2016 World Draughts Championship match
The 2016 World Draughts Championship match  at the international draughts was hold on December 3–18 in the Netherlands under auspice International Draughts Federation FMJD. The match was scheduled to take place between Jan Groenendijk and Roel Boomstra, who were second and third at last Draughts Championship. World Champion Alexander Georgiev (Russia) has informed FMJD that he will not defend his title. FMJD decided that the next player in the classifications of last WC, Roel Boomstra, should play the Match for World Title against the Vice Champion, Jan Groenendijk.


2016 World Draughts Championship match
Roel Boomstra won this match with score 16–8 and became World Draughts Champion.


2016 World Fencing Championships
The 2016 World Fencing Championships were held at the Carioca Arena 3 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 25 to 27 April 2016. Only two disciplines that are not in the 2016 Olympic program were held.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships took place March 28 – April 3, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. Figure skaters competed for the title of World champion in men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs and ice dancing. This marked the first time Boston was host to the World Figure Skating Championships. The competition determined the number of athlete slots for each federation at the 2017 World Championships.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Background
The World Figure Skating Championships is the sport's most important annual competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). In June 2013, the city of Boston was announced as the host city of the 2016 event. The competition was organized by U.S. Figure Skating, and the Skating Club of Boston served as the local organizing committee. Founded in 1912, it is the third-oldest skating club in the United States and is a founding member of U.S. Figure Skating.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Venues
The TD Garden was the primary arena for the 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships. The venue hosted all competitions and several practice sessions. The second official practice venue for the event was DCR Steriti Rink.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Venues, TD Garden
The TD Garden is a multipurpose arena located in Boston, Massachusetts. The arena hosted a maximum capacity of approximately 15,000 seats for the event. The TD Garden also serves as the home arena for two of Boston's professional sports teams, the Boston Celtics and the Boston Bruins.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Venues, DCR Steriti Rink
DCR Steriti Rink is a local area rink managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. It is located in the North End neighborhood of Boston and is a short distance from the main venue. This rink served as the practice venue and was open only to credentialed participants of the event.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Records
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Records
Argentina was represented by a skater at the ISU World Championships for the first time in history.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
Skaters were eligible for the event if they represented an ISU member nations and had reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2015 in their place of birth. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieved a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the World Championships.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2015 World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Entries
Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2015. The ISU published a complete list of entries on March 8, 2016.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men
The Men's short program was held on March 30. The free skate was held on April 1.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies
The Ladies short program was held on March 31. The free skate took place on April 2, 2016. Gracie Gold took a 2.45 point lead after the short program. Anna Pogorilaya edged out Evgenia Medvedeva for second place by 0.22. Ashley Wagner, the US Nationals bronze medalist, was just out of medal position, 0.60 behind Medvedeva. The 2015 World bronze medalist Elena Radionova was in fifth, while former World champion Mao Asada was in ninth. Defending world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was not selected by her federation for the event after finishing 8th at the Russian Championships. In the free skate, Medvedeva had a record-setting score of 150.10 to win the gold medal. Wagner moved into second place to win the United States' first World Championship ladies medal since 2006. Pogorilaya finished third ahead of Gold.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Pairs
The pairs short program was held on April 1 and the free skate on April 2.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ice dancing
The short dance was held on March 30. 2015 World champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France obtained a small gold medal for the short dance for the first time in their career. They were followed by two American teams. 2011 World bronze medalists Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani placed second (-1.59) while 2015 silver medalists Madison Chock / Evan Bates took the third position, 2.24 behind the Shibutanis.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ice dancing
The free dance was held on March 31, 2016. Papadakis/Cizeron set a new world record for the free dance (118.17 points) and they won their second consecutive world title. The Shibutanis returned to the world podium four years after their first medal. Chock/Bates took the bronze medal, marking the third time that the U.S. has finished with two ice dancing teams on the World podium (earlier: 1966, 2011). Cappellini/Lanotte rose to fourth while Weaver/Poje finished fifth.


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:


2016 World Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:


2016 World Grand Prix
The 2016 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 13 March 2016 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.


2016 World Grand Prix
The defending champion Judd Trump lost 2–4 against Stuart Bingham in the last 16. Shaun Murphy beat Stuart Bingham 10–9 in the final to win the £100,000 first prize. The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4.


2016 World Grand Prix, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2016 World Grand Prix, Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break was won at the previous ranking event, the Welsh Open, and so stood at £5,000. The sponsor pledged to double the prize for a 147 break and so the prize was £10,000.


2016 World Grand Prix, Seeding list
The top 32 players on a one-year ranking system running from the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open until the 2016 Gdynia Open qualified for the tournament.


2016 World Grand Prix (darts)
The 2016 Unibet World Grand Prix was the 19th staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 2–8 October 2016 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.


2016 World Grand Prix (darts)
Robert Thornton was the defending champion after beating Michael van Gerwen 5–4 in sets in the last year's final, but he lost in the first round to Stephen Bunting.


2016 World Grand Prix (darts)
Michael van Gerwen won his third Grand Prix title after defeating Gary Anderson 5–2 in the final.


2016 World Grand Prix (darts), Prize money
The total prize money remained at £400,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:


2016 World Grand Prix (darts), Qualification
The field of 32 players was made up from the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit on September 25. The remaining 16 places went to the top 14 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit and then to the top two non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2016 ProTour Order of Merit. The top eight players are seeded in the tournament.


2016 World Grand Prix (darts), Draw
The draw was made on 25 September during the 2016 Champions League of Darts.


2016 World Indoor Archery Championships
The 2016 World Indoor Target Archery Championships was the 13th edition of the World Indoor Archery Championships. The event was held in Ankara, Turkey, from 1 to 6 March 2016, and was organized by World Archery.


2016 World Indoor Archery Championships, Participating nations
34 nations registered 262 athletes across disciplines, 11 fewer country and 91 athletes fewer than in Nîmes in 2014.


2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 2016 Just Retirement World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 08-24 January 2016.Nick Brett won the blue riband event (the Men's Singles) for the first time after beating Robert Paxton in a competitive final. In the Open Pairs Stewart Anderson and Darren Burnett recorded their first title success. Burnett doubled up by winning the Mixed Pairs title with Katherine Rednall. Ellen Falkner won the Women's Singles defeating Rebecca Field in the final. This was Falkner's third title and was achieved ten years after her last success.


2016 World Junior B Curling Championships
The 2016 World Junior B Curling Championships was held from January 3 to 10 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland. The top three men’s and women’s teams at the World Junior B Curling Championships will qualify for the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships.


2016 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2016 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 5 to 13 at the Tårnby Curling Club in Copenhagen, Denmark.


2016 World Junior Curling Championships, Men, Round Robin Standings
South Korea is not able to be relegated due to their hosting of the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships, so therefore the next lowest ranked team,  Russia is relegated to the 2017 "B" Championships


2016 World Junior Curling Championships, Men, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01).


2016 World Junior Curling Championships, Women, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01).


2016 World Junior Curling Championships, Women, Relegation Tiebreaker
Turkey is therefore relegated to the 2017 World Junior B Curling Championships


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held from 14–20 March 2016 in Debrecen, Hungary. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event determined the World Junior champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař and Daniel Samohin became the first World Junior champions in figure skating from the Czech Republic and Israel, respectively. Japan's Marin Honda won the ladies' title and Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter took the ice dancing event.


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Records
The following new junior records were set during this competition:


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who were at least 13 but not 19—or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers—before July 1, 2015 in their place of birth. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the Junior Worlds.


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
The term "Junior" in ISU competition refers to age, not skill level. Skaters may remain age-eligible for Junior Worlds even after competing nationally and internationally at the senior level. At junior events, the ISU requires that all programs conform to junior-specific rules regarding program length, jumping passes, types of elements, etc.


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2015 World Junior Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline.


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Entries
Some national associations began announcing their selections in December 2015. The ISU published a complete list on 25 February 2016.


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men
Israel's Daniel Samohin climbed from 9th after the short program to win his country's first World Junior title in figure skating. Nicolas Nadeau, who missed the cut for the free skate in 2015, obtained the silver medal and three spots for Canada in the 2017 men's event. Called up to replace the injured Nathan Chen, Tomoki Hiwatashi was awarded the bronze medal in his first appearance at Junior Worlds.


