2016 AFL Women's draft
Draftees and signings over the period were required to have a minimum age qualification of 18. Prior to the draft itself each club was allowed to sign two marquee players from any state across the country at an increased salary. In addition, they were permitted to sign a number of priority players with existing connections to the club, and up to two rookie players who had not played competitive Australian rules football within the previous three years. All remaining players entered the draft and became eligible to be selected by any team based in their nominated state-based zone.


2016 AFL Women's draft, Marquee signings
On 27 July 2016, each of the competition's eight teams announced their two marquee player signings allowed prior to the October draft.


2016 AFL Women's draft, Priority players
Under the priority selection rules, Carlton, Collingwood, Melbourne, the Western Bulldogs and Fremantle were allowed one player, Adelaide and Brisbane were allowed two players, and Greater Western Sydney was allowed four. Due to injuries to their marquee players, Fremantle and Greater Western Sydney were permitted an additional priority pick, allowing for two and five in total, respectively.


2016 AFL Women's draft, Draft
A state based draft was held on 12 October 2016. The draft order was determined by random draw on 29 September. The draft operated in snake formation with the club holding the first selection of the first round also holding the last selection of the second round and so on and so forth.


2016 AFL Women's draft, Free agents
Each team had until 31 October 2016 to sign further undrafted/free-agent players to complete their list of 25 senior listed players.


2016 AFL Youth Girls National Championships
The 2016 edition of the AFL Youth Girls National Championships was held from 2 May to 6 May in Melbourne, Victoria. Nine teams competed in the round-robin tournament, divided into pool A: Queensland, Western Australia, Vic Country and Vic Metro; and pool B: the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, a combined New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory side (NSW/ACT) and the Indigenous Australian Woomeras.


2016 AFL Youth Girls National Championships
A professional women's Australian rules football competition (AFL Women's (AFLW)) was to be inaugurated in 2017, creating a new incentive for performance in the championships. Several clubs who had received AFLW licences used the competition to scout potential players.


2016 AFL Youth Girls National Championships
Vic Metro won pool A, completing an unbeaten tournament by holding Western Australia scoreless in the final played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. NSW/ACT prevailed in pool B and was also undefeated in their group. Commenting on the pool A final, Herald Sun reporter Sam Edmund said "This is football as we remember it. No flooding, no pressing and players holding position. As good as the AFL has been this year, this was refreshing."


2016 AFL Youth Girls National Championships, All-Australian team
An initial All-Australian squad was named in May. Most of the squad appeared in an all-star game in September that acted as a curtain-raiser for the Western Bulldogs–Melbourne Hampson-Hardeman Cup match. The final team was announced after the match. The selectors were Darren Flanigan, AFL Victoria female football manager and the chairman of the panel; Julia Price, former AFL Queensland female development manager; and footballers Lauren Arnell, Alicia Eva, Aasta O'Connor and Daisy Pearce.


2016 AFL draft
The 2016 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) could trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2016 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year.


2016 AFL draft
The key dates for the trading and drafting periods were:


2016 AFL draft, Player movements, Previous trades
The 2015 AFL draft included a new initiative whereby clubs could trade future picks; through this scheme, fourteen picks in the 2016 draft were traded prior to the commencement of the 2016 trade period:


2016 AFL draft, 2016 national draft
The Brisbane Lions received a priority pick at the end of the first round (pick 19) after a request by the club to the AFL commission was accepted. It was the first time a priority pick was given to a club since the rules regarding priority selections were changed in 2012. This pick was later on-traded to Port Adelaide as part of the Pearce Hanley trade to Gold Coast, before the Sydney Swans ended up with it by the trade deadline.


2016 AFL draft, 2016 national draft
A change was made to the rules concerning academy and father-son selections which allowed clubs to begin the draft with only as many draft picks as it had empty positions on its playing list. This was intended to end the practice which had taken place the previous year in which clubs with academies had traded down the draft order to accumulate a large number of mid- and low-range draft picks specifically to use on academy bids.


2016 AFL draft, 2016 national draft, Rookie elevations
Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2016 to their 2017 primary playing list prior to the draft.


2016 AFL draft, 2017 rookie draft, Category B rookie selections
During the trade period, clubs could nominate category B rookies to join their club.


2016 AFL finals series
The 2016 Australian Football League finals series was the 120th annual edition of the VFL/AFL final series, the Australian rules football tournament staged to determine the winner of the 2016 AFL Premiership Season. The series ran over four weekends in September and October 2016, culminating with the 2016 AFL Grand Final, between the Sydney Swans and the Western Bulldogs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 October 2016. The Western Bulldogs defeated the Sydney Swans by 22 points to end the Western Bulldogs 62-year premiership drought, becoming the first team in AFL history to win the premiership from seventh place.


2016 AFL finals series
The top eight teams from the 2016 AFL Premiership season qualified for the finals series. AFL finals series have been played under the current format since 2000. The qualifying teams were Hawthorn, Sydney, Geelong, Greater Western Sydney, Adelaide, West Coast, Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne.


2016 AFL finals series, Qualification
Reigning premiers Hawthorn and perennial finalists Sydney each qualified for their seventh straight finals appearance, the latter a club record. Two clubs that had reached the finals the previous year, but failed to qualify this year, were Fremantle and Richmond; Geelong returned to the finals after missing out the previous year, while Greater Western Sydney contested its first finals series since entering the AFL in 2012.


2016 AFL finals series, Venues
The matches of the 2016 AFL finals series were contested at six venues around the country.


2016 AFL finals series, Venues
As was the case last year, Melbourne hosted only four finals matches, including the Grand Final, with all four played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Adelaide Oval and Domain Stadium each hosted one elimination final, and with the first and second qualifying finals being all-Sydney and all-Melbourne affairs respectively, it meant that each city hosted one semi-final and one preliminary final.


