2016 Colombian peace agreement referendum, Campaign, No
The party presented several arguments against the peace deal, among them that the guerrillas would not serve time in prison, that they would automatically be awarded ten seats in Congress, that the deal would legalize narcotrafficking, and that in pursuing the negotiations Santos had gone beyond the terms of the Colombian constitution.


2016 Colombian peace agreement referendum, Campaign, No
Other senior political figures who spoke out against the peace accord were conservative former Inspector General Alejandro Ordóñez, who feared it would legitimize violence within the country, and former president Andrés Pastrana, rejecting the position of his own Conservative Party. As Uribe's predecessor as president, Pastrana had himself attempted to negotiate a peace deal with the FARC between 1999 and 2002.


2016 Colombian peace agreement referendum, Campaign, No
Outside of politics, other well-known Colombians also rejected the peace deal. Novelist and filmmaker Fernando Vallejo, who was born in Colombia but who became a naturalized Mexican citizen in 2007, launched a strong attack against the negotiations during a debate at the World Summit of Art and Culture for Peace in Bogotá on April 6, 2016, describing president Santos as "shameless" and calling the FARC "thugs".


2016 Colombian peace agreement referendum, Campaign, No
The strongly religious footballer Daniel Alejandro Torres, a regular starter in the Colombian national football team during 2016, published a video on his Instagram account in which he accused Santos of not placing Jesus at the heart of the negotiations. Jhon Jairo Velásquez (known as "Popeye"), the former hitman for Pablo Escobar and the Medellín drug cartel, also expressed his opposition to the accord.


2016 Colombian peace agreement referendum, Opinion polls
Attitudes among Colombians have matched the elite cues from Santos and Uribe: those who support Uribe's party and preferred candidates dropped down in support for the peace process, while those who continued to support Santos did the opposite. Moreover, messaging can shift support on the peace process: support for a peace process is higher than specific policies included in the peace process, and support is even lower if the policies are tied to the FARC.


2016 Colombian peace agreement referendum, Opinion polls
The following table shows the results of opinion polling from the date of the announcement of the wording of the referendum question on August 30, 2016 up to the date of the referendum on October 2, 2016.


2016 Colombo Sevens
The 2016 Colombo Sevens was the third and final leg of the Asian Sevens Series for the year. The tournament was held between 15 and 16 October 2016 at the Colombo International Rugby Stadium.


2016 Colombo Sevens
Hong Kong had their third straight tournament win in the series, defeating South Korea 24-19 in the Cup final. The victory secured Hong Kong the overall series title and a place in the international qualifier for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens, which is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. China defeated Sri Lanka 22-21 in the third/fourth place playoff however the home side secured enough overall points in the series to finish second and also secure a place in the international qualifier at the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens. In the plate final Malaysia defeated Japan 19-14. The leading points scorer for the tournament was Benjamin Rimene from Hong Kong with 39 points (comprising three tries and twelve conversions) closely followed by Malaysia's Azwan Mat Zizi on 38 points (four tries and 9 conversions). The top try scorer was Richard Dharmapala from Sri Lanka with six tries.


2016 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
The 2016 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point in Mount Pleasant, SC from May 25 through May 28. The event matched the top six teams from the CAA's regular season to determine the conference champion for the 2016 season. William & Mary won their second title, and first in 15 years, and earned the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2016 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
Entering the event, UNC Wilmington had won the most championships among active teams, with four. James Madison had claimed two titles, while William & Mary, Towson, and third-year member College of Charleston each had one. Former member East Carolina won 7 titles during their tenure in the conference.


2016 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
Continuing the format adopted in 2012, the top six finishers from the regular season will compete in the double-elimination tournament. The top two teams received a single bye and played the winners of the opening round games.


2016 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Josh Smith was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Smith was an outfielder for William & Mary, who hit a grand slam in the eight inning of the decisive championship game as part of a 3 for 5, 7-RBI game.


2016 Colonial Athletic Association football season
The 2016 Colonial Athletic Association football season was the tenth season of football for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and part of the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season.


2016 Colonial Athletic Association football season, Regular season
Rankings reflect that of the STATS FCS poll for that week.


2016 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season
The 2016 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season was the 34th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.


2016 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season
Hofstra Pride are the defending regular season and tournament champions.


2016 Colonial Athletic Association women's soccer season
The 2016 Colonial Athletic Association women's soccer season was the 13th season in the conference since its inaugural season in 1993.


2016 Colonial pipeline leak
On Monday, September 12, 2016, a leak in the Colonial Pipeline in Shelby County, Alabama, spilled an estimated 350,000 US gallons of summer-grade gasoline, requiring a partial shutdown of the pipeline, and causing gas shortages in much of the Southeastern United States. Six states are affected (Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia), with Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Virginia declaring states of emergency. The same line suffered an explosion in late October at a site only miles distant.


2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Mike MacIntyre, they played their home games on-campus at Folsom Field in Boulder and were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 8–1 in Pac-12 play to win their first Pac-12 South Division Title. They represented the South Division in the 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game where they lost to Washington. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl where they lost to Oklahoma State. It was their first winning season since 2005.


2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Previous season
Colorado finished the 2015 season 4-9, 1-8 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place in the South Division.


2016 Colorado Crush season
The 2016 Colorado Crush season was the tenth season for the professional indoor football franchise and eighth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). It was the first season of the franchise being labeled the Crush after playing the previous nine seasons under the Ice moniker. One of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2016 season, the Crush were members of the Intense Conference.


2016 Colorado Crush season
Led by head coach Heron O'Neal, the Crush played their home games at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado.


2016 Colorado Crush season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 16, 201625 Active, 14 Inactive


2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Colorado as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.


2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses
On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday," Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus American Samoa, while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states including their own Colorado caucuses.


2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses
Youth and Latino caucus-goers delivered a win for Bernie Sanders.


2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Results of the congressional district conventions
Detailed results for the congressional district conventions, April 1–15, 2016


2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
As Barack Obama had similarly done eight years earlier in the state, Bernie Sanders won a convincing 19-point victory in the Colorado caucus, relying on turnout from young adult voters in a majority white electorate. He ran up big margins in the capital city of Denver and in Denver County at large, as well as in Colorado Springs in El Paso County and Fort Collins in Larimer County. Sanders also performed very strongly in the western parts of the state along the Rocky Mountains, in regions such as the Colorado Mineral belt and Northwestern Colorado which are rural and sparsely populated. Clinton won in the city of Pueblo in Pueblo County.


2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
Sanders gained more delegates over Clinton with a large turnout from supporters at the conventions in April.


2016 Colorado Mammoth season
The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2016 season was the 30th in franchise history and 14th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).


2016 Colorado Mammoth season, Final standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2016 Colorado Mammoth season, Transactions, Entry Draft
The 2015 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 28, 2015. The Mammoth made the following selections:


2016 Colorado Rapids season
The 2016 Colorado Rapids season is the club's 21st season of existence, and their 21st season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American and Canadian soccer pyramids.


2016 Colorado Rapids season
The 2016 season was the Rapids' most successful regular season in franchise history. During the season, the Rapids finished 2nd in the Western Conference and 2nd overall in the regular season, besting their previous best regular season finish of 3rd in the Western Conference and 4th overall in 2002. The Rapids finished undefeated at home with a record of 11-0-6. At home, they conceded only 7 goals, setting a new MLS record with a 0.41 goals-against average. The season also featured a franchise-record 15 match unbeaten streak.


2016 Colorado Rapids season
After finishing at the bottom of the table for the 2015, the season was hallmarked as a surprising turnaround. The team was bolstered by incoming transfer targets Tim Howard, Shkëlzen Gashi, Marco Pappa and Jermaine Jones. Outside of the regular season, the Rapids reached the fifth round of the U.S. Open Cup before falling to eventual champions, FC Dallas.


2016 Colorado Rapids season, Club
Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of May 13, 2016.


2016 Colorado Rapids season, Transfers
For transfers in, dates listed are when Colorado officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Colorado officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from the Rapids roster.


2016 Colorado Rapids season, Transfers, In, Draft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2015 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.


2016 Colorado Rapids season, Competitions, Standings, Overall table
Note: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, and 2016 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying to the playoffs


2016 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses
The 2016 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses took place in early April in the U.S. state of Colorado, as a part of the Republican Party's series of presidential primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The Colorado contest consisted of a series of congressional district conventions on April 2, 7 and 8 and a state convention on April 9. A non-binding "beauty contest" caucus was held March 1 to coincide with the Super Tuesday conventions. Ted Cruz won a majority of delegates in the convention.


