2016 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Logo
UEFA unveiled the brand identity of the final on 28 August 2015 in Monaco ahead of the group stage draw. The logo features the Basel landmark Marktplatz.


2016 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
With a stadium capacity of 35,000, a total amount of 27,000 tickets were available to fans and the general public, with the two finalist teams receiving 9,000 tickets each and with 9,000 tickets being available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 23 February to 21 March 2016 in four price categories: CHF 180, CHF 120, CHF 90, and CHF 50. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme.


2016 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
UEFA was forced to defend the choice of St. Jakob-Park, which is the second smallest venue to host the competition's final, as the final competition venue after Liverpool and Sevilla were confirmed as the finalists. Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp, who initially told the supporters to travel to Basel even without a ticket, later backtracked from his suggestion.


2016 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Officials
Swedish referee Jonas Eriksson was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 10 May 2016.


2016 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Goal-line technology
The goal-line technology system Hawk-Eye was used for the match. This was the first UEFA competition match to employ goal-line technology, following approval by the UEFA Executive Committee in January 2016.


2016 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Summary
In the 35th minute Daniel Sturridge scored with a shot using the outside of his left foot from out on the left after a pass from Philippe Coutinho. Seventeen seconds into the second half Kevin Gameiro made it 1–1 when he scored three yards out after a cross from the right by Mariano who got past Alberto Moreno by putting the ball between his legs. Sevilla missed two more chances to score before they went in front in the 64th minute when Coke scored with a low right foot shot to the corner of the net from twenty yards. Coke got his second in the 70th minute with a right foot shot from six yards out on the right after the ball broke to him via a deflection off a Liverpool player.


2016 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Summary
With this defeat, Liverpool became the second English club and fourth overall – after Hamburger SV, Fiorentina and Arsenal – to have been runner-up in all three major European competitions (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup).


2016 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Details
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw, which was held on 15 April 2016 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Mathias Klasenius (Sweden)Daniel Wärnmark (Sweden)Fourth official:Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)Additional assistant referees:Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)Reserve assistant referee:Mehmet Culum (Sweden)


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (34th edition if the Under-16 era is included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the men's under-17 national teams of UEFA member associations. Azerbaijan, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 5 and 21 May 2016.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
A total of 16 teams competed in the final tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Portugal were crowned champions for the second time in the under-17 era, and sixth time overall, after beating Spain in the final 5–4 through a penalty shootout. France were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification
The national teams from all 54 UEFA member associations entered the competition. With Azerbaijan automatically qualified as hosts, the other 53 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The final draw was held on 8 April 2016, 12:00 AZT (UTC+4), at the Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
Hosts Azerbaijan were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Venues
The tournament was hosted in four venues, all in Baku:


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Match officials
A total of 8 referees, 12 assistant referees and 4 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 12 April 2016.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Group stage
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage
Following a consultation between the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) and UEFA, it was decided to change the venue for the semi-finals and final from the Baku Olympic Stadium to the Dalga Arena and Bakcell Arena, respectively.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Goalscorers
Note: José Gomes scored a total of 16 goals in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 season (including qualifying), making him the competition's all-time top scorer.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
The 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification was a men's under-17 football competition organised by UEFA to determine the 15 national teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Azerbaijan in the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
A total of 53 national teams entered this qualifying competition, which was played in two rounds between September 2015 and April 2016. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round and the seven best runners-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2014, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
Each group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B. For political reasons, Spain and Gibraltar (due to the disputed status of Gibraltar), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups
Times up to 24 October 2015 were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times were CET (UTC+1).


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round advancing to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The draw for the elite round was held on 3 December 2015, 11:45 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Germany, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
Times up to 26 March 2016 were CET (UTC+1), thereafter times were CEST (UTC+2).


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the seven best second-placed teams from the elite round qualifying for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Top goalscorers
The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
The following is a list of squads for each national team competing at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan. Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players born on or after 1 January 1999.