2016 AFL finals series, Venues
In Sydney, ANZ Stadium hosted the first qualifying final between the Sydney Swans and Greater Western Sydney Giants; the Sydney Cricket Ground hosted the Swans' home semi-final, and Spotless Stadium hosted Greater Western Sydney's home preliminary final. The AFL's contract to play Sydney finals at ANZ Stadium was not due to expire until the end of 2016, but it negotiated an early exit in response to the Sydney Swans having negotiated at the start of the season for an early exit to its own contract with the stadium. Under the renegotiated exit, announced in the week before Round 23 of the regular season, it was agreed that the two Sydney-based clubs would play their 2016 home finals at their own home grounds, except in the case of a Sydney Derby, which would be at ANZ Stadium.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches
The system used for the 2016 AFL finals series is a final eight system. The top four teams in the eight receive the "double chance" when they play in week-one qualifying finals, such that if a top-four team loses in the first week it still remains in the finals, playing a semi-final the next week against the winner of an elimination final. The bottom four of the eight play knock-out games – only the winners survive and move on to the next week. Home-state advantage goes to the team with the higher ladder position in the first two weeks, to the qualifying final winners in the third week.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches
In the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week. The losers of the qualifying final plays the elimination finals winners in a semi-final. In the third week, the winners of the semi-finals from week two play the winners of the qualifying finals in the first week. The winners of those matches move on to the Grand Final at the MCG in Melbourne.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second elimination final (West Coast vs. Western Bulldogs)
The opening match of the 2016 finals series saw the first final played on a Thursday night as opposed to the traditional Friday night start to a finals series with the sixth placed West Coast hosting the seventh placed Western Bulldogs at Domain Stadium. The Eagles had finished the season with a 16-6 win-loss record and searched for consistency throughout the year after finishing runners up to Hawthorn in the 2015 AFL Grand Final, where they lost by 46 points.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second elimination final (West Coast vs. Western Bulldogs)
They headed into the finals in strong form, however, banking two interstate wins over Greater Western Sydney and Adelaide as well as beating the Hawks at home to finish with a home final. The Western Bulldogs had qualified for their second consecutive finals series for the first time since 2010 and battled with injuries throughout the year, finishing with a 15-7 win-loss record. Despite this, they managed to beat the Eagles, Crows and Sydney during the home and away season.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second elimination final (West Coast vs. Western Bulldogs)
This was the first final between the two sides in ten years, with the Eagles defeating the Bulldogs comfortably in the 2006 First Semi Final, also at Subiaco Oval, by 74 points en route to securing the 2006 premiership. They also met in the 1998 and 1999 Qualifying Finals at the MCG, with the Western Bulldogs and West Coast winning by 70 points and 5 points, respectively.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second elimination final (West Coast vs. Western Bulldogs)
The only meeting between the two clubs in the regular season saw the Western Bulldogs win a close-fought contest by eight points at Etihad Stadium in round 11.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second qualifying final (Geelong vs. Hawthorn)
The second qualifying final, the only finals match to be played in Melbourne in the first week of the finals series, saw second-placed Geelong face third-placed Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. After missing the finals the previous year for the first time since 2006, Geelong produced a strong home-and-away season to finish in the top two with a record of 17–5. Hawthorn, meanwhile, also finished with a 17–5 record, but its poor percentage of 118.6, caused by a 75-point loss to Greater Western Sydney in round six, meant it finished third on the ladder, 25.2 percentage points behind Geelong. They also headed into the finals series in modest form, losing two of their final four matches, including a 29-point loss to Melbourne in round 20, costing them the minor premiership.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second qualifying final (Geelong vs. Hawthorn)
This was the fifth finals meeting between the two clubs in the last nine years, dating back to the 2008 AFL Grand Final, which Hawthorn won. It also won the 2013 preliminary final and 2014 second qualifying final, while Geelong won the 2011 second qualifying final. On each of these occasions, the winner has gone on to win the premiership.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second qualifying final (Geelong vs. Hawthorn)
The only meeting between the two clubs in the regular season saw Geelong, on the back of a dominant performance from club debutant Patrick Dangerfield, win by 30 points at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round one.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second qualifying final (Geelong vs. Hawthorn)
Isaac Smith missed the post-siren set-shot which would have sent Hawthorn straight to the Preliminary Final. Smith's previous 11 scoring shots in finals had all been successful goals.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First qualifying final (Sydney vs. Greater Western Sydney)
The first qualifying final saw 2016 minor premiers the Sydney Swans face fourth-placed Greater Western Sydney, who were participating in its first finals series since entering the AFL in 2012, at ANZ Stadium. On 25 August 2016, it was announced that the Swans would play all their finals matches at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which has a capacity of 48,000, except that if their opponent was Greater Western Sydney, it would be played at the larger ANZ Stadium, due to the potential for a large crowd. The all-Sydney final was set up after the Swans and Giants defeated Richmond and North Melbourne by 113 and 37 points respectively, in addition to Adelaide losing to West Coast by 29 points and Hawthorn defeating Collingwood by one point, in the final round of the regular season.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First qualifying final (Sydney vs. Greater Western Sydney)
After exiting the 2015 AFL finals series in straight sets, the Swans proved to be the most consistent team throughout the 2016 season, compiling a 17–5 record over 22 matches, having the best percentage of any team with 151.2, and only conceding 1469 points, the fewest of any team and 85 points less than the next-best defensive team, Geelong. The Giants, meanwhile, finished fourth with a record of 16–6 (after losing two of its first three matches) and a percentage of 143.1, the third-best in the AFL only behind the Sydney Swans and Geelong. Both the Swans and Giants were the only teams to have defeated both Geelong and Hawthorn at least once during the regular season.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First qualifying final (Sydney vs. Greater Western Sydney)
The two regular season meetings between the Swans and Giants were split, with the Swans winning by 25 points at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round three, and the Giants returning serve with a 42-point win at Spotless Stadium in round twelve; the latter result was Sydney's heaviest defeat for the season, with their other four losses being by ten points or less.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First elimination final (Adelaide vs. North Melbourne)
The first elimination final saw fifth-placed Adelaide face eighth-placed North Melbourne in what was the second final to be played at the Adelaide Oval. The Crows had entered the final round of the regular season in second place, with a chance to confirm its first top-two finish since 2012, but, without suspended midfielder Rory Sloane, lost by 29 points to the West Coast Eagles at home, and, with other results going against them, resulted in the club dropping to fifth on the ladder at the conclusion of the regular season. North Melbourne, meanwhile, entered the finals series in very poor form, winning only three matches after starting the season with nine straight victories, a club record, to finish eighth with a record of 12–10.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First elimination final (Adelaide vs. North Melbourne)
This was the first finals meeting between the two clubs since the 1998 AFL Grand Final, which Adelaide won by 35 points for its second (and to date, most recent) premiership.


2016 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First elimination final (Adelaide vs. North Melbourne)
The two regular season meetings between the two clubs were split, with the Kangaroos winning by ten points at Etihad Stadium in round one and an inaccurate Adelaide winning by 33 points at the Adelaide Oval in round 14.


2016 AFL season
The 2016 Australian Football League season was the 120th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 27th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. There were 18 teams competing in the league, the same as the previous four seasons. The first game was played on Thursday, 24 March, and the 2016 AFL Grand Final was played on Saturday, 1 October with the Western Bulldogs defeating Sydney by 22 points to win its second premiership and first in 62 years, breaking the then-longest active drought in VFL/AFL history.


2016 AFL season
Patrick Dangerfield won the Brownlow Medal, voted by the umpires to be the fairest and best player in the league for the home-and-away season. Josh Kennedy won the Coleman Medal as the highest goal scorer in the competition.


2016 AFL season, Pre-season, NAB Challenge
For the third consecutive year, the NAB Challenge series took place, featuring 27 practice matches played over 25 days, which began on 18 February and ended on 13 March. The matches were stand-alone, with no overall winner of the series. Each team played three games, many of which were played at suburban or regional venues, with all games televised on Fox Footy. The super goal was retained for these pre-season matches.


2016 AFL season, Rule changes
The following rule changes were made for the 2016 season:


2016 AFL season, Win/loss table
Bold – Home gameX – ByeOpponent for round listed above margin


2016 AFL season, Notable events, Essendon supplements scandal
On 12 January 2016, after appealing the AFL anti-doping tribunal's verdict that 34 past and present Essendon players were found not guilty of taking an illegal substance during the 2012 season, the Court of Arbitration for Sport returned a final verdict of guilty; as a result, these players, including twelve still at the club, five at another as well as 17 players who are currently playing at lower levels or have retired altogether, were suspended for the entire season.


2016 AG2R La Mondiale season
The 2016 season for the AG2R La Mondiale cycling team began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships
The 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held at Astana, Kazakhstan and took place between 19 and 27 May 2016.


2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Bantamweight
The Bantamweight (54 kg) competition at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 20 to 27 May 2016.


2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Featherweight
The Featherweight (57 kg) competition at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 20 to 27 May 2016.


2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Flyweight
The Flyweight (51 kg) competition at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 19 to 27 May 2016.


2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Heavyweight
The Heavyweight (75 kg) competition at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 23 to 27 May 2016.


2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Light flyweight
The Light Flyweight (45-48 kg) competition at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 21 to 27 May 2016.


2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Light heavyweight
The  Light heavyweight (81 kg) competition at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 19–27 May 2016.


2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Light welterweight
The Light welterweight (64 kg) competition at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 20 to 27 May 2016.


2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Lightweight
The Lightweight (60 kg) competition at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 19 to 27 May 2016.


2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Middleweight
The Middleweight (75 kg) competition at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 19 to 27 May 2016.


2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Welterweight
The Welterweight (69 kg) competition at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 20 to 27 May 2016.


2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualification Tournament for the boxing tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was held between June 16 and June 25, 2016 in  Baku, Azerbaijan.


2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Results, Light flyweight (49 kg)
The top two boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Results, Flyweight (52 kg)
The top four semifinalists and the quarterfinalist who lost to the eventual champion will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Results, Bantamweight (56 kg)
The top four semifinalists and the quarterfinalist who lost to the eventual champion will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Results, Lightweight (60 kg)
The top four semifinalists and the quarterfinalist who lost to the eventual champion will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Results, Light welterweight (64 kg)
The top four semifinalists and the quarterfinalist who lost to the eventual champion will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Results, Welterweight (69 kg)
The top four semifinalists and the quarterfinalist who lost to the eventual champion will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Results, Middleweight (75 kg)
The top four semifinalists and the quarterfinalist who lost to the eventual champion will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Results, Light heavyweight (81 kg)
The top four semifinalists and the quarterfinalist who lost to the eventual champion will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
The 2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 17 to 26 November 2016. The competition was under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA and is the junior version of the World Amateur Boxing Championships. The competition was open to boxers born in 1998 and 1999.


2016 AIHL season
The 2016 AIHL season was the 17th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 23 April 2016 until 21 August 2016, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 27 and 28 August. The Melbourne Ice won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points. The Newcastle North Stars won the Goodall Cup for the second year in a row after defeating the CBR Brave in the final.


2016 AIHL season, Teams
In 2016 the AIHL had 8 teams competing in the league.


2016 AIHL season, League business
In September 2015 it was announced that the Medibank Icehouse had been renamed the O'Brien Group Arena following a lease takeover by the O'Brien Catering Group. The league announced that the Sydney Bears will host two games against the Melbourne Ice in Queensland during the 2016 season. The games, promoted under the title of the Brisbane Battle, will be held at Iceworld Boondall and Iceworld Acacia Ridge on 14 and 15 May respectively. The AIHL have not held a game in Queensland since the suspension of the Gold Coast Blue Tongues in 2012.


2016 AIHL season, League business
In February 2016 the Sydney Ice Dogs announced that Reach Crane Trucks had renewed their sponsorship for 2016, extending the original three-year deal that was signed in 2013. The Ice Dogs later signed TAFE SWSi Aboriginal Learning Circle as a new sponsor for the season. Also in February Hards Transport renewed their naming rights sponsorship of the Adelaide Adrenaline. The Adrenaline also signed new sponsors Reading Cinemas, Paxton Wines and Mortgage Choice Malvern and extended their deal with the Hilton Hotel's MyBar as their official post-game venue.


