2016 Alfa Indonesia DHC-4 crash
On 31 October 2016, a modified DHC-4 Caribou transport aircraft operated by Alfa Indonesia crashed in the Papuan jungle while en route to Ilaga Airport in Ilaga, Indonesia. The flight was operated by Alfa Indonesia as a chartered cargo flight with four people on board. There were no survivors among the four crew members on board.


2016 Alfa Indonesia DHC-4 crash, Background
Infrastructure is still a big issue in Eastern Indonesia. For the past few years, the Indonesian Government had only concentrated its development on the island of Java and Sumatra, causing a massive difference in infrastructure of those on the west and those on the east. Gasoline and oil was far more expensive than those in Java. The government reigned by Joko Widodo then started to focus its infrastructure development in eastern Indonesia particularly in Papua, by adding more transportation so essential things like gasoline and oil could easily reach remote areas in Papua. On September 2016, to decrease the oil price in Puncak Regency, the government bought a DHC-4 Caribou to the region.


2016 Alfa Indonesia DHC-4 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the crash was a PEN Turbo DHC-4T Turbo Caribou, a de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou modified with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-67A turboprop engines. Built in 1971, it first flew in modified form in September 2014. In May 2016 the aircraft was delivered to Indonesia, and entered service in September. It was registered in Indonesia as PK-SWW. It was jointly owned by the Indonesian government and the Puncak Regency local government. The four crew on board were Indonesians.


2016 Alfa Indonesia DHC-4 crash, Disappearance
The Caribou took off from Timika at 07:57 a.m. local time with an estimated time of arrival at 08:22, carrying construction materials. At 08:23, the crew made their first radio contact with Ilaga Tower and reported their position, which was on Ilaga Pass, a valley near Ilaga. After reporting their estimated time of arrival at Ilaga, contact with the tower was suddenly lost at 08:27 a.m.


2016 Alfa Indonesia DHC-4 crash, Disappearance
At 09:22 a.m., the crew of another aircraft reported to Ilaga that they had received a signal suspected to have come from the missing aircraft's emergency locator transmitter near Jila. A search and rescue team was quickly assembled by the National Search and Rescue Agency. Local authorities and residents also joined the search operation. However, heavy rain and limited visibility hampered the search and rescue operation and it was postponed. The search and rescue team, consisting of personnel from the Indonesian Air Force, the National Search and Rescue Agency, the Indonesian Army and the Indonesian National Police along with two helicopters, set up three main camps in response to the disappearance. Two fixed-wing aircraft were also deployed.


2016 Alfa Indonesia DHC-4 crash, Discovery of the wreckage
On 1 November the smoldering wreckage was found on the side of Ilaga Pass, at an elevation of 12,800 feet (3,900 m) in Jila District, approximately 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) from Jila and 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from Ilaga. The aircraft was totally burnt out with wreckage strewn over the valley. The impact was so severe that there were no chance of finding any survivors. After the discovery, two helicopters were deployed to evacuate the bodies from the crash site and bring them to Timika, where a procession was held to honor the victims.


2016 Alfa Indonesia DHC-4 crash, Investigation
The National Transportation Safety Committee was ordered to investigate the crash and had received the debris of the aircraft. Both the Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder were still missing. On 6 November, both the FDR and the CVR were found and were recovered by search team. Both later were sent to the NTSC facility in Jakarta for further analysis.


2016 Alfa Indonesia DHC-4 crash, Investigation
The interim report included a recommendation to Perkumpulan Penerbangan Alfa Indonesia "to comply the DGCA Safety Circular number SE.24 of 2016".


2016 Algarve Cup
The 2016 Algarve Cup was the 23rd edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 2 to 9 March.


2016 Algarve Cup, Referees
On 19 February 2016, FIFA announced the referees and the assistant referees for the tournament.


2016 Algarve Cup, Referees
Olga Martins Biljana Atanasovski Anna Dabrowska Katarzyna Wojs Annica Johansson Julia Magnusson


2016 Algarve Cup, Group stage
The groups were announced on 14 December 2015, with the match schedule being announced on 10 February 2016. All times WET (UTC±00:00).


2016 Algarve Cup, Group stage, Tie-breaking criteria
For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:


2016 Algarve Cup, Placement matches
Matches times and venues were announced on 7 March 2016.


2016 Algarve Cup squads
This article lists the squads for the 2016 Algarve Cup, the 23rd edition of the Algarve Cup. The cup consisted of a series of friendly games, and was held in the Algarve region of Portugal from 2 to 9 March 2016. The eight national teams involved in the tournament registered a squad of 23 players.


2016 Algarve Cup squads
The age listed for each player is as of 2 March 2016, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.


2016 Algarve Football Cup
The 2016 Algarve Football Cup was a summer football friendly tournament. It was hosted at the Estádio Algarve in the Algarve in Portugal, between the 14 and 16 July 2016. It involved Benfica and Vitória de Setúbal of the Portuguese Primeira Liga and English Championship side Derby County.


2016 Algarve Football Cup, Overview, Standings
Each team will play two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a defeat. In the first two matches of the 2016 Algarve Football Cup, a penalty shoot-out took place afterwards. That's despite Vitória de Setúbal beating Derby County in Game 2. A shoot-out did not take place after Benfica's match against Derby.


2016 Algerian Cup Final
The 2016 Algerian Cup Final was the 52nd final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on May 1, 2016, at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers with kick-off at 16:00.


2016 Algerian Super Cup
The 2016 Algerian Super Cup was the  10th edition of Algerian Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the 2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and 2015–16 Algerian Cup competitions. The match was played on November 1, 2016 at Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida between 2015-16 Ligue 1 winners USM Alger and 2015–16 Algerian Cup winners MC Alger.


2016 Aligarh Muslim University campus violence
On 23 April 2016, clashes between two regional student groups resulted in on-campus violence at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). After a former student's death in the conflict, the state government was prompted to elevate the security and deploy Rapid Action Force.


2016 Aligarh Muslim University campus violence, Incident
The Deputy inspector general of police (DIG) of the Aligarh Range, Govind Agarwal stated that incident started when a resident of Mumtaz hostel was assaulted and his room was set on fire. The victim of the assault then rushed to the proctor's office to file a complaint. As soon as news of the incident spread, students belonging to the two rival factions gathered resulting in a clash between the two. Police stated that the victim, Mehtaab was shot dead later that night near the proctor's office where the warring factions exchanged fire.


2016 Aligarh Muslim University campus violence, Incident
The students set fire to a jeep, over half-a-dozen bikes as well as the proctor's office building. Due to the ensuing disruption, it took the police nearly two hours to regain control of the situation. An official of AMU said that relations between the two rival factions belonging to Azamgarh and Sambhal regions were distressed. Rapid Action Force was later deployed at all sensitive spots to ensure safety during the entrance test for the engineering college which was scheduled to happen the next day with more than 13,000 candidates expected to attend the examination at the Aligarh centre.


2016 Aligarh Muslim University campus violence, Developments
On 24 April, Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), Daljeet Singh Chaudhary said that the police had identified the perpetrators responsible for the violence at the AMU campus. He stated that one person succumbed to bullet injury and another was critically injured and that the police would soon be able to nab the perpetrators responsible.


2016 All England Super Series Premier
The 2016 All England Super Series Premier was the first Super Series tournament of the 2016 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Birmingham, England, from March 8–13, 2016, and had a total purse of $550,000.


2016 All Nigerian Editors Conference
The 2016 All Nigerian Editors Conference was the 12th annual edition of the All Nigerian Editors Conference (ANEC), the largest gathering of professional editors, organized by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE). ANEC 2016 focused primarily on agriculture, as a counterfoil to the dwindling receipts from crude oil. The event, described as "a watering hole of ideas that have shaped government policies and programmes over the years" was hosted by Port Harcourt, Rivers State's capital. The opening took place on 3 August 2016 at the Hotel Presidential in the city, and the conference closed officially on 7 August 2016.


2016 All Nigerian Editors Conference, Theme
Each year, the conference follows a specific theme. The theme for the year 2016 was Economic Diversification: Agriculture as Option for a Prosperous Nigeria.


