champions are Jaén Paraíso Interior, that caused a great upset last year when defeated seeded No.3, FC Barcelona in the Final could not defend the title due to failed to qualify to the tournament.


2016 Copa de España de Futsal
Movistar Inter won its ninth title after defeating ElPozo Murcia 2–1 in the Final.


2016 Copa de España de Futsal, Qualified teams
The qualified teams were the eight first teams on standings at midseason.


2016 Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto
The Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto 2016 is the 54th edition of the Spanish Queen's Basketball Cup. It is managed by the Spanish Basketball Federation – FEB and was held in San Sebastián, in the Polideportivo Municipal José Antonio Gasca on February 6–7, 2016.


2016 Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto, Bidding process
The rules of the Spanish Basketball Federation establish that the three first teams classified at the end of the first leg, together with the club representing the host province will play the Competition. If the host finishes between the three first teams, the fourth classified will also participate.


2016 Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto, Bidding process
The cities of Salamanca, Huelva, Logroño, and San Sebastián bid for hosting the Cup. Finally, on December 17 2015, the Spanish Basketball Federation awarded the organization of the Cup to the city of San Sebastián, qualifying IDK Gipuzkoa as host team. This designation, done less than 48 hours prior to the last game of the first leg, and which left one spot for sporting merits less in the tournament, received critics from some clubs involved in the qualification.


2016 Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto, Draw
The draw was held in San Sebastián on January 15, 2016. Perfumerías Avenida and Conquero Huelva Wagen were the seeded teams and couldn't be faced each other in the semi-finals. Perfumerías Avenida was matched with Spar Citylift Girona, and Conquero Huelva Wagen with IDK Gipuzkoa.


2016 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol
The 2016 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol was the 34th edition of the Spanish women's football national cup. It ran from 18 to 26 June 2016  and was contested by the top eight teams in the 2015–16 Primera División. Both the quarterfinals were single-elimination.


2016 Copa del Rey Final
The 2016 Copa del Rey Final was a football match played on 22 May 2016 to decide the winner of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, the 114th edition of Spain's premier football cup since its establishment (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). It was played at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid.


2016 Copa del Rey Final
It was won by defending champions Barcelona, who defeated Sevilla 2–0 after extra time to achieve their 28th title. Andrés Iniesta was named man of the match despite Lionel Messi's two assists in both of Barcelona's goals.