2016 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses, Background
In the 2012 contest, Colorado held a caucus in order to determine delegate allocation, although the state had traditionally held a non-binding caucus. While the state's Republican Party attempted to hold the traditional non-binding straw poll in 2016 as well, the national GOP prohibited states from holding non-binding straw polls in the 2016 election. In addition, a bill in the Colorado Senate to create a preference primary died in committee.


2016 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses, The state of the campaign
Despite an early victory by Ted Cruz in the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump was seen as making steady progress towards the Republican nomination at the time. Trump was victorious in 7 of the contests on March 1, with Cruz seen as the only viable threat to Trump after victories in his home state of Texas and 3 other March 1 contests. Marco Rubio performed worse than anticipated on March 1, taking only Minnesota. On March 8, two primaries and a caucus were held in Hawaii, Michigan and Mississippi. Despite a poll from American Research Group that showed Kasich leading Trump in Michigan, Trump won all three contests.


2016 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses, The state of the campaign
On March 15's primaries, Donald Trump took four of the five contests- Florida, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina. Trump however was defeated in Ohio by John Kasich 2016 presidential campaign, losing all 66 of the state's delegates. Marco Rubio suspended his campaign after losing the Florida contest, leaving just Cruz and Kasich in the race to oppose Trump.


2016 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses, The state of the campaign
On March 22, Trump won the Arizona contest and all of its 58 pledged delegates, while Cruz capitalized on Trump's comments critical of Mitt Romney's Mormon faith to take the state of Utah and its 40 delegates.


2016 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses, The state of the campaign
On April 1–3, the North Dakota state convention was held. Capitalizing on a weak ground operation by Donald Trump, Ted Cruz claimed the support of 18 uncommitted delegates to just 1 for Trump. This was considered especially important for Colorado, as neither state had a preference primary and delegates were assigned at state and district conventions.


2016 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses, District conventions, 1st and 6th district conventions
The district conventions for the 1st and 6th districts took place on April 2. The District 1 slate included former Secretary of State Scott Gessler, state Representative Justin Everett and Tony Sanchez, a candidate for state Senate. All three of the delegates were committed to Cruz- Gessler on the Cruz ticket and the other two on that of the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners. The District 6 slate included John Carson, Randy Corporon and Regina Thomson. All three delegates were on the official Cruz slate and were endorsed by Gun Owners of America.


2016 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses, District conventions, 7th district convention
The district convention for the 7th district took place on April 7. Cruz exploited a superior ground game to push forward his slate of Anil Mathai, Libby Szabo and George Athanasopoulos, although only Szabo is officially pledged for Cruz. The 7th district was the first convention in which Trump supporters succeeded in assigning a slate of pledged delegates, although they were defeated by the Cruz supporters.


2016 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses, District conventions, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th district conventions
The district conventions for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th districts took place on April 8. The 3rd district, 4th district and 5th district district conventions all ended up with a full slate of Cruz-supporting delegates. These included Melanie Sturm, Anita Stapleton and Brita Horn in the 3rd district, Perry Buck, Guy Short and Kendal Unruh in the 4th district and Joel Crank, Robin Coran and Donald Olmstead in the 5th district. The 2nd district convention appointed one Cruz delegate, Robert Woodward, and two unpledged delegates, Michael McAlpine and Marty Neilson. The conventions were seen to be a large boost to Cruz, and Trump's sloppy organization was seen as a significant obstacle he would have to overcome in order to win the nomination.


2016 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses, State convention
The state convention took place on April 9. Ted Cruz spoke directly at the state convention, whereas Donald Trump received an invitation but did not attend and John Kasich sent former Governor of New Hampshire John Sununu to speak on his behalf. Cruz took all 13 delegates at the state convention, completing a sweep of all 34 delegates in Colorado as well as the 3 unpledged RNC delegates (although 7 of them were officially uncommitted, they were all seen as leaning for Cruz.)


2016 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses, Future outlook
The Colorado result was considered to be a discouraging result for the Trump campaign, an encouraging result for "Stop Trump" forces and a strong predictor of how a contested convention would result. Further discouraging results for Trump came in the Wisconsin primary, which was held during the Colorado district conventions. Trump's lack of organization was apparent in the fact that his campaign surrogates failed to create a delegate slate until the third district convention. A contested convention would be similar to a district convention in the need for a strong ground game and winning over unbound delegates, similar to the Colorado process.


2016 Colorado Rockies season
The 2016 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 24th in Major League Baseball. It was the 22nd season the Rockies played their home games at Coors Field. After doing reasonably well most of the season and even posting a 54-53 (.505) record as late as August 3, they collapsed through the months of August and September, going an MLB-worst 21-34 in that span to finish 75-87, third place in the National League West, and missing the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season. At the end of the season Walt Weiss resigned his position as manager after 4 seasons at the helm.


2016 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2016 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2016 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2016 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2016 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2016 Colorado Senate election
An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect 18 of the 35 members of Colorado's Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and state senate. The primary election was held on June 28, 2016.


2016 Colorado Senate election
There was no change in the composition of the Senate as both Democrats and Republicans gained one seat each, winning 10 and 8 seats respectively.


2016 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season
The 2016 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season is the club's second year of existence, and their second season in the Western Conference of the United Soccer League, the third tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid.


2016 Colorado State Rams football team
The 2016 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rams were led by second-year head coach Mike Bobo and played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium. It was their last season before moving to a new stadium in 2017. They were a member of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl where they lost to Idaho.


2016 Columbia Lions football team
The 2016 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. They are a member of the Ivy League.


2016 Columbus Challenger 1
The 2016 Columbus Challenger 1 was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Columbus, United States between 19 and 25 September 2016.


2016 Columbus Challenger 1, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards:


2016 Columbus Challenger 1, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2016 Columbus Challenger 1 – Doubles
Chase Buchanan and Blaž Rola were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2016 Columbus Challenger 1 – Doubles
Miķelis Lībietis and Dennis Novikov won the title after defeating Philip Bester and Peter Polansky 7–5, 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2016 Columbus Challenger 1 – Singles
Dennis Novikov was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Evan King.


2016 Columbus Challenger 1 – Singles
Mikael Torpegaard won the title after defeating Benjamin Becker 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 in the final.


2016 Columbus Challenger 2
The 2016 Columbus Challenger 2 was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Columbus, United States between 21 and 27 November 2016.


2016 Columbus Challenger 2, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards:


2016 Columbus Challenger 2 – Doubles
Miķelis Lībietis and Dennis Novikov were the defending champions but only Lībietis chose to defend his title, partnering Tennys Sandgren. Lībietis lost in the first round to Sam Barry and Peter Kobelt.


2016 Columbus Challenger 2 – Doubles
David O'Hare and Joe Salisbury won the title after defeating Luke Bambridge and Cameron Norrie 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2016 Columbus Challenger 2 – Singles
Mikael Torpegaard was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Taylor Fritz.


2016 Columbus Challenger 2 – Singles
Stefan Kozlov won the title after defeating Tennys Sandgren 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 in the final.


2016 Columbus Crew SC season
The 2016 Columbus Crew SC season was the club's twenty-first season of existence and their twenty-first consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. Columbus also competed in the U.S. Open Cup and took part in the Desert Diamond Cup during preseason. The season covered the period from December 7, 2015 to the start of the 2017 Major League Soccer season.


2016 Columbus Crew SC season, Non-competitive, Preseason
On December 23, 2015, Columbus announced its preseason schedule for the 2016 season. Crew SC were to open preseason by traveling to Lakewood Ranch, Florida for a two-week camp, followed by a week-long camp in Powell, Ohio. Columbus would then travel to Arizona to compete in the 2016 Desert Diamond Cup, one of six Major League Soccer sides taking place in the tournament. Crew SC had scheduled matches against Sporting Kansas City, Real Salt Lake, and Swope Park Rangers, with an additional placement match to be determined after the conclusion of the scheduled matches.


2016 Columbus Crew SC season, Competitive, MLS, Results summary
Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2016 Columbus Crew SC season, Transfers, In, SuperDraft
The following players were selected by Columbus in the MLS SuperDraft, but did not sign a contract with the club.


2016 Columbus Crew SC season, Kits
The away kit was based on the flag of Columbus.


2016 Columbus Lions season
The 2016 Columbus Lions season was the tenth season for the indoor football franchise, and their first in American Indoor Football.