2016 All Nigerian Editors Conference, Attendees
Both local and foreign speakers including practicing farmers, agribusiness financiers and policy-makers as well as editors from organizations such as West African Editors Forum (WAEF), The African Editors' Forum (TAEF), World Editors Forum (WEF) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) attended the event.


2016 All Nigerian Editors Conference, Attendees, Guests of honour, Special guest
Former Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan was invited as the special guest of honour in recognition of his role in utilizing agriculture and non-oil resources as alternative to crude oil while in office.


2016 All Nigerian Editors Conference, Outcomes
The conference concluded on 7 August 2016 with a firm endorsement of agriculture as "the most viable option to adopt to revive the nation’s economy, create employment for the army of unemployed youths, and usher in prosperity for the country and its peoples". Governor of Rivers State, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike received commendations for his achievements in the areas of security and infrastructural development.


2016 All Stars match
The 2016 All Stars match was the sixth annual representative exhibition All Stars match. For the first time, the match was played between the Indigenous All Stars and a World All Stars team.


2016 All Stars match, Teams
1 - Tyson Frizell was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jeremy Smith. 2 - Robbie Farah was originally selected to play but withdrew to instead attend Super Bowl 50. He was replaced by Michael Ennis. 3 - Johnathan Thurston was originally selected to play but withdrew to instead participate in the World Club Series. Greg Inglis was handed the captaincy. Tyrone Roberts was moved from the bench to Halfback and Thurston was replaced by Jamie Soward. 4 - Lachlan Maranta was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury.


2016 All Stars match, Teams
He was replaced by Jordan Kahu. 5 - Blake Ferguson was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. James Roberts was moved from the bench to the Centres and Ferguson was replaced by Edrick Lee. 6 - Nathan Peats was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Ray Thompson was moved from the bench to Hooker and Peats was replaced by Craig Garvey. 7 - Trent Hodkinson was originally selected to play but withdrew. He was replaced by Adam Reynolds.


2016 All Stars match, Teams
8 - Sam Burgess was originally selected to play but withdrew and Chris Lawrence was added to the team. 9 - Simon Mannering withdrew due to the birth of his son and was replaced by Ryan Hoffman. 10 - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck withdrew due to injury. Jordan Kahu moved to fullback and Konrad Hurrell was added to the bench. 11 - Chris Grevsmuhl and Alex Johnston were both withdrawn from the squad and replaced by David Fifita and Leilani Latu. Andrew Fifita was promoted to the starting side, with Sam Thaiday shifting to the back row in place of Grevsmuhl.


2016 All Stars match, Teams
Edrick Lee started on the wing in place of Johnston, with David Fifita and Latu joining the interchange bench. 12 - Matthew Wright and Beau Scott replaced Antonio Winterstein and Paul Gallen. 13 - Chris Lawrence was a last minute withdrawal from the World All Stars line up. He was replaced in the starting side by Martin Taupau. The lateness of Lawrence's withdrawal meant the World All Stars only had a 19-man squad.


2016 All Stars match, Teams, World All Star selection
The World All Stars team was planned to feature a minimum of four players each from Australia, New Zealand and England, while the remaining players were planned to be made up from other nations such as Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, PNG and France. However, only three New Zealand players were selected. The World All Stars team had to include at least one player – and a maximum of two players - from each NRL club. The Australia, New Zealand and England captains were planned to be automatic selections for the team, however Super League players were not available for selection which included the English captain.


2016 All Stars match, Teams, World All Star selection
* - Chris Lawrence was a last minute withdrawal. Due to the lateness he was not replaced.


2016 All Stars match, Women's All Stars match
For the fifth time, a Women's match was held as part of the fixture.


2016 All Stars match, Women's All Stars match, Result
The Women's All Stars exhibition match was held as a curtain raiser for the men's 2016 All Stars match and was won by the NRL Women's All Stars.


2016 All Thailand Golf Tour
The 2016 All Thailand Golf Tour is the 18th season of the All Thailand Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Thailand since it was established in 1999.


2016 All-Australian team
The 2016 Virgin Australia All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2016 season. It was announced on 1 September as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.


2016 All-Australian team, Selection panel
The selection panel for the 2016 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Gillon McLachlan, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Mark Evans, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson and Warren Tredrea.


2016 All-Australian team, Team, Initial squad
The initial 40-man squad was announced on 29 August. Adelaide had the most nominations with six, while cross-town rivals Sydney and Greater Western Sydney both had five nominations each. The two worst-performed teams during the season, Essendon and the Brisbane Lions, were the only clubs not to receive a nomination.


2016 All-Australian team, Team, Final team
Minor premiers Sydney had the most selections with five. Geelong captain Joel Selwood was announced as the All-Australian captain, with Adelaide midfielder Rory Sloane announced as the vice-captain. The team saw nine players selected in an All-Australian side for the first time in their careers.


2016 All-Australian team, Team, Final team
Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.


2016 All-Big 12 Conference football team
The 2016 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 2016 Big 12 Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


2016 All-Big 12 Conference football team, Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel


2016 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 2016 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2016 Big Ten Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first-, second- and third-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first-, second- and third-team players (the "Media" team).


2016 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and media


2016 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2016 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship is the 33rd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship for players in the intermediate grade since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961. The championship began on 22 May 2016 and ended on 6 August 2016.


2016 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Galway were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Kilkenny in the Leinster final. Kilkenny won the title after defeating Clare by 5-16 to 1-16 in the final.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the GAA's premier inter-county gaelic football competition for under 18's. 32 teams took part.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The defending champions were Kerry who defeated Tipperary in the 2015 final.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Kerry beat Galway 3-07 to 0-09 in the final on 18 September 2016 for their third consecutive championship.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Teams
Thirty two teams contest the championship. New York and London do not participate in this competition. Kilkenny fielded a team in 2016 despite not having participated in 2015.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Format
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise four provincial championships. Each province determines the format for deciding their champions and may be league, group, knock-out, double-elimination, etc. or a combination. For clarity, the format is explained in the provincial sections below.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Format
The four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland quarter finals. Two semi-finals follow and a final which is normally played before the All-Ireland senior final on the third Sunday in September. All matches are knock-out.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Connacht Minor Football Championship, Connacht Format
All five Connacht counties compete in a straight knock-out format.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Minor Football Championship, Leinster Format
All twelve Leinster teams compete in the preliminary round of the main draw. The six beaten teams enter the losers' section and, after four play-off matches, two teams re-enter the main draw at the quarter-final stage. From the quarter-finals onwards all matches are knock-out.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Minor Football Championship, Leinster Losers' Rounds 1 and 2
The six beaten teams in the preliminary round of the main draw play-off in four matches. Two teams from the losers' section re-enter the main draw at the quarter-final stage.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Format
All six Munster teams compete in the three quarter-finals of the main draw. The three beaten teams enter the play-off section and, after two play-off matches, one team re-enters the main draw at the semi-final stage. From the semi-finals onwards all matches are knock-out.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Playoff Rounds 1 and 2
The three beaten teams in the quarter-finals of the main draw play-off in two matche. One team from the play-offs re-enters the main draw at the semi-final stage.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Minor Football Championship, Ulster Format
All nine Ulster teams compete. The fixtures mirror the senior fixtures i.e. if Derry are drawn to play Tyrone in their first match in the senior championship then Derry minors play Tyrone minors in their first match. Often the minor teams play immediately before the seniors. All matches are knock-out.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals
The four provincial champions play the four beaten finalists from the provincial championships.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Semi-Finals
There is no draw for the semi-finals as the fixtures are pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensures that a provinces's champions play the champions of all the other provinces once every three years in the semi-finals if they each win their quarter-finals. If a provincial winner loses their quarter final, then the provincial runner-up who beat them takes their place in the semi-final.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 2016 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 86th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. It is the primary inter-county hurling championship for boys under the age of eighteen. The championship began on 6 April 2016 and ended on 4 September 2016.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Galway entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the All-Ireland semi-final.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 4 September 2016 Tipperary won the championship following a 1-21 to 0-17 defeat of Limerick in the All-Ireland final. This was their 20th All-Ireland title and their first in four championship seasons.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Minor Hurling Championship, Leinster Second Round
The two tier 1 teams play the two winning tier 2 teams from the first round. The two winning teams advance to the semi-finals. The two beaten teams advance to the quarter-finals.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Minor Hurling Championship, Leinster Second Round
The two beaten tier 2 teams from the first round play the two winning tier 3 teams from the first round. The two winning teams advance to the quarter-finals. The two beaten teams are eliminated.