2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
Players in boldface have been capped at full international level at some point in their career.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (65th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the men's under-19 national teams of UEFA member associations. Germany, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 11 and 24 July 2016.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
A total of eight teams competed in the final tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1997 eligible to participate.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top five teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea as the UEFA representatives. This was decreased from the previous six teams, as FIFA decided to give one of the slots originally reserved for UEFA to the Oceania Football Confederation starting from 2017.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification
The national teams from all 54 UEFA member associations entered the competition. With Germany automatically qualified as hosts, the other 53 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The final draw was held on 12 April 2016, 18:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Germany were assigned to position A1 in the draw.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 18 April 2016.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Group stage
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The third-placed teams entered the FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Group stage
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage
On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time. In the FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off, Michel Vlap of the Netherlands became the first ever fourth substitute, replacing Laros Duarte at half-time in extra time, followed later by Emmanuel Iyoha of Germany replacing Jannes Horn in the 110th minute.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
The 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification was a men's under-19 football competition organised by UEFA to determine the seven national teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Germany in the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
A total of 53 national teams entered this qualifying competition, which was played in two rounds between September 2015 and March 2016. Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to participate.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2014, 09:50 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
Each group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B. For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups
Times up to 24 October 2015 were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times were CET (UTC+1).


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups, Group 8
The match was completed with a 2–1 scoreline before a 3–0 default victory was awarded to Austria due to Albania fielding an ineligible player.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups, Group 8
The match was completed with a 0–1 scoreline before a 0–3 default victory was awarded to Georgia due to Albania fielding an ineligible player.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups, Group 9
Matches on the first matchday, originally to be played on 11 November (Norway v Northern Ireland at 12:00 and Russia v Slovakia at 15:00), were postponed to 12 November due to heavy rain in Sochi. Matches on the second matchday were also pushed back from 13 November to 14 November as a result.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round advancing to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The draw for the elite round was held on 3 December 2015, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Spain, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
Times up to 26 March 2016 were CET (UTC+1), thereafter times were CEST (UTC+2).


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Top goalscorers
The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Each national team has to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Players in boldface have since been capped at full international level.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Ages are as of the start of the tournament, 11 July 2016.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group A, Germany
On 15 June 2016, Germany announced a 23-man preliminary list. On 7 July 2016, Germany announced the final squad.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group A, Portugal
On 16 June 2016, Portugal announced 23-man preliminary list. On 7 July, Peixe announced the final squad.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group B, Croatia
On 27 June 2016, Croatia announced a 25-man preliminary list.


2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group B, Netherlands
On 28 June 2016, Netherlands announced a 24-man preliminary list.


2016 UEFA Super Cup
The 2016 UEFA Super Cup was the 41st edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match featured Real Madrid, the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, and Sevilla, the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.


2016 UEFA Super Cup
It was played at the Lerkendal Stadion in Trondheim, Norway, on 9 August 2016. Real Madrid won the match 3–2 after extra time for their third UEFA Super Cup title.


2016 UEFA Super Cup, Venue
The Lerkendal Stadion was announced as the venue of the Super Cup at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 18 September 2014. It was the first UEFA final hosted in Norway.


2016 UEFA Super Cup, Venue
The Lerkendal Stadion opened as a multi-purpose stadium on 10 August 1947, as the main football and athletics stadium in Trondheim. It is the home stadium of Rosenborg BK. The stadium has a capacity for 21,166 spectators, making it the second largest football stadium in Norway.


2016 UEFA Super Cup, Teams
This was the third consecutive and fourth overall all-Spanish Super Cup.


2016 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary
Starters of the 2016 UEFA Champions League Final, Toni Kroos and Gareth Bale missed the match with injuries. In the 21st minute Marco Asensio scored the opening goal for Real Madrid with a strike from 25-yards out which flew into the top left corner of the net. Franco Vázquez got the equalizer in the 41st minute when he scored with a low left foot shot from just inside the penalty area. Sevilla were awarded a penalty in the 72nd minute when Sergio Ramos was adjudged to have fouled Vitolo by flicking back his leg inside the penalty area.


2016 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary
Yevhen Konoplyanka scored from the resulting penalty with a low shot to his left sending the goalkeeper the wrong way. In the 93rd minute Sergio Ramos scored with a free header from two yards out after a cross from Lucas Vázquez on the right. Four minutes into extra-time Timothée Kolodziejczak was sent off for a second yellow card following a foul on Lucas Vázquez. Sergio Ramos then stooped low to score his second goal but the goal was ruled out for a pull on Sevilla defender Adil Rami. In the 119th minute Dani Carvajal got into the penalty box after a long run down the right and scored when he lifted the ball with the outside of his right foot over the goalkeeper.