2016 Columbus Lions season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated May 25, 201630 Active, 2 Inactive


2016 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
2016 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 24th annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was hosted in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 17 and 23 January 2016.


2016 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
Saint Petersburg hosted the event for the seventh time, with all matches being held in a single venue (Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex). All participating nations were represented by their youth (U20/U21) national teams.


2016 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, Format
This edition sees a reduction in sides to eight Under 21 teams. The number of participants was reduced from 12 to 8, split in two groups of four. Group winners advanced to the final match, while the rest of the teams decided overall 3rd, 5th and 7th places in a single knockout round.


2016 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, Participants
The following 8 teams, shown with age of youth national team, took part in the tournament:


2016 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election
The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) held a leadership election in May 2016. Incumbent Vojtěch Filip sought re-election. Other candidates included Josef Skála and Ivan Hrůza. Hrůza suspended his candidature before the voting started and endorsed Skála. Skála was considered the candidate of radical members of KSČM.


2016 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election
Filip won the election and was elected for another four years. Skála's candidature was called a revolution attempt of orthodox communists.


2016 Comorian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Comoros on 21 February 2016, with a second round to be held on 10 April 2016, alongside elections for the Governors of the three islands. A re-run of the second round was held in thirteen constituencies on Anjouan on 11 May. Azali Assoumani of the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros was elected President with 41% of the vote.


2016 Comorian presidential election, Electoral system
The presidency of the Comoros rotates between the country's three main islands; Anjouan, Grande Comore and Mohéli. The 2006 elections were limited to candidates from Anjouan and the 2010 elections to Mohélian candidates. As a result, the 2016 elections will see presidential candidacy limited to Grande Comore residents.


2016 Comorian presidential election, Electoral system
A primary election took place on Grande Comore on 21 February, with the three top candidates progressing to the nationwide second round on 10 April, where a plurality determined the winner.


2016 Comorian presidential election, Campaign
On 30 October 2013 former President Ahmed Sambi launched the Juwa Party, announcing that he would run in the elections.


2016 Comorian presidential election, Aftermath
After the provisional results were released, Mohamed Ali Soilihi refused to accept his defeat by Azali Assoumani and claimed that not all the results from Anjouan had been properly released and the margin was too narrow for CENI to declare a winner. The Constitutional Court ordered a partial re-run to be held in 13 constituencies by 15 May.


2016 Comoros Premier League
The 2016 Comoros Premier League was the top level football competition in the Comoros. It was played from 31 October to 20 November 2016.


2016 Comoros Premier League, Teams
The champions of the three regional leagues of each island will take part in the final tournament to determinate the overall champions.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup
The 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup was the second edition of the ConIFA World Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organised by ConIFA. The tournament was hosted by the Football Federation of Abkhazia, with the Abkhazia team becoming the first host nation to win the tournament.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, Host selection
Following the 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup, in which the teams from Abkhazia and South Ossetia were refused visas by the Hungarian government, ConIFA announced that they had delivered strong objections to what they saw as political interference. As a consequence, in July 2015, ConIFA announced that its Executive Committee had unanimously voted to award the 2016 World Football Cup to Abkhazia. It stated that, in addition to the quality of the bid, the decision would send out the message that ConIFA would stand by all of its members.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, Qualification
The 2016 World Football Cup was the first ConIFA tournament to feature qualification, as the competitors in both the previous tournament and 2015 European Football Cup were invited. The qualification process was designed around a number of different tournaments; initially, ConIFA announced that the top three teams in the 2015 EFC would gain automatic qualification for the 2016 WFC. Subsequent to this decision, ConIFA announced that it would sanction a number of friendly tournaments featuring its members as part of the qualification, with the first of these being the Niamh Challenge Cup, a four team tournament hosted by Ellan Vannin. A further tournament, the Benedikt Fontana Cup was also planned to be hosted by Raetia. The winners of these tournaments would gain qualification to the WFC.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, Qualification
In addition to the hosts, and the teams that gained entry to the tournament through the qualification process, ConIFA extended an invitation to the team representing the Aymara people to become the first South American side to participate.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, Qualification, Draw
The twelve participating teams were divided into three pots of four for the group stage, which would see them drawn into four groups of three. The draw was made by ConIFA World President Per-Anders Blind in Luleå on 1 April 2016:


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, Qualification, Withdrawals
In December 2015, following advice from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office over security concerns regarding travel to Abkhazia, the Manx Independent Football Alliance announced that the Ellan Vannin team would withdraw from the World Football Cup, and instead take part in the 2016 Europeada Championship in Italy. Subsequently, both the Aymará team, and County of Nice also withdrew.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, Qualification, Withdrawals
In March 2016, ConIFA announced that Padania had been expelled from the tournament due to procedural irregularities, to be replaced by Székely Land.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, Qualification, Withdrawals
In May 2016, three weeks prior to the start of the tournament, ConIFA announced that the Romani team had been forced to withdraw from the tournament due to difficulties in obtaining travel documents for their squad. Padania, who had been expelled, were invited to take the place of the Romani team.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification
The 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification is a process to decide a number of the teams that will play in the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup. Unlike the previous tournament, this will be the first one that will use a measure of qualification. The first qualification match played was on 30 May 2015 between the newly constituted Felvidék team and the team representing Alderney, with the first goal scored by Felvidék's Zoltán Novota.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification, Background
The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA) was founded in June 2013, as an organisation to represent football associations that are not eligible or choose not to join FIFA. One year later, it held its first official tournament, the 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup, in Sweden, to which the twelve participating teams were invited. The success of this tournament led to the decision to make it a biannual competition, with continental tournaments taking place in between, the first of which was the 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification, Background
During the planning process for the European Football Cup, ConIFA took the decision that, in addition to finding its first European champions, the competition would also serve as a qualification tournament for the 2016 World Football Cup, with the top three teams gaining automatic entry into the WFC. The finalised European Football Cup eventually featured a total of six teams, including both the current WFC champions, Countea de Nissea, and the runners up, Ellan Vannin.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification, Background
A number of the participants undertook warm-up games prior to the start of the tournament, with Ellan Vannin planning a pair of back-to-back charity games over the weekend of the 30–31 May against Alderney. However, in mid-May 2015, a few weeks prior to the fixtures taking place, the fixtures as planned were cancelled and replaced by a four team tournament called the Niamh Challenge Cup, with Ellan Vannin and Alderney joined by teams representing Felvidék and Punjab. At the same time, ConIFA announced that they were officially sanctioning the tournament, with the winners gaining automatic entry to the WFC.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification, Background
A second tournament, the Benedikt Fontana Cup, hosted in Switzerland by the Fussballauswahl Raetia, was announced as taking place in parallel with the EFC in June 2015, with three participants, including the hosts Raetia, Felvidék and the Chagos Islands. ConIFA also announced that this too would serve as a qualification tournament for the WFC, with the winner gaining automatic entry.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification, Background
In addition to the qualification process that ConIFA put in place, the organisation announced in May that it had reached an agreement with the football association representing the Aymara people for their team to be the first South Americans to play at the World Football Cup.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification, Background
On 7 July ConIFA announced that Abkhazia had been selected as the host of the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, which simultaneously means they will be taking part.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification, Background
In December 2015, following advice from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office over security concerns regarding travel to Abkhazia, the Manx Independent Football Alliance announced that the Ellan Vannin team would withdraw from the World Football Cup, and instead take part in the 2016 Europeada Championship in Italy.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification
In the qualification process, Ellan Vannin and Felvidek had two opportunities to qualify; through the Niamh Challenge Cup and the ConIFA European Football Cup.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification, Niamh Challenge Cup
The Niamh Challenge Cup was a four-team knockout tournament over two days; the winners of the two games played on the first day advanced to the final, with the winner of that game qualifying automatically for the WFC.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification, 2015 European Football Cup
The 2015 European Football Cup featured a total of six teams, divided into two groups of three for the first round. The top two in each group advanced to the semi-finals. The winner of the tournament, runner-up and team that finished third were automatically awarded places in the 2016 World Football Cup.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification, Benedikt Fontana Cup
The Benedikt Fontana Cup was planned as a two-game tournament held over two days in June 2015 between Raetia and the Chagos Islands, with the winners automatically qualifying for the World Football Cup. The competition was originally planned as a three-team tournament, with Panjab and Felvidek due to take part alongside the hosts. Panjab were forced to withdraw in May 2015, and were replaced by the Chagos Islands. Subsequently, Felvidek also withdrew, leaving it as a two-legged tie, with the winner (and qualification place) decided by the aggregate score.