2016 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Minor Hurling Championship, Leinster Quarter-Finals
The two beaten teams from the tier1 versus tier 2 matches in the second round play the two winning teams from the tier 2 versus tier 3 matches in the second round.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county senior camogie competition.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Teams
Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship (tier 1). Sixteen lower-ranked county teams plus the second teams of tier 1 counties compete in the Intermediate (tier 2) and Junior (tier 3) Championships.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Format
The eleven teams are drawn into one group of six and one group of five. All the teams play each other once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Group stage, Group 1, Table
If only two teams are level on league points -


2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Group stage, Group 1, Table
If three or more teams are level on league points, score difference is used to rank the teams.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Knock-out Stage, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals
The second team in group 1 plays the third team in group 2 and the third team in group 1 plays the second team in group 2. All matches are knock-out.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Knock-out Stage, All-Ireland Semi-Finals
The winners of groups 1 and 2 play the winners of the two quarter-finals. All matches are knock-out


2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final is the eighty-fifth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland. It took place on Sunday 11 September in Croke Park.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final, Paths to the final
Cork defeated Wexford, Limerick, Waterford and Clare and lost to Offaly in the group stage. They defeated Wexford in the All-Ireland semi-final by 4 points. A win for Cork would complete a three-in-a-row.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final, Paths to the final
Kilkenny defeated Tipperary, Dublin and Derry and lost to Galway in the group stage. They beat Offaly by 11 points in the All-Ireland quarter-final, and beat Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final by 2 points. Kilkenny have not won the All-Ireland since 1994, and have lost 6 All-Ireland finals since then.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match which was played at Croke Park on 17 March 2016 to determine the winners of the 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 46th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Ruairí Óg, Cushendall of Antrim and Na Piarsaigh of Limerick, with Na Piarsaigh winning by 2-25 to 2-14.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Na Piarsaigh and Ruairí Óg, Cushendall was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams. Both teams were appearing in their first All-Ireland final.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The game developed into a one-sided affair. Adrian Breen, who was a late addition to the Na Piarsaigh team, stroked home an early goal as well as a point soon after. Kevin Downes contributed a 24th-minute goal when he cut inside and fired a low shot to the left corner. Na Piarsaigh had effectively settled the game as early as the 26th minute when they led by 13 points after outscoring the Ulster champions by 1-09 to 0-01 in a blitzkrieg period. Ruairí Óg, Cushendall responded with three points in a row including a second of the day from Shane McNaughton who hit four excellent points in total, however, Na Piarsaigh held a solid 2-12 to 0-06 half-time lead.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
After the interval goal-scorer Breen was on the mark again along with Shane Dowling and Peter Casey. There was a brief reprieve for Cushendall when Neil McManus flicked in a 39th-minute goal from a long Shane McNaughton free. McManus continued to pick off points from frees and finished with that impressive 1-07 tally but the scores simply came easier for Na Piarsaigh who continued to split the posts at their ease and took Karl McKeegan's goal in their stride.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Na Piarsaigh's All-Ireland victory was their first ever and a first for a Limerick club. They became the 25th club to win the All-Ireland title.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 129th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
33 teams took part. 31 of the 32 Counties of Ireland participated, with Kilkenny, as in previous years, declining to take part. London and New York again competed.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The winning team, Dublin (who defeated Mayo by a single point after a replay), received the Sam Maguire Cup. It was the first time Dublin, as defending champions, had retained the trophy since the 1977 final.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Format, Provincial Championships format
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. All provincial matches are knock-out. All teams eliminated from their provincial championships with the exception of New York, for logistical reasons, enter the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Format, Qualifiers format
Twenty eight of the twenty nine teams beaten in the provincial championships enter the All-Ireland qualifiers, which are knockout. The sixteen teams eliminated before their provincial semi-finals play eight matches in round 1, with the winners of these games playing the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists in round 2. The eight winning teams from round 2 play-off against each other in round 3, with the four winning teams facing the four beaten provincial finalists in round 4 to complete the double-elimination format. Further details of the format are included with each qualifier round listed below.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Format, All-Ireland format
The four provincial champions play the four winners of round 4 of the qualifiers in the quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. All matches are knock-out. Any game that ends in a draw is replayed. If a replay ends in a draw, extra time is played.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Changes from 2015 championship
Referees have been instructed to add on 20 seconds for the introduction of a substitute and 20 seconds for each instance of a goalkeeper or defender going upfield for a placed ball attempt. Previously there was no specific provision for these two events which led to instances of deliberate time-wasting by teams who were leading. 30 seconds are also to be added each time Hawk-Eye is utilised.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Broadcast rights
RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland, provided the majority of the live television coverage of the championship in the third year of a deal running from 2014 until 2016. A number of matches were also broadcast by Sky Sports, with Sky having exclusive rights to some games.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Broadcast rights, Live broadcast matches
The broadcast schedule for matches shown live on television in Ireland follows -


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, A and B Teams
An A and B system for the qualifier draws was introduced in 2014 and has been retained. The teams are designated as A or B depending on which half of their provincial championships they play in. Although some teams receive byes in the early provincial rounds, their position in the round in which they enter the competition is usually determined by the provincial draw, resulting in most teams being designated as A or B randomly. For example, each of the four provinces has two semi-finals – one between two teams designated A and one between two teams designated B. The beaten semi-finalists in each province will always be one A team and one B team.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, A and B Teams
In all qualifier rounds A teams play A teams and B teams play B teams. Usually the A teams play their provincial games before the B teams which allows the A qualifier games to be scheduled a week before the B qualifier games.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Round 1
In the first round of the qualifiers sixteen of the seventeen teams beaten in the preliminary rounds or quarter-finals of the provincial championships compete. New York does not enter the qualifiers. Four A teams play four A teams and four B teams play four B teams. The round 1 draw is unrestricted − if two teams have played each other in a provincial match they can be drawn to meet again with the winner of the provincial match receiving home advantage. The eight round 1 winners play the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists in round 2 of the qualifiers.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Round 1
Carlow (A) Laois (A) Louth (A) Wicklow (A) Longford (B) Offaly (B) Wexford (B)


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Round 1
Armagh (A) Derry (A) Antrim (B) Down (B) Fermanagh (B)