2016 Copa del Rey Final
As Barcelona won both the 2015–16 La Liga and the Copa del Rey, the 2016 Supercopa de España was also held between Barcelona and Sevilla.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Background
Barcelona had previously played in 37 Copa del Rey finals, second only to Real Madrid's 39, and had a record 27 victories. They were the reigning champions, having defeated Athletic Bilbao 3–1 in the previous year's final at their Camp Nou.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Background
Sevilla had been to seven finals, winning five, most recently in 2010 when they defeated Atlético Madrid 2–0 at the Camp Nou. Their last defeat was in 1962, 2–1 to Real Madrid. The 2016 final was the first between the two sides.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Background
It was the 13th such final at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid, home of Atlético Madrid. Barcelona previously won the final at the ground in 1968, 1981 and 2012, and lost in 1974 and 1986. It was Sevilla's first final at the stadium, although three of their victories came elsewhere in the Spanish capital.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Background
The two teams began the season against each other in the 2015 UEFA Super Cup in Tbilisi on 11 August, which Barcelona won 5–4 after extra time.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Background
Both teams had victories by wide margins on their way to the final; Barcelona scored 25 goals and conceded five in eight games, while Sevilla scored 22 times in their eight matches, conceding only two goals in the second leg of their semi-final.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Route to the final, Barcelona
Barcelona, of La Liga, entered the tournament in the last 32, against Villanovense of the Segunda División B. The first leg in Villanueva de la Serena, on 28 October 2015, was a goalless draw, with manager Luis Enrique fielding a young and inexperienced side. In the second leg on 2 December at the Camp Nou, however, Barcelona triumphed 6–1. Dani Alves opened the scoring with a long-range strike in the fourth minute, and Sandro added a hat-trick and Munir a brace.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Route to the final, Barcelona
In the round of 16, Barcelona played city rivals Espanyol in the Derbi barceloní. They opened on 6 January 2016 with a 4–1 home victory with goals from Lionel Messi (2), Gerard Piqué and Neymar, after the visitors had taken the lead through Felipe Caicedo in the ninth minute. Hernán Pérez and Pape Diop were sent off for Espanyol late on, the latter for dissent. A week later on their trip to the RCDE Stadium, Barcelona won 2–0 with a Munir goal in each half; the young Spaniard started the game due to Luis Suárez's suspension for his part in the post-match skirmish from the first game.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Route to the final, Barcelona
Barcelona met Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-finals, a repeat of the last year's final. On 20 January at the San Mamés, they won 2–1 with first-half strikes from Munir and Neymar. A week later in the second game, the Basques took the lead through Iñaki Williams, but Barcelona replied in the second half with Suárez, Piqué and Neymar's goals.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Route to the final, Barcelona
In the semi-finals, Barcelona met Valencia and won 7–0 in the home game on 3 February; Suárez scored four times and Messi three. A week later, in the second match at the Mestalla, the hosts took the lead through Álvaro Negredo and Wilfrid Kaptoum equalised late on, stretching Barcelona's unbeaten run to 29 games.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Route to the final, Sevilla
Sevilla, also of La Liga, entered at the same stage against a third-tier opponent, UD Logroñés. In the first leg in La Rioja on 2 December 2015, they won 3–0 through goals by Coke, Michael Krohn-Dehli and Ciro Immobile. Two weeks later, at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, they won 2–0 through goals from Immobile and captain José Antonio Reyes.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Route to the final, Sevilla
Like Barcelona, in the last 16 Sevilla met their municipal rivals, Real Betis. They travelled away for the first game on 6 January 2016, winning 2–0 with a strike in each half by Krohn-Dehli and Grzegorz Krychowiak. Hosting the second leg, they won 4–0; Reyes and Adil Rami struck in the first half and Frenchmen Kevin Gameiro and Gaël Kakuta in the second.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Route to the final, Sevilla
In the quarter-finals, Sevilla drew Mirandés, the only Segunda División team remaining. On 21 January, they won 2–0 in the home leg; Steven Nzonzi scored in the first half and Vitolo secured the score in added time. A week later in Miranda de Ebro, Sevilla extended their lead with a ninth-minute penalty by Vicente Iborra, and added later goals by Juan Muñoz and Coke.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Route to the final, Sevilla
Sevilla were tasked with in-form Celta Vigo in the semi-finals. Hosting the first game on 4 February, Rami headed the Andalusians ahead at the end of the first half, and Gameiro, who had earlier missed a penalty, scored two goals in the space of three minutes. Ex-Celta player Krohn-Dehli later confirmed a 4–0 win. A week later at Balaídos, Celta scored twice through former Sevilla striker Iago Aspas, but the contributions of Éver Banega and Yevhen Konoplyanka confirmed a draw, despite the late dismissal of Nzonzi.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Pre-match
There had been a ban on displays of the Estelada, the flag of Catalan independence, at the match for "operational and security reasons". A Madrid judge overruled the ban after Barcelona complained, citing freedom of expression; Carles Puigdemont, President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, would have boycotted the game if the ban remained. Before the ban was repealed, Catalan nationalists planned to give out 10,000 flags of Scotland, equating the British constituent country with their region.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Match, Summary
Javier Mascherano was sent-off for Barcelona in the 36th minute for dragging down Kevin Gameiro by the shirt as he ran towards the penalty area. Éver Banega also received a red card in injury time for a foul that denied Neymar an obvious goalscoring chance. There were no goals in the 90 minutes, with the match going into extra-time. Jordi Alba scored the opening goal for Barcelona in the 97th minute with a low, left-footed finish from six yards across the goalkeeper after he ran onto a pass from Lionel Messi from midfield.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Match, Summary
Neymar made it 2–0 in the last moments of the match with a low finish from the left after a short pass from Messi. Daniel Carriço was sent off for Sevilla in stoppage time at the end of extra time when he received two yellow cards within 30 seconds, first for a tackle on Messi and the second for insulting the referee. Although Messi provided the two critical assists for both Barcelona's goals in the extra-time, it was Andrés Iniesta who was named man of the match for his overall performance.


2016 Copa del Rey Final, Match, Summary
Assistant referees:Juan Carlos Yuste JiménezRoberto Alonso FernándezFourth official:Jesús Gil ManzanoAdditional assistant referees:Ángel Nevado Rodríguez


2016 Copa del Rey Juvenil
The 2016 Copa del Rey Juvenil was the 66th staging of the Copa del Rey Juvenil de Fútbol. The competition started on May 15, 2016 and finished on June 26, 2016.


2016 Copa del Rey Juvenil, First round
The top two teams from each group of the 2015–16 División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol and the two best third-placed teams were drawn into a two-game best aggregate score series. The first leg will be played on May 15 and the return leg on May 22.


2016 Copa del Rey Juvenil, Quarterfinals
The eight winners from the first round advance to quarterfinals, that are played in a two-game series. The first leg will be played on May 28 and 29 and the second leg on June 4 and 5.


2016 Copa del Rey Juvenil, Semifinals
The four winners from the quarterfinals advance to semifinals, that are played in a two-game series. The first leg will be played on June 11 and 12 and the second leg on June 18 and 19.


2016 Copa del Rey Juvenil, Final
The semifinal winners play a one-game final at the Estadio Son Bibiloni in Palma, Mallorca, Balearic Islands June 26.