2016 AIHL season, League business
In March 2016 the CBR Brave signed Casino Canberra and McDonald's ACT as major sponsors and Canberra Toyota as their vehicle sponsor. The CBR Brave also extended their deal with Anytime Fitness as the club's official gym partner and the Hellenic Club of Canberra as their post-game partner and renewed their sponsorship deal with Jordo's Chop Shop. On 21 March 2016 the Bears announced that they had formed a partnership with the Australian Defence Force Ice Hockey Association's Army Knights for 2016. This was followed by the CBR Brave forming a partnership with the Navy Tigersharks.


2016 AIHL season, League business
Both partnerships aim to help promote ice hockey within the Defence Force and develop emerging talent. The Bears partnership deal also includes discounted tickets for Defence Force members during the season. The Sydney Bears have reached a deal with Hawkesbury Radio to broadcast at least two of their home games for the 2016 season while also continuing to broadcast via their normal Mixlr stream. The Perth Thunder will also start live broadcasting their home games via Mixlr for the 2016 season.


2016 AIHL season, League business
In April the Brave announced a partnership with the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League to help increase promotion between the two teams. On 22 April the Perth Thunder announced that they had signed Smooth Financial Services as a platinum sponsor for the 2016 season. In May 2016 Hi-Tec Oils renewed their major sponsorship with the Sydney Bears for the season. Also in May The James Hotel signed a deal with the Melbourne Mustangs to become a major sponsor and host the club's pre and post-game functions.


2016 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
On 31 March 2016 the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs competed in an exhibition game at the O’Brien Group Arena with the Ice winning 5–1. The 2016 edition of the Wilson Cup was held in March and April 2016. The tournament featured the three New South Wales based clubs competing in a double round-robin before a final between the two top ranked teams. The Sydney Bears finished first in the round robin stage, winning three of their four games, and were drawn against the Sydney Ice Dogs in the final. The Bears won the final 3–1, claiming their third Wilson Cup title.


2016 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
In October 2015 it was announced that Vladimir Rubes had stepped down as head coach of the Sydney Bears due to family commitments. Rubes was replaced by assistant Ron Kuprowsky to the position of head coach. Kuprowsky was previously coach of the Sydney Ice Dogs before joining the Bears in 2015. Also in October the Sydney Ice Dogs announced their 2016 committee with Tim Flynn moving from the head coach position to the role of general manager, taking over the position from Anthony Wilson.


2016 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
Flynn's role as general manager for the Sydney Ice Dogs lasted until March 2016 with the club replacing him with former player Jason Juba. In November 2015 the Melbourne Mustangs announced that Brad Vigon had resigned from the position of head coach due to family commitments. Vigon was replaced by assistant coach Michael Flaherty with the Mustangs also adding former Australian national team players Damian Holland and Jon Moses as Flaherty's new assistant coaches. The Mustangs also announced that Andrew McDowell had stepped down from the position of Vice President in order to focus on his role of Director of Hockey Operations. He was replaced by Myles Harris.


2016 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
In December 2015 the Adelaide Adrenaline announced that head coach Ryan O'Handley had stepped down from the position of head coach due to family commitments. O'Handley however moved into the positions of Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations at the club. A couple of weeks later the Adrenaline signed former AIHL and Australian national team player Trevor Walsh as O'Handley's replacement. Following the appointment of Walsh as head coach the Adrenaline also announced that Gordon Cochrane and Sami Mantere had been signed as assistant coaches for 2016.


2016 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
In March 2016 the Sydney Ice Dogs announced that they had signed former Sydney Bears head coach Vladimir Rubes to the position of head coach. Rubes stepped down from his position of head coach of the Sydney Bears in October 2015 citing family commitments. Also in March the CBR Brave re-signed head coach Josh Unice along with assistant coaches David Rogina and Stuart Philps for the 2016 season.


2016 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
In June 2016 the Adrenaline relieved Trevor Walsh of his duties as head coach. He was replaced by former Australian national team assistant coach Eric Lien. On 17 August, three days before the final round of the regular season, the Brave announced that Josh Unice had resigned from his position of head coach due to a number of personal issues outside of hockey. He was replaced by the club's assistant coaches for the remainder of the season.


2016 AIHL season, Regular season
The regular season is set to start on 23 April 2016 and run through to 21 August 2016 before the top four teams advance to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series. A weeks break will be held in June to accommodate the All-Star Weekend which is scheduled for 11 and 12 June 2016 in Penrith, New South Wales. The AIHL will hold their first games in Queensland since 2012 after they announced that the Sydney Bears and Melbourne Ice will compete in a double header in Brisbane. The games, promoted under the title of the Brisbane Battle, will be held at Iceworld Boondall and Iceworld Acacia Ridge on 14 and 15 May respectively.


2016 AIHL season, Regular season
In March 2016 it was reported that the Adelaide Ice Arena had to close their large ice surface for repairs following failed pressure tests. The repairs resulted in the league pushing back the start Adrenaline's home season from 23 April to 15 May and rescheduling of four games. Game 1 between the North Stars and Adrenaline at the Adelaide Ice Arena was pushed back to 17 July from its original date of 23 April.


2016 AIHL season, Regular season
Game 81 between the Thunder and the North Stars at the Perth Ice Arena was moved forward into the vacant 23 April slot after originally being scheduled for 17 July. The double header between the Adrenaline and the Thunder at the Adelaide Ice Arena was also pushed back from its original date of 30 April and 1 May to 21 and 22 May. On 5 June Game 48 between the Sydney Ice Dogs and Melbourne Mustangs was postponed due to flooding at the Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink. The match was later rescheduled for 7 August at the same venue.


2016 AIHL season, Regular season
25 June game between the Melbourne Ice and Sydney Bears served as the third annual Canada Day Classic match. The Bears won the game 4–3 following a shootout to claim the title for the third straight year. On 6 August the Sydney Ice Dogs hosted the Adelaide Adrenaline in the Matt Clark Memorial Game, part of the clubs Leukaemia fundraising night. The Ice Dogs wore the old Warringah Bombers jersey, dedicated to former Bombers player Matt Clark who died from leukaemia in 1995.


2016 AIHL season, Regular season
The Ice Dogs won the game 9–8. 13 August match between the Adelaide Adrenaline and CBR Brave served as the second annual beyondblue Cup, setup to help raise awareness for the charity. The Brave won the Cup for the second year in a row, defeating the Adrenaline 5–4 following a shootout.


2016 AIHL season, Regular season
The Melbourne Ice won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing first in the regular season with 66 points. Following the end of the season the AIHL announced the winners of the 2016 awards. Adelaide Adrenaline's Wehebe Darge won the Most Valuable Player and Anthony Kimlin of the Sydney Bears won the Goaltender of the Year. The CBR Brave's Jan Safar won the Defenceman of the Year and Casey Kubara was awarded both the Rookie of the Year and Local Player of the Year. The Melbourne Ice's Brent Laver was named Coach of the Year.


2016 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2016 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time.


2016 AIHL season, Goodall Cup playoffs
The 2016 playoffs started on 27 August 2016 with the Goodall Cup final being held on 28 August. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series. All three games were held at the O'Brien Group Arena in Docklands, Victoria, the home of the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The finals were again sponsored by Air Canada, their fourth year in a row. The Goodall Cup was won by the Newcastle North Stars (6th title) who defeated the CBR Brave 2–1 in regular time. North Stars' goaltender Dayne Davis was named the finals Most Valuable Player.


2016 AIHL season, All-Star weekend
The 2016 AIHL All-Star Weekend was held at the Penrith Ice Palace on 11 and 12 June 2016. The format of the weekend remained unchanged from 2015 with a skills competition on 11 June and an all-stars game on 12 June. Sydney Bears' Michael Schlamp was announced as captain of one of the two teams for the second year in a row. Matt Armstrong of the Melbourne Ice was announced as the second team's captain, replacing Brian Bales from 2015. APA Group re-signed as sponsor of the weekend after sponsoring the 2015 inaugural event. Fox Sports also broadcast a 90-minute special from the weekend.


2016 AIHL season, All-Star weekend
The Skills competition saw CBR Brave players take out three of the seven events, while both the Melbourne Mustangs and Sydney Bears picked up two each. On 12 June Team Schlamp defeated Team Armstrong 10–9 at the Penrith Ice Palace to win the 2016 All-Star Game. Michael Dorr of the Perth Thunder was named the most valuable player of the match and the best forward. The Sydney Bears' Ryan Annesley and Anthony Kimlin were named best defenceman and best goaltender respectively, and the Perth Thunder's Rob Haselhurst was named the best Australian player.


2016 AIK Fotboll season
The 2016 season is AIK's 125th in existence, their 88th season in Allsvenskan and their 11th consecutive season in the league. The team will be competing in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen and UEFA Europa League.