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Round 1
*During the match Laois made seven substitutions, one more than the permitted six. On 21 June 2016 the CCCC declared the match void and scheduled a replay for 2 July.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Round 2
In the second round of the qualifiers the eight winning teams from Round 1A and Round 1B play the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists. The round 2 draw is unrestricted − if two teams have played each other in a provincial match they can be drawn to meet again with the winner of the provincial match receiving home advantage. The eight winners of these matches play each other in Round 3.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Round 3
In the third round of the qualifiers winning teams from round 2A  play against winning teams from round 2A and winning teams from round 2B play against winning teams from round 2B. Round 3 rules do not allow two teams that have played each other in a provincial match to meet again. The four winners of these matches play the four beaten provincial finalists in Round 4.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Round 4
In the fourth round of the qualifiers, the four winning teams of Round 3A and Round 3B  play the four beaten provincial finalists. Round 4 rules do not allow two teams that have played each other in a provincial match to meet again if such a pairing can be avoided. The four winners of these matches play the provincial champions in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals
The four provincial champions play the winners from Round 4 of the qualifiers. Draw rules – 1) Two teams who met in a provincial final cannot meet again 2) If one of the provincial champions has already met one of the qualifiers in an earlier match then those two teams cannot be drawn together if such a pairing can be avoided.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Semi-Finals
There is no draw for the semi-finals as the fixtures are pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensures that a provinces's champions play the champions of all the other provinces once every three years in the semi-finals if they each win their quarter-finals and prevents two provincial champions meeting in the semi-finals in successive years. If a qualifier team beats a provincial winner in a quarter-final, the qualifier team takes that provincial winner's place in the semi-final.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 1 October, the night of the final replay. Dublin's Brian Fenton was named as the Sunday Game player of the year.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards
The All Star football team was announced on 3 November.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, the 129th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was a Gaelic football match played at Croke Park in Dublin on 18 September 2016 and was replayed on 1 October 2016.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Defending champions Dublin and qualifiers Mayo competed for the Sam Maguire Cup, in a repeat of the 2013 final. Mayo qualified despite defeat in its provincial championship, under the system of second chances introduced in 2001. The first match ended in a draw, Mayo 0–15 Dublin 2–9. The replay finished Dublin 1–15 Mayo 1–14, meaning Dublin retained the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time since 1977. This was the eighth final that Mayo have lost since their last success in 1951.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The game was televised nationally by RTÉ Two as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Joe Brolly, Pat Spillane, and Colm O'Rourke.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background
Dublin entered the final having won the Leinster championship (by defeating Laois, Meath and Westmeath) and then overcoming the challenges presented by both Donegal and Kerry. Mayo became the first team to reach the final via the qualifier route since 2010, when both Cork and Down did so. In doing so they overcame London then lost to Galway in the Connacht Championship, then overcame Fermanagh, Kildare Westmeath, Tyrone and Tipperary.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background
Demand for tickets for the final was extremely high. There was no general sale, with all tickets being distributed via the county boards and clubs. The GAA warned that the holders of any tickets that becomes known to them as having been bought on the black market could be denied entry to the match.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background
Conor Lane of Cork refereed the first match, his first All-Ireland senior final. Both teams named their line-ups during the week. This left Dublin unchanged from their semi-final win over Kerry, while Mayo had Tom Parsons take to the pitch in place of Barry Moran.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Delayed entry
Dublin delayed entry onto the field of play for the first match. They were scheduled as the first of the teams onto the pitch at 14:56, according to Croke Park's strict timetable. However, they informed stewards they would enter the field of play at 15:00, though then did not do so until 15:02. Mayo, scheduled for entry at 14:58 (two minutes later after Dublin's scheduled time of entry) were then asked enter the pitch earlier than their scheduled time. In the end both teams ran onto the pitch at the same time, though Dublin muscled aside Mayo to make the bench for the team photograph.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 1, Summary
Mayo started well, taking two points through Tom Parsons and Cillian O'Connor. The first goal of the match came in the 9th minute, when the ball hit Mayo's Kevin McLoughlin and trickled over the line for Dublin. O'Connor leveled the match with another point before the 23rd minute, which saw the ball bounce off Colm Boyle's leg and over the line for another goal to Dublin's advantage. Donal Vaughan pulled a point back for Mayo and shortly after, James McCarthy was black carded for tackling O'Connor off the ball.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 1, Summary
In the 28th minute, Aidan O'Shea put the ball in the Dublin net but was penalised for fouling Dublin's Jonny Cooper. No Dublin player scored until the 31st minute when Rock tapped over a free. Dublin's first point from play came as the half concluded. It was by Paddy Andrews, who had replaced McCarthy, and Andrews's point was swiftly followed by another from him. These were Dublin's only scores from play in the first half. A single point from Jason Doherty wrapped up the first half with Dublin leading by five points.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 1, Summary
Andy Moran opened the scoring in the second half, starting a run of five successive points for Mayo. Further points by Patrick Durcan and O'Connor levelled the match on 45 minutes. Brian Fenton and Rock pushed Dublin ahead, but by the 61st minute the game was again level, with Alan Dillon equalising to bring the scoreline to Dublin 2–6 Mayo 0–12. A string of three points by John Small, Rock and Diarmuid Connolly towards the end of normal time meant that Dublin were leading by two points.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 1, Summary
Seven minutes of additional time were announced just before the end of normal time, though ultimately more than that was played. Vaughan's point on 70+2 minutes and O'Connor's 44 yd (40 m) kick in the final minute set the final up for a replay. The final score was unusual for a drawn match in that, taking own goals into account, 21 of the 30 points were scored by players of one team.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 2, Summary
By the 6th minute, Dublin had stormed ahead and led by four points through Dean Rock and Kevin McManamon. Mayo came back with points from Patrick Durcan, Cillian O'Connor and Andy Moran to tie the game. Two free kicks by Rock gave Dublin back the lead but was undone when Mayo's Lee Keegan scored the first goal of the match from 14 yd (13 m). Dublin suffered a further setback when Jonny Cooper was black carded for tripping Donal Vaughan. Goalscorer Keegan was also black carded late into the first half for impeding Diarmuid Connolly. However, Dublin finished strongly, taking another four points to lead by a single point at half time.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 2, Summary
The second half was equally tense, as Mayo regained the lead briefly before Dublin took control. Mayo goalkeeper Rob Hennelly was black carded for pulling down Paddy Andrews and the subsequent penalty by Connolly made the score 1–11 1–08 in favour of Dublin. The three point lead was one Mayo was unable to overturn. Mayo replied with points from O'Connor, Kevin McLoughlin and Durcan but substitutes Bernard Brogan and Cormac Costello kept Dublin ahead. Dublin led 1–14 1–13 on 70 minutes, with an additional six minutes of injury time.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match 2, Summary
Late into injury time, Mayo's point scoring hero from the first match, O'Connor had an opportunity to level the match and send the game into extra time, but his 44 yd (40 m) free kick missed the target and went wide. The win ensured that Dublin retained the cup for the first time since 1977.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Reaction
Dublin manager Jim Gavin speaking after the match was satisfied with the performance of the team after a long season saying "What is it now, the 40th week of the year, and we’ve been back since the second week in January, our first game in the O’Byrne Cup, so in terms of the intercounty cycle, it’s been a long season of giving it everything.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Reaction
And I couldn’t ask for any more from the players, and particularly from the management team, the backroom and the support team there who pushed really hard during the season, particularly the last two weeks (since the drawn game) to do their very best for the player group. Everybody's pushing to get these players to be their best, and there's been a really collective togetherness about the squad this year, and we gave it our all. If it didn't work out for us on Saturday I would have no complaints because everybody just gave their all. That's all we ever ask: from myself, or the backroom team, or the players.”


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Reaction
Mayo goalkeeper Rob Hennelly, who was named in the team as a late replacement for David Clarke and subsequently conceded a penalty and was then black carded, revealed his heartache after the final with a post on Instagram, saying "I'll never be able to fully describe what was going through my head at this moment. What I was expecting to be one of my best days turned out to be the opposite, and it breaks my heart I didn't come through for my team and county".


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Reaction
Mayo manager Stephen Rochford speaking after the match said "We did our analysis on Dublin. They had pushed with a formation in the first game, pushing four guys inside. They were trying to cut off our short kick-out and as the game developed in the drawn game they were getting more comfort or more reward and it was probably something they were going to try and maximise further.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Reaction
Robbie's kick-out gave us a bit more length, a bit more option and that was the reason behind it, When you look at a one-point defeat you look at every single play, every single decision, every single moment in it and question what could have been. That’s just the way it is.”


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Trophy presentation
Dublin captain Stephen Cluxton  accepted the Sam Maguire Cup from GAA president Aogan O' Fearghail in the Hogan Stand.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Celebrations
The Dublin team had a homecoming celebration on 2 October at Smithfield in Dublin which started at 4:30pm. The night before, players and their management team celebrated their win at The Gibson Hotel.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Broadcasting
Both matches were shown live on television in Ireland on The Sunday Game. RTÉ television coverage was presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Joe Brolly, Pat Spillane, and Colm O'Rourke. Match commentary was by Ger Canning with comments by Martin Carney. Sky Sports also showed the match live with Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney presenting and Peter Canavan, Jim McGuinness and James Horan providing in-studio analysis.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 129th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. It is the top tier of senior inter-county championship hurling.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The championship began on 1 May 2016 and ended on 4 September 2016.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Kilkenny were the defending champions. Kerry qualified for the competition for the first time since 2004


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary won the title for the 27th time and for the first time since 2010, defeating Kilkenny in the final, 2–29 to 2–20.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is a double-elimination tournament based on the Leinster and Munster provincial championships. Fourteen teams take part.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Leinster and Munster Hurling Championships
Seven Leinster counties compete. Galway and Kerry, though not in Leinster, also participate. The competition begins with a qualifier group consisting of the four weakest teams. Two teams from the qualifier group progress and the remainder of the competition is knock-out. Most of the beaten teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers – the two bottom teams in the Leinster qualifier group do not.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Leinster and Munster Hurling Championships
In 2016 the bottom team in the Leinster qualifier group will be relegated to next year's Christy Ring Cup (2nd tier). Their place in next year's Leinster qualifier group will be taken by the winner of 2016’s Christy Ring Cup.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Leinster and Munster Hurling Championships
Kerry qualified for this year's Leinster Championship by winning the 2015 Christy Ring Cup.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Leinster and Munster Hurling Championships
Five Munster counties compete. Kerry participates in The Leinster Hurling Championship (see above). The competition has a knock-out format. All of the beaten teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Qualifiers
All teams beaten in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Leinster and Munster Hurling Championships enter the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers which are knock-out. The qualifiers eventually result in two teams who play the beaten finalists of the Leinster and Munster championships in the two All-Ireland quarter-finals.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, All-Ireland
The Leinster and Munster champions play the winners of the two quarter finals in the semi-finals. The final normally takes place on the first Sunday in September.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Non-participating Provincial Championships
Connacht and Ulster teams can qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship by winning the Christy Ring Cup (tier 2).