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies
Youth Olympic and JGP Final champion Polina Tsurskaya withdrew before the short program due to an ankle injury. Short program leader Alisa Fedichkina withdrew before the start of the free skate, also due to an ankle injury.


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies
Japan's Marin Honda ended Russia's five-year streak of World Junior ladies' titles. Despite her teammates' withdrawals, Maria Sotskova was able to retain three spots for Russia by placing in the top two. Wakaba Higuchi of Japan won her second consecutive bronze medal at Junior Worlds.


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Pairs
Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař became the first Czech figure skaters to ever win gold at a World Junior Championships and the first pair skaters from outside China, Russia, or the United States to win the competition since 2000. Russian pairs Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev and Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot took silver and bronze, respectively, in their first trip to Junior Worlds.


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ice dancing
The United States won both the gold and silver medals. Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter overtook short program leaders Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons for the title, finishing ahead by a margin of 0.91. It was the fourth appearance at Junior Worlds for both teams. Russia's Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd rose from sixth after the short dance to take bronze in their first trip to the event.


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:


2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 40th Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It was hosted in Helsinki, Finland. It began on December 26, 2015, and ended with the gold medal game on January 5, 2016. This marked the sixth time that Finland has hosted the WJC, and the hosts defeated Russia 4–3 in overtime to win their fourth title in history and second in the last three years. Belarus was relegated to Division I-A for 2017 by merit of their tenth-place finish, while Finnish right winger Jesse Puljujärvi earned MVP and top scorer honors.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Player eligibility
A player is eligible to play in the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Player eligibility
If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Player eligibility
In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Officials
The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament:


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Format
The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed team from both groups play a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Final standings
Note that due to the lack of playoff games for determining the spots 5–8, these spots were determined by the preliminary round records for each team.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group A
The Division I A tournament was played in Vienna, Austria, from 13 to 19 December 2015.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group B
The Division I B tournament was played in Megève, France, from 12 to 18 December 2015. Prior to the start of the tournament Japan withdrew, and was relegated for 2017.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group A
The Division II A tournament was played in Elektrėnai, Lithuania, from 13 to 19 December 2015.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group B
The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 17 to 23 January 2016.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III
The Division III tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 15 to 24 January 2016.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters
Below are the rosters for teams competing in the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group the first-placed team is promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team is relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U20 Championship. To be eligible as a "junior" a player cannot be born earlier than 1996.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
The winners of Division I B, France, was promoted to the 2017 Division I A, and the winners of Division I A, Latvia, was promoted to the 2017 top division.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Vienna, Austria, from 13 to 19 December 2015.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Megève, France, from 12 to 18 December 2015. On 10 December it was announced that Japan had withdrawn, and would be automatically relegated for the 2017 tournament.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I B, Statistics, Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II
The 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II were the two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A was contested in Elektrėnai, Lithuania and Division II B in Novi Sad, Serbia. These tournaments represent the fourth and fifth tiers of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Elektrėnai, Lithuania, from 13 to 19 December 2015.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 17 to 23 January 2016.


2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 15 to 24 January 2016. Division III represents the sixth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The champions, Mexico, were promoted to the Division II B for the 2017 tournament, and the last-placed nation (South Africa) were to be relegated to a qualification tournament for 2017, instead an eight-team Division III tournament was decided on in September 2016. Israel participated in a World Junior tournament for the first time since 1997, while Bulgaria returned after withdrawing from the 2015 tournament.


2016 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2016 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 29 to 31 January 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria.


2016 World Junior Speed Skating Championships
The 2016 World Junior Speed Skating Championships took place from 11 to 13 March 2016 in Changchun, China. They were the 43rd World Junior Speed Skating Championships.


2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships
The Sun International 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 30 November to 7 December 2016. It was organised by the South Africa Table Tennis Board (SATTB) under the auspices and authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).


2016 World Junior Wrestling Championships
The 2016 World Junior Wrestling Championships were the 40th edition of the World Junior Wrestling Championships and were held in Mâcon, France between 30 August and 4 September 2016.


2016 World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2016 ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Kraków, Poland from 12 to 17 July 2016 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) at the Kraków-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course. It was the 18th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 5th edition for the Under 23 category. No medals were awarded for the junior C2 team event and the U23 C2 team event due to low number of participating nations.


2016 World Karate Championships
The 2016 World Karate Championships were the 23rd edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Linz, Austria from October 25 to October 30, 2016.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship
The 2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England, from 2 to 5 April 2016. The event was the 2016 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship first held in 1976.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship
The event was won by Reanne Evans, who defeated defending champion Ng On-yee 6–4 in the final.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Background
The event was hosted at the Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds. Qualifying featured five groups of five or six players each with eight players qualifying for the main tournament. Those players met eight seeded players in the last-16 knockout round. After the group stage, the players not reaching the main knockout tournament competed in a parallel "Plate" tournament. Matches in the group stage were best-of-three-frames.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Background
The first knockout round was best-of-five-frames; the quarter-finals and semi-finals best-of-seven, and the final was played as a best-of-11 match.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Background
Forty-one players from thirteen different countries participated in the tournament, as listed in the table below. Numbers in brackets show the eight seeded players. Although Ng On-yee was the defending champion, Reanne Evans was the highest seed.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Background, Prize money
The winner of the event won a total of £1,200.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Summary, Group stage
There were three groups of six players and three groups of five players. The top eight seeds were placed into the last-16 round of the knockout phase and were not required to play in the qualifying groups. Progression from the groups was determined by the following criteria: Matches won; Head to head; frames won; Highest break; and finally by ranking position. The event was split after the group stage, with players not reaching the main knockout tournament competing in a parallel tournament called the plate competition.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Summary, Group stage
The only player to complete their qualifying matches without losing a frame was Chitra Magimairaj. Two players qualified whilst only losing one frame each: Jessica Woods and Kathy Howden. Lauren Carley, Ronda Sheldreck, and Sandra Bryan all failed to win any frames.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Summary, Knockout
Three of the eight seeds lost in the last-16: Maria Catalano, Jaique Ip (seeded 3rd), Maria Catalano (4th) and Jenny Poulter (6th). Ng On-yee progressed to the final without losing a frame, beating Laura Evans 3–0, Katrina Wan 4–0 and Rebecca Kenna 4–0. Reanne Evans whitewashed Diana Schuler 3–0 then beat 2015 runner-up Emma Bonney 4–2 and Tatjana Vasiljeva 4–1. Kenna was the only unseeded player to reach as far as the semi-finals before losing to On-yee.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Summary, Final
The final took place on 5 April 2016, and was contested by defending champion Ng On-yee and top seed Reanne Evans. Evans won the first frame, before  Ng took the next three, making the highest break of the competition, 72, in the fourth frame. Evans then took the next two frames to level the match at 3–3. Ng regained the lead again at 4–3, before Evans won three in a row to win the match 6–4, including a break of 47 in frame ten.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Summary, Final
The victory for Evan was her 11th world championship win in the previous 12 years.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Summary, Final
Ng played Peter Lines in 2016 World Snooker Championship qualifying the Wednesday after the final, however, she lost 1–10.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Breaks
There were only five breaks of over 50, by just three players. The highest break of the tournament was 72 by Ng On-yee, who also recorded a 52. Reanne Evans compiled a 68 and a 59. Michelle Brown made a 55.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Results, Group stage matches
Players who qualified from the group are shown in bold and with a (Q) after their name in the final standings tables below.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Results, Knockout stage
Seedings are shown in brackets. Players listed in bold indicate match winner.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Plate competition
The Plate competition was for players who did not reach the main knockout draw. It was won by Varshaa Sanjeev. The only breaks over 30 were a 35 by Suzie Opacic and a 34 by Sanjeev.


2016 World Ladies Snooker Championship, Other events
Apart from the plate competition, a number of other events took place around the World Championship.


2016 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships
The 2016 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships (or 2016 World Long Distance MR Championships), was the 13th edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in Podbrdo, Slovenia on 18 June 2016.