2016 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification, Benedikt Fontana Cup
In June 2015, just prior to the event taking place, the competition was cancelled by the Raetia FA as a result of the Chagos team pulling out, and re-scheduled for August 2015. The Raetia FA announced that the tournament would be played as a single game against Franconia on Sunday 6 September.


2016 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2016 Conference USA Baseball Tournament will be held from May 25 through May 29 at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. The tournament champion will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2016 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Rice has won the most championships, with six.


2016 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. The tournament will use a double elimination format.


2016 Conference USA Football Championship Game
The 2016 Conference USA Championship Game was played on Saturday, December 3, 2016, at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and determined the 2016 football champion of Conference USA (C-USA). The game featured the West Division champion Louisiana Tech visiting the East Division champion Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (WKU), with the Hilltoppers winning 58–44. The game was broadcast nationally by ESPN for the 5th consecutive year. The title sponsor was Dynacraft BSC.


2016 Conference USA Football Championship Game
If winner of the C-USA Championship Game is one of highest ranked in the rankings of the "Group of Five" conferences, the team could be placed in the playoffs if not then the Cotton Bowl. The conference champion if not selected would then pick a bowl game of their choosing to attend that has ties to the conference.


2016 Conference USA Football Championship Game
The 2016 championship game was the 12th game in the championship series. In the 2015 championship game, also hosted by WKU, the Hilltoppers defeated Southern Miss, 45–28.


2016 Conference USA Football Championship Game
The game proved to be the last for Jeff Brohm as WKU's head coach; two days later, he was hired to fill the head coaching vacancy at Purdue.


2016 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Teams, Louisiana Tech
The Bulldogs got off to a rough start at 1-2 before going into conference play with a close 21–20 loss to Arkansas. Louisiana Tech lost its first conference game against Middle Tennessee in which the Bulldogs lost the game in the last quarter when the Blue Raiders scored 21 points to win 38–34. The Bulldogs then went undefeated in conference play before losing their regular-season finale 39–24 to Southern Miss on November 26. They had already clinched the West Division title on November 12 by defeating UTSA, winning the division title for the second time in school history. The previous time the Bulldogs won the West Division was back in 2014, which resulted in the Bulldogs losing by 3 points to Marshall.


2016 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Teams, Western Kentucky
WKU opened the season with a conference win over Rice, and then went 2–2 in its nonconference schedule, with both losses to Southeastern Conference teams. WKU then resumed its conference schedule at Louisiana Tech, losing 55–52, before winning its final six regular-season games, finishing C-USA play as East Division co-champions along with Old Dominion. Both teams finished 7–1 in C-USA play, with WKU holding the tiebreaker with a 59–24 win over Old Dominion on October 22.


2016 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Teams, Western Kentucky
Entering the final weekend of conference play, the Hilltoppers could have been beaten out for hosting rights by Louisiana Tech, which entered that weekend 6–1 in the conference and held the head-to-head tiebreaker with its win over WKU. However, the Bulldogs lost on November 26 to Southern Miss, leaving them at 6–2 in C-USA play. WKU hosted the championship for the second consecutive season, making it the first C-USA school to ever do so.


2016 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Game summary
WKU hosted the Bulldogs of Louisiana Tech at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky at noon Eastern Time on December 3, 2016 and was broadcast on ESPN. Louisiana Tech held the overall series record over the Hilltoppers 4–2 before the matchup. The Bulldogs defeated the Hilltoppers in the last meeting back in the beginning of the season on October 6, 55–52.


2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 8–12, 2016, in Birmingham, Alabama, at Legacy Arena. Southern Miss did not participate in the tournament due to a self-imposed a postseason ban for pending NCAA violations. Middle Tennessee won the tournament, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Only 13 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. As a result, the top 11 teams received a bye to the Second Round of the tournament. The top 4 teams received a double bye to the Quarterfinals of the tournament.


2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2016 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 22nd edition of the tournament. It determined Conference USA's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2016 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
New Mexico won the CUSA title, making it their first CUSA championship. The Lobos defeated FIU in the championship, 3–0.


2016 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament, Awards
Chris Wehan, New MexicoChris Gurule, New MexicoNiko Hansen, New MexicoNick Rochowski, New MexicoJoris Ahlinvi, FIUIsmael Longo, FIUPaul Marie, FIUBrandt Bronico, CharlotteTommy Madden, CharlotteCole Stringer, Old DominionChristian Wirth, Old Dominion


2016 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA was held from March 8–12, 2016 in Birmingham, Alabama. The first two rounds took place at Bartow Arena while the semifinals and championship were held at Legacy Arena. Middle Tennessee won their second C-USA title and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.


2016 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The top fourteen teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2016 Conference USA Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 Conference USA Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for Conference USA to be held from November 2 to 6, 2016. The seven-match tournament will be held at the Transamerica Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. The eight team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The North Texas Mean Green are the defending tournament champions after defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd in the championship match.


2016 Conference USA football season
The 2016 Conference USA football season was the 21st season of Conference USA football and part of the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on September 1 with Charlotte facing Louisville. This season was the second season for the C-USA under realignment that took place in 2014, which added the 14th member Charlotte from the Atlantic 10 Conference. The C-USA is a "Group of Five" conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the American Athletic Conference, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference.


2016 Conference USA football season
C-USA consists of 14 members: Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB, UTEP, UTSA, and Western Kentucky; and is split up into the East and West divisions. West champion Louisiana Tech played at East champion Western Kentucky's Houchens Industries-L. T. Smith Stadium for the Conference USA Championship on December 3, which Western Kentucky won 58–44. UAB continued to undergo reinstatement of its football program during the 2016 season and will begin play for the 2017 season.


2016 Conference USA football season
Western Kentucky entered the season as defending Conference USA champions, defeating Southern Miss in the previous year's championship game. The Hilltoppers would then go on to defeat South Florida in the Miami Beach Bowl 45–35.


2016 Conference USA football season, Preseason, 2016 predictions
The 2016 preseason media predictions were released on July 21, 2016 with the vote conducted by media members that cover the conference schools. Middle Tennessee was picked to win the East division for the first time in school history. After coming second in the East last year, which resulted a trip to the Bahamas Bowl, the Blue Raiders returned 13 starters for the upcoming season. In the West division, the media predicted Southern Miss to overcome the other 5 teams in the division.


2016 Conference USA football season, Preseason, 2016 predictions
Southern Miss has been in the C-USA championship more than any team in the conference, with 3 appearances including an appearance last season against Western Kentucky. The Golden Eagles brought back seven starters on offense and six starters on defense. Western Kentucky, defending C-USA champion, was predicted to finish second in the East division, instead of returning to the title game.


2016 Conference USA football season, Preseason, 2016 predictions
The twelve annual championship game will be held on December 3, 2016, which is predicted to pit Southern Miss and Middle Tennessee.


2016 Conference USA football season, Head coaches
Three Conference USA teams hired new head coaches for the 2016 season. All three were in the West Division, and all three were replacing coaches who had spent at least 3 seasons at their respective schools.


2016 Conference USA football season, Head coaches
Note: All stats shown are before the beginning of the season.


2016 Conference USA football season, C-USA vs other conferences, C-USA vs power conferences
This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC) C-USA plays in non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll):


2016 Conference USA football season, Postseason, Bowl games
Per conference regulations, all teams with seven or more wins shall be placed into conference bowls prior to any other bowl eligible teams without a winning record (i.e. 6–6 record). The rankings are from final CFP Poll and all game times are in Eastern. Old Dominion was the first team to accept a bowl bid on November 28.


2016 Conference USA men's soccer season
The 2016 Conference USA men's soccer season was the 22nd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.


2016 Conference USA men's soccer season
The FIU Panthers are both the defending conference tournament champions. The Kentucky Wildcats are the defending regular season champions.


2016 Conference USA men's soccer season, Postseason, CUSA Tournament
New Mexico won their first Conference USA Tournament, defeating the defending champions, FIU in the final.