2016 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, 2016 squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 AJ193
2016 AJ193, also known as 2010 KV134, is a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) in diameter. It was discovered on 17 May 2010 by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite, but was lost until it was reobserved on 16 January 2016. With an observation arc over 11 years, 2016 AJ193 has a well-determined orbit and trajectory through the year 2086. The asteroid's orbit is only potentially hazardous on a time scale of thousands of years.


2016 AJ193
On 21 August 2021, the asteroid safely made a close approach to Earth from a distance of 0.0229 AU (3.43 million km; 2.13 million mi), or 8.92 lunar distances (LD). During closest approach, 2016 AJ193 reached a peak apparent magnitude of 14, visible to ground-based observers with telescope apertures of at least 20 cm (8 in). It is the largest asteroid that approached within 10 LD (3.8 million km; 2.4 million mi) of Earth in 2021.


2016 AMA National Speedway Championship
The 2016 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over four rounds, held at Costa Mesa (May 22), Ventura (June 25), Industry (August 13) and Auburn (September 16). It was won by Billy Janniro, who beat Max Ruml and Dillon Ruml. It was the seventh title of Janniro's career, and his fourth in-a-row.


2016 AMA National Speedway Championship, Event format
Over the course of 20 heats, each rider races against every other rider once. The top eight scorers then reach the semi-finals, with first and second in those semi-finals reaching the final. Points are scored for every ride taken, including the semi-finals and final.


2016 ANA Inspiration
The 2016 ANA Inspiration was the 45th ANA Inspiration, held March 31 – April 3 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was its 34th year as a major championship. Golf Channel televised the event for the 6th consecutive year.


2016 ANA Inspiration
Lydia Ko won by one stroke over Chun In-gee and Charley Hull.


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
Players who qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified; additional qualifying categories are shown in parentheses.


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
1. Active LPGA Tour Hall of Fame members (must have participated in ten official LPGA Tour tournaments within the 12 months prior to the commitment deadline)


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
Stacy Lewis (3,5,6,7,8,9), Brittany Lincicome (5,6,7,8,9), Inbee Park (3,5,6,7,8,9), Morgan Pressel (6,7,8,9), Lexi Thompson (5,6,7,8,9), Yani Tseng (3,8), Yoo Sun-young (8)


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
3. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, and Ricoh Women's British Open in the previous five years


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
Choi Na-yeon (5,8,9), Chun In-gee (5,7,9,10), Shanshan Feng (5,6,7,8,9,10), Mo Martin (5,8), Ryu So-yeon (5,6,7,8,9), Michelle Wie (5,8)


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
4. Winners of The Evian Championship in the previous two years


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship through the week immediately preceding the 2016 ANA Inspiration


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
Brooke Henderson (7,9), M. J. Hur (8), Jang Ha-na (8,9), Jennifer Johnson, Cristie Kerr (8,9), Christina Kim (6,8), Kim Sei-young (6,7,8,9,12), Jessica Korda (8,9), Ilhee Lee (7,8), Lee Mi-hyang (6,7,8), Minjee Lee (8,9), Mirim Lee (6,8,9), Haru Nomura (8), Anna Nordqvist (6,8,9), Lee-Anne Pace (8), Park Hee-young (8), Suzann Pettersen (6,7,8,9), Beatriz Recari (8), Lizette Salas (8), Kris Tamulis (8), Amy Yang (7,8,9)


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
6. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA Inspiration


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
Carlota Ciganda (8), Austin Ernst (8), Karine Icher (8), Ariya Jutanugarn (8), Moriya Jutanugarn (8), Pernilla Lindberg (7,8), Catriona Matthew (8), Stephanie Meadow, Gerina Piller (8,9), Jenny Shin (8), Angela Stanford (8)


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
7. All players who finished in the top-5 of the previous year's U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Ricoh Women's British Open and The Evian Championship


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
8. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money list


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
Marina Alex, Baek Kyu-jung, Christel Boeljon, Chella Choi, Paula Creamer, Sandra Gal, Julieta Granada, Jaye Marie Green, Wei-Ling Hsu, Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee, Danielle Kang, Kim Kaufman, In-Kyung Kim, Candie Kung, Min Seo Kwak, Brittany Lang, Alison Lee (9), Min Lee, Xi Yu Lin, Caroline Masson, Maria McBride, Sydnee Michaels, Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Azahara Muñoz, Ryann O'Toole, Pornanong Phatlum (9), Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Jennifer Song, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Sakura Yokomine


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
9. Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 8, 2016


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
10. Top-2 players from the previous year's season-ending Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, LPGA of Japan Tour money list and LPGA of Korea Tour money list


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
11. Top-20 players plus ties on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the end of the last official tournament prior to the current ANA Inspiration, not otherwise qualified above, provided such players are within the top-80 positions on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the beginning of the tournament competition


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Simin Feng, Tiffany Joh, Megan Khang, P.K. Kongkraphan, Gaby López, Annie Park, Paula Reto, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kelly Tan, Julie Yang


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
12. Previous year's Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
13. Previous year's U.S. Women's Amateur champion, provided she is still an amateur at the beginning of tournament competition


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
14. Any LPGA Member who did not compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration major due to injury, illness or maternity, who subsequently received a medical/maternity extension of membership from the LPGA in the previous calendar year, provided they were otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
15. Up to six sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur players


2016 ANA Inspiration, Field
Sierra Brooks, Karen Chung, Bronte Law, Andrea Lee, Leona Maguire, Albane Valenzuela


2016 ANZ Championship season
The 2016 ANZ Championship season was the ninth and last season of the ANZ Championship. The season began on 1 April 2016 and concluded on 4 July 2016. Southern Steel were minor premiers. However they subsequently lost the New Zealand Conference Final to Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic  and were defeated in the semi-finals by Queensland Firebirds. With a team coached by Roselee Jencke, captained by Laura Geitz and featuring Romelda Aiken, Clare McMeniman and Kim Ravaillion, Firebirds won the Australian Conference, the Challenge Trophy and the overall championship. Firebirds became the first and only team to retain the title. In a repeat of 2015, Firebirds defeated New South Wales Swifts in both the Australian Conference Final and the Grand Final.


2016 ANZ Championship season, Head coaches and captains
In June 2016, Michelle Den Dekker was replaced as Adelaide Thunderbirds head coach by Kristy Keppich-Birrell.


2016 ANZ Championship season, Pre-season
On 5 March 2016, Melbourne Vixens played Adelaide Thunderbirds in a pre-season  practice match at Wanganui Park Secondary College. The match was organised by Netball Victoria and the Greater Shepparton City Council. During the match, Vixens' Tegan Philip suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury which ended her season.


2016 ANZ Championship season, Pre-season
Between 18 and 20 March 2016, two separate three-day events were held simultaneously. Northern Mystics hosted Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, Southern Steel, Adelaide Thunderbirds and Queensland Firebirds at The Trusts Arena while New South Wales Swifts hosted Melbourne Vixens, West Coast Fever, Central Pulse and Mainland Tactix at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre. The two events experimented with a three-point scoring zone and rolling interchanges. Vixens defeated Fever in the final of the Sydney tournament.


2016 ANZ Championship season, Regular season, Challenge Trophy
Queensland Firebirds began their defence of the Challenge Trophy in Round 1 against Mainland Tactix. Firebirds were unbeaten at home throughout the season and, as a result, retained the Challenge Trophy.


2016 ANZ Championship season, Award winners, ANZ Championship awards
Madison Robinson was the MVP player in the Australian Conference and Jhaniele Fowler-Reid was the MVP player in the New Zealand Conference.


2016 ANZ Championship season, Media coverage
All 72 games were broadcast live on Fox Sports (Australia) and Sky Sport (New Zealand). Sunday 12.00pm (AEST) fixtures were simulcast live on Fox Sports, Network Ten in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, and by One in Perth. The season had a cumulative broadcast audience of 4.9m.


2016 AON Open Challenger
The 2016 AON Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Genoa, Italy between 5 and 11 September 2016.


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


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


2016 AON Open Challenger – Doubles
Guillermo Durán and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions but chose to participate with different partners. Durán played alongside Andrés Molteni while Zeballos played with Julio Peralta. Durán lost in the first round to Andrea Arnaboldi and Ramkumar Ramanathan.


2016 AON Open Challenger – Doubles
Zealous successfully defended his title, defeating Aliaksandr Bury and Andrei Vasilevski 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2016 AON Open Challenger – Singles
Nicolás Almagro was the defending champion but lost in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–4, to Jerzy Janowicz.


2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier
The 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier for the boxing tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was held between July 3 and July 8, 2016 in  Vargas, Venezuela.


2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier, Results, Light flyweight (49 kg)
The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier, Results, Flyweight (52 kg)
The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier, Results, Bantamweight (56 kg)
The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier, Results, Lightweight (60 kg)
The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier, Results, Light welterweight (64 kg)
The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier, Results, Welterweight (69 kg)
The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier, Results, Middleweight (75 kg)
The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier, Results, Light heavyweight (81 kg)
The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
The 2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Thursday 29 September 2016 at Vector Arena in Auckland, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting.