2016 World Masters (darts)
The 2016 Winmau World Masters was a major tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2016. It took place from 1–4 December at the Lakeside Country Club, which hosted the stage element of the event for the first time.


2016 World Masters (darts)
Glen Durrant maintained the men's title whilst Trina Gulliver won her sixth women's World Masters.


2016 World Masters Athletics Championships
The twenty-second World Masters Athletics Championships were held in Perth Western Australia, from October 26–November 6, 2016. This was the first even year of the biennial championship as beginning in 2016, the championships moved to be held in even numbered years. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as Masters athletics.


2016 World Masters Athletics Championships
A full range of track and field events were held, along with a cross country race and a marathon.


2016 World Masters Athletics Championships Men
The twenty-second World Masters Athletics Championships were held in Perth Australia, from October 26–November 6, 2016. This was the first even year of the biennial championship as beginning in 2016, the championships moved to be held in even numbered years. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as Masters athletics.


2016 World Masters Athletics Championships Men
A full range of track and field events were held, along with a cross country race and a marathon.


2016 World Masters Athletics Championships Women
The twenty-second World Masters Athletics Championships were held in Perth Australia, from October 26–November 6, 2016. This was the first even year of the biennial championship as beginning in 2016, the championships moved to be held in even numbered years. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as Masters athletics.


2016 World Masters Athletics Championships Women
A full range of track and field events were held, along with a cross country race and a marathon.


2016 World Masters Athletics Championships Women, Results, Short hurdles, W70 80 metres hurdles
Note: Maier set the World Record of 15.72 -0.8 in the prelims


2016 World Masters Orienteering Championships
World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) are annual international orienteering competitions and the official world championship for orienteering runners above the age of 35.


2016 World Masters Orienteering Championships
The WMOC 2016 was arranged  7-13 August 2016 in Estonia.


2016 World Masters Orienteering Championships, Sprint
Sprint qualification was held in Tallinn Kadrioru Park, the most outstanding palatial and urban park in Estonia, and sprint finals were held in Tallinn's Old Town. 25 champions were celebrated the first final day 8 August 2016.


2016 World Masters Orienteering Championships, Long distance
Long qualification was held at Kõrvemaa, a wilderness area, dominated by glacial landforms, coniferous forests and extensive bogs, and the long distance final at Pikasaare, with competition centre located in Estonian Defence Forces main military training field, a pine and spruce forest with many features typical of morainic terrain. 24 champions were celebrated the last final day 13 August 2016.


2016 World Match Racing Tour
The 2016 World Match Racing Tour was a series of match racing sailing regattas staged during 2016 season.


2016 World Match Racing Tour
Phil Robertson won the tour by winning the last event in Marstrand, Sweden.


2016 World Matchplay
The 2016 BetVictor World Matchplay was the 23rd annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 16–24 July 2016.


2016 World Matchplay
Michael van Gerwen successfully defended his World Matchplay title by defeating Phil Taylor 18–10 in the final. It was the first (and would turn out to be, only) time that Taylor has been defeated in a World Matchplay final. Van Gerwen also became only the third player to successfully defend the Matchplay trophy after Taylor and Rod Harrington.


2016 World Matchplay
The second round was also reduced in length from best of 25 legs to best of 21 legs. This still remains the current format for the World Matchplay.


2016 World Matchplay
This tournament was the first time in the event's history that no matches went into 'extra legs', the first time that Taylor had been defeated in the final after winning his previous 15, and the first time that Robert Thornton won a match at the event. It was also the first time that James Wade was defeated before the World Matchplay quarter finals, after losing to Mervyn King in the first round.


2016 World Matchplay, Prize money
The prize fund remained at £450,000 as it has been since the 2014 event.


2016 World Matchplay, Format
In previous stagings of the event all games had to be won by two clear legs with no sudden-death legs. However, in 2013 after consulting the host broadcaster Sky Sports, the PDC decided that games will now only proceed for a maximum of six extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a best of 19 legs first round match, if the score reaches 12–12 then the 25th leg will be the decider.


2016 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2016 World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 2 to 10 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Qualification
The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship:


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Kevin KoeThird: Marc KennedySecond: Brent LaingLead: Ben HebertAlternate: Scott Pfeifer


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Rasmus StjerneThird: Johnny FrederiksenSecond: Mikkel PoulsenLead: Troels HarryAlternate: Oliver Dupont


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Aku KausteThird: Kasper HakuntiSecond: Pauli JäämiesLead: Janne PitkoAlternate: Kalle Kiiskinen


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Alexander BaumannThird: Manuel WalterSecond: Marc MuskatewitzLead: Sebastian SchweizerAlternate: Daniel Rothballer


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Thomas UlsrudThird: Torger NergårdSecond: Christoffer SvaeLead: Håvard Vad PeterssonAlternate: Markus Snøve Høiberg


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Yusuke MorozumiThird: Tetsuro ShimizuSecond: Tsuyoshi YamaguchiLead: Kosuke MorozumiAlternate: Yasumasa Tanida


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Alexey Tselousov Third: Artyom ShmakovSecond: Roman KutuzovLead: Alexey TimofeevAlternate: Aleksandr Kozyrev


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Tom BrewsterThird: Glen MuirheadSecond: Ross PatersonLead: Hammy McMillan Jr.Alternate: Scott Andrews


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Kim Soo-hyukThird: Kim Tae-hwanSecond: Park Jong-dukLead: Nam Yoon-hoAlternate: Yoo Min-hyeon


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Niklas EdinThird: Oskar ErikssonSecond: Kristian LindströmLead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Henrik Leek


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Sven MichelThird: Marc PfisterSecond: Enrico PfisterLead: Simon GempelerAlternate: Raphael Märki


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : John ShusterThird: Tyler GeorgeSecond: Matt HamiltonLead: John LandsteinerAlternate: Kroy Nernberger


2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship
The 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship was held from October 14 to 22 at the Sport Palace in Kazan, Russia. Among the 37 participating nations, Andorra, Croatia, South Korea and the Netherlands debuted on this event, while China, Israel and Lithuania didn't participate this time.


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Fourth: Christer Wilbe (Skip)Third: Elin Ingvaldsen (Vice)Second: Victor BergerskogenLead: Jeanette Husnes Moe


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Fourth: Fabio Sola (Vice)Third: Denise Pimpini (Skip)Second: Simone SolaLead: Sara Aliberti


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Fourth: Cameron Bryce (Skip)Third: Katie Murray (Vice)Second: Bobby LammieLead: Sophie Jackson


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Fourth: Mayumi Okutsu (Skip)Third: Fukuhiro Ohno (Vice)Second: Yuka SatoLead: Masayuki Fujii


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Fourth: Brett Sargon (Skip)Third: Thivya Jeyaranjan (Vice)Second: Kieran FordLead: Emily Whelan


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Fourth: Dimitry Barkan (Skip)Third: Alina Pauliuchyk (Vice)Second: Andrei YurkevichLead: Marharyta Dziashuk


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Fourth: Allen Coliban (Vice)Third: Iulia Ioana Traila (Skip)Second: Razvan BouleanuLead: Octavia Maria Traila


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group B
Fourth: Kristian Lindstroem (Skip)Third: Jennie WahlinSecond: Joakim FlygLead: Johanna Heldin (Vice)


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group B
Fourth: Zsolt Kiss (Skip)Third: Dorottya Palancsa (Vice)Second: Kristof CzermannLead: Agnes Szentannai


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group B
Fourth: Jere SullanmaaThird: Milja Hellsten (Vice)Second: Toni Sepperi (Skip)Lead: Jenni Räsänen


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group B
Fourth: David Misun (Skip)Third: Daniela Matulova (Vice)Second: Jakub PolakLead: Silvia Sykorova


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group B
Fourth: Bill Gray (Skip)Third: Margarita Sweeney-Baird (Vice)Second: Ross BarrLead: Jacqueline Barr


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group B
Fourth: Greg Dunn (Skip)Third: Angharad Ward (Vice)Second: Nigel PatrickLead: Lorna Rettig


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group B
Fourth: Raphael Monticello (Skip)Third: Alessandra Barros (Vice)Second: Marcio CerquinhoLead: Luciana Barrella