2016 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
The 2016 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was the 80th edition of the Spanish King's Basketball Cup. It was managed by the ACB and was held in A Coruña, in the Coliseum on February 18–21, 2016. Real Madrid won their 26th cup.


2016 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, Qualified teams
The seven first qualified after the first half of the 2015–16 ACB regular season qualified to the tournament. As Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro, host team, not finished between the seven first teams, the eighth qualified did not enter in the Copa del Rey.


2016 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, Draw
The draw of the 2016 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was on 25 January 2016 at approximately 12:00 local time (CET) and was live on YouTube and broadcast live on TV in many countries. The seeded teams were paired in the quarterfinals with the non-seeded teams. There are not any restrictions for the draw of the semifinals. As in recent seasons, the first qualified team play its quarterfinal game on Thursday.


2016 Copa del Rey de Rugby
The 2015–16 Copa del Rey de Rugby was the 83rd edition of this tournament. SilverStorm El Salvador defeated local rival VRAC Quesos Entrepinares in the final of the tournament. This game beat the attendance record for a rugby union game in Spain with 26,500 spectators. King Felipe VI of Spain attended to the game.


2016 Copa del Rey de Rugby, Competition format
This edition was featured top seven teams at the end of the first half (round 11) of the 2015–16 División de Honor de Rugby. UE Santboiana declined to play.


2016 Copa del Rey de Rugby, Quarter-finals
Draw was held on 14 December 2015 at Spanish Rugby Federation headquarters. Top seeded team, VRAC Quesos Entrepinares, received a bye to Semifinals.


2016 Copa del Rey de Rugby, Semifinals
Draw took place on 11 January 2016 at Spanish Rugby Federation headquarters. Draw included three winners from Quarter-finals plus top-seed, VRAC Quesos Entrepinares.


2016 Copa del Rey de Rugby, Final
The match was marked for an attendance-record (26,500) in a rugby match in Spain.


2016 Copa do Brasil
The 2016 Copa do Brasil  was the 28th edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. The competition was contested by 86 teams, which qualified either by their respective state championships (70), by the 2016 CBF ranking (10) or those qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores (5) and the team with the best 2015 Série A record (excluding those qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores). The latter six clubs entered the competition in the round of 16. The best six teams of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A eliminated until the third round qualified for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.


2016 Copa do Brasil, Format
The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties. In the first two rounds, if the away team won the first match by two or more goals, it progressed straight to the next round and avoided the second leg. The away goals rule was also used in the Copa do Brasil, with the exception of the finals. The winner qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores.


2016 Copa do Brasil, Qualified teams
The teams in bold are qualified directly for the round of 16.


2016 Copa do Brasil, Draw
A draw for the first round was held by CBF on January 11, 2016. The 80 qualified teams were divided in eight groups (A-H) with 10 teams each. That division was based on the 2016 CBF ranking and the matches were drawn from the respective pots: A vs. E; B vs. F; C vs. G; D vs. H. The lower ranked teams of each match hosted the first leg. Before the round of 16 there was another draw including the six teams that directly qualified for that round. All draws were at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.


2016 Copa do Brasil, Copa Sudamericana qualification
The best six teams eliminated before the round of 16 with the best 2015 Série A or 2015 Série B record (excluding those directly qualified for the round of 16) qualified for 2016 Copa Sudamericana.


2016 Copa do Brasil, Copa Sudamericana qualification
1 Santa Cruz qualified as (Brazil 7) in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, independently of qualifying position of the other seven teams.


2016 Copa do Brasil, Knockout stages
A draw by CBF was held to set the matches for the round of 16. The 16 qualified teams were divided in two pots (1-2). Teams from pot 1 were the six teams directly qualified to the round of 16, the five teams that competed at the 2016 Copa Libertadores and the best placed team in the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A not taking part in the 2016 Copa Libertadores, plus the two highest CBF ranked teams in 2016 qualified via the third round. Pot 2 was composed of the other teams that qualified through the third round.


2016 Copa do Brasil, Knockout stages
Each pot was divided into 4 pairs according to the CBF ranking. That division made sure that each team within a pair would not face each other before the finals as they would be placed in opposite sides of the bracket. The draw also decided the home team of the round of 16. The following stages had additional draws to determine the order of the matches as the tournament advanced. All draws will be held at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.


2016 Copa do Brasil Finals
The 2016 Copa do Brasil Finals were the final two-legged tie that will decided the 2016 Copa do Brasil, the 28th season of the Copa do Brasil, Brazil's national cup football tournament organised by the Brazilian Football Confederation. The finals were contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between Atlético Mineiro, from Minas Gerais, and Grêmio, from Rio Grande do Sul. The latter were crowned champions by an aggregate score of 4–2.