2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll award
The Silver Scroll award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The short list of finalists was announced on 1 September.


2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll award
The music director for 2016 was musician and  2007 Silver Scroll nominee Sean James Donnelly. As well as overseeing all music performances, he was arranged for the five Silver Scroll finalists to be covered in a unique style by different artists.


2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll award, Long list
In July 2016 a top 20 long list was announced. From this list APRA members voted to decide the five songs that will make up the year's short list. Three-time Silver Scroll winner Dave Dobbyn is among the 20 songwriters.


2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, New Zealand Music Hall of Fame
Singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto will be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the Silver Scroll awards ceremony in September.


2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Other awards
Six other awards will be presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music), SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in composition), and APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award and APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award. The award for the most performed New Zealand song in New Zealand and overseas was dropped in 2016.


2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, APRA song awards
Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented six genre awards in 2016. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the Pacific Music Awards, the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards, the APRA Best Māori Songwriter will be presented at the Waiata Maori Music Awards and the APRA Children’s Song of the Year and What Now Video of the Year will be presented live on What Now. For the first time in 2016, the award for Best Jazz Composition was awarded, presented at the National Jazz Festival.


2016 ARCA Racing Series
The 2016 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards was the 64th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 13 with the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire and ended on October 14 with the Kansas 150. Rookie Chase Briscoe, driving the No. 77 for Cunningham Motorsports, won the drivers' championship.


2016 ARCA Racing Series
Tom Hessert III finished second behind Briscoe in the championship by 535 points. Matt Kurzejewski finished third in the championship.


2016 ARCA Racing Series, Schedule
The 2016 schedule was fully released on November 25, 2015.


2016 ARCA Racing Series, Schedule, Television coverage
In the United States, ten races were broadcast by Fox Sports on FS1 or FS2. The eight races that were broadcast on FS1 include Daytona, Talladega, both Pocono events, Michigan, Indianapolis, Chicagoland, and Kansas, while Iowa and Kentucky were broadcast on FS2. Nine races were also aired on American Sports Network. The Toledo, Winchester, Berlin, Madison, and Illinois Fairgrounds races were broadcast live, while the Duquoin, Nashville, and both Salem races were shown on tape delay.


2016 ARCA Racing Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.


2016 ASB Classic
The 2016 Auckland Open (currently sponsored by ASB) was a joint 2016 ATP World Tour and 2016 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the women's event, and the 40th edition of the men's event. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 4 to 9 January 2016 for the women, and from 11 to 16 January 2016 for the men.


2016 ASB Classic, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2016 ASB Classic, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 ASB Classic, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 ASB Classic, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 ASB Classic, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 ASB Classic – Men's Doubles
Raven Klaasen and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but Klaasen chose not to compete this year and Paes chose to participate in Sydney instead.


2016 ASB Classic – Men's Doubles
Mate Pavić and Michael Venus won the title, defeating Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky in the final, 7–5, 6–4.


2016 ASB Classic – Men's Singles
Jiří Veselý was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Roberto Bautista Agut. Bautista Agut went on to win the title, defeating Jack Sock in the final, 6–1, 1–0, ret.


2016 ASB Classic – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2016 ASB Classic – Women's Doubles
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year. Elise Mertens and An-Sophie Mestach won the title, defeating Danka Kovinić and Barbora Strýcová in the final, 2–6, 6–3, [10–5].


2016 ASB Classic – Women's Singles
Venus Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Daria Kasatkina.


2016 ASB Classic – Women's Singles
Sloane Stephens won the title, defeating Julia Görges in the final, 7–5, 6–2.


2016 ASEAN University Games
The 2016 ASEAN University Games, officially known as the 18th ASEAN University Games, was a Southeast Asian university multi-sports event held in Singapore. This was the third time Singapore hosted the ASEAN University Games, and its first time since 1994. Previously, Singapore also hosted the 1986 games.


2016 ASEAN University Games
The games was held from 10 to 19 July 2016, although several events had commenced from 9 July 2016. Around 1000 athletes from 11 participating nations participated at the games which featured 173 events in 15 sports. It was opened by Ong Ye Kung, the acting minister of education of Singapore at the Nanyang Technological University. The final medal tally was led by Thailand, with host Singapore in fifth place.


2016 ASEAN University Games, Venues
The 18th ASEAN University Games had 15 venues for the games with the Nanyang Technological University served as the athletes' village.


2016 ASEAN University Games, Marketing, Motto
The official motto of the 2016 ASEAN University Games is In Celebration of Diversity and Unity. It was chosen to represent celebration of common goals, achievements, and love of sport, showcase of dedication, skills, and sense of fair play and celebration of passion to excel despite the difference in racial and lingual identity.


2016 ASEAN University Games, Marketing, Logo
The logo of the 2016 ASEAN University Games is an image of the stylised brush strokes of the ASEAN University Games acronym, AUG surrounded by 11 stars of blue, yellow and red colour. The stylised brush strokes of the logo represents the youth, energy, and vibrancy of the games. The eleven stars, representing the 10 ASEAN countries and the candidate nation Timor-Leste that participates at the games.


2016 ASEAN University Games, Marketing, Logo
The brush stroke across the letter G that slants upward towards the first of the eleven stars represents the idea that sport provides a pathway for bringing people together to create and share common goals and purpose. The three colours of the stars, which are red, blue, and yellow, the common colours of the ASEAN countries, represent the inclusiveness of the university games. The logo overall, represents the aspirations of the ASEAN countries through sports and also the diversity and unity of the participants.


2016 ASEAN University Games, Marketing, Mascot
The mascot of the 2016 ASEAN University Games is a lion named Nila, which is also previously the mascot of the 2015 Southeast Asian Games and the 2015 ASEAN Para Games. The name comes from Sang Nila Utama, the founder of Singapura. Nila has a red mane and heart-shaped face and is described as courage, passionate and friendly. The rehash of Nila as the mascot of the games is meant to promote friendship and ASEAN solidarity in the youth of ASEAN through sports.


2016 ASEAN University Games, The games, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held at the Nanyang Technological University Auditorium at 20:00 (SST) on 10 July 2016. Before the opening ceremony, Singapore university students put up a series of performance with mascot Nila making its appearance for a brief while. The Opening ceremony begins with the performance by Singapore Dance Crew, followed by the parade of athletes from the participating nations of the games, began with the Brunei delegate. The Singaporean delegate received the warmest welcome when they marched into the auditorium. After the athletes marched into the auditorium, the National Anthem of Singapore was sung by Sophie Zara.


2016 ASEAN University Games, The games, Opening ceremony
After that, Dr. Tan Eng Liang, the Chairman of the games organising committee and the vice president of the Singapore National Olympic Council and Prof Datuk Dr Abdullah Mohamad Said, the president of ASEAN University Sports Council then gave their respective speech and the games was declared open by acting minister of education of Singapore, Mr Ong Ye Kung after he gave his speech. After the games was declared open, Mervyn Teo took the athletes' oath and Mohd Azhar Bin Yusof took the judge's oath. Ang Han Teng and Nur Shafiqa Binti Sheik Alauddin then took the torch into the auditorium and lit the cauldron on the stage. The ceremony concludes with a series of dance performance, including the traditional dances of Singapore's main races by Singapore university students.


2016 ASEAN University Games, The games, Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony was held at the National University of Singapore Town Green at 20:00 (SST) on 19 July 2016. The closing ceremony begins with the participating athletes walked to the center of the field, followed by a dance performance by Singapore university students.


2016 ASEAN University Games, The games, Closing ceremony
After that, Dr. Tan Eng Liang, the Chairman of the games organising committee and the vice president of the Singapore National Olympic Council and Prof Datuk Dr Abdullah Mohamad Said, the president of ASEAN University Sports Council then gave their respective speech and the games was declared close by Ms Sim Ann, Senior Minister of State of the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and Ministry of Finance. Sophie Zara then performed a song, with the games' flags lowered and the cauldron extinguished.


2016 ASEAN University Games, The games, Closing ceremony
After that, the ASEAN University Games responsibility was handed over to Myanmar, host of the 2018 ASEAN University Games where Dr Thien Wi, President of the Myanmar University Sports Federation receive the ASEAN University Sports Federation flag as its symbol. The national flag of Myanmar was raised as the National Anthem of Myanmar was played. The ceremony concluded with a Myanmar Segment Performance and an after-ceremony rock concert, featuring rock bands from five different Singapore universities.


2016 ASUN Conference men's soccer season
The 2016 ASUN Conference men's soccer season was the 39th season of men's varsity soccer in the ASUN Conference, and also the first under the league's current "ASUN" branding.


2016 ASUN Conference men's soccer season
The North Florida Ospreys are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.