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group C
Fourth: Alexander Krushelnitskiy (Skip)Third: Anastasia Bryzgalova (Vice)Second: Daniil GoriachevLead: Maria Duyunova


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group C
Fourth: Joel Ostrowski (Skip)Third: Camilla Louise Jensen (Vice)Second: Asmus JoergensenLead: Pavia Hjorngaard


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group C
Fourth: Andrzej Augustyniak (Skip)Third: Adela Walczak (Vice)Second: Kasper KneblochLead: Martyna Wilczak


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group C
Fourth: Jakub Bares (Skip)Third: Lenka Kitzbergerova (Vice)Second: Jindrich KitzbergerLead: Michaela Nadherova


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group C
Fourth: Irantzu Garcia (Skip)Third: Gontzal GarciaSecond: Maria FernandezLead: Manu Garcia (Vice)


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group C
Fourth: Hugh Millikin (Skip)Third: Kim Forge (Vice)Second: Steve JohnsLead: Helen Williams


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group C
Fourth: Viktor Kim (Skip)Third: Olga Ten (Vice)Second: Abylaikhan ZhuzbayLead: Anastassya Surgay


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group D
Fourth: Mick Lizmore (Skip)Third: Sarah Wilkes (Vice)Second: Brad ThiessenLead: Alison Kotylak


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group D
Fourth: Fred Maxie (Skip)Third: Emily Good (Vice)Second: MacAllen GuyLead: Frances Walsh


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group D
Fourth: Stephane Vergnaud (Skip)Third: Allison Brageul (Vice)Second: Mathieu DorbeLead: Celine Lagree


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group D
Fourth: Ansis Regza (Skip)Third: Dace Regza (Vice)Second: Aivars GavarsLead: Antra Zvane


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group D
Fourth: Andreas Unterberger (Skip)Third: Hannah Augustin (Vice)Second: Gernot HigatzbergerLead: Celine Moser


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group D
Fourth: Loes Willems (Skip)Third: Kevin Cox (Vice)Second: Famkje Van Den BoschLead: Dirk Stabel


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group D
Fourth: Lee Kibok (Skip)Third: Yeo Eunbyeol (Vice)Second: Seong YujinLead: Ahn Jeongyeon


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group D
Fourth: Josep Garcia (Skip)Third: Ana Arce (Vice)Second: Josep DuroLead: Anna Arias


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E
Fourth: Andreas Kapp (Skip)Third: Petra Tschetsch (Vice)Second: Holger HöhneLead: Pia-Lisa Schöll


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E
Fourth: Martin Rios (Skip)Third: Elena Stern (Vice)Second: Romano MeierLead: Michelle Jäggi


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E
Fourth: Alican Karatas (Skip)Third: Oznur PolatSecond: Ugurcan KaragozLead: Dilsat Yildiz (Vice)


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E
Fourth: Kaarel Holm (Skip)Third: Elise NassarSecond: Sten Andreas EhrlichLead: Erika Tuvike (Vice)


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E
Fourth: Andrew Tanner (Skip)Third: Laura Beever (Vice)Second: David PeekLead: Emily Sandwidth


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E
Fourth: Jure Culic (Skip)Third: Ajda Zavrtanik Drglin (Vice)Second: Gregor VerbincLead: Lea Tehovnik


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E
Fourth: Danny Van Den Berg (Skip)Third: Valeriya Miksha (Vice)Second: Willem Van Der StegLead: Jiska Kortekaas-Bun


2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E
Fourth: Mislav Martinic (Skip)Third: Iva Roso (Vice)Second: Hrvoje TolicLead: Antonia Maricevic


2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from April 16 to 23 at the Karlstad Curling Arena in Karlstad, Sweden. The event was held in conjunction with the 2016 World Senior Curling Championships.


2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).


2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 2016 UIPM Senior World Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from 23 to 29 May 2016. The event includes pistol shooting, fencing, 200m swimming, show jumping and a 3km run.


2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships – Men's individual and team
The men's individual at the 2016 UIPM Senior World Championships was held on 26 and 28 May 2016.


2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships – Men's individual and team, Qualification
On 26 May 2016, 36 competitors qualified for the final as described below:


2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships – Men's individual and team, Qualification
The top 8 total scores in each group qualify by right; the top 12 total scores across the remainder of the field also qualify. Competitors do not perform the riding discipline during qualification.


2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships – Men's individual and team, Team standings
Standings are determined by the sum of three scores for each country, whether or not their respective competitors qualified for the final.


2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships – Men's relay
The men's relay at the 2016 UIPM Senior World Championships was held on 24 May 2016.


2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships – Mixed relay
The mixed relay at the 2016 UIPM Senior World Championships was held on 29 May 2016.


2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships – Women's individual and team
The women's individual at the 2016 UIPM Senior World Championships was held on 25 & 27 May 2016.


2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships – Women's individual and team, Qualification
On 25 May 2016, 36 competitors qualified for the final as described below:


2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships – Women's individual and team, Qualification
The top 8 total scores in each group qualify by right; the top 12 total scores across the remainder of the field also qualify. Competitors do not perform the riding discipline during qualification.


2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships – Women's individual and team, Team standings
Standings are determined by the sum of three scores for each country, whether or not their respective competitors qualified for the final.


2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships – Women's relay
The women's relay at the 2016 UIPM Senior World Championships was held on 23 May 2016.


2016 World Monuments Watch
The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) that calls international attention to cultural heritage around the world that is threatened by neglect, vandalism, conflict, or disaster.


2016 World Monuments Watch, 2016 Watch List
The 2016 Watch List was published on 15 October 2015.


2016 World Mountain Running Championships
The 2016 World Mountain Running Championships was the 32nd edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria on 11 September 2016.


2016 World Nomad Games
The 2016 World Nomad Games was held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan from 3 - 8 September 2016 with 23 sports featured in the games. The program of the second edition included 23 kinds of ethnosport. 40 countries participated in this games.


2016 World Open (snooker)
The 2016 Hanteng Autos World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 31 July 2016 at the Yushan No.1 Middle School in Yushan, China. It was the third ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.


2016 World Open (snooker)
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but he lost 2–5 to Joe Perry in the quarter-finals.


2016 World Open (snooker)
Ali Carter won the fourth ranking title of his career, defeating Perry 10–8 in the final.


2016 World Open (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2016 World Open (snooker), Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £35,000.


2016 World Open (snooker), Wildcard round
These matches were played in Yushan on 25 July 2016.


2016 World Open (snooker), Qualifying
These matches were held between 31 May and 2 June 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.


2016 World Orienteering Championships
The 33rd World Orienteering Championships in conjunction with the 13th World Trail Orienteering Championships was held in Strömstad and Tanum, Sweden.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship  was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand from 29 November to 11 December 2016.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
There were eight events that determined the 2016 world champions, the men's singles, doubles, triples and fours and the women's singles, doubles, triples and fours.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Fours
The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Fours  will be held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand from 6–11 December 2016.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Fours
The men's fours gold medal was won by Blake Signal, Mike Kernaghan, Mike Nagy and Ali Forsyth of New Zealand.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Pairs
The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Pairs  will be held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand from 29 November – 4 December 2016.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Pairs
The men's pairs gold medal went to Aaron Wilson and Brett Wilkie of Australia.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Singles
The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Singles  will be held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand from 6–11 December 2016.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Singles
Shannon McIlroy from New Zealand won the men's singles gold medal.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Triples
The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Triples  will be held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand from 29 November – 4 December 2016.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Triples
The men's triples gold medal went to Andrew Knapper, Jamie Walker and Robert Paxton of England.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Fours
The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Fours  will be held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand from 29 November – 4 December 2016.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Fours
The women's fours gold medal went to Natasha Scott, Rebecca Van Asch, Carla Krizanic and Kelsey Cottrell of Australia.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Pairs
The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Pairs  will be held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand from 6–11 December 2016.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Pairs
The women's pairs gold medal was won by Laura Daniels and Jess Sims of Wales.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Singles
The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Singles  will be held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand from 29 November – 4 December 2016.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Singles
The women's singles gold medal went to Karen Murphy of Australia. It was her second consecutive singles title after having won in 2012 as well.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Triples
The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Triples  will be held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand from 6–11 December 2016.