2016 Copa do Brasil Finals
The first leg was played at the Mineirão stadium in Belo Horizonte, on 23 November 2016. The second leg was scheduled to be played in the Arena do Grêmio, in Porto Alegre, on 30 November 2016, but was postponed to 7 December, following the crash of an aeroplane carrying the squad of Brazilian team Chapecoense on their way to the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final.


2016 Copa do Brasil Finals
It was Atlético Mineiro's second and Grêmio's eighth appearance in the finals of the competition, and the first time the teams faced each other in this stage. Grêmio earned the right to play in the 2017 Copa Libertadores through their victory.


2016 Copa do Brasil Finals, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2016 Copa do Brasil Finals, Match
The home-and-away teams for both legs were determined by a draw held on 4 November 2016 at the Brazilian Football Confederation headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


2016 Copa do Brasil First Round
The 2016 Copa do Brasil First Round was played from 16 March to 25 May 2016, deciding the 40 teams that advanced to the Second Round.


2016 Copa do Brasil First Round, Matches
The first legs will be played from 16 March to 27 April, and the second legs will be played from 6 April to 25 May.


2016 Copa do Brasil First Round, Matches, Match 10
CRB advanced directly due to winning by 2 or more goals difference.


2016 Copa do Brasil First Round, Matches, Match 11
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Vitória da Conquista won on away goals.


2016 Copa do Brasil First Round, Matches, Match 17
Coritiba advanced directly due to winning by 2 or more goals difference.


2016 Copa do Brasil First Round, Matches, Match 29
Fluminense advanced directly due to winning by 2 or more goals difference.


2016 Copa do Brasil First Round, Matches, Match 33
Figueirense advanced directly due to winning by 2 or more goals difference.


2016 Copa do Brasil First Round, Matches, Match 34
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Sampaio Corrêa won on away goals.


2016 Copa do Brasil First Round, Matches, Match 40
Bragantino advanced directly due to winning by 2 or more goals difference.


2016 Copa do Brasil Second Round
The 2016 Copa do Brasil Second Round will be played from 3 May to 6 July 2016, to decide the 20 teams advancing to the Third Round.


2016 Copa do Brasil Second Round, Matches, Match 41
Santos advanced directly due to winning by 2 or more goals difference.


2016 Copa do Brasil Second Round, Matches, Match 46
Santa Cruz advanced directly due to winning by 2 or more goals difference.


2016 Copa do Brasil Second Round, Matches, Match 47
Cruzeiro advanced directly due to winning by 2 or more goals difference.


2016 Copa do Brasil Third Round
The 2016 Copa do Brasil Third Round was played from 6 July to 28 July 2016 deciding the 10 teams that advanced to the knockout rounds. Different than the first two rounds, in this round the away team that wins the first match by 2 or more goals do not progress straight to the next round avoiding the second leg. The order of the matches was determined by a random draw.


2016 Copa do Brasil Third Round, Matches, Match 66
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Paranaense won on away goals.


2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino
The 2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino is the tenth staging of the competition. The competition started on August 24, 2016, and concluded on October 26, 2016. 32 clubs of all regions of Brazil participated of the cup, which was organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).


2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino
It was the last staging of the competition, as it was abolished the next year.


2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Competition format
The competition is contested by 32 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds are played over two legs and the away goals rule was used, but in the first two rounds, if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least three goals, the second leg would not be played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.


2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Participating teams
a. Audax joined a partnership with Corinthians to participate in the 2016 edition of the competition, thus being represented by them.


2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Table
b. Barcelona and União were excluded from the competition after fielding ineligible players.


2016 Copa do Brasil knockout stages
The knockout stages of the 2016 Copa do Brasil was played from August 24 to November 26, 2014. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stages.


2016 Copa do Brasil knockout stages
A draw by CBF was held on August 2 to set the matches for this round. The 16 qualified teams were divided in two pots. Teams from pot 1 are the ones who competed at the 2016 Copa Libertadores and the best placed team in the 2015 Brazilian Série A not taking part in the 2016 Copa Libertadores plus the two highest CBF ranked teams qualified via the Third Round. Pot 2 is composed of the other teams that qualified through the Third Round. Each pot was divided into 4 pairs according to the CBF ranking.


2016 Copa do Brasil knockout stages
That division makes sure that each team within a pair will not face each other before the finals as they will be placed in opposite sides of the bracket. There was a draw to decide the home team of the round of 16. The following stages will have other draws to determine the order of the matches as the tournament advances.


2016 Copa do Brasil knockout stages, Round of 16
The first legs was played on August 24 – September 1 and the second legs was played on September 21–22, 2016.


2016 Copa do Brasil knockout stages, Round of 16, Match 78
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Atlético Mineiro won on away goals.


2016 Copa do Brasil knockout stages, Quarterfinals
The first leg was played on September 28 and the second leg was played on October 19, 2016.