2016 Conference USA men's soccer season, All-CUSA awards and teams
F: Santiago Patiño, FIUF: Niko Hansen, New MexicoF: Danny Deakin, South CarolinaMF: Brandt Bronico, CharlotteMF: Paul Marie, FIUMF: Napo Matsoso, KentuckyMF: Chris Wehan, New MexicoD: Matej Dekovic, CharlotteD: Luke Waechter, CharlotteD: Jordan Wilson, KentuckyGK: Elliot Panicco, Charlotte


2016 Conference USA men's soccer season, All-CUSA awards and teams
F: Luis Betancur, FIUF: Jason Fitzgerald, Florida AtlanticF: Bjorn Gudjonsson, South CarolinaMF: Trevor Starcher, MarshallMF: Jesse Miralrio, Old DominionMF: Cole Stringer, Old DominionMF: Kurtis Turner, South CarolinaMF: David Valverde, UABD: Charlie Reymann, KentuckyD: Tom Smart, New MexicoGK: Joe Kuzminsky, UAB


2016 Conference USA men's soccer season, All-CUSA awards and teams
MF: Maxi Rodriguez, CharlotteMF: Donald Tomlinson, FIUMF: Chris Gurule, New MexicoMF: Niko Klosterhalfen, Old DominionMF: Julian Veen Uldal, South CarolinaMF: Koty Millard, South CarolinaD: Juan Benedetty, FIUD: Alex Bumpus, KentuckyD: Arthur Duchesne, MarshallD: Peyton Ericson, South CarolinaD: Ive Burnett, South CarolinaD: William White, UABGK: William Pyle, South Carolina


2016 Conference USA men's soccer season, All-CUSA awards and teams
Elliot Panicco, GK, CharlotteRyan Spaulding, MF, CharlotteDavid Longo, D, FIUJoris Ahlinvi, F, FIUJJ Williams, F, KentuckyConnor Probert, F, KentuckyTom Smart, D, New MexicoMatt Constant, D, New MexicoSebastian Hauret, MF, Old DominionJulian Veen Uldal, MF, South CarolinaLuca Mayr, F, South CarolinaEder Mora, MF, UABMassimo Ferrin, F, UAB


2016 Connacht Senior Football Championship
The 2016 Connacht Senior Football Championship will be the 117th installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Connacht GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Mayo entered the competition as defending champions but were beaten by Galway in the semi-finals. Galway went on to win their first title in eight years by beating Roscommon after a replay.


2016 Connacht Senior Football Championship, Teams
The Connacht championship is contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht and the two foreign based teams of London and New York.


2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary
The 2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary were held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Connecticut as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.


2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary
The Democratic Party's primaries in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were held the same day, as are Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own Connecticut primary.


2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton managed a five-point-win in Connecticut, a state she had narrowly lost to Barack Obama eight years earlier. She relied on turnout in larger cities, including Hartford (which she won 51-47), New Haven, and Bridgeport. She managed a large win in Greenwich, bolstered by support from more affluent Democrats and won in the New York City suburbs as a whole 59-40. Sanders held Clinton to a narrow margin statewide, thanks to his support in rural areas which he won 63-37.


2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
In terms of demographics, Clinton won the African American vote 69-30, older voters 62-35, and the votes of women 57-41. Clinton also won women with children 55-44, and women without children 58-40. Sanders won the youth vote by an overwhelming margin of 66-34, the votes of men 55-43, and won the Caucasian vote (74% of the electorate) by a narrow 50-48 margin. Sanders won among voters with an income of less than 50k and 100k, with Clinton winning more affluent voters.


2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
In terms of political ideology, Clinton won liberals 52-48 and moderates/conservatives 53-43. Clinton won Democrats 60-39 but lost self-identified independents to Sanders 74-23.


2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton's stance on gun control resonated with voters in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.


2016 Connecticut Open
The 2016 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2016 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 48th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 21 through August 27. It was the last event of the 2016 US Open Series before the 2016 US Open.


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


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


2016 Connecticut Open – Doubles
Julia Görges and Lucie Hradecká were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2016 Connecticut Open – Doubles
Sania Mirza and Monica Niculescu and won the title, defeating Kateryna Bondarenko and Chuang Chia-jung in the final, 7–5, 6–4


2016 Connecticut Open – Singles
Petra Kvitová was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Agnieszka Radwańska.


2016 Connecticut Open – Singles
Radwańska went on to win the title, defeating Elina Svitolina in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–3).


2016 Connecticut Open – Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2016 Connecticut State Senate election
The 2016 Connecticut Senate election was held on November 8, 2016, concurrently with the elections for the Connecticut House of Representatives, to elect members to the Connecticut General Assembly. All 36 seats in the Connecticut Senate were up for election. The election resulted in a tie, with the parties controlling 18 seats each. Primary elections were held on August 9, 2016.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election
The 2016 Conservative Party leadership election occurred as a result of Prime Minister David Cameron's resignation as party leader. He had resigned following the national referendum to leave the European Union. Cameron, who supported Britain's continued membership of the EU, announced his resignation on 24 June, saying that he would step down by October. Theresa May won the contest on 11 July 2016, after the withdrawal of Andrea Leadsom left her as the sole candidate.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election
Conservative Members of Parliament had voted initially in a series of ballots to determine which two candidates would go forward to a nationwide ballot of Conservative Party members for the final decision. Five Conservative MPs put themselves forward as candidates: Justice Secretary Michael Gove, Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb, former Defence Secretary Liam Fox, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change Andrea Leadsom, and Home Secretary Theresa May. Former Mayor of London Boris Johnson, seen as the front runner by political analysts, surprised many commentators by choosing not to run after Gove withdrew his backing and announced his own candidacy.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election
In the first-round ballot, May, gaining the support of half of Conservative MPs, was placed first with Leadsom in second place. Fox was eliminated on the first ballot; Crabb withdrew later that day. Gove was eliminated in the second round of voting. Before the Conservative Party members were due to cast their votes, Leadsom withdrew from the contest on 11 July. May was appointed party leader later that day, and Prime Minister on 13 July. She appointed Boris Johnson, Fox and Leadsom to her Cabinet, respectively as Foreign Secretary, International Trade Secretary, and Environment Secretary.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election
If not for Leadsom's withdrawal, Conservative Party members would have directly elected a new Prime Minister for the first time.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Background
During the 2015 general election campaign, David Cameron, then leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister, announced that he would not seek a third term; he was therefore expected to stand down before the following general election — at that time, expected to occur in 2020 — although he spoke of serving a full term.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Background
Following a manifesto commitment, Cameron and the Conservative Party introduced legislation for a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union, which was held on 23 June 2016. Cameron and the Government supported a Remain vote, although the Conservative Party was officially neutral in the campaign and many Conservative politicians, including some Cabinet members, campaigned to Leave. There was speculation during the campaign as to whether Cameron would resign if Leave won, but on the day of the referendum, both Leave- and Remain-supporting Conservatives called for him to stay whatever the result.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Background
A Leave win was announced on the morning of 24 June 2016, and Cameron announced shortly afterward that he would be stepping down. He said that he would continue in post while the leadership election was ongoing, with the new leader to be in place in time for the party conference in October. However, the way in which events unfolded resulted in his much earlier departure.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Background
The campaign was framed by whether candidates had supported Remain or Leave; initial speculation by some analysts was that a Leave supporter would be more likely to win. Based on media speculation, the front runners on 29 June were Boris Johnson (Leave) and Theresa May (Remain), with Johnson the early favourite. Johnson's candidacy was expected to be supported by Michael Gove, the two having worked together for Leave through the referendum campaign, as well as by Andrea Leadsom. However, earlier that week, May was leading by a narrow margin in opinion polls commissioned by The Times and by The Independent.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Background
Gove, previously seen as a key ally of the Johnson campaign, announced his own candidacy three hours before nominations closed, stating that he had reluctantly come to the conclusion that Johnson could not "provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead." Johnson subsequently withdrew from the leadership race. The Telegraph stated that Gove's actions in undermining Johnson's leadership aspirations constituted "the most spectacular political assassination in a generation." Gove's move was compared to the betrayals of fiction with, for example, Johnson's father, Stanley Johnson, quoting "Et tu Brute". Some of Johnson's allies subsequently began shifting their support to May, because they perceived a "systematic and calculated plot" by Gove to remove their candidate from the race.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Background
By 5 July 2016, Gove was in a distant third place in the leadership race based on the number of endorsements received from other MPs. He was eliminated in the second MPs' ballot.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Background
A post-contest analysis in The Daily Telegraph noted that the £275,000 contributions to Theresa May's campaign "dwarfed her rivals", and Cameron's original honours list contained the names of two major Conservative party donors who supported her campaign.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Campaign and key issues
The initial days of the campaign remained overshadowed by the fallout from Gove's entry into the race and Johnson's departure. May gathered the most support from MPs early on. Gavin Williamson — later to be appointed Chief Whip by May — was her parliamentary campaign manager and responsible for rallying this support, together with a small group of MPs including Julian Smith, Kris Hopkins, Simon Kirby, Karen Bradley and George Hollingbery.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Campaign and key issues
In the initial days of the campaign, Leadsom said that she would not rule out involving Nigel Farage, then the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), in Brexit negotiations; the May campaign criticised Leadsom for claimed UKIP links. Leadsom had approached the Johnson campaign with a proposed deal not to run in exchange for being made one of his top three ministers. Johnson agreed to the deal, but was too late in communicating the decision, and Leadsom chose to run for leader.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Campaign and key issues
All five candidates for the Conservative leadership said that they would not call an early general election, relying instead on the Conservative mandate secured at the 2015 election. The five candidates also rejected the idea of calling a second referendum on British withdrawal from the EU, pledging to take the UK out of the Union, although on different timeframes.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Campaign and key issues
Among the key issues that emerged during the Conservative leadership campaign were:


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Campaign and key issues
An editorial in The Guardian noted that the Brexit-dominated leadership campaign presented a danger that the next prime minister would be chosen on this basis at a time when several major domestic issues would also demand the prime minister's attention, such as the disputes between the government and unions representing teachers and junior doctors.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Campaign and key issues
An interview with Leadsom in The Times in early July created some controversy. The article quoted Leadsom as saying that motherhood gave her a better political perspective than May — who is childless — although Leadsom protested the article misrepresented her views. She later apologised to May. There was also controversy about claimed inaccuracies in Leadsom's CV. Meanwhile, Crabb, after his candidacy had ended, was reported to have been sexting a woman despite being married and stressing family values in his campaign.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Campaign and key issues
Leadsom withdrew from the contest on 11 July, arguing that May should become leader promptly.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Election procedure
The election process for selecting the leader of the Conservative Party is overseen by the Conservative 1922 Committee, although election procedures are approved by the Board of the Conservative Party. Nominations for the leadership are invited by the Chairman of the 1922 Committee (Graham Brady at the time), acting as Returning Officer for all stages of the election. Candidates must be proposed and seconded in writing, with names of the proposers and seconders being published. When nominations close, a list of valid nominations is published. If there is only one valid nomination, that person is declared elected.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Election procedure
If only two valid nominations are received, both names go forward to the general membership of the Party. If more than two nominations are received, a ballot is held within the Parliamentary Party on the Tuesday immediately following the closing date for nominations. An exhaustive ballot system is used to select two candidates to go forward to the general membership of the Party.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Election procedure
A ballot paper is produced and issued to all Conservative Members in the House of Commons, who indicate one choice from the candidates listed. Proxy votes are possible. The ballot is conducted in secret. If there are three candidates in the first ballot, the two who receive the most votes go forward to the general membership. If there are more than three, the candidate receiving the fewest votes is eliminated and a second ballot, under the same rules, is held the following Thursday.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Election procedure
If there are no more than three candidates in the second ballot, the two receiving the most votes go forward to the general membership. If a third ballot is required, it is held the following Tuesday. This process is repeated as often as necessary, on alternate Tuesdays and Thursdays. When a ballot with only three candidates is reached, the two candidates who receive the highest number of votes go forward to the general membership. Candidates may withdraw their names at any time, "up to 24 hours of the opening of the ballot", but no new nominations will be accepted after the first ballot.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Election procedure
The two candidates selected by the Parliamentary Party are then put to the full membership of the Party (specifically, "all the members of the Conservative Party in good standing who have been members for not less than three months prior to the date of the announcement of the Vote of Confidence") in a postal ballot. Each Party member, on a "one member, one vote" basis, may vote for their preferred candidate.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Election procedure
It is not explicitly stated in the rules from when the three months applies, in the eventuality of the leader resigning, but Rule 5 in the "Rules for the Election of the Leader" (which appears as Schedule 2 to the Constitution of the Conservative Party) gives this as "immediately prior to the close of the ballot for the election of the Leader".


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Election procedure
The Chairman of the 1922 Committee consults with the Board of the Conservative Party to agree the closing date for the ballot, which will be "as soon as practicable" after the date of the last ballot in the Parliamentary Party. The chairman, as returning officer, shall agree with the Board who is responsible, under his direction, for the receipt and counting of the votes, and the chairman announces the results "as soon as practicable" to a meeting of the Parliamentary Party and representatives of the Conservative Party.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Election procedure
Should only a single candidate be nominated, or all but one candidate be eliminated or withdraw before the scheduled end of the election (set in this instance as 9 September 2016), that single (or remaining) candidate is elected effectively unopposed without—if applicable—the votes of the party membership being issued (or counted if the ballot papers have already been issued).


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Results
The first ballot of MPs was held on 5 July. The results were announced at 18:30 by 1922 Committee chairman Graham Brady. May placed first, far ahead of her closest rival Leadsom. Fifth-placed candidate Fox was knocked out of the race, and Crabb withdrew following scandalous revelations about his private life; both endorsed May. Gove, Leadsom and May went through to the second ballot held on 7 July. May again was the clear winner, with Leadsom beating Gove, which meant that May and Leadsom went through to the members' ballot, the result of which was due to be announced on 9 September.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Results
However, on 11 July, Leadsom withdrew from the race, saying it is in the "best interests of the country", leaving May as the only candidate. Conservative MP and Chairman of the 1922 Committee, Graham Brady, announced that May would be confirmed as Conservative Party leader as soon as the party's board had been consulted. She was confirmed as leader; David Cameron tendered his resignation as Prime Minister on 13 July, with May accepting the Queen's invitation to succeed him shortly afterwards. Having been appointed Prime Minister, she entered 10 Downing Street with a speech emphasising the term Unionist in the name of the party, reminding all of "the precious, precious bond between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland."


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Results
After she became Prime Minister, May's cabinet appointments tilted to the right, according to The Guardian; but her speech clearly targeted the left, with a promise to combat the "burning injustice" in British society and create a union "between all of our citizens" and promising to be an advocate for the "ordinary working-class family" and not for the affluent in the UK. "The government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the privileged few but by yours. We will do everything we can to give you more control over your lives. ... When we take the big calls, we'll think not of the powerful, but you. When we pass new laws we'll listen not to the mighty, but to you. When it comes to taxes we'll prioritise not the wealthy but you."


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Results, Academic analysis
Analysis of the results of the second ballot by Jeffery et al., published in the journal Parliamentary Affairs, have shown that Conservative MPs could be split into three electoral groups: Remain-backing Conservative MPs were more likely to support May, while Leave-backing MPs were split between socially-liberal Leave MPs, who were more likely to back Gove, and socially-conservative Leave MPs, who showed a greater propensity to vote for Leadsom.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Candidates, Withdrew
The following individuals announced that they would seek the leadership of the Conservative Party but then eventually did not stand, or withdrew from the race, due to insufficient support or other reasons:


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Candidates, Declined
The following individuals were the focus of media speculation as being possible leadership candidates, but ruled out a bid or did not stand by the requisite time:


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Endorsements
N.B. MPs are not required to vote as per their public endorsements.


2016 Conservative Party leadership election, Opinion polling, Polls via polling organisations
Note some polls have asked respondents how they would vote in certain head-to-head scenarios, as indicated below.


2016 Constitution Party presidential primaries
The 2016 Constitution Party presidential primaries were 2 electoral contests, held in the states of Idaho and Missouri, by the Constitution Party during the 2016 election season in order to allocate delegates from those states to the 2016 Constitution Party National Convention.


2016 Constitution Party presidential primaries, Candidates
Candidates are sorted by delegate votes received at the 2016 Constitution Party National Convention.


2016 Constitution Party presidential primaries, Results, National
Scott Copeland       J.R. Myers       Patrick Anthony Ockander      Uncommitted       Tie       No votes


2016 Constitution Party presidential primaries, Results, Idaho primary
The Constitution Party of Idaho held its primary on March 8.


2016 Constitution Party presidential primaries, Results, Missouri primary
The Constitution Party of Missouri held its primary on March 15. No candidate made it on the ballot, and the only option for voters was "Uncommitted".


2016 Continental Beach Soccer Tournament
The 2016 Continental Beach Soccer Tournament was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Ordos, China on 23–25 August 2016. This was the first time an international tournament was being held in Northern China. All matches were played at the Ordos. Iran won the tournament.