2016 ASUN Conference men's soccer season, All-Atlantic Sun awards and teams
GK – Paul Ladwig, StetsonD – Nicolas Samayoa, FGCUD – Joe Kerridge, LipscombD – Jay Bolt, North FloridaMF – Kamar Marriott, FGCUMF – Ivan Alvarado, LipscombMF – Joshua Castellanos, North FloridaF – Albert Ruiz, FGCUF – Arion Sobers-Assue, FGCUF – Logan Paynter, LipscombF – Adrian Nunez, North Florida


2016 ASUN Conference men's soccer season, All-Atlantic Sun awards and teams
GK – Juanes Fajardo, North FloridaD – Eli Roubos, FGCUD – Scout Monteith, LipscombD – Victor Kausch, NJITD – Simen Solstad, North FloridaMF – Dylan Sacramento, FGCUMF – Alberto Escobedo, JacksonvilleMF – Micah Smoak, North FloridaMF – Luke Ferreira, StetsonF – Ivan Sakou, LipscombF – Mamadou Guirassy, NJITF – Milan Kovacs, North Florida


2016 ASUN Conference men's soccer season, All-Atlantic Sun awards and teams
F – Adrian Nunez, North FloridaMF – Miguel Perez, FGCUMF – Kai Bennett, JacksonvilleF – Rene White, NJITF – Gabriel Diniz, StetsonF – Shak Adams, FGCUGK – Jared Brown, FGCUD – Austin Eager, LipscombMF – Andrew Nino, NJITGK – Victor Pujades, NJITMF – Cormac Begley, North FloridaF – Joel Bunting, USC Upstate


2016 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament, the 38th edition of the tournament, determined the ASUN Conference's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship..


2016 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament
This was the first tournament held under the conference's current branding as the ASUN Conference. The league had been known as the Atlantic Sun Conference since 2002.


2016 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
The top six teams in the ASUN Conference, based on their conference regular-season records, qualified for the tournament.


2016 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament was the 30th edition of the ASUN Conference championship. It took place from March 4, 2016, through March 13, 2016, in several arenas. All games took place at the higher of the two teams competing with the addition of NJIT. The winner received an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.


2016 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament, Format
The A-Sun Championship is a six-day single-elimination tournament. Eight teams will compete in the championship.


2016 ASUN Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 ASUN Women's Soccer Tournament was a postseason women's soccer tournament that ended the 2016 season of the ASUN Conference. It was held from October 29 to November 6, 2016 and consisted of five matches at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The FGCU Eagles were the defending tournament champions, after defeating the Lipscomb Bisons 5–0 in the championship match for the program's fourth league title.


2016 ASUN Women's Soccer Tournament
This was the first tournament held under the conference's current branding as the ASUN Conference. The league had been known as the Atlantic Sun Conference since 2002.


2016 AT&T American Cup
The 2016 American Cup, known as the 2016 AT&T American Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the fortieth edition of the American Cup, part of the World Cup circuit in artistic gymnastics. It was held on March 5, 2016, at the Prudential Center in Newark. Gabrielle Douglas of the United States won the women's competition, and Ryohei Kato of Japan won the men's.


2016 AT&T American Cup
USA Gymnastics promoted the event as the beginning of preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games. For the seventh year, the competition was held in conjunction with the Nastia Liukin Cup. For the first time, it was also held in conjunction with the Elite Team Cup, a men's competition.


2016 AT&T American Cup
It was the first time that USA Gymnastics held a national artistic gymnastics competition in New Jersey. Two days beforehand, on March 3, 2016, it was announced that the 2017 AT&T American Cup would also be held at the Prudential Center.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Background
On March 4, 2015, USA Gymnastics announced that the 2016 AT&T American Cup had been awarded to the Prudential Center. The president of USA Gymnastics, Steve Penny, called the Prudential Center "one of our most successful stops on the 2012 Kellogg's Tour of Superstars", later adding, "The New York metropolitan area has a strong gymnastics community, and we look forward to again kicking off the Olympic year in the area." Although New Jersey had never hosted the event before, New York City has done so twelve times, most recently in 2012.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Background
USA Today reported that organizers originally wanted to return to Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, which had hosted the American Cup in every Summer Olympics year since 2000. However, a scheduling conflict (a New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons game) forced them to relocate.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Venue
Opened on October 25, 2007, the Prudential Center is located in the central business district of Newark, New Jersey. Designed by HOK Sport, the arena is home to the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils and two NCAA teams: the Seton Hall Pirates and NJIT Highlanders. It was also home to the Brooklyn Nets (then the New Jersey Nets), New York Liberty and the New York Titans.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Venue
The arena has held a gymnastics-related event before; it was a stop on the 2012 Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Sponsors
AT&T was the title sponsor of the event as part of a 2013–16 contract with USA Gymnastics. The company, which also provides USA Gymnastics with telecom services, became the title sponsor in 2011.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Sponsors
Hilton HHonors served as an additional sponsor. The company is the official hotel partner for Team USA and offers gymnastics event spectators 15% discounts at its hotels. Additionally, HHonors sponsors several male gymnasts and helps pay for training expenses and their residences at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Sponsors
Kellogg's was the final sponsor. It also worked with USA Gymnastics on the 2012 Tour of Gymnastics Champions.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Prize money
The winners received CHF 15,000 (US$ 14,551.52), the standard prize for International Federation of Gymnastics World Cup events.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Participants, Qualified federations
Invitations to the AT&T American Cup are issued based on placement at the previous year's World Championships.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Participants, Qualified federations
Notes* denotes national federations that received a reserve qualification spot.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Participants, Reserves
Nations that finished in places 9–12 in the team competition at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were allocated one reserve spot each to the Cup. The top 4 ranked individual all-around competitors whose teams did not finish in the top 12 were also given Cup bids.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Nastia Liukin Cup
The 7th Annual Nastia Liukin Cup was held in conjunction with the 2016 American Cup. Since its inception in 2010, the competition has always been held on the Friday night before the American Cup, in the same arena. In previous years, competitors included Gabrielle Douglas, Kayla Williams, MyKayla Skinner, Amelia Hundley, Lexie Priessman, Maggie Nichols, and Ashton Locklear.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Elite Team Cup
On January 13, 2016, USA Gymnastics announced that the American Cup would also be held in conjunction with the Elite Team Cup, a men's competition, for the first time.


2016 AT&T American Cup, Elite Team Cup
The competition took place on Saturday evening, after the American Cup.


2016 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang
The 2016 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nanchang, China between 12 and 17 September 2016.


2016 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2016 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang – Doubles
Jonathan Eysseric and Jürgen Zopp were the defending champions but only Zopp chose to defend his title, partnering Matija Pecotić. Pecotić and Zopp lost in the first round to Chen Ti and Jason Jung.


2016 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang – Doubles
Wu Di and Zhang Zhizhen won the title after defeating Nicolás Barrientos and Ruben Gonzales 7–6(7–4), 6–3 in the final.


2016 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang – Singles
Peter Gojowczyk was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2016 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang – Singles
Hiroki Moriya won the title after defeating Chung Hyeon 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final.


2016 ATP Challenger Torino
The 2016 ATP Challenger Torino was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Turin, Italy between 18 and 24 April.


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


2016 ATP Challenger Torino, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as special exempt:


2016 ATP Challenger Torino – Doubles
Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop were the defending champions but chose not to participate.


2016 ATP Challenger Torino – Doubles
Andrej Martin and Hans Podlipnik won the title, defeating Rameez Junaid and Mateusz Kowalczyk 4–6, 7–6(7–3), [12–10] in the final.


2016 ATP Challenger Torino – Singles
Marco Cecchinato was the defending champion but chose not to participate.


2016 ATP Challenger Torino – Singles
Gastão Elias won the title, defeating Enrique López-Pérez 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2016 ATP Challenger Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, in 2016, was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2016 ATP Challenger Tour calendar contained 166 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $40,000 up to $125,000. It was the 39th edition of challenger tournaments cycle, and 8th under the name of Challenger Tour.


2016 ATP Challenger Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2016 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


2016 ATP Challenger Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2016 ATP Challenger Tour, Statistical information
To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.


2016 ATP Shenzhen Open
The 2016 ATP Shenzhen Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Centre in Shenzhen, China from September 26 to October 2.


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


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


2016 ATP Shenzhen Open – Doubles
Jonathan Erlich and Colin Fleming were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Erlich played alongside Santiago González, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mate Pavić and Michael Venus. Fleming teamed up with Scott Lipsky, but lost in the first round to Mikhail Kukushkin and Stéphane Robert.


2016 ATP Shenzhen Open – Doubles
Fabio Fognini and Robert Lindstedt won the title, defeating Oliver Marach and Fabrice Martin in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–3.


2016 ATP Shenzhen Open – Singles
Tomáš Berdych was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Richard Gasquet in the final, 7−6(7−5), 6−7(2−7), 6−3 .


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


2016 ATP World Tour
The 2016 ATP World Tour was the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2016 tennis season. The 2016 ATP World Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000s, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF), and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2016 calendar were the tennis events at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Hopman Cup, neither of which distributed ranking points.