2016 Copa do Brasil knockout stages, Semifinals
The first leg was played on October 26 and the second leg was played on November 2, 2016.


2016 Copa do Brasil knockout stages, Finals
The first leg will be played on November 23 and the second leg will be played on November 30, 2016.


2016 Copa do Nordeste
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2016 Copa do Nordeste
The 2016 Copa do Nordeste was the 14th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 20 clubs, with Bahia and Pernambuco having three seeds each, and Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba, Maranhão and Piauí with two seeds each. Santa Cruz (Pernambuco) qualified to play in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, after winning the final against Campinense (Paraíba) 3–2 on aggregate.Santa Cruz also qualified to play in the 2017 Copa Sudamericana but CONMEBOL reduced the Brazilian berths from 8 to 6. Therefore, the champions Santa Cruz (Copa do Nordeste) and Paysandu (Copa Verde) lost their Copa Sudamericana berths. Finally, they qualified for the 2017 Copa do Brasil Round of 16.Ceará were the defending champion, but were eliminated by Santa Cruz in the quarterfinals.


2016 Copenhagen terror plot
The 2016 Copenhagen terror plot was foiled in November 2016 when a Syrian refugee Dieab K. tried to enter Denmark, but was refused entry and sent back to Germany where he was apprehended and found to be carrying bomb making materials and knives.


2016 Copenhagen terror plot, The perpetrators, 21-year-old Syrian refugee Dieab K.
Dieab K. arrived in Germany in the summer of 2015 as a refugee from Syria. After his arrival he became radicalized and studied material from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. He had travelled via Turkey, Greece, Serbia and Austria to Saarbrücken in Germany.


2016 Copenhagen terror plot, The perpetrators, 21-year-old Syrian refugee Dieab K.
After being refused entry into Denmark, his backpack was confiscated by the authorities and he continued by train to the refugee shelter in Biberach, where he was shortly thereafter apprehended. Police found farewell letters in both handwritten and electronic forms among his belongings.


2016 Copenhagen terror plot, The perpetrators, 30-year-old Syrian asylum seeker
Prior to arriving in Europe, he had fought in the Syrian Civil War. In September 2015 he arrived in Sweden as an asylum seeker with his wife and child, after his wife had been refused a residence permit in Saudi Arabia. In late 2015, their child died in a car accident and the following year he and his wife were divorced. In December 2017, the Syrian asylum seeker residing in Sweden was jailed for planning to attack random victims with a knife in Copenhagen in Denmark. Previously he had been suspected of an arson attack against a Shia mosque in Malmö in Sweden, but was acquitted. Swedish Security Service had tried to detain him due to national security, but he could not be deported and he was released again.


2016 Copenhagen terror plot, Trials
In July 2017, Dieab K. was sentenced to six years in jail by the Ravensburger Landgericht. According to the judge, Dieab K. was completely under the influence of the Islamic State and that he methodically was following a plan for the terrorist attack.


2016 Copenhagen terror plot, Trials
In April 2019 the 30-year-old, now 32, was sentenced by Københavns Byret for having brought bomb making materials on a trip from Sweden in cooperation with the 21-year-old.


2016 Copenhagen terror plot, Trials
According to bomb disposal experts, the blast range of the device planned could have injured people up to 50 meters away.


2016 Coppa Italia Final
The 2016 Coppa Italia Final decided the winner of the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, the 69th season of Italy's main football cup. It was played on 21 May 2016 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, between rivals Milan and Juventus.


2016 Coppa Italia Final
Since Juventus won the 2015–16 Serie A, Milan secured their place in the 2016 Supercoppa Italiana. Juventus won the match 1–0 after extra time, with a 110th-minute goal by the substitute Álvaro Morata with his first touch, successfully defending their title.


2016 Coppa Italia Final, Background
Milan played in a final for the 13th time, of which they have won five. Their most recent final was in 2003, defeating Roma 6–3 on aggregate. It was Juventus' second consecutive final and the 16th in their history, second only to Roma's 17. They had won a record ten titles. They were the title holders when they defeated Lazio 2–1 after extra time in the last year's final.


2016 Coppa Italia Final, Background
Milan and Juventus contested in three finals. Juventus won twice, the first was in 1942 after the final ended with a 1–1 draw, they won 4–1 in replay, the second was in 1990 with a 1–0 victory on aggregate. Milan won 6–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in 1973.


2016 Coppa Italia Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2016 Coppa Italia Final, Match, Team selection
Juventus were without defender Leonardo Bonucci, who was given a yellow card in both legs of the semi-final. They also missed Claudio Marchisio who suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee, that sidelined him for nearly six months.


2016 CopperWynd Pro Women's Challenge
The 2016 CopperWynd Pro Women's Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, on 31 October–6 November 2016.