2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Triples
The women's triples gold medal was won by Natasha Scott, Rebecca Van Asch and Carla Krizanic of Australia.


2016 World RX of Argentina
The 2016 World RX of Argentina was the twelfth and final round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Autódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio in Rosario, Santa Fe.


2016 World RX of Barcelona
The 2016 World RX of Barcelona was the ninth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship and the seventh round of the forty-first season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Barcelona.


2016 World RX of Belgium
The 2016 World RX of Belgium was the third round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia and also played host to the second round of the 2016 FIA European Rallycross Championship.


2016 World RX of Canada
The 2016 World RX of Canada was the seventh round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.


2016 World RX of France
The 2016 World RX of France was the eighth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Lohéac in the Lohéac commune of Bretagne.


2016 World RX of Germany
The 2016 World RX of Germany was the eleventh round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Estering in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony. Mattias Ekström won his maiden World Championship with a round to spare, holding a 30-point buffer to nearest rival Petter Solberg.


2016 World RX of Great Britain
The 2016 World RX of Great Britain was the fourth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Lydden Hill Race Circuit in Wootton, Kent.


2016 World RX of Hockenheim
The 2016 World RX of Hockenheim was the second round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, alongside the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.


2016 World RX of Hockenheim, Supercar, Heats
* Timmy Hansen was excluded from Q4 and later disqualified from the whole event due to his car being underweight.


2016 World RX of Hockenheim, RX Lites, Final
‡Olofsson could not make the final and as a result the stewards permitted Westlund to replace him.


2016 World RX of Latvia
The 2016 World RX of Latvia was the tenth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship and the eighth round of the forty-first season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The event was the first FIA World or European rallycross event to be staged in Latvia, and was held at the Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, former host of the non-championship Latvian Grand Prix.


2016 World RX of Norway
The 2016 World RX of Norway was the fifth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship and the fourth round of the forty-first season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Lånkebanen near Hell, Nord-Trøndelag.


2016 World RX of Norway
It was a historic win for home driver Andreas Bakkerud, who became the first driver to win all four qualifying heats, their semi-final and the final in one weekend.


2016 World RX of Portugal
The 2016 World RX of Portugal was the first round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Pista Automovel de Montalegre in Montalegre.


2016 World RX of Sweden
The 2016 World RX of Sweden was the sixth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship and the fifth round of the forty-first season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Höljesbanan in the village of Höljes, Värmland.


2016 World Rally Championship
The 2016 World Rally Championship was the 44th season of the World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and drivers competed in thirteen rounds—starting with the Rallye Monte Carlo in January and finishing with Rally Australia in November—for the World Rally Championships for Drivers and Manufacturers.


2016 World Rally Championship
Sébastien Ogier started the season as the defending drivers' champion. His team, Volkswagen Motorsport, were the defending manufacturers' champions. Both Ogier and Volkswagen Motorsport claimed their fourth consecutive drivers' and manufacturers' championships.


2016 World Rally Championship, Calendar
The calendar was announced in November 2015 by the FIA. The season was scheduled to expand with one rally in comparison to the 2015 championship, contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America, Oceania and Asia, but the Chinese round was ultimately cancelled.


2016 World Rally Championship, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the World Rally Championship during the 2016 season:


2016 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 1 — Monte Carlo Rally
Defending World Champion Sébastien Ogier started the season with a win in Monte Carlo, his third consecutive in the principality. Ogier and Kris Meeke fought for the rally lead until Meeke hit a rock on SS12. He managed to return to the stage finish but was forced to withdraw due to damage sustained to his gearbox. Jari-Matti Latvala retired from third after losing control of his car and running off the road, hitting a spectator, though no-one was seriously injured. Andreas Mikkelsen finished second after resisting Thierry Neuville. Only seven WRC cars reached the end of the rally after six retirements.


2016 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 2 — Rally Sweden
The Rally Sweden was marked by the lack of snow, which forced the organization to change the rally route and cancel some of the stages that had started to thaw out, making the studded snow tyres unsafe to use. Ogier protested the event going ahead, but with the changes to the route approved by the FIA, he took to the start and went on to claim the win.


2016 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 2 — Rally Sweden
Jari-Matti Latvala was delayed by mechanical issues, suffering a broken drive shaft early in the second stage. Andreas Mikkelsen in the third Polo R WRC was Ogier's early challenger, but as the temperature started to drop and the roads started to freeze over, Hayden Paddon emerged as his biggest rival. By the third day, the roads had completely set, allowing Ogier to maintain his lead. Mads Østberg completed the podium, having taken advantage of his rivals' ongoing battles to build and sustain a margin big enough to maintain third overall.


2016 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 3 — Rally Mexico
Having scored no points in the opening rounds while Ogier took a full 58, Jari-Matti Latvala started the Rally Mexico needing to secure a strong result if he was to have any hope of mounting a bid for the World Drivers' Championship. With the running order set based on championship positions, Ogier was forced to sweep the roads clear of loose gravel, while Latvala enjoyed comparatively clean roads. He took advantage of this from the first stage, establishing an early lead that he consistently built upon throughout the first two days of the event.


2016 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 3 — Rally Mexico
With the running order for the final day—which included the single longest special stage on the calendar, weighing in at eighty kilometres—based on the rally standings, Latvala's advantage was quashed, but his lead strong enough to secure his first win of the season ahead of Ogier. Hyundai's Dani Sordo finished third overall, but a late penalty handed the final podium place to Mads Østberg.


2016 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 4 — Rally Argentina
Wishing to continue his point scoring momentum, Jari-Matti Latvala targeted Argentina as another rally to win to further his championship standings. Another driver determined to score a podium in this rally was Hayden Paddon. The two drivers were in close competition on Friday, but by Saturday morning Latvala pulled ahead. In the afternoon, however, Latvala suffered a major accident, forcing him to retire, and giving the lead to Paddon. Engine problems on Sunday combined with a quick time from Sebastian Ogier on the penultimate stage meant the winner would be decided on the power stage. Hayden Paddon won the power stage and took his first WRC event win. Sebastian Ogier placed second, While Andreas Mikkelsen placed third. Paddon was elevated to second place in the overall championship, but Volkswagen Motorsport held the lead in the manufacturers championship.


2016 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 5 — Rally de Portugal
Participating in his third even of the season as Citroën was not included in the manufacturers championship, Kris Meeke was determined to gain experience for the upcoming 2017 season. He managed to keep a strong lead throughout Friday, but second place was in high contention. Dani Sordo and Sebastian Ogier fought for the position in the afternoon. Hayden Paddon and Ott Tänak would run off of the road in the same place. Paddon's car became engulfed in flames which destroyed it, but Tänak managed to pull his vehicle away from the inferno. Saturday proved only to increase the gap between Meeke and Ogier, and on Sunday Andreas Mikkelsen would take second place off of Ogier. Kris Meeke took the event win, but Ogier would take the three power stage points.


2016 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 6 — Rally Italia Sardegna
Jari-Matti Latvala wished to gain another win in Italy's WRC Event to reignite his season after scoring points in only two of five events so far. He led Friday morning, but by the last stage was passed by Thierry Neuville. Hayden Paddon ran off of the road on stage seven, destroying his car for the second event in a row. Andreas Mikkelsen and later Mads Ostberg would both be involved in incidents on Saturday afternoon, forcing Mikkelsen out of the point-scoring positions and Ostberg to retire. Thierry Neuville would win his second WRC event, followed by Latvala in second and then Ogier, who managed to score all three power stage points.


2016 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 7 — Rally Poland
After career-best position in Poland in 2015, Ott Tänak was determined to make the most out of this year's running of the event. Friday saw the lead changing between Tänak, Andreas Mikkelsen, and Hayden Paddon, the later two of which wanted redemption for the lack of points in Sardinia. On Saturday, Tänak would expand his lead over Andreas, who was close behind. Sunday seemed as if Tänak would take the victory, but on the penultimate stage Tänak would receive a punctured tire, putting him in second place. Andreas Mikkelsen ended up winning the event ahead of a crushed Tänak, with Hayden Paddon finishing in third.