2016 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Details
The Champions League winners were designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.


2016 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Milovan Ristić (Serbia)Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia)Fourth official:Szymon Marciniak (Poland)Additional assistant referees:Danilo Grujić (Serbia)Nenad Đokić (Serbia)Reserve assistant referee:Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)


2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
The 2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 15th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the seventh season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was played at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on 26 May 2016, between German team Wolfsburg and French team Lyon.


2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
Lyon defeated Wolfsburg 4–3 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) to win their third European title.


2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Background
The final was a rematch of the 2013 final, won by Wolfsburg 1–0. This was the ninth successive final with at least one German team, and the sixth final in seven years between a French team and a German team.


2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Background
Both teams had won the tournament twice. Wolfsburg won successive finals in 2013 and 2014, while Lyon reached four successive finals, winning in 2011 and 2012, but losing in 2010 and 2013, all facing German opponents.


2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Match, Officials
Hungarian referee Katalin Kulcsár was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 10 May 2016.


2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Match, Details
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 27 November 2015 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Judit Kulcsár (Hungary)Andrea Hima (Hungary)Fourth official:Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)Reserve official:Lucia Abruzzese (Italy)


2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an international football competition organised by UEFA to determine the final women's national team from Europe to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil. The tournament was played between 2 and 9 March 2016 in the Netherlands.


2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Four teams participated in the tournament: Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. As the tournament winner, Sweden qualified for the last available Olympic spot from Europe, joining France and Germany, who had already qualified, as the three UEFA representatives.


2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Background
Same as the qualification process for previous Olympics, UEFA used the FIFA Women's World Cup to determine which women's national teams from Europe qualify for the Olympic football tournament. The three teams from UEFA that progressed the furthest in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup played in Canada, other than ineligible England, would qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil. If teams in contention for the Olympic spots were eliminated in the same round, ties were not broken by their overall tournament record, and play-offs or a mini-tournament to decide the spots would be held provisionally in February/March 2016.


2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Background
England were ineligible for the Olympics as they were not an Olympic nation, although Great Britain did compete in 2012 as the host nation. The Football Association had originally declared on 2 March 2015 its intention to enter and run teams on behalf of the British Olympic Association at the 2016 Olympics should England qualify.


2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Background
Following strong objections from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish football associations, and a commitment from FIFA that they would not allow entry of a British team unless all four Home Nations agreed, the Football Association announced on 30 March 2015 that they would not seek entry into the Olympic tournament.


2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Background
After Norway were eliminated by England in the round of 16 on 22 June 2015, it was confirmed that two of the three spots would go to quarter-finalists France and Germany because there could not be more than three eligible European teams in the quarter-finals. Eventually no other eligible European team reached the quarter-finals, so the four European teams eliminated in the round of 16 (Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland) would compete in the UEFA play-off tournament to decide the last spot.


2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Background
The last time a play-off was necessary to decide a European spot in the Olympic women's football tournament was when Sweden defeated Denmark over two legs to claim a place in the 2008 Olympics. Same as this time, had England been eligible to enter, they would have qualified as one of the top three UEFA teams in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, rendering the play-off unnecessary.


2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Teams
Among the four teams, only Norway and Sweden had previously played in the Olympics. Norway had played in three Olympics, and were the only European gold medalists so far, winning in 2000, and also taking bronze in 1996. Sweden had played in all five Olympics so far, but never won a medal, with their best finish being fourth in 2004.


2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Format
UEFA confirmed on 24 June 2015 to the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet that the four teams would meet each other once, making it a mini-tournament with six matches altogether. With three points for a win and one for a draw, the top team after the six matches would qualify for the Olympics. The period reserved for this playoff tournament was the FIFA women's international match date from 29 February to 9 March 2016. The four teams concerned would need to agree on the exact dates within this window. The tournament would be arranged in one of the four countries involved.


2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Format
On 22 July 2015 UEFA announced that the Netherlands would host the mini-tournament, with matches taking place between 2 and 9 March 2016.


2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Venues
Rotterdam and The Hague were confirmed as host cities by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) on 19 October 2015.