2016 CopperWynd Pro Women's Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 CopperWynd Pro Women's Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2016 CopperWynd Pro Women's Challenge – Doubles
Julia Glushko and Rebecca Peterson were the defending champions, but Glushko chose not to participate. Peterson partnered Sanaz Marand, but they lost in the first round.


2016 CopperWynd Pro Women's Challenge – Doubles
Ingrid Neel and Taylor Townsend won the title, defeating Samantha Crawford and Melanie Oudin in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2016 CopperWynd Pro Women's Challenge – Singles
Samantha Crawford was the defending champion, but lost to Sofia Kenin in the first round.


2016 CopperWynd Pro Women's Challenge – Singles
Beatriz Haddad Maia won the title, defeating Kristie Ahn in the final, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2).


2016 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2016 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 107th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening rounds took place on 13 December 2015. The championship began on 21 May 2016 and ended on 30 October 2016.


2016 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 30 October 2016, Fr. O'Neill's won the championship following a 1-18 to 0-14 defeat of Kildorrery in a replay of the final. This was their second championship title in the grade and their first since 2007.


2016 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
Declan Dalton was the championship's top scorer with 5-55. It remains the highest score ever recorded by a player in a single championship season.


2016 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
The 2016 Cork Junior Hurling Championship was the 119th staging of the Cork Junior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship began on 10 September 2016 and ended on 15 October 2016.


2016 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
On 15 October 2016, Mayfield won the championship following a 1-16 to 1-13 defeat of Sarsfields in the final. This was their second championship title in the grade and their first since 1978.


2016 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Sarsfields' Aaron Myers was the championship's top scorer with 0-26.


2016 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship
The 2016 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship was the 11th staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2006. The championship began on 23 April 2016 and ended on 23 October 2016.


2016 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship
On 23 October 2016, Kiskeam won the championship following a 2-12 to 0-14 defeat of Fermoy in the final at Páirc Uí Rinn. It was their first ever championship title.


2016 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship
Éire Óg's Daniel Goulding was the championship's top scorer with 1-36.


2016 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2016 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 13th staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2004. The draw for the opening round of the championship took place at the County Convention on 13 December 2015. The championship began on 21 May 2016 and ended on 9 October 2016.


2016 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 9 October 2016, Bandon won the championship following a 1-20 to 1-14 defeat of Fermoy in the final. This remains their only championship title in the grade.


2016 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
Fermoy's Liam Coleman was the championship's top scorer with 3-51.


2016 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship, Format change
The 2016 championship saw the introduction of a new double-elimination format. Each team would now be guaranteed at least two games before exiting the championship.


2016 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship, Teams
A total of 16 teams contested the Premier Intermediate Championship, including 15 teams from the 2015 premier intermediate championship and one promoted from the 2015 intermediate championship.


2016 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 2016 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 128th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 13 December 2015. The championship began on 19 April 2016 and ended on 4 December 2016.


2016 Cork Senior Football Championship
Nemo Rangers were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Ballincollig at the semi-final stage.


2016 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 16 October 2016, Carbery Rangers won the championship following a 1-15 to 1-12 defeat of Ballincollig in the final at Páirc Uí Rinn. It remains their only championship title.


2016 Cork Senior Football Championship
Ballincollig's Cian Dorgan was the championship's top scorer with 2-31.


2016 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 2016 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 128th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the 2016 fixtures took place on 13 December 2015. The championship began on 15 May 2016 and ended on 15 October 2016.


2016 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
On 9 October 2016, Glen Rovers won the title following a 0-19 to 2-10 defeat of Erin's Own in the county final. This was their 27th championship title overall and their second in succession.


2016 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Overview
All of the twenty-three teams from the 2015 championship will participate in the top tier of Cork hurling in 2016, along with some additions.


2016 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Overview
Divisional side Carrigdhoun, who withdrew on the eve of the 2015 championship, will field a team in the 2016 championship.


2016 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Overview
Newcestown, who defeated Valley Rovers by 1-23 to 0-8 in the final of the premier intermediate championship in 2015, gained automatic promotion to the senior championship.


2016 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Overview
Although Bishopstown defeated Killeagh by 1-20 to 1-11 in the 2015 relegation play-off, Killeagh were granted a reprieve and will remain in the senior grade for 2016.


2016 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, New format
For the first time in Cork a double elimination format will be introduced. This will continue to give teams at least two games before being eliminated from the championship.


2016 Cornell Big Red football team
The 2016 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by fourth-year head coach David Archer and play their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 4–6 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to tie for sixth place.


2016 Cornell Big Red football team, Schedule
The 2016 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foes Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth and Penn, and traveled to Harvard, Brown, and Columbia.


2016 Cornell Big Red football team, Schedule
As in 2015, Cornell's non-conference opponents were Bucknell and Colgate of the Patriot League, and Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference (NEC). Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 24.