2016 Continental Cup of Curling
The 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held from January 14 to 17 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. This marked the second edition of the Continental Cup to be held outside of Canada. The Continental Cup featured team events, mixed doubles events, and skins competitions, with most points available in the skins competitions. TSN broadcast the event, as it had in previous years.


2016 Continental Cup of Curling
The total attendance for the event was 62,498, the highest in Cup history (as of 2017). Team North America collected CAD$52,000 winners cheque and CAD$13,000 skins bonus. Team World collected CAD$26,000 losers cheque.


2016 Continental Cup of Curling, Competition format
This edition of the Continental Cup used a similar format as that of the previous year, with the main difference being the elimination of the singles event, which was replaced by an additional mixed doubles event. Out of the sixty total points available, a majority of points were needed to win the cup. The mixed doubles, and team games were worth one point each, with ties being worth one half point each to both teams. The skins games were worth a total of five points. Six mixed doubles and six singles games were played, along with eighteen team games and six skins games.


2016 Continental Cup of Curling, Teams
The teams were selected from the top teams in each region. Six teams from each region competed against each other in the competition. Four teams from Canada earned the right to represent Team North America by virtue of winning certain events, namely the Canada Cup of Curling and the Canadian National Championships (the Brier and the Tournament of Hearts). Two teams from the United States, namely the winners of the United States National Championships, were chosen to represent North America, and the teams representing Team World were selected by the World Curling Federation.


2016 Continental Cup of Curling, Teams
The teams in the table below were announced as representatives of their respective regions. For Team North America, the teams participating included Canada Cup champions Kevin Koe and Rachel Homan, Tournament of Hearts champion Jennifer Jones, Brier champion Pat Simmons, and United States national champions Erika Brown and John Shuster. For Team World, the teams participating include reigning women's world champion Alina Pätz,  Olympic bronze medallist Eve Muirhead, two-time world champion Niklas Edin, Japanese women's national champion Ayumi Ogasawara, Chinese men's national champion Zang Jialiang, and world champion Thomas Ulsrud.


2016 Continental Cup of Curling, Events
All times listed are in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8). The draws for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were released on Wednesday night, and the draws for Sunday will be released on Saturday afternoon.


2016 Continental Cup of Curling, Events, Saturday, January 16, Draw 7
After the first four ends, the players on each team were replaced with new players.


2016 Continental Cycling Championships
The 2016 Continental Cycling Championships covers all road and off-road cycling disciplines split by their respective Continental confederation.


2016 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge
The 2016 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge was the seventeenth season of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge and the third season organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA).


2016 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Schedule
The 2016 schedule was released on August 8, 2015 and features ten rounds. Every race will be 2 hours and 30 minutes in length and will feature both the GS and ST classes. All races will be televised by FOX Sports on a tape-delayed basis and streamed live on . There was also a test session before the beginning of the season: The Roar Before the 24 at Daytona from January 8 to January 10.


2016 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Championship standings, Points system
Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions as shown in the chart below.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections
The Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 8, 2016.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections
Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, Cook County Board of Review districts 1 and 2, four seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information
2016 was a presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President, House, and Senate) and those for state elections.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 51.12%, with 1,512,348 ballots cast. Among these, 1,197,073 Democratic, 314,517 Republican, 404 Green, and 354 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. The city of Chicago saw 53.52% turnout. Suburban Cook County saw 48.61% turnout, its highest turnout for presidential primaries since at least 1992. In Chicago, more than 118,000 votes cast were early votes, setting a record for the time for Chicago primaries (since surpassed by the 2020 elections). In suburban Cook County, 31,409 mail-in ballots were returned by voters, setting a record (also surpassed in 2020).


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout
The general election saw 71.54% turnout, with 2,205,504 ballots cast. Chicago saw 71.04% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 72.07% turnout.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk of the Circuit Court
In the 2016 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election,  incumbent fourth-term Clerk Dorothy A. Brown, a Democrat, was reelected.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds
In the 2016 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election,  incumbent first-term Recorder of Deeds Karen Yarbrough, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds
This was ultimately the last election held for this office, as, on the same day as the general election, Cook County voters approved a ballot measure to merge the office with that of Cook County Clerk by December 7, 2020.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds, Primaries, Democratic
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney
In the 2016 Cook County State's Attorney election,  incumbent second-term State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, a Democrat, lost her bid for reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Kim Foxx, who went on to win the general election.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney
Only Democrats had this office ever since Richard A. Devine unseated Republican Jack O'Malley in 1996.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review
In the 2016 Cook County Board of Review election, two seats, one Democratic-held and one Republican-held, out of its three seats were up for election. Both incumbents won reelection.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review
The Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 1st district
Incumbent second-term member Dan Patlak, a Republican, was reelected. Patlak was last reelected in 2012. This election was to a four-year term.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 1st district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Democratic primary. The Democrats ultimately nominated Marty Stack.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 2nd district
Incumbent member Michael Cabonargi, a Democrat first appointed in 2011 and elected to a full term in 2012, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. This election was to a two-year term.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 2nd district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board
In the 2016 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  election, four of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election. Three were regularly scheduled elections, and one was a special election due to a vacancy.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board
Democrats won all four seats up for reelection. The two incumbents seeking reelection won, and two new members were also elected.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board, Regularly-scheduled election
Three six-year term seats were up for the regularly-scheduled election. Since three six-year seats were up for election, voters could vote for up to three candidates, and the top-three finishers would win.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board, Regularly-scheduled election
Two of the incumbents for the three seats were seeking reelection, Barbara McGowan and Mariyana Spyropoulos, both Democrats. Each won reelection. The third, newly elected, winner of the general election was fellow Democrat Josina Morita.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board, Regularly-scheduled election, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board, Unexpired term (2 years)
A special election was held to fill the seat vacated when Patrick Daley Thompson resigned to assume office as a Chicago alderman. This seat had been filled with an interim appointment by Governor Bruce Rauner of David J. Walsh. Walsh was a Republican.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections
13 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies. 57 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for retention elections.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections
22 subcircuit courts judgeships were up for partisan elections due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions
Two ballot questions were included on ballots county-wide during the November general election.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, Clerk-Recorder Office
A ballot question was referred by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the voters of Cook County as to whether the position of Cook County Recorder of Deeds should be eliminated, and its duties merged into the position Cook County Clerk. Voters ultimately approved the ballot question.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, Clerk-Recorder Office
The sponsor of the legislation passed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners which created the ballot question was John Fritchey. The legislation to create this ballot question passed unanimously in a vote of all seventeen members of the Board of Commissioners.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, Clerk-Recorder Office
The last time the county had voted by referendum on whether to eliminate an elected office was in 1972, when voters strongly voted in favor of eliminating the elected position of Cook County Coroner, replacing it with an appointed medical examiner.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, Clerk-Recorder Office
Shall the Office of the Cook County Recorder of Deeds be eliminated and all duties and responsibilities of the Office of the Cook County Recorder of Deeds be transferred to, and assumed by, the Office of the Cook County Clerk by December 7, 2020?


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, Earned Sick Time
A ballot question was created by a successful citizen initiative petition which asked Cook County voters whether they believed that Illinois should enact the Earned Sick Time for Employees Act, thus allowing Illinois workers to earn up to 40 hours of paid sick leave.


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, Earned Sick Time
Shall Illinois enact the Earned Sick Time for Employees Act which will allow Illinois workers to earn up to 40 hours of sick time a year to take care of their own health or a family member's health?


2016 Cook County, Illinois elections, Other elections
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeepeople for the wards of Chicago.


2016 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 2016 Cook Islands Round Cup is the forty-third recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 and also in 1986 and 1988–1990 currently unknown. Puaikura won the championship going unbeaten through the entire season to qualify for the 2017 OFC Champions League.


2016 Cook Islands census
The 2016 Cook Islands Census took place on December 1 2016. The population of the Cook Islands was counted as 17,434 – a decrease of 360 (2.06%) from the 2011 census.


2016 Cook Islands census, Results, Population and dwellings
Population counts for the inhabited Islands of the Cook Islands. All figures are for the total population count. The resident population count was 14,802.


2016 Cook Islands census, Results, Ethnicity
The largest ethnic groups in 2016 were 78.2% Cook Islands Māori, 7.6% part Cook Islands Māori, and 14.2% other ethnic groups.


2016 Cook Islands census, Results, Religion
The largest religion in the Cook Islands is the Cook Islands Christian Church with 48.8% of the population identifying with that religion in 2016. Data is for the census usually-resident population count.