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Non-participating Provincial Championships
This competition is no longer organised. Galway represent Connacht and participate in the Leinster Championship.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Non-participating Provincial Championships
Although this competition takes place, it is not part of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Currently no Ulster teams qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Changes from 2015 championship
Hawkeye was used for the first time in the Munster Hurling Championship in Thurles when Tipperary played Cork on 22 May 2016. Previously it was only installed in Croke Park.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Broadcasting
Matches will be broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ and Sky Sports, and in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports. Worldwide coverage will be provided on GAAGO.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Broadcasting
RTÉ coverage will be shown on RTÉ One on The Sunday Game Live presented by Michael Lyster in high definition. Des Cahill will present The Sunday Game highlights and analysis show on Sunday evening.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Format
Nine counties compete - seven from Leinster plus Galway and Kerry. Last year's Leinster champions receive a bye into the semi-final. The championship begins with a qualifier group involving the four weakest teams. The group winners and runners-up join four of the five strongest teams in the three Leinster quarter finals.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Qualifier Group
Red background (row 4) are relegated and play in the Christy Ring Cup next year. The winners of this year's Christy Ring Cup (Meath) are promoted in their place to the qualifier group of next year's Leinster Championship.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Quarter-Finals
Last year's Leinster champions receive a bye into the semi-finals. The remaining six teams (four seeded teams plus the qualifier group winners and runners-up) play in three quarter-finals. An informal system of promotion or relegation operates in this round; if a team from the qualifier group wins their quarter-final, they will be seeded in next year's Leinster championship and the beaten seeded team will compete in next year's Leinster qualifier group.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Semi-Finals
Last year's Leinster champions receive a bye into the semi-finals. They are joined by the winners of the three quarter-finals.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster Format
Five of the six Munster counties compete. Kerry qualify for the qualifier group of the Leinster championship. The competition is straight knock-out.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 1, Qualifiers Round 1 Format
The eight teams beaten in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Leinster (5 teams) and Munster (3 teams) provincial championships play in four matches. A draw is made that ensures there are three matches between Leinster and Munster teams and one match between two Leinster teams.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 2, Qualifiers Round 2 Format
The four winners of round 1 play in two matches. The draw was made on 4 July. Teams who have already met in the Leinster or Munster championships cannot be drawn to meet again.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals
The beaten finalists from the Leinster and Munster championships play the winners of round 2 of the qualifiers.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Semi-Finals
The Leinster and Munster champions play the winners of the two quarter-finals.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams, Overview
All bar one of the teams from the 2015 championship participated in hurling's top tier in 2016.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams, Overview
Antrim, who finished bottom of the 2015 Leinster qualifier group, were relegated to the 2016 Christy Ring Cup. Their place in the 2016 Leinster qualifier group went to Kerry who won the 2015 Christy Ring Cup and gained automatic promotion. It was the first time since 2004 that Kerry participated in the All-Ireland senior championship.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 4 September, which was the night of the final. The panel consisting of Brendan Cummins, Henry Shefflin, Michael Duignan, Ger Loughnane, Liam Sheedy, Eddie Brennan and Cyril Farrell selected Tipperary's Séamus Callanan as the Sunday game player of the year. Other players nominated were Padraic Maher and John McGrath of Tipperary.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
On 4 November, the 2016 All Star Award winners were announced at the awards ceremony in the National Convention Centre in Dublin. Austin Gleeson of Waterford was named as the All Stars Hurler of the Year and the All Stars Young Hurler of the Year.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 129th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. It was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 4 September 2016.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
This was the 18th All-Ireland season that ended with a Kilkenny–Tipperary final. Of the previous 17, Tipperary won 10 and Kilkenny 7. It was also the fifth final between Tipperary and Kilkenny since 2009, with Kilkenny leading the series 3–1. Kilkenny were chasing three in a row with Tipperary looking for a first All-Ireland since 2010.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The final was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ One as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Liam Sheedy, Henry Shefflin and Ger Loughnane. Match commentary was provided by Ger Canning with analysis by Michael Duignan. The game was also shown live on Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
Tipperary clinched their 27th All-Ireland title winning on a 2–29 to 2-20 scoreline. Their victory also marked the first time since the 1960s that Tipperary had won multiple All-Ireland titles in a single decade, having only won one title each in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
This was the seventh time in eight years that the counties have played each other in the championship, with Kilkenny winning 5 times. Kilkenny went into the final having won 36 All Ireland titles, 11 titles in the last 15 years (2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015), with Tipperary on 26 titles, 2 titles over the same period (2001 and 2010).


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
The teams had played each other 26 times in the championship, the first time being in 1887, with Kilkenny winning 12 times and Tipperary winning on 13 occasions with one draw in 2014. Since the 2010 All-Ireland Final, Kilkenny have 10 wins and a draw in 13 league and championship games against Tipperary.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
Kilkenny had played in 65 All-Ireland finals, winning 36, losing 25 and drawing 4, with Tipperary having appeared in 40 All-Ireland finals, winning 26, losing 12 and drawing 2.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
The final was Kilkenny manager Brian Cody's 84th championship match as manager since taking over at the start of 1999 season. Kilkenny had won 68, drawn six and lost nine of the previous matches, the defeats being against Galway in 2001, 2005 and 2012, Cork in 1999, 2004 and 2013, Wexford in 2004, Tipperary in 2010 and Dublin in 2013. Tipperary were bidding to become the first Munster champions to win the All-Ireland title since Cork in 2005.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Jubilee team
The Tipperary team that won the 1991 All-Ireland Final was presented to the crowd before the match to mark 25 years. Tipperary manager Michael Ryan who played on that team was represented by his mother for the presentation.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
With a stadium capacity of 82,300, the 32 individual county boards will receive 60,000 tickets. Schools and third level colleges will get 2,500 tickets, while season ticket holders will be entitled to 5,500 tickets. 1,000 tickets will be given to overseas clubs. The Camogie, Ladies' Football, Handball and Rounders Associations are each allocated about 200 tickets, as are the jubilee teams and mini-7s which play at half-time. The match was a sell-out.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Related events
The 2016 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final was played between Tipperary and Limerick as a curtain-raiser to the senior final. Tipperary went on to win the final on a 1–21 to 0-17 scoreline. The Tipperary minor team were captained by Brian McGrath, brother of Noel and John McGrath who went to win the senior final with Tipperary.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Officials
On 22 August 2016 the officials were chosen for the final by the GAA, with Brian Gavin being named as the referee. Barry Kelly was the standby referee with Colm Lyons of Cork the other linesman and John Keane of Galway the sideline official. The umpires were Michael Gavin, David Gavin, William Flynn, all from Clara and PJ Lawlor from Ferbane/Belmont. The match was his fourth All-Ireland final having been the referee in 2011, 2013, and the replay in 2014.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Team news
It was confirmed on 15 August that Kilkenny's Michael Fennelly would miss the final after he ruptured his achilles tendon in the semi-final replay victory over Waterford. Kilkenny named their starting fifteen on Friday 2 September and it showed two changes to the one which defeated Waterford in the semi-final replay with Kevin Kelly included at corner-forward. The other change saw Kieran Joyce replacing Michael Fennelly. Michael Ryan made one change to the Tipperary team for the final with John O’Dwyer coming in at top of the right instead of Nial O Meara with John McGrath moving to top of the left. There were five All-Ireland Final debutants in Tipperary's starting line-up.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
Seamus Callanan opened the scoring after two minutes with a point from out on the left which he hit over his left shoulder. Kevin Kelly equalized for Kilkenny in the fifth minute before TJ Reid scored from a free to put Kilkenny into a one-point lead. After ten minutes, Séamus Kennedy scored his first ever championship point to make it four points all, after fifteen minutes it was six all. John O’Dwyer scored a point after twenty five minutes to level the scores at nine all. The half-time score was Tipperary 0-14 Kilkenny 0–12 with every single Tipperary forward scoring from play. The sides were level 10 times in the first half.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
Seamus Callinan had five points in the first half and scored the first point of the second half from a free to open the lead to three points. After forty-one minutes, Kevin Kelly scored a goal for Kilkenny when he scoped and flicked the ball into the empty net in front of the hill 16 end. Seamus Callinan got the next score from a free to put one point between them. Jason Forde who had come on as a substitute a minute earlier for Michael Breen scored a point to level the game in the forty fifth minute.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
Two minutes later John O’Dwyer picked up the ball and cut in from the left and hit a low shot from distance that flew into the back of the net to put Tipperary into a four-point lead. Pauric Maher scored a point from out on the left touchline in the fifty-first minute to increase the lead to five. Tipperary were six ahead in the fifty-sixth minute after another Seamus Callinan point.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
With ten minutes left John McGrath scored a second goal for Tipperary when he cut in from the right and hit a high shot to the left after a pass from Noel McGrath, this put Tipperary nine points clear. Two minutes later Richie Hogan scored with a ground shot to the net to reduce the lead to six. Tipperary then scored a further four points to go into stoppage time with a nine-point lead which they held to the end to claim the title.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Trophy presentation
Tipperary captain Brendan Maher accepted the Liam MacCarthy Cup from GAA president Aogan O' Fearghail in the Hogan Stand. The Tipperary team then did a victory lap around Croke Park with the trophy.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Tipperary manager Michel Ryan speaking after the match said "This is a fantastic day for Tipperary hurling. I think we might have awoken other giants that may have been sleeping though, in that every other county is going to take huge encouragement from what we’ve achieved this year, because we’re all in the pot; every one of us hurling counties are chasing Kilkenny and those are the facts.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
And for one of us to come through and break that mould for once… don’t get me wrong, that’s not a foregone conclusion that that will ever happen again, such is the quality of Kilkenny, but I think we’re after sending home a lot of teams that I think will set 2017 alight.”