2016 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 8 — Rally Finland
Being his home event, and after winning the event the previous two years, Jari-Matti Latvala was an obvious contender in Finland. Kris Meeke would return to participate for the first time after his victory in Portugal. Meeke took the lead on Friday and held it firm, while Latvala chased behind. Ott Tänak, despite holding an early second place, would spin and puncture a tire before the day was out. Sebastian Ogier would get stuck in a ditch, putting him out of the points. On Saturday, Meeke would distance his lead over Latvala a long way.


2016 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 8 — Rally Finland
Stages thirteen and fourteen would be canceled by violent crashes by Lorenzo Bertelli and Eric Camilli respectively. Craig Breen would find his way into third after Tänak's crash. On Sunday, Meeke became the first Brit to win the event. Latvala would follow up, and Craig Breen would score third, a personal best. Kris Meeke ended up breaking the record for the highest average speed in a rally.


2016 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 9 — Rallye Deutschland
The first event on tarmac since Monte Carlo, Sebastian Ogier would not have to clean the roads as he did by going first in gravel stages. Though determined to place first, an early mistake pushed him behind Andreas Mikkelsen. Thierry Neuville, considering Germany his home event as it is the closest event to his home country Belgium, kept behind Ogier in third. Jari-Matti Latvala retired on the first stage due to gearbox issues. Ogier would regain the lead on Saturday, and Dani Sordo would take third from Neuville. By the end of the event, Mikkelsen would fall a further two positions, giving the win to Ogier. Dani Sordo would place second, finishing ahead of Neuville by less than a tenth of a second.


2016 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 10 — Tour de Corse
Due to the cancellation of Rally China, the Tour de Corse was the round after Rallye Deutschland. Being another tarmac event, Sebastian Ogier saw this as another opportunity to take a win. Ogier started off strongly, winning all four events on Friday. Kris Meeke pushed his way into second, but a spin and a puncture set him back. Dani Sordo also fell from second due to a puncture. This gave the position to Thierry Neuville and third to Jari-Matti Latvala. On Saturday, Andreas Mikkelsen overtook Latvala and attempted to chase Neuville. Meeke would crash on Saturday, pulling him out of the points places. The event would finish in the order it was in that evening, with Ogier finishing first, Neuville finishing second, and Mikkelsen in third. Despite finishing in sixteenth, Meeke would take first in the power stage.


2016 World Rally Championship, Results and standings, FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. There are also three bonus points awarded to the winner of the Power stage, two points for second place and one for third.


2016 World Rally Championship, Results and standings, FIA World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. There are also three bonus points awarded to the winner of the Power stage, two points for second place and one for third.


2016 World Rally Championship-2
The 2016 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the fourth season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, ran in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013. The Championship was open to cars complying with R4, R5, and Super 2000 regulations. The Championship was composed of thirteen rallies, and drivers and teams had to nominate a maximum of seven events. The best six results counted towards the championship.


2016 World Rally Championship-2
After winning in 2015 and 2014, Nasser Al-Attiyah didn't participate in the 2016 season. The Qatari driver decided to focus on the 2016 Dakar Rally and on training for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in attempt to win a medal in the Men's Skeet event.


2016 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar
The calendar was announced in November 2015 by the FIA. The season was scheduled to expand with one rally in comparison to the 2015 championship, contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America, Oceania and Asia, but the Chinese round was ultimately cancelled.


2016 World Rally Championship-3
The 2016 FIA World Rally Championship-3 was the fourth season of the World Rally Championship-3, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, ran in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013. The Championship was composed of fourteen rallies, and drivers and teams had to nominate a maximum of six events. The best five results counted towards the championship.


2016 World Rally Championship-3
Quentin Gilbert was the defending champion, as he won the 2015 title.


2016 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar
The calendar was announced in November 2015 by the FIA. The season was scheduled to expand with one rally in comparison to the 2015 championship, contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America, Oceania and Asia, but the Chinese round was ultimately cancelled.


2016 World Ringette Championships
The 2016 World Ringette Championships marked the 11th international competition of the sport of ringette and was hosted in Helsinki, Finland between 27 December 2015 – 3 January 2016. In addition to the international competition, a tournament, known as the "Ringette Festival", was held for U14 teams. The major competition took place at the Helsinki Ice Hall.


2016 World Ringette Championships
Participating nations included: Canada, Finland, Sweden, United States of America, Czech Republic and Slovakia. This was the first time Slovakia and the Czech Republic appeared at the international tournament.


2016 World Ringette Championships
The Canadian team won the gold medal in the under 21 category.


2016 World Ringette Championships
The international tournament between ringette-playing nations is administrated by the International Ringette Federation (IRF).


2016 World Rowing Championships
The 2016 World Rowing Championships was the 46th edition and held from 21 to 28 August 2016 at the Willem-Alexander Baan in Rotterdam, Netherlands in conjunction with the World Junior Rowing Championships and the World Rowing U23 Championships. The annual week-long rowing regatta is organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation), and held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer. Because the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics were the major rowing events in 2016, the World Championships programme was limited to non-Olympic events, non-Paralympic events, and the World Rowing Junior Championships were held at the same time, and also the World Rowing U23 Championships.


2016 World Rowing Championships, Medal summary, Events
The lightweight men's eight was discontinued after the 2015 World Rowing Championships due to low participation in three consecutive championships.


2016 World Rowing Championships – LTA Mixed double sculls
The LTA mixed double sculls competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.


2016 World Rowing Championships – LTA Mixed double sculls, Results, Exhibition race
With fewer than seven entries in this event, boats contested a race for lanes before the final.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxed pair
The men's coxed pair competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxed pair, Results, Heats
The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxed pair, Results, Repechage
The three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxed pair, Results, Semifinals
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxed pair, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair
The men's lightweight coxless pair competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair, Results, Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair, Results, Repechages
The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair, Results, Semifinals
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls
The men's lightweight quadruple sculls competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls
The men's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Heats
The four fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Repechage
The four fastest boats advanced to the final. The remaining boat took no further part in the competition.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Quarterfinals
The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless four
The women's coxless four competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless four, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless four, Results, Repechage
The four fastest boats advanced to the final. The remaining boat took no further part in the competition.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight quadruple sculls
The women's lightweight quadruple sculls competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Exhibition race
With fewer than seven entries in this event, boats contested a race for lanes before the final.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls
The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2016 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2016 World Rowing Junior Championships
The 50th World Rowing Junior Championships were the 50th edition and were held from 24 to 28 August 2016 at the Willem-Alexander Baan in Rotterdam, Netherlands in conjunction with the World Rowing Championships and the World Rowing U23 Championships.


2016 World Rowing U23 Championships
The 12th World Rowing U23 Championships was the 12th edition of the World Rowing U23 Championships and was held from 21 to 26 August 2016 at the Willem-Alexander Baan in Rotterdam, Netherlands in conjunction with the World Junior Rowing Championships and the World Rowing Championships. The annual rowing regatta is organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation), and held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer.


2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
The 2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the inaugural rugby union tournament created by World Rugby for national 'A' teams to develop home grown talent for their national test sides.


2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
The Americas Pacific Challenge provides the Pacific nations a chance of further competition outside their own region, as the Pacific Challenge is reduced to just the Pacific nations when Rugby World Cup qualifiers are played.


2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
For national 'A' teams from the Americas, this new tournament replaced the pre-2015 format of the Americas Rugby Championship, which is now an annual championship elevated to test status.


2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
The tournament was hosted by Uruguay, with all matches played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Argentina XV won the tournament undefeated, with Fiji Warriors as runner-up.


2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge, Format
With six teams in the tournament and a limitation of three matches per team, a "split pool" format was used. The field was split into two pools, with teams in one pool only playing the teams in the other. The competing teams were:


2016 World Rugby Nations Cup
The 2016 World Rugby Cup of Nations was the eleventh edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup rugby union tournament, created by World Rugby (formerly IRB). As with the previous nine tournaments, the competition took place in the Stadionul Naţional de Rugby in Bucharest, Romania.


2016 World Rugby Nations Cup
Due to Georgia's tour of the Pacific Islands in June, the World Rugby Tbilisi Cup did not take place. Instead, this tournament featured six teams split in two pools of three, where the three European teams played the other three teams. This format was last used in 2012. Hosts Romania won the title, for the fourth time in five years. Romania finished with 13 points after beating the Argentina XV in the decisive match.