2016 Corpus Christi Fury season
The 2016 Corpus Christi Fury season was the thirteenth season for the American indoor football franchise, and their first in American Indoor Football.


2016 Corpus Christi Fury season
On October 1, 2015, the Fury joined American Indoor Football from the recently folded X-League Indoor Football. The team cancelled several games during the season and only played one game against an AIF member. While never announced by the team itself, the Fury appeared to have folded before their game on May 15 against the New Mexico Stars, giving the Stars 24 hours' notice that they would be unable to make the game. They also announced their May 22 home game was cancelled on the day of the game over social media without explanation.


2016 Corpus Christi Fury season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated April 28, 201625 Active, 0 Inactive


2016 Corpus Christi mayoral election
The 2016 Corpus Christi mayoral election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect the mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas. It saw the election of Dan McQueen, who unseated incumbent mayor Nelda Martinez.


2016 Costa Book Awards
The Costa Book Awards winners for 2016 were announced in January 2017.


2016 Costa Mesa protests
On the night of April 28, 2016, a Trump rally in Costa Mesa, California was confronted by a crowd of anti-Trump protesters. The protesters became violent and began smashing car windows, even attempting to overturn a police cruiser, and one Trump supporter suffered a bloody gash to the face from a protester. Down the street from where protesters were jumping on a police car, several protesters climbed a traffic light to shout "Fuck Trump," and others began a mosh pit in the middle of the street. The protesters also threw rocks at police lines and scuffled with Trump supporters leaving the event. Traffic was backed up for hours due to the unrest and 20 people were arrested on numerous charges.


2016 Costa Rican municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 February 2016, in order to elect the mayors of the 81 cantons of the country plus a proportional number of aldermen (regidores) in each of the canton’s municipal councils, a syndic for every district and members of the District Councils and a total of 8 Intendants for districts and islands located too far away from the administrative center.


2016 Costa Rican municipal elections
For the first time in history, election of aldermen was held at the same time as the other municipal offices. Until 2010 councilors were elected at the same time as the President and deputies in the general elections but a reform in the Electoral Law made all municipal offices elected at the same time and in the middle of the presidential period. Also, because of this change in the legislation, the previous election was held for a one-time only 6 years period.


2016 Costa Rican municipal elections
Oppositional National Liberation Party earned most of the votes achieving majority in all offices including 50 mayors and 186 councilors, even though it suffer a noticeable decrease both in votes and offices obtained, including the loss of two provincial capitals; Limon city and San José city, both of them previously in hands of PLN's members that were expel from the party for ethical questionings and were nominated by local parties, among them former presidential nominee Johnny Araya. Social Christian Unity Party was recorded as the real winner as it increase its number of mayors passing from 9 to 15.


2016 Costa Rican municipal elections
Ruling Citizens' Action Party was unable to take advantage of its position as government and only achieve one more mayor than previously. In several cantons the party went in alliance with local forces and the Broad Front.


2016 Costa Rican municipal elections
Two new parties succeed in having new mayors; New Generation Party was a particular surprise as the party was the fourth in number of mayors winning in 3 cantons even though the party does not have parliamentary representation and received very few votes in the presidential ballot. While former president Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier’s new Social Christian Republican Party won Vazquez de Coronado. Leftist Broad Front took part in the elections mostly in alliance with PAC and local forces winning in Montes de Oca and Acosta in that way and in one, Barva, completely alone. Local parties 21st Century Curridabat and Escazu's Progressive Yoke also won in Curridabat and Escazu respectively.


2016 County Championship
The 2016 County Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2016 Specsavers County Championship), was the 117th cricket County Championship season. It was announced in March 2016 that the 2017 season would feature only eight teams in Division One, meaning that only one team would be promoted from Division Two in the 2016 season, whilst two teams were relegated from Division One.


2016 County Championship
The season saw a significant change in playing regulations where instead of a mandatory coin toss to determine choice of batting or bowling first, the visiting team was allowed to choose to bowl first if they desired. This change was introduced by the ECB cricket committee in November 2015 as a response to concerns raised about the standard of pitches, particularly in Division Two of the Championship. The initiative attempted to reduce the preparation of seamer friendly wickets which had seen matches completed quickly, made batting harder early in matches and generally gave an advantage to the side bowling first. By encouraging Counties to produce more balanced wickets the initiative aimed to promote the skills required in Test cricket, in particular aiding the development of spin bowling and promoting more patient batting.


2016 County Championship
Tougher penalties for poor pitches and the use of the new regulations just in Division Two of the Championship had been considered by the ECB, but the committee opted to implement the change across both divisions in 2016. On the opening day of the 2016 season, four captains opted to bowl first with the choice of batting or bowling being decided by a toss in just one match.