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Kilkenny manager Brian Cody speaking after the match said "The better team won, the better team always wins as far as I’m concerned but it was comprehensive, We went in after the first half two points down, well in the game. We got a good start to the second half, got the goal but you know they didn’t blink, they came back at us and they got some terrific scores, We were out-played through the second half and there’s no argument that the better team won the match."


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Noel McGrath said it was the stuff of dreams to come back from cancer and win the All-Ireland title saying "Fifteen months ago I never thought I'd be playing in Croke Park, let alone going up the steps at Croke Park, or watching Brendan (Maher) lift up the cup. It was tough for me for a few months in 2015, but look I'm just delighted to be back playing and delighted to be on the pitch and doing what I can for Tipperary and I'm just absolutely thrilled to be part of an All-Ireland-winning team. I was just delighted to be able to get back playing to whatever level I could get back to - I wasn't sure what that would be."


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Former Tipperary hurler and manager Nicky English writing in the Irish Times taught that Tipperary out-Kilkennyed Kilkenny this time to emerge as very deserving and worthy winners of this All-Ireland final saying "This was a huge win for Tipperary – there’s no other way to put it. Huge! Tipperary’s strength in the first tackle, their aerial ability throughout, their skill in the forwards and their intensity was reminiscent of Kilkenny at their level best, which should be taken as a serious compliment. From Mick Ryan and his management team’s perspective, they couldn’t have asked for any more from the players. In terms of power, aggression, skill and intelligent hurling, Tipperary were fantastic."


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Highlights of the final were shown on The Sunday Game programme which aired at 9:30pm that night on RTÉ Two and was presented by Des Cahill with match analysis from Brendan Cummins, Eddie Brennan, and Cyril Farrell. On the man of the match award shortlist were John O’Dwyer, Ronan Maher, and Seamus Callanan, with Seamus Callanan winning the award which was presented by GAA president Aogan O' Fearghail at the Double tree by Hilton hotel in Dublin where the post match Tipperary function was being held. Tipperary manager Michael Ryan opened the envelope that contained the winning players name.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Celebrations
The Tipperary team returned home on the 5 September were the homecoming event was held at Semple Stadium in Thurles. The gates of the Stadium were opened at 4.00pm with the Tipperary senior team were introduced to the crowd at 8.00pm, preceded by the minor squad, who helped the county to their first minor-senior double since 1949.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship is the 43rd edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic Football tournament. It is known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Cork were the defending champions and successfully defended their title beating Dublin in the final on 25 September 2016. The 2016 attendance of 34,445 was a new record.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Format
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise their provincial championship. Each province determines the format for deciding their champions and it may be league, group, knock-out, double-elimination, etc. or a combination. For clarity, the format is explained in the provincial sections below.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Format
All teams except the provincial champions enter the All-Ireland qualifiers. The final four qualifier winners re-enter the All-Ireland championship at the quarterfinal stage. All matches are knock-out.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Format
The four provincial champions play the four winners from the qualifiers in the All-Ireland quarterfinals with the winners progressing to the semifinals. The final is normally played on the fourth Sunday in September. All matches are knock-out.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Connacht Championship, Connacht Format
As only two teams enter, a knock-out final is played.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Championship, Leinster Format
Four Leinster teams (Dublin, Laois, Meath and Westmeath) compete in an initial group stage. Each team plays all the other teams once in three rounds of two matches. The top two teams advance to the final.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Championship, Munster Format
Three Munster teams (Cork, Kerry and Waterford) compete in an initial group stage. The top two teams advance to the final.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Championship, Ulster Format
Four teams compete in two semifinals and a final. All matches are knockout.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Qualifiers, Qualifiers Format
All the teams except the provincial champions enter the qualifiers. A preliminary round is held to reduce the number of teams to eight who then play four matches. All matches are knock-out.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Qualifiers, Qualifiers Format
The four winners play the four provincial champions in the All-Ireland quarterfinals.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarterfinals
The four provincial champions play the four winners from the qualifiers.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Dublin. Cork emerged as winners after a controversial 1–7 to 1–6 win over Dublin. In the 22nd minute Dublin's Carla Rowe had a point disallowed. The umpires waved the effort wide but TV replays showed that Rowe's shot had actually gone between the posts. As Hawk-Eye was not used in the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, the decision stood. At half-time Dublin were leading by 0–4 to 0–3. As the second half started Rhona Ní Bhuachalla came on as a substitute and scored with an assist from Ciara O'Sullivan.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The teams were level at 1–3 to 0–6 with twenty minutes remaining before Cork scored four unanswered points between the 48th and 54th minutes. Doireann O'Sullivan scored three while Orla Finn was also on target. Dublin were four points down in the final minute when Sinéad Aherne scored from a penalty.


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Martina O'Brien2 Marie Ambrose3 Bríd Stack 4 Roisín Phelan5 Shauna Kelly6 Deirdre O'Reilly7 Vera Foley8 Annie Walsh9 Briege Corkery10 Rena Buckley11 Aine O'Sullivan12 Orlagh Farmer13 Ciara O'Sullivan (c)14 Doireann O'Sullivan15 Orla Finn


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:Rhona Ní Bhuachalla for Á. O'Sullivan (half time)Eimear Scally for Walsh (44)


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Ciara Trant2 Olwen Carey3 Deirdre Murphy4 Leah Caffrey5 Sinéad Goldrick6 Sinead Finnegan 7 Niamh Collins8 Lauren Magee9 Niamh McEvoy10 Molly Lamb11 Noëlle Healy (c)12 Carla Rowe 13 Lyndsey Davey14 Sinéad Aherne15 Nicole Owens


2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:Siobhan Woods for Owens (44)Muireann Ni Scanaill for Caffrey (44)Sorcha Furlong for Lamb (50)O. Leonard for McEvoy (52)Lucy Collins for Murphy (53)


2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The 2016 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship is an inter county football competition between 31 of the 32 counties of Ireland (Kilkenny did not participate). Provincial championships were held in Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster with the winners progressing to the All-Ireland semi-finals.