2016 World Rugby Pacific Challenge
The 2016 Pacific Challenge was the eleventh World Rugby Pacific Challenge. Four teams featured in the tournament which was hosted in Fiji. The tournament was won by Fiji Warriors, who defeated Samoa A by 36–0 in the final.


2016 World Rugby Pacific Challenge, Format
The teams played against each other initially in a round-robin competition, after which the top two sides played off in a final and the bottom two sides played off for third place. The 2016 Pacific Challenge was also a testing ground for the new points system that World Rugby was trialling, where tries were valued at six points instead of five and penalty goals and drop goals were valued at two points instead of three.


2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
The 2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup was the eleventh edition of the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup (formerly known as the IRB Pacific Nations Cup), an annual international rugby union tournament. The 2016 title was contested by the Pacific nations of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. Fiji won title and was undefeated in the two matches the team played.


2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
Teams competing in previous years, Canada, Japan and the United States were not scheduled to participate in the tournament for 2016 and 2017 due to the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying format. The top two teams on aggregate across the 2016 and 2017 Pacific Nations Cups qualified for Japan 2019, with the team finishing third scheduled to enter the repechage for qualification.


2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Fixtures
The full match schedule was announced on 19 February 2015.


2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads
Note: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 11 June 2016 – the tournament's opening day, pre first tournament match.


2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Fiji
On 20 May, Head Coach John McKee announced a 28-man squad for the Pacific Nations Cup and their June test against Georgia.


2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Fiji
Winger Adriu Delai and lock Savenaca Tabakanalagi were late additions to the squad ahead of the Tongan fixture on 11 June.


2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Samoa
On 10 May, Head Coach Alama Ieremia announced a 40-man extended squad for the Pacific Nations Cup and their June test against Georgia.


2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Tonga
On 3 June, head coach Toutai Kefu announced a 28-man squad ahead of Tonga's June test against Georgia and the Pacific Nations Cup.


2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Tonga
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
The 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in England by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations took part in the tournament, which was held at two venues in Greater Manchester—AJ Bell Stadium in Salford and Manchester City Academy Stadium in Manchester. New Zealand went into the tournament as defending champions. The competition was won by hosts England.


2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, Teams
The following teams participated in the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship:


2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, Pool stage
Points were awarded in the Pool Stage via the standard points system:


2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, Pool stage
If at completion of the Pool Stage two or more teams were level on points, the following tiebreakers were applied:


2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy was the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship.


2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The event was held in Harare, Zimbabwe and was organized by rugby's governing body, World Rugby.


2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy, Qualifying
As the host nation, Zimbabwe qualified automatically, as did Samoa for being relegated from 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. The remaining six countries competed through a qualification process in their regional competitions (Africa, Asia, North America, South America and Europe).


2016 World Running Target Championships
The 2016 World Running Target Championships was held from 14 until 23 July, 2016 in Suhl, Germany. 24 events were held.


2016 World Senior Curling Championships
The 2016 World Senior Curling Championships was from April 16 to 23 at the Karlstad Curling Arena in Karlstad, Sweden. The event will be held in conjunction with the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.


2016 World Senior Curling Championships, Men, Round Robin Standings
Turkey decided not to attend the senior championships, so all of their matches were automatically forfeited.


2016 World Seniors Championship
The 2016 World Seniors Championship (Known for sponsorship reasons as the 888sport World Seniors Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place on 30–31 January 2016 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. Players had to be at least 40 years old at the end of the 2015/16 season.


2016 World Seniors Championship
The championship was won by Mark Davis, who beat Darren Morgan 2–1 in the final. Defending champion Mark Williams lost to Anthony Hamilton in the last-16 round.


2016 World Seniors Championship, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2016 World Seniors Championship, Field
Previous winners of the World Seniors Championship and the World Snooker Championship were exempted from qualifying and went directly into the last 16.


2016 World Seniors Championship, Main draw
The draw for the last 16 was made on 23 December 2015. The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were made on a random basis after the previous round had finished. The last-16 round was played on 30 January with the quarter-finals on the afternoon of 31 January and the semi-finals and final on the same evening.


2016 World Seniors Championship, Qualifying
These matches were played on 21 and 22 December 2015 at the Robin Park Arena, Sports and Tennis Centre in Wigan, England.


2016 World Series
The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season. The 112th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs and the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians, the first meeting of those franchises in postseason history. The series was played between October 25 and November 2 (although Game 7 ended slightly after 12:00 am local time on November 3). The Indians had home-field advantage because the AL had won the 2016 All-Star Game.


2016 World Series
This was the final World Series to have home-field advantage determined by the All-Star Game results; since 2017, home-field advantage has been awarded to the team with the better record. Many consider the 2016 World Series to be one of the best of all time, due to the games being tightly contested and the underdog story behind both teams.


2016 World Series
The Cubs defeated the Indians 4–3 to win their first World Series since 1908. Game 7, an 8–7 victory in 10 innings, marked the fifth time that a Game 7 had gone into extra innings and the first since 1997 (which, coincidentally, the Indians also lost). It was also the first Game 7 to have a rain delay, which occurred as the tenth inning was about to start. The Cubs became the sixth team to come back from a 3–1 deficit to win a best-of-seven World Series.


2016 World Series
The Cubs, playing in their 11th World Series and their first since 1945, won their third championship and first since 1908, ending the longest world championship drought in North American professional sports history. It was the Indians' sixth appearance in the World Series and their first since 1997, with their last Series win having come in 1948. Cleveland manager Terry Francona, who had previously won World Series titles with the Boston Red Sox in 2004 and 2007, fell short in his bid to become the third manager to win his first three trips to the Fall Classic, after Casey Stengel and Joe Torre.


2016 World Series
The 2016 World Series was highly anticipated due to the historical ramifications; the two teams entered their matchup as the two franchises with the longest World Series title droughts, a combined 176  seasons without a championship. At the series' conclusion, numerous outlets listed Game 7 as an instant classic, and the entire Series as one of the greatest of all time.


2016 World Series, Background, Chicago Cubs
The Cubs made their 11th appearance in the World Series; their only previous two championships were in 1907 and 1908. They lost their eight other appearances, in 1906, 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, and 1945.


2016 World Series, Background, Chicago Cubs
The Cubs qualified for the postseason by winning the National League Central, ending the regular season with the best record in all of MLB (103–58) for the first time since 1945; they also posted their highest winning percentage since 1935, and won their most games since 1910. The division title was their sixth since division play began in 1969, and their first since 2008.


2016 World Series, Background, Chicago Cubs
The Cubs entered the postseason as the #1 seed in the National League, and they defeated the 5th-seeded San Francisco Giants 3–1 of the NL Division Series before clinching their first NL pennant since 1945 with a 4–2 series win over the 3rd-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series.


2016 World Series, Background, Chicago Cubs
For Cubs manager Joe Maddon, it was his second appearance in the World Series as manager – in 2008, he managed the Tampa Bay Rays, who lost 4–1 to the Philadelphia Phillies. It was also Maddon's third World Series appearance overall – in 2002, he was bench coach for the Anaheim Angels.


2016 World Series, Background, Cleveland Indians
The Indians made their sixth appearance in the World Series. They won two championships in 1920 and 1948. They lost their three most recent appearances in the Fall Classic in 1954, 1995, and 1997.


2016 World Series, Background, Cleveland Indians
The Indians qualified for the postseason by winning the American League Central, their eighth division title and their first since 2007. The Indians were the #2 seed in the American League, and they defeated the 3rd-seeded Boston Red Sox 3–0 in the AL Division Series before clinching the pennant with a 4–1 victory over the 4th-seeded Toronto Blue Jays in the AL Championship Series.


2016 World Series, Background, Cleveland Indians
For Indians manager Terry Francona, it was his third appearance in the World Series. He won his previous two appearances – 2004 and 2007 – as manager of the Boston Red Sox, in sweeps of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Colorado Rockies.