2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer
The 2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer (known natively in Spanish as the Copa América de Futbol Playa) was the first edition of the Copa América de Beach Soccer,  the premier international beach soccer competition in South America, contested between the men's national teams of the members of CONMEBOL.


2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer
The competition was organised by CONMEBOL; other beach soccer exhibition events held under the Copa América title took place during 1994–99, 2003 and 2012–14, however this was the first edition to be officially organised by the governing body for South American football who also organise the other official Copa América events in association football and futsal.


2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer
The tournament was hosted by Brazil in the city of Santos between 13 and 18 December.


2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer
Brazil beat Paraguay 12–2 in the final to claim the inaugural crown.


2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer, Venue
One venue was used in the city of Santos, Brazil.


2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer, Referees
Fourteen officials were appointed by CONMEBOL on 17 November, instructed to arrive in Santos by 11 December.


2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer, Draw
The draw to split the ten teams into two groups of five took place on 26 November in Luque, Paraguay at the Auditorio de la Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol.


2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer, Draw
The teams were seeded based on their final ranking in the most recent previous CONMEBOL beach soccer tournament, the 2015 South American Beach Soccer Championship.


2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer, Draw
Initially, the top two seeds were automatically assigned to the groups:


2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer, Draw
The remaining eight teams were split into four pots of two based on their seeding, in order from the highest seeds placed in Pot 1, down to the lowest seeds placed in Pot 4. From each pot, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B.


2016 Copa América 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 team of each group, advance to the final. The teams finishing in second through fifth proceed to play in consolation matches against the teams finishing in the same position in the other group to determine their final rank.


2016 Copa Argentina Final
The 2016 Copa Argentina Final was the 85th and final match of the 2015–16 Copa Argentina. It was played on December 15, 2016 at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba between River Plate and Rosario Central. River Plate won the match 4–3. As champions, they qualified for 2017 Copa Libertadores and the 2016 Supercopa Argentina.


2016 Copa Bicentenario
The Copa del Bicentenario de la Independencia was an official Argentine football cup competition organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), being contested by the 2014 Torneo de Transición champions, Racing and the 2016 champions, Lanús.


2016 Copa Bicentenario
A draw by AFA was held to decide the home team (Racing). The trophy was named to honour the 200th. anniversary of the Independence of Argentina.


2016 Copa Bicentenario
Lanús beat Racing 1–0 in Avellaneda in injury time and won the trophy. As champions, Lanús qualified to the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.


2016 Copa Chile
The 2016 Copa Chile, (officially known as Copa Chile MTS 2016 because of its sponsorship), was the 37th edition of the Copa Chile, the country's national cup tournament. The competition started on 8 July 2016 with the First Round and ended on 14 December 2016 with the Final. Colo-Colo were the winners after beating Everton 4–0 in the final, and qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores and the 2017 Supercopa de Chile. As the runners-up, Everton qualified for the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.


2016 Copa Chile, Format
The Copa Chile MTS 2016 was based on a system of direct elimination, similar to the Copa del Rey. In the first round match the 15 teams of Primera B faced against the 16 of the Premier Division (with the exception of Universidad de Chile, defending champions, who entered the competition at the round of 16).


2016 Copa Chile, Prizes
The champion of this edition, earned the right to compete in the 2017 Copa Libertadores as Chile 3 (qualifying for the first round of the continental tournament). Besides, it earned the right to play the Supercopa de Chile 2017, against the best 2016-17 Primera Division champion.


2016 Copa Chile, First round
The first legs were played on 8–13 July, and the second legs were played on 15–20 July 2016.


2016 Copa Chile, Round of 16
The draw for the Round of 16 (and ongoing phases) was held on 22 August 2016. In this round, Universidad de Chile entered the competition as defending champions.


2016 Copa Chile, Round of 16
The first legs were played on 15–21 September, and the second legs were played on 21 September–8 October 2016.


2016 Copa Chile, Round of 16
The tie between Palestino and Everton was delayed due to the participation of Palestino at the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.


2016 Copa Chile, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 18–20 October, and the second legs were played on 24–26 October 2016.


2016 Copa Chile, Quarterfinals
The tie between Unión Española and Everton was delayed due to the participation of Palestino at the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.


2016 Copa Chile, Semifinals
The first legs will be played on 23 November, and the second legs will be played on 30 November 2016.


2016 Copa Colombia
The 2016 Copa Colombia, officially the 2016 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs of DIMAYOR. It began on 10 February and ended on 17 November. The tournament comprised a total of 36 teams, and the winners were Atlético Nacional, who defeated defending champions Junior 3–1 on aggregate score in the final. However, neither Atlético Nacional nor Junior earned a berth to the 2017 Copa Sudamericana for having qualified for the Copa Libertadores, with semifinalists Deportes Tolima qualifying instead.


2016 Copa Colombia, Format
The competition retained the format used in its most recent edition. The first stage was played by 32 teams, which were split into eight groups of four teams each on a regional basis, where teams played each other of the teams in their group twice. The 8 group winners plus the best 4 second-placed teams joined the teams qualified for the 2016 Copa Libertadores (Deportivo Cali, Atlético Nacional, and Santa Fe) and the previous edition's winners (Junior) in the round of 16, from where the cup continued on a home-and-away knockout basis.


2016 Copa Colombia, Group stage, Ranking of second-placed teams
The four best teams among those ranked second qualified for the knockout stage.


2016 Copa Colombia, Knockout phase
Each tie in the knockout phase was played in a home-and-away two-legged format. In each tie, the team which had the better overall record up to that stage hosted the second leg, except in the round of 16 where the group winners automatically hosted the second leg. In case of a tie in aggregate score, neither the away goals rule nor extra time is applied, and the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out. Deportivo Cali, Atlético Nacional, Santa Fe, and Junior entered the competition in the Round of 16, being joined there by the eight group winners and the four best second-placed teams.


2016 Copa Colombia, Knockout phase, Round of 16
First legs: July 27, 28, and August 3; Second legs: August 3, 4, 10, 11, and 18. Group winners (Team 2) hosted the second leg.


2016 Copa Colombia, Knockout phase, Quarterfinals
First legs: August 24, 25, 31, and September 1; Second legs: August 31, September 7, and 8. Team 2 hosted the second leg.


2016 Copa Colombia, Knockout phase, Semifinals
First legs: October 4 and 5; Second legs: October 12 and 13. Team 2 hosted the second leg.


2016 Copa Colombia, Knockout phase, Final
First leg: November 13; Second leg: November 17. Team 2 hosted the second leg.


2016 Copa Colsanitas
The 2016 Copa Colsanitas (also known as the 2016 Claro Open Colsanitas) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the Copa Colsanitas, and part of the International category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Bogotá, Colombia, from April 11 through April 17, 2016.


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


2016 Copa Colsanitas, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2016 Copa Colsanitas – Doubles
Paula Cristina Gonçalves and Beatriz Haddad Maia were the defending champions, but Haddad Maia chose not to participate this year. Gonçalves played alongside Sanaz Marand, but lost in the first round to Sílvia Soler Espinosa and Anna Tatishvili. Lara Arruabarrena and Tatjana Maria won the title, defeating Gabriela Cé and Andrea Gámiz in the final, 6–2, 4–6, [10–8].


2016 Copa Colsanitas – Singles
Teliana Pereira was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Catalina Pella.


2016 Copa Colsanitas – Singles
Irina Falconi won her first WTA title, defeating Sílvia Soler Espinosa in the final, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4.


2016 Copa Constitució
The 2016 Copa Constitució is the 24th edition of the national football knockout tournament in Andorra. The tournament began on 21 February 2016 and ended on 15 May 2016 with the final.


2016 Copa Constitució, Format
This year's version of the Copa Constitució was a single elimination tournament contested by 12 teams. Eight teams from the Primera Divisió and four from the Segona Divisió competed. The winner, UE Santa Coloma, earned a spot in the Europa League.


2016 Copa Constitució, First round
Eight teams competed in the first round. Matches were played 21 February 2016.


2016 Copa Constitució, Quarter-finals
Eight teams competed in the quarter-finals. Matches were played 28 February 2016.


2016 Copa Constitució, Semi-finals
Four teams competed in the quarter-finals. Matches were played 6 March 2016.


2016 Copa Constitució, Final
The final was played on 15 May 2016 at Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella, Andorra la Vella.


2016 Copa Fila
The 2016 Copa Fila was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 10 and 16 October 2016.


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