2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The competition was sponsored for the second time by EirGrid.


2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The 2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 53rd staging of the All-Ireland inter-county championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. The championship began on 25 May 2016 and ended on 10 September 2016.


2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
Limerick entered the championship as the defending champions. They were beaten by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.


2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
On 10 September 2016 Waterford won the championship following a 5-15 to 0-14 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title and their first in 24 championship seasons.


2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, Format
Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial under-21 championship. Connacht do not organise a provincial championship and are represented by Galway. The three provincial champions and Galway enter the All-Ireland semi-finals.


2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, New trophy
In September 2016 the GAA established a new trophy named The James Nowlan Cup to be presented to the All-Ireland under-21 hurling champions.


2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, New trophy
The old trophy, the Cross of Cashel, was retired after the 2015  final having been introduced in 1967.


2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The 2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Semple Stadium, Thurles on 10 September 2016 to determine the winners of the 2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 54th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was  contested by Waterford of Munster and Galway of Connacht, with Waterford winning by 5-15 to 0-14.


2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Waterford and Galway was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams. Waterford were appearing in their third ever final, while Galway were lining out in their 11th All-Ireland decider.


2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Waterford's D. J. Foran opened the scoring with a goal in the opening minutes, however, Galway clawed back to within two points by the tenth minute. In spite of this a yawning chasm soon began to emerge. Patrick Curran cracked home a second Waterford goal in the 12th minute and the Déise were 2-03 to 0-03 clear. Two minutes later, an audacious Curran handpass picked out Stephen Bennett and while goalkeeper Cathal Tuohy got a stick to his thunderous drive, the sliotar flew into the net. Tuohy denied Waterford a fourth goal of the first half when he somehow flicked Tom Devine's thunderous drive over the crossbar. At half time, Waterford were 3-10 to 0-6 clear and the game looked over.


2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The Tribesmen reeled off five points without reply after the restart to narrow the deficit, however, it was as close as they got to Waterford. Shane Bennett's 49th-minute goal seemed to kill off any hope of a Galway revival. Stephen Bennett’s second goal in the closing stages capped a memorable evening.


2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Waterford's All-Ireland victory was their first since 1992. The win gave them their second All-Ireland title over all and put them in seventh position on the all-time roll of honour.


2016 All-Pro Team
The 2016 All-Pro teams were named by the Associated Press (AP), Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA), and Sporting News (SN) for performance in the 2016 NFL season. While none of the All-Pro teams have the official imprimatur of the NFL (whose official recognition is nomination to the 2017 Pro Bowl), they are included in the NFL Record and Fact Book and also part of the language of the 2011  NFLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement. Any player selected to the first-team of any of the teams can be described as an "All-Pro."


2016 All-Pro Team
The AP team, with first-team and second-team selections, was chosen by a national panel of fifty NFL writers and broadcasters. For the first time, the nationwide panel of 60 sports writers and broadcasters who regularly cover the NFL voted for specific positions on the offensive line, a "flex" player on offense, a fifth defensive back, and a punt returner and special teamer. The Sporting News All-NFL team is voted on by NFL players and executives and will be released at a later date. The PFWA team is selected by its more than 300 national members who are accredited media members covering the NFL.


2016 All-Pro Team, Key
AP = Associated Press first-team All-ProAP-2 = Associated Press second-team All-ProAP-2t = Tied for second-team All-Pro in the AP votePFWA = Pro Football Writers Association All-NFLSN = Sporting News All- Pro


2016 All-Pro Team, Key
PFWA and SN did not separate the tackles and guards into more specific positions as the AP did.


2016 All-SEC football team
The 2016 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 2016 Southeastern Conference football season.


2016 All-SEC football team
The Alabama Crimson Tide won the conference, beating the Florida Gators 54 to 16 in the SEC Championship.


2016 All-SEC football team
Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts was voted the AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Alabama defensive end Jonathan Allen was voted the AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.


2016 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP


2016 Allan Cup
The 2016 Allan Cup was the 2016 Canadian Grand National Championship of Senior ice hockey and the 108th year the trophy was awarded. The tournament was contended in Steinbach, Manitoba from April 11 to April 16, 2016, with all games played at the T.G. Smith Centre. The Bentley Generals defeated the host and defending champion South East Prairie Thunder in overtime to win the national title.


2016 Allan Cup, Information
This year's Allan Cup marked the second time in eight seasons that the Allan Cup was played in Steinbach, with three of the participating teams from 2009 returning for 2016. The South East Prairie Thunder were formally announced as the host club in September 2014, the 2009 champion Bentley Generals qualified by winning Alberta's Chinook Hockey League, and the 2009 host team, Île-des-Chênes North Stars, qualified as Manitoba champions.


2016 Allan Cup, Information
The other three clubs to qualify were the Stoney Creek Generals, who captured the OHA Allan Cup Hockey championship and Renwick Cup; the Shellbrook Elks, who qualified by default as the lone Senior 'AAA' club in Saskatchewan; and the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts, winner of the Atlantic region playoff.


2016 Allsvenskan
The 2016 Allsvenskan, part of the 2016 Swedish football season, is the 92nd season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The fixtures were released on 9 December 2015 and it included a meeting between the two most recent champions IFK Norrköping and Malmö FF (in Malmö) as the opening match, a replay of the last round of the previous season. The season started on 2 April 2016 and ended in November 2016.


2016 Allsvenskan
IFK Norrköping were the defending champions after winning the title in the last round in the previous season. Malmö FF won the Swedish championship this season, their 22nd Allsvenskan title and 19th Swedish championship overall, in the 28th round on 26 October 2016 when they won 3–0 in the away fixture against Falkenbergs FF at Falkenbergs IP.


2016 Allsvenskan, Summary, Allsvenskans stora pris
For the fourth year running, the broadcaster of Allsvenskan, C More Entertainment, hosted an award ceremony where they presented seven awards and two special awards to the players and staff of the 16 Allsvenskan clubs, the award ceremony was held on 17 November 2016. The nominations for the 2016 season were officially announced on 11 November 2016. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text. Malmö FF received the most nominations with seven nominations while IFK Norrköping received four nominations, and AIK and IF Elfsborg received two nominations. Djurgårdens IF, Falkenbergs FF and IFK Göteborg received one nomination each.


2016 Allsvenskan, Suspended matches, IFK Göteborg vs. Malmö FF
The match at Gamla Ullevi between IFK Göteborg and Malmö FF on 27 April 2016 was abandoned after 77 minutes of play. A firecracker was thrown towards former IFK Göteborg player Tobias Sana from the home section. On 4 May, the Swedish Football Association's disciplinary committee decided that the match would not continue and that the final score would be 0–3.


2016 Allsvenskan, Suspended matches, Jönköpings Södra IF vs. Östersunds FK
The match at Stadsparksvallen between Jönköpings Södra IF and Östersunds FK on 15 August 2016 was abandoned after 90 minutes of play. A spectator invaded the pitch and attacked Östersund's goalkeeper Aly Keita. Keita was advised by team physicians to not finish the game. On 25 August, the Swedish Football Association's disciplinary committee decided that the match would not continue and that the final score would be 0–3. However, the decision was overturned on 27 September and the final score would be 1–1.


2016 Allsvenskan, Teams
A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including fourteen sides from the 2015 season and two promoted teams from the 2015 Superettan. Both of the promoted teams for the 2015 season managed to stay in the league, Hammarby IF and GIF Sundsvall.


2016 Allsvenskan, Teams
Halmstads BK and Åtvidabergs FF were relegated at the end of the 2015 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2015 Superettan champions Jönköpings Södra IF and runners-up Östersunds FK. Jönköpings Södra IF returned to Allsvenskan after 46 years' absence, having been relegated at the end of the 1969 season. This is Jönköpings Södra's 11th season in the league. Östersunds FK are participating in the league for the first time in the club's history; they are the first new club in Allsvenskan's history since Falkenbergs FF in 2014.