2016 ATP World Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2016 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


2016 ATP World Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2016 ATP World Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the Rio Summer Olympics, the ATP World Tour Finals, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, and the ATP World Tour 250 series. The players/nations are sorted by:


2016 ATP World Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:


2016 ATP World Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:


2016 ATP World Tour, Statistical information, Top 10 entry
The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:


2016 ATP World Tour, ATP rankings
These are the ATP rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the ATP Tour, at the current date of the 2016 season.


2016 ATP World Tour, Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP Rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2016 season:


2016 ATP World Tour Finals
The 2016 ATP World Tour Finals (also known as the 2016 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament that was played at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom, from 13 to 20 November 2016. It was the season-ending event for the best singles players and doubles teams on the 2016 ATP World Tour.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Tournament
The 2016 ATP World Tour Finals took place from 14 to 20 November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. It was the 47th edition of the tournament (42nd in doubles). The tournament was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2016 ATP World Tour. The event took place on indoor hard courts. It served as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour. The eight players who qualified for the event were split into two groups of four.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Tournament
During this stage, players competed in a round-robin format (meaning players played against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progressed to the semifinals, where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock-out stage. The doubles competition used the same format.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Tournament, Format
The ATP World Tour Finals had a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four. The eight seeds were determined by the ATP Rankings and ATP Doubles Team Rankings on the Monday after the last ATP World Tour tournament of the calendar year. All singles matches were the best of three tie-break sets, including the final. All doubles matches were two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Singles
Eight players compete at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players receive places in the following order of precedence:


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Singles
In the event of this totaling more than 8 players, those lower down in the selection order become the alternates. If further alternates are needed, these players are selected by the ATP.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Singles
Provisional rankings are published weekly as the ATP Race to the World Tour Finals, coinciding with the 52-week rolling ATP rankings on the date of selection. Points are accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, Davis Cup, ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures tournaments from the 52 weeks prior to the selection date, with points from the previous years Tour Finals excluded. Players accrue points across 18 tournaments, usually made up of:


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Singles
All players must include the ranking points for mandatory Masters tournaments for which they are on the original acceptance list and for all Grand Slams for which they would be eligible, even if they do not compete (in which case they receive zero points).


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Singles
Furthermore, players who finished 2014 in the world's top 30 are commitment players who must (if not injured) include points for the 8 mandatory Masters tournament regardless of whether they enter, and who must compete in at least 4 ATP 500 tournaments (though the Monte Carlo Masters may count to this total), of which one must take place after the US Open. Zero point scores may also be taken from withdrawals by non-injured players from ATP 500 tournaments according to certain other conditions outlined by the ATP. Beyond these rules, however, a player may substitute his next best tournament result for missed Masters and Grand Slam tournaments.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Singles
Players may have their ATP World Tour Masters 1000 commitment reduced by one tournament, by reaching each of the following milestones:


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Singles
Players must be defined by the ATP as in good standing to avail of the reduced commitment.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification, Doubles
Eight teams compete at the tournament, with one named alternates. The eight competing teams receive places according to the same order of precedence as in Singles. The named alternate will be offered first to any unaccepted teams in the selection order, then to the highest ranked unaccepted team, and then to a team selected by the ATP. Points are accumulated in the same competitions as for the Singles tournament. However, for Doubles teams there are no commitment tournaments, so teams are ranked according to their 18 highest points scoring results from any tournaments.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On June 6, Novak Djokovic became the first qualifier to the event.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Novak Djokovic collected his 60th career title at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, defeating Nadal in two sets in a final that lasted 73 minutes. Djokovic then proceeded to win his sixth Australian Open. On his road to his Open Era record sixth title in Melbourne, he defeated Roger Federer in four sets in the semi-finals, and in a rematch of the 2015 final, he defeated Andy Murray, in three straight sets. At the Dubai Tennis Championships, he retired against Feliciano López in the quarterfinals due to an eye infection.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
He quickly rebounded by winning back-to-back title, collecting his fifth Indian Wells Masters title, defeating Milos Raonic in the final and the Miami Open for the third consecutive year defeating Kei Nishikori. His finals win in Miami saw Djokovic surpass Roger Federer to become the all-time leading prize money winner on the ATP tour with career earnings of $98.2 million. After an early round exit to Jiri Vesely at the Monte Carlo Masters, Djokovic quickly bounced back by winning the Madrid Open for the second time in his career with a three set victory over Murray.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
They met again at the following event at the Rome Masters final one week later with Murray the victor, despite a sluggish performance. Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in the final of the French Open in four sets, making him the reigning champion of all four major tournaments, a historic feat the media dubbed the "Nole Slam." With his French Open triumph, Djokovic became the 8th player in history (and the second oldest) to achieve a Career Grand Slam. However, at Wimbledon, his major win streak came to an end in the third-round when he lost to American Sam Querrey in four sets. It was his earliest exit in a Grand Slam since the 2009 French Open.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Djokovic returned to form by winning his fourth Rogers Cup title over Nishikori, and 30th Masters 1000 title overall, without dropping a set. However, at the Summer Olympics, Djokovic was beaten in the first round  by Juan Martín del Potro. It was Djokovic's first opening round defeat since January 2009. In the final slam of the year, the US Open, Djokovic advanced to the final but was defeated by Stan Wawrinka in four sets, after an odd path to the final receiving two retirements and a walkover. Djokovic was defeated by Roberto Bautista Agut and Marin Čilić in the semi-finals and quarterfinals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters and BNP Paribas Masters. This marks Djokovic's 10th appearance at the event.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On July 8, after reaching the Wimbledon final, Andy Murray qualified for the event.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Andy Murray began his 2016 season by playing in the Hopman Cup, pairing up with Heather Watson again. However, they finished second in their group. Murray played his first competitive tournament of 2016 at the Australian Open where he was aiming to win his first title there after four runner-up finishes. He went on to reach his fifth Australian Open final but lost in the final to an in-form Novak Djokovic in straight sets.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
He became the second man in the Open Era (after Ivan Lendl) to lose five Grand Slam finals at one event, and the only one not to have won the title. Murray then played at the Davis Cup defeating Taro Daniel in straight sets and Kei Nishikori in five sets. Murray then competed at the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Open but suffered upsets in the third round of each event to Federico Delbonis and Grigor Dimitrov, respectively.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Murray began his clay court season at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters losing to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the semifinals despite winning the first set. Murray then played at the Mutua Madrid Open as the 2nd seed and the defending champion, but once again lost to number 1 seed Djokovic in three sets in the final. He claimed his first title of the season at the Rome Masters, earning his first win over Djokovic on clay, when he defeated the Serbian in the final. Murray then moved on to the French Open, where he became the first male British player since Bunny Austin in 1937, to reach a French Open final. He was unable to win his maiden French Open final, losing to Djokovic in four sets.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Murray started his grass season at the Queen's Club Championships, where he claimed his fifth title at the event defeating Milos Raonic in the final. At the Wimbledon Championships, in a rematch of their Queen's Club final, he won his second Wimbledon title over Raonic. Murray next played at the Rio Olympic Games. He became the first player, male or female, to wim two gold medals in the tennis singles events by defeating Juan Martín del Potro in the final, which lasted over four hours.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the Western & Southern Open, Murray was able to reach the final, however his 22 match winning streak was snapped when fell to Marin Čilić in the final. At the US Open, he lost to sixth seed Kei Nishikori in five sets despite holding a two sets to one lead. Murray then won the China Open for his fifth title of 2016 and 40th career tour title. He defeated Grigor Dimitrov in the finals.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Murray then backed this up with a tournament win at the Shanghai Rolex Masters over surprise finalist Roberto Bautista Agut all in straight sets to capture his 13th masters title and 3rd title in Shanghai. Murray brought his win streak to 15 consecutive match wins by winning the Erste Bank Open for his seventh tour title of the season, where he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final. At the BNP Paribas Masters, after reaching the final, Murray became the first British man to reach No. 1 since the introduction of the rankings in 1973. Murray then defeated John Isner in the final in 3 sets to win his fourth consecutive tournament and first Paris Masters title.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On September 12, following his US Open triumph, Stan Wawrinka qualified for the event.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Stan Wawrinka started his season at the Chennai Open where he was the two-time defending champion successfully defended his title over Borna Ćorić. He then played in the Australian Open, in the fourth round he played big serving Canadian and 13th seed Milos Raonic, despite pushing it to a fifth set he was unable to overcome the Canadian and lost. Wawrinka then played in the Open 13, he was received an upset loss in the quarterfinals to Benoît Paire. Wawrinka then played in the Dubai Tennis Championships and won the title over surprise finalist Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
He then suffered early loses at the Indian Wells Masters to David Goffin in the fourth round and the Miami Open to Andrey Kuznetsov in the second round. Next up was the Monte-Carlo Masters losing in the quarterfinals to the eventual champion Rafael Nadal. Wawrinka then suffered another first round exit at the Mutua Madrid Open to Nick Kyrgios. He then competed at the Rome Masters but suffered an early loss again in the third round Juan Mónaco. He bounced back at the Geneva Open defeating Marin Čilić in the final for his 3rd title of the year.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the French Open, as the 3rd seed and the defending champion, he was able to reach the semifinals playing 2nd seed Andy Murray. He lost in four sets. He then played at Queens Club Championships, but suffered a straight sets defeat to Fernando Verdasco in the first round. His next tournament was at the Wimbledon Championships, he lost in the second round by Juan Martín del Potro in four sets. He was able to reach the semifinals of the Rogers Cup falling to Kei Nishikori but was upset in the third round of the Western & Southern Open losing to Grigor Dimitrov in two sets.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the final slam of the year, the U.S. Open, Wawrinka was able to reach the finals and went on to defeat Novak Djokovic in four sets, earning his third major title in as many years and his eleventh consecutive win in a championship final. This keeps Wawrinka undefeated in slam finals. He then entered St Petersburg Open, and reached the final, losing to rising teenager Alexander Zverev Jr. in 3 sets. Wawrinka did not achieve more notable results for the rest of the season, losing to Gilles Simon in the third round of Shanghai Rolex Masters, Mischa Zverev in the quarterfinals of Swiss Indoors, and Jan-Lennard Struff in the second round of BNP Paribas Masters after holding matchpoint.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On October 9, after reaching the semifinals of the China Open, Milos Raonic qualified for the second time.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Milos Raonic began the year, by reaching the final of the Brisbane International against No. 3 Federer in a rematch of their 2015 final. This time, Raonic upset Federer in straight sets, winning his eighth career title. At the Australian Open, he reached the semifinals for the first time and became the first Canadian man to reach the semifinals in the event. However, he lost to No. 2 Murray in five sets, sustaining an adductor injury while leading two sets to one. The adductor injury kept Raonic out of competition for six weeks.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
He returned to action at the Indian Wells Masters, reaching the final against No. 1 Novak Djokovic where he lost in straight sets, his third consecutive loss in a Masters final. Raonic followed Indian Wells by reaching the quarterfinals at the next three Masters events in Miami Open, Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters and Mutua Madrid Open, eventually losing to Nick Kyrgios, Murray, and Djokovic, respectively. Raonic continued the clay court season with a second-round loss at the Italian Open to Kyrgios. At the French Open, he received an upset in the fourth round in straight sets to No. 55 Albert Ramos Viñolas.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Raonic began the grass court season by advancing to his first grass court final at the Queen's Club Championships without dropping serve, but lost the final in three sets to Murray. At the Wimbledon Championships, Raonic reached his second straight final and once again faced Murray. In the final, he lost to Murray in straight sets. With the transition to hard courts after Wimbledon, Raonic made the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup losing to Monfils and the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open falling to Murray for the fifth time in 2016.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Raonic was the fifth seed at the US Open, but lost in the second round to Ryan Harrison. Raonic then failed to defend his title at the St. Petersburg Open, falling in his opening match to Mikhail Youzhny. Raonic withdrew from the China Open prior to his semifinal match against Grigor Dimitrov due to an ankle injury sustained in the quarterfinal. He then lost back-to-back matches in the third round of Shanghai Rolex Masters to Jack Sock and the first round of Swiss Indoors to Ricardas Berankis. Raonic suffered another injury, a quadriceps tear, during his quarterfinal match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the BNP Paribas Masters and withdrew before his scheduled semifinal against Murray.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On October 12, Kei Nishikori claimed the fifth spot in the event.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Kei Nishikori began the season at the Brisbane International, where he advanced to the quarterfinals, but was upset Bernard Tomic in three sets. At the Australian Open, Nishikori reach his third Australian Open quarterfinal, where he lost to Novak Djokovic. Nishikori next competed at the Memphis Open where he was the three-time defending champion and beat young American Taylor Fritz in straight sets to win his fourth straight Memphis title and his 11th ATP title overall. He followed it up with a second round loss to Sam Querrey at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
During the March Masters, Nishikori reached the quarterfinals in the Indian Wells Masters for the first time in his career losing to Rafael Nadal in straight sets. Nishikori improved his feat by reaching his second final in a Masters event, but lost to then world No. 1 Djokovic in straight sets. Nishikori came into Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell as the defending champion, but lost in straight sets to resurgent nine-time champion Nadal in the final. He followed his good run by reaching back-to-back semifinals in the Mutua Madrid Open and Italian Open losing to Djokovic on both occasions.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
He later participated at the French Open but unfortunately lost to Richard Gasquet in the fourth round in 4 sets. Nishikori began his grass season at the Halle Open, but retired in the 2nd round due to a hip injury. His next tournament was at Wimbledon, where he retired in the fourth round against Marin Čilić, once again due to injury.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Nishikori started his US Open Series campaign, at the Rogers Cup, where he reached the final, but for the fifth time in the year lost to Djokovic in straight sets. Nishikori then represented Japan at the Rio Olympics, where he reached the semis before being defeated by World No. 2 Andy Murray in straight sets. However, he later acquired the bronze medal after he defeated Nadal, becoming the first Japanese man to win a tennis medal in 96 years. At the Western & Southern Open, he again lost to Tomic in the third round.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Nishikori nearly replicated his 2014 US Open run by reaching the semifinals of the US Open, but lost after leading by a set and a break against eventual champion Stan Wawrinka in the semifinals in 4 sets. After retiring in his home tournament, the Rakuten Japan Open, in the second round to João Sousa, Nishikori returned to action again in the Swiss Indoors where he lost to Marin Čilić in the finals. In the final Masters event of the year, Nishikori fell to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round despite winning the first set with a bagel.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On October 20, Nadal announced his was ending his 2016 season despite having enough points to qualify for the event.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Rafael Nadal started the year by reaching the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open losing to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Nadal was defeated in five sets by compatriot Fernando Verdasco in the first round. The defeat marked his first opening round exit at the Australian Open. He then competed in the South American clay courts of the Argentina Open and Rio Open losing to eventual champions Dominic Thiem and Pablo Cuevas, respectively. He reached his third consecutive semifinal at the Indian Wells Masters falling to Djokovic.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the Miami Open, he suffered an upset in his opening match losing to Damir Džumhur. He started his European clay court season perfectly winning back-to-back titles at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters and Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell defeating Gaël Monfils and Kei Nishikori, respectively. He continued the clay court season in Mutua Madrid Open, falling to Andy Murray in the semifinal. The following week, Nadal played in Rome Masters where he reached the quarterfinal. Nadal was again defeated by Djokovic in straight sets, although he had a break advantage in both sets and served to win the second.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
As the fourth seed at Roland Garros, Nadal had to withdraw prior to his third round match due to a left wrist injury. He did not return into action until the Rio Olympics, where he lost his Bronze Medal match against Nishikori but won the gold medal in men's doubles event for Spain partnering Marc López defeating Romania's Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau in the finals. At the Western & Southern Open, he fell to Borna Ćorić on the third round.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the US Open Nadal was seeded #4 and advanced to the fourth round but was defeated by 24th seed Lucas Pouille in 5 sets. The defeat meant that 2016 was the first year since 2004 in which Nadal had failed to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final in a year. He played his last match of the season in the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters losing to Viktor Troicki.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On October 27, Gaël Monfils qualified for the first time to the year-end event.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Gaël Monfils started his season at the Australian Open as the 23rd seeded, he reached the singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time. There, he lost to the 13th seed Milos Raonic in four sets. However, he wasn't able to sustain this form, losing in the first round of his home event the Open Sud de France to Édouard Roger-Vasselin. He reached his first final of the year at the Rotterdam Open, where he lost to Martin Kližan in three sets.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Monfils reached the quarterfinals of back-to-back Masters event, the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Open, losing to eventual runner-ups Raonic and Kei Nishikori, respectively. Monfils then reached a third career Masters event final at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters losing to the eight-time champion Rafael Nadal in three sets. After catching a viral infection in Madrid, Monfils fell early at the Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles and Rome Masters, in the second round to Pablo Cuevas and in the first round to Thomaz Bellucci. He then withdrew from the French Open due to the infection. His next event was at Wimbledon where he lost his first-round match with compatriot Jérémy Chardy in five sets. Monfils earned his first ever 500 event singles title by defeating Croatian Ivo Karlović in the final in three sets on the hard courts of the Citi Open.


2016 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Monfils then reached the semifinals of the Rogers Cup facing Novak Djokovic, to whom he lost to in straight sets, ending his career-best win streak of 9 consecutive matches. At the Rio Olympics, he reached the quarterfinals and lost to eventual bronze medalist Kei Nishikori, despite having 3 match point chances in the deciding set. He then withdrew from this third round match at the Western & Southern Open. Monfils entered the US Open seeded 10th and reached the semifinals without dropping a set, eventually losing to Djokovic in four sets. Monfils then entered the Japan Open, reaching the semifinals and losing to eventual champion Nick Kyrgios. At the Shanghai Rolex Masters, he lost to David Goffin, and despite winning being a set and a break up. At the Stockholm Open, he was upset by Gastão Elias in his opening match.