2016 World Series, Background, Cleveland Indians
This was the third postseason meeting between Francona and Maddon. Maddon's Rays defeated Francona's Red Sox in the 2008 American League Championship Series, while Maddon's Rays defeated Francona's Indians in the 2013 American League Wild Card Game.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Former Indians and Cubs player Kenny Lofton threw the ceremonial first pitch before Game 1. Corey Kluber started for the Indians, and Jon Lester started for the Cubs. Kyle Schwarber, who had missed nearly all of the 2016 season after tearing ligaments in his left leg in the season's fourth game, was added to the Cubs' World Series roster and started as their designated hitter. Schwarber struck out twice, but also doubled and drew a walk. The double made Schwarber the first non-pitcher to get his first hit of the season in the World Series.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Kluber made World Series history by striking out eight hitters in the first three innings. Roberto Pérez became the first ever ninth-place hitter with two homers in a World Series game, the first Indians player to hit two homers in a Series game, and the first Puerto Rican-born player to hit two homers in a World Series game. In the first, the Indians loaded the bases off Lester on a single and two walks before José Ramirez's single drove in a run, then Lester hit Brandon Guyer with a pitch to force in another.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Perez's home run in the fourth made it 3–0 Indians. In the eighth, Justin Grimm walked Guyer with two outs and allowed a single to Lonnie Chisenhall, then Hector Rondon allowed Perez's second home run of the night. Andrew Miller and Cody Allen finished the victory for the Indians despite Miller having to pitch out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh, and the Indians took Game 1 of the series 6–0. Francona's World Series winning streak reached nine with this victory.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Leading off the first inning, Dexter Fowler became the first African-American to play for the Cubs in a World Series.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Former Indians player Carlos Baerga threw the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2. The start time for the game was moved up an hour, because of the possibility of heavy rain in the forecast. Looking to tie the series at one game apiece, the Cubs sent Jake Arrieta to the mound against the Indians' Trevor Bauer who was still healing a lacerated pinkie resulting from an accident with a drone. The Cubs also featured six players under age 25 in the starting lineup, a postseason record.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Cubs started things off early as Kris Bryant singled in the first inning and Anthony Rizzo doubled to score Bryant and give the Cubs an early 1–0 lead. Arrieta started well too, retiring the first two batters before walking back-to-back batters in the bottom of the first. However, Arrieta got a flyout to end the inning. The Cubs struck again in the third following a two-out walk by Rizzo and a single by Ben Zobrist. A single by Kyle Schwarber scored Rizzo from second and pushed the Cubs' lead to 2–0. Bauer was forced from the game in the fourth, and the Cubs struck again in the fifth. Rizzo walked again off Zach McAllister, and Zobrist tripled to plate Rizzo. Another run-scoring single by Schwarber off Bryan Shaw and a bases-loaded walk by Addison Russell pushed the lead to 5–0.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Arrieta continued to pitch well, walking three batters but holding the Indians without a hit into the sixth inning. In the sixth, a double by Jason Kipnis ended the no-hitter, moved to third on a groundout and scored the lone Indians run of the game on a wild pitch by Arrieta. Arrieta allowed another single and was lifted for reliever Mike Montgomery. Both teams threatened in the seventh but could not score and, following a single by Mike Napoli in the bottom of the eighth, Aroldis Chapman entered to finish the game for the Cubs. The win marked the Cubs' first World Series game victory since 1945 and tied up the series at one game all. The game marked Indians manager Terry Francona's first loss in ten World Series games.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
For Game 3, former Cubs player Billy Williams threw the ceremonial first pitch before the start of the game, and Bill Murray sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch, to mark the Cubs' first World Series night game at home. Chicago pitcher Kyle Hendricks started against Cleveland pitcher Josh Tomlin.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The game's only run came off a Coco Crisp single that scored Michael Martínez from third in the seventh inning. Josh Tomlin, Andrew Miller, Bryan Shaw, and Cody Allen combined to shut out the Cubs. Allen earned his sixth postseason save as Javier Báez struck out swinging to end the game, leaving the tying and winning runs in scoring position. It was the fourth time in which the Cubs had lost in a shutout during the 2016 postseason.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
For Game 4, former Cubs pitchers Greg Maddux and Ferguson Jenkins threw the ceremonial first pitches before the start of the game, and actor Vince Vaughn sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The Cubs struck first when Dexter Fowler doubled to lead off the first and scored on Anthony Rizzo's one-out single, but Kluber held them to that one run through six innings before Francona turned it over to the bullpen. In the second, Carlos Santana's leadoff home run off Lackey tied the game; then, with two on, Kluber's RBI single put the Indians up 2–1. Kris Bryant committed two errors in that inning. Next inning, Jason Kipnis hit a leadoff double and scored on Francisco Lindor's single.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the sixth, Lonnie Chisenhall's sacrifice fly with two on off Mike Montgomery made it 4–1 Indians. Next inning, Justin Grimm allowed a leadoff double and one-out hit-by-pitch before being relieved by Travis Wood, who gave up a three-run home run to Kipnis put to the Indians ahead 7–1. The Cubs got one run back in the eighth, on a Dexter Fowler home run off Andrew Miller, which was the first run he gave up in the post-season. With the victory, the Indians were just one win away from a World Series championship.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
For Game 5, former Cubs star and Hall of Fame member Ryne Sandberg threw the ceremonial first pitch before the start of the game, and Eddie Vedder sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch. José Ramírez hit a home run for Cleveland in the second inning off Jon Lester, but the Cubs, facing elimination, scored three runs in the fourth inning off Trevor Bauer. Kris Bryant led off the inning with a home run. After Bryant's home run, Anthony Rizzo doubled and Ben Zobrist singled. Addison Russell's RBI single put the Cubs up 2–1.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
After Jason Heyward struck out, Javier Baez's bunt single moved Zobrist to third before David Ross's sacrifice fly made it 3–1 Cubs. The Indians cut their deficit to 3–2 off Lester in the sixth on Francisco Lindor's RBI single that scored Rajai Davis from second base. With the tying run on second base in the seventh inning, Maddon brought in Aroldis Chapman, who threw 2+2⁄3 scoreless innings, earning his first save of the series and fourth overall in the postseason.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
The last living member of Cleveland's 1948 World Series championship team, Eddie Robinson, attended Game 6 at Progressive Field. Former Indians pitcher Dennis Martínez threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the game.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
The Cubs scored three runs in the first inning, all with two outs, on a Kris Bryant home run and a two-run double by Addison Russell after two singles off Josh Tomlin. In the third inning, the Cubs loaded the bases on a walk and two singles off Tomlin, who was relieved by Dan Otero. Following the pitching change, Russell hit the 19th grand slam in World Series history to extend the Cubs lead to 7–0.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Russell's grand slam was the first in a World Series game since Paul Konerko of the crosstown Chicago White Sox in 2005, as well as the first by a visiting player since Lonnie Smith in 1992. In the bottom of the fourth, Mike Napoli drove in Jason Kipnis, who doubled to lead off, with an RBI single to cut the deficit to 7–1. In the bottom of the fifth, Kipnis drove a ball over the left field wall for a home run to make it a 7–2 game.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
In the top of the ninth with a runner on and two outs, Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run home run to right to make it 9–2. In the bottom of the inning, Aroldis Chapman allowed a leadoff walk to Brandon Guyer and was relieved by Pedro Strop, who threw a wild pitch to move Guyer to second and Roberto Perez's RBI single made it 9–3 Cubs with Perez thrown out at second for the second out. After Carlos Santana walked, Travis Wood relieved Strop and got Jason Kipnis to pop out to short to end the game and force a Game 7.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Russell's six RBIs tied a World Series single-game record. Arrieta became the first NL starting pitcher to notch two road wins in a single World Series since Bob Gibson in 1967.


2016 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Game 7 of the series would go down as a classic, with some calling it the greatest Game 7 in World Series history, comparing it to 1924, 1960, 1991, 1997, and 2001 for its drama and tension. Former Indians player Jim Thome threw the ceremonial first pitch before the game. The pitching matchup was between MLB earned run average (ERA) champion Kyle Hendricks, who had started Game 3 for the Cubs, and Corey Kluber, who had won games 1 and 4 and was pitching on three days' rest. Kluber came into the game 4–1 in the postseason with a 0.89 ERA.