2016 Allsvenskan, Teams
Falkenbergs FF as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after winning against third-placed Superettan team IK Sirius 3–3 (away goals) on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.


2016 Allsvenskan, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Allsvenskan, Play-offs
The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets the third-placed team from 2016 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.


2016 Allsvenskan, Attendances
Teams with an average home attendance of at least 10,000:


2016 Alps Tour
The 2016 Alps Tour was the 16th season of the Alps Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour. It was the first Alps Tour season in which all events received Official World Golf Ranking points, as OWGR points were introduced midway through the 2015 season.


2016 Alps Tour, Graduates
The top five players (not otherwise exempt) on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2017. Since the second-place finisher earned Challenge Tour status in a higher category by making the cut in the final stage of Q School, the sixth-place finisher received the fifth card.


2016 Amber Valley Borough Council election
Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England took place on Thursday 5 May 2016. One third of the council seats were up for election and after the election the Conservative Party continued to hold overall control of the council.


2016 Amber Valley Borough Council election, Election result, Ward results
Percentage change in party votes are from the last time the ward was contested. This is either 2014 or 2015.


2016 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2016 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 25–28, 2016. All six eligible participants out of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Edward A. LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Massachusetts, the home park of UMass Lowell. Binghamton won the championship and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2016 America East Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
All six eligible teams were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds received a first-round bye. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament. UMass Lowell, despite hosting the event, was not eligible to participate as it was transitioning from Division II. The River Hawks are expected to complete this transition and be eligible for championships in the 2017–18 academic year.


2016 America East Conference Baseball Tournament, Schedule
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.


2016 America East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 America East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the America East Conference to be held from October 27 to November 6, 2016. The five match tournament will be held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Albany Great Danes are the defending tournament champions, after defeating the Hartford Hawks 2–1 in the championship match for the program's first league title.


2016 America East Conference women's soccer season
The 2016 America East Conference men's soccer season was the 21st season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.


2016 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 America East Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 2, 7, and 12, 2016. The entire tournament took place on campus sites with the higher-seeded school hosting each game throughout the championship. The winner of the championship game earned an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament.


2016 America East Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.


2016 America East Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket and results
Teams will reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.


2016 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 America East Women's Basketball Tournament is a tournament that began March 5 and concluded with the championship game on March 11 at SEFCU Arena. Albany defeated Maine in the championship to win their 5th consecutive American East Tournament title and earn an automatic trip NCAA Women's Tournament.


2016 America East Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2016 America East Women's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:


2016 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2016 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida from May 24 through May 29. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2016 season. The University of Connecticut won and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2016 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
All eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament used a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket. South Florida claimed the seventh seed over UCF by virtue of owning the third tie-breaker (season series tied 3-3; both teams 0-3 versus Tulane; USF 2-1 versus East Carolina, UCF 0-3 versus East Carolina).


2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
The 2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, held on Saturday, December 3, 2016, was the second football championship game for that conference. Houston defeated Temple, 24–13, in last year's game.


2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Teams, Navy
The Navy Midshipmen football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its West Division. They represented the West Division in the American Athletic Conference Championship Game.


2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Teams, Navy
Navy hosted the title game. Since Navy and Temple both finished 7–1 in American play and did not play during the regular season, the next tiebreaker used to determine the home team was College Football Playoff (CFP) ranking. Under American Conference rules, if one or both division champions enter the final week of conference play in the CFP rankings, the higher-ranked team will host, provided that it wins its game that week. Since Navy entered its conference finale against SMU at #25 in the CFP rankings, and won that game 75–31, the Midshipmen earned hosting rights. This was Navy's first ever conference championship appearance.


2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Teams, Temple
The Temple Owls went 7–1 in American Athletic Conference play, finishing 1st in the East Division for the second straight year. Due to their win over South Florida, they represented the East Division in the American Athletic Conference Championship Game. This was their second straight conference championship appearance. They were attempting to earn their first conference title since 1967, when the Owls were in the Middle Atlantic Conference.


2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference tournament for the American Athletic Conference during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 10–13, 2016 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. The Tournament was won by the #5 Seed Connecticut Huskies, who beat the #6 Seed Memphis Tigers in the final by a score of 72–58.


2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. With SMU ineligible for postseason play, the top six seeds will receive first round byes.


2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:


2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the 4th edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decides the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The semifinals and finals were played at Corbett Soccer Stadium on the campus of South Florida in Tampa, FL on November 11 & 13.


2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Seeding and format
The teams are seeded based on their performance in the conference's round-robin regular season. The top four teams qualify for the event.


2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Television/internet coverage
The semifinals were streamed live on the American Digital Network. The final was carried live on ESPN2 and 4 hours later on ESPNU.


2016 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
The 2016 American Athletic Conference Softball tournament was held at the Collins Family Softball Complex on the campus of the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma from May 12 through May 14, 2016. The event determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2016 NCAA Division I softball season. Third-seeded Tulsa won the Tournament for the first time and earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games were televised; the quarterfinals and semifinals were shown on the American Digital Network while the championship was broadcast on ESPN.


2016 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
Previous winners of the Tournament were UCF in 2015 and former member Louisville in 2014.


2016 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament, Format and seeding
The conference's seven teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. The teams then played a single-elimination tournament with the top seed earning a single bye.


2016 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament, All-Tournament Team
The following players were name to the All-Tournament Team.<recap />


2016 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Caitlin Sill was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Sill was a pitcher for Tulsa who earned two wins in the tournament without allowing a run.


2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a tournament held between March 4–7, 2016 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut won their third straight American Athletic Conference title by defeating South Florida and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.


2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All the teams in the American Athletic Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system was used. Teams seeded 6–11 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–5 received a bye to the quarterfinals.


2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:


2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference to be held from November 2 to 6, 2016. The five match tournament will be held at Morrone Stadium, home field of the regular season champion Connecticut Huskies in Storrs, Connecticut. The six team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Cincinnati Bearcats are the defending tournament champions, after defeating the USF Bulls in a penalty kick shootout in the championship match.


2016 American Athletic Conference football season
The 2016 American Athletic Conference football season was the 25th NCAA Division I FBS football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season was the third since the breakup of the former Big East Conference, and the third season with the College Football Playoff in place. The American was considered a member of the "Group of Five" (G5) with Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference. Whereas under the previous system the champion of the conference was guaranteed an automatic berth to a BCS bowl game, the highest-ranked champion member of the G5 received a bid to one of the six major bowls.


2016 American Athletic Conference football season
The American consisted of 12 members: Cincinnati, East Carolina,  Houston, Memphis, SMU, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UCF, UConn, Navy. In June 2015, the Collegiate Commissioner's Association announced that it would postpone final rankings until after the annual Army–Navy Game if Navy or Army are in contention for a spot in the semifinals or a New Years Six bowl. If Navy was the highest-ranked Group of 5 champion and loses to Army, it would be replaced by next highest-ranked Group of 5 champion in the New Years Six Bowl.


2016 American Athletic Conference football season
In the 2016 season, the American had four new coaches. Willie Fritz, formerly the head coach at Georgia Southern, was hired by Tulane to replace Curtis Johnson. After beginning the 2013 season, Johnson lost 22 of his final 27 games against FBS opponents. He finished at Tulane with a 15–4 record through four full seasons. He compiled a 7–9 conference record in the C-USA (2012–2013), and a 3–13 conference record in the American Athletic Conference (2014–2015). On December 1, 2015, UCF hired Oregon offensive coordinator Scott Frost.


2016 American Athletic Conference football season
Frost replaced longtime UCF head coach George O'Leary and interim head coach Danny Barrett, who took over the Knights when O'Leary resigned following an 0–8 start. On December 3, 2015,  Memphis hired Arizona State offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Norvell, replacing Justin Fuente who took the job at Virginia Tech. On December 13, 2015 East Carolina hired Duke (OC/QB) Scottie Montgomery. replacing Ruffin McNeill who was relieved of his duties as ECU head coach after finishing the season with a record of 5–7.


2016 American Athletic Conference football season, American Athletic Conference Media Day
The American Athletic Conference Media Day took place August 12 in Newport, Rhode Island.


2016 American Athletic Conference football season, Schedule
All Times and Dates are Tentative, The 2016 conference football schedule was released February 9