2016 County Championship, Teams
The 2016 Championship was divided into two divisions of nine teams each. Each county played every other side in their division twice with matches lasting four days - once at home and once away. At the end of the season one county was promoted from Division Two and two relegated from Division One in order to create a smaller Division One and a bigger Division Two in 2017.


2016 County Championship, Standings
Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.


2016 County Championship, Fixtures
The fixture list for the 2016 season was announced in December 2015.


2016 County Championship Plate
The 2016 County Championship Plate, also known as Bill Beaumont Cup Division 2, was the 15th version of the annual English rugby union, County Championship organised by the RFU for the tier 2 English counties. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the third tier and below of the English rugby union league system (typically National League 1, National League 2 North or National League 2 South). The counties were divided into two regional pools (north/south) with four teams in each and the winners of each pool meet in the final to be held at Twickenham Stadium. New counties to the division included Kent and Durham County who were relegated from the 2015 Bill Beaumont Cup while Leicestershire were promoted as the winners of the 2015 County Championship Shield.


2016 County Championship Plate
At the end of the pool stage, pool winners East Midlands (north) and Kent (south) met in the final at Twickenham. Despite it being their first final against regulars Kent, East Midlands finished as the winners of an exciting match, 33-27, with former Tongan international, Maama Molitika, scoring 3 tries in the game which also saw him finish as the competition's top try scorer.


2016 County Championship Plate, Competition format
The competition format is two regional group stages divided into north and south, with each team playing each other once. This means that two teams in the pool have two home games, while the other two had just one. The top side in each group goes through to the final held at Twickenham Stadium, with both teams also being promoted to the top tier for the following season. Typically there was no relegation although teams have dropped out/been invited to join the division.


2016 County Championship Plate, Competition format
Due to changes to the County Championships to be implemented for the 2017 competition, four teams instead of two would be promoted to the top tier. This meant that the two group winners would be joined by two other teams from the plate competition based on how well they have done over the past couple of seasons.


2016 County Championship Shield
The 2016 County Championship Shield was the 12th version of the annual English rugby union County Championship, organised by the RFU for the tier 3 English counties. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the fifth tier and below of the English rugby union league system. The counties were divided into three pools - one pool with four teams, the others with three teams each, with the winner of each group plus the best runner-up going through to the semi-finals, and the winners of those games meeting in the final held at Twickenham Stadium. Due to competition changes for the 2017 season (more on this below) a number of teams in the division would be promoted to tier 2 for the following season, joining the 2015 Shield champions Leicestershire who had already been promoted at the start of this season.


2016 County Championship Shield
After winning their respective pools and semi-final games, Staffordshire and Hampshire met in the final. In the end it was Hampshire who finished as the champions, defeating Staffordshire, 33-11.


2016 County Championship Shield, Competition format
The competition format consisted of three groups (one with four teams, two with three teams), based roughly on regional lines where possible. The four team group consisted of six games, with two teams playing two home games and the others one home game each, while the three team groups saw each team play one home game. The top side of each group automatically qualified for the semi-finals, as did the best group runner-up. The winners of the semi-finals met in the final at Twickenham Stadium held on 29 May 2016. Due to changes to the County Championship format for the 2017 competition, four teams from the division would end up being promoted to the tier 2 for the following season, based on performances in the Shield over the past couple of seasons.


2016 Coupe Banque Nationale
The 2016 Coupe Banque Nationale was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 24th edition of the Tournoi de Québec and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the PEPS de l'Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada, from September 12 through September 18, 2016.


2016 Coupe Banque Nationale, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Coupe Banque Nationale, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Coupe Banque Nationale – Doubles
Barbora Krejčíková and An-Sophie Mestach were the defending champions, but Mestach decided not to participate this year. Krejčíková partnered with María Irigoyen, but lost in the semifinals to Alla Kudryavtseva and Alexandra Panova.


2016 Coupe Banque Nationale – Doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká won the title, defeating Kudryavtseva and Panova 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2) in the final.


2016 Coupe Banque Nationale – Singles
Annika Beck was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Barbora Štefková.


2016 Coupe Banque Nationale – Singles
Océane Dodin won her maiden WTA singles title, defeating Lauren Davis 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2016 Coupe de France Final
The 2016 Coupe de France Final decided the winner of the 2015–16 Coupe de France, the 99th season of France's all-main-divisions football cup. It took place on 21 May at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris.


2016 Coupe de France Final
In the final, Olympique de Marseille took on arch-rivals Paris Saint-Germain, in a rematch of the 2006 final, which PSG won 2–1. PSG were the defending champions, having beaten Auxerre in the 2015 Coupe de France Final. As PSG had won the 2015–16 Ligue 1 title already, the otherwise-enabled Europa League place went to the next highest league finisher (in this case, Saint-Étienne).


2016 Coupe de France Final
PSG equalled Marseille's record ten Coupe de France victories with their win.