2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Qualified teams for Olympics
After the conclusion of the qualifying tournament, the following three teams from UEFA qualified for the Olympic football tournament.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
The 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 9th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual European international youth football championship contested by the women's under-17 national teams of UEFA member associations. Belarus, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 4 and 16 May 2016.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the UEFA representatives.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Qualification
The national teams from 47 UEFA member associations entered the competition, which was a record total, including Andorra who entered a UEFA women's competition for the first time. With Belarus automatically qualified as hosts, the other 46 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The final draw was held on 6 April 2016, 11:30 FET (UTC+3), at the Victoria Hotel in Minsk, Belarus. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Belarus were assigned to position A1 in the draw.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 7 April 2016.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Group stage
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage
There was a third place match (i.e., FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off) for this edition of the tournament as it was used as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (since expansion to eight teams).


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification
The 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification' was a women's under-17 football competition organised by UEFA to determine the seven national teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Belarus in the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification
A total of 46 national teams, with Andorra entering a UEFA women's competition for the first time, entered this qualifying competition, which was played in two rounds between September 2015 and March 2016. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
To determine the best runner-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 19 November 2014, 08:40 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, and two teams from Pot C. For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups
Times up to 24 October 2015 were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times were CET (UTC+1).


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The draw for the elite round was held on 13 November 2015, 11:45 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Germany and France, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
Times up to 26 March 2016 were CET (UTC+1), thereafter times were CEST (UTC+2).


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups, Group 6
Matches on the first two matchdays, originally to be played on 24 and 26 March, were postponed to 25 and 27 March due to terrorist attacks in Belgium.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the best second-placed team from the elite round qualifying for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Top goalscorers
The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
The 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (19th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the women's under-19 national teams of UEFA member associations. Slovakia, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 19 and 31 July 2016.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1997 eligible to participate.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualification
The national teams from 47 UEFA member associations entered the competition. With Slovakia automatically qualified as hosts, the other 46 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The final draw was held on 24 May 2016, 10:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Hotel Gate One in Bratislava, Slovakia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Slovakia were assigned to position A1 in the draw.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 1 June 2016.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Group stage
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Group stage, Group A
The match was abandoned after 50 minutes with the score 0–0 after heavy rain made the pitch unplayable. With France beating the Netherlands 2–1 elsewhere in the final round of group games, neither Norway nor Slovakia could have finished in the top two and reached the semi-finals. The match was therefore not concluded and the result stands at 0–0.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage
On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage, Final
The final was interrupted after the first half due to heavy rain and the resulting unfit terrain, and the second half began following a two-hour delay.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification
The 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification was a women's under-19 football competition organised by UEFA to determine the seven national teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Slovakia in the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification
A total of 46 national teams entered this qualifying competition, which was played in two rounds between September 2015 and April 2016. Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to participate.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
To determine the best runner-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 19 November 2014, 10:15 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups, Group 1
Switzerland's 23–0 win against Georgia was the biggest margin in competition history.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups, Group 10
The match was completed with a 1–1 scoreline before a 3–0 default victory was awarded to the Republic of Ireland due to Slovenia fielding an ineligible player.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The draw for the elite round was held on 13 November 2015, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. England and Spain, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the best second-placed team from the elite round qualifying for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account.


2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Top goalscorers
The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:


2016 UEFA Youth League Final
The 2016 UEFA Youth League Final was the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League, the 3rd season of the youth club football tournament. It was played at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland on 18 April 2016, between French side Paris Saint-Germain and English side Chelsea. Chelsea would end up winning 2–1.


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


2016 UEMOA Tournament
The 2016 UEMOA Tournament was a football tournament, that took place from 26 November to 3 December 2016.


2016 UFL Cup
The 2016 United Football League Cup is the sixth edition of the United Football League Cup which started on February 6 and ended on April 9, 2016. There will be no guest teams with all competing teams also participating in the main UFL competition as per mandate by the Philippine Football Federation. All competing clubs also had to field teams for youth competitions to be organized by the UFL.


2016 UFL Cup
The cup adopted a single round robin format with two groups followed by a knockout stage composing of the quarterfinals, semifinals and the final. There is also a foreign player limit of five in the matchday squad of each clubs.


2016 UFL Cup
Kaya are the defending champions. Global won the 2016 UFL Cup defeating Ceres in the final.


2016 UFL Cup, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on January 20, 2016.


2016 UFL Cup, Season Statistics, Tournament team rankings
Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2016 UFL Cup, Season Statistics, Hat-tricks
4Player scored four goals5Player scored five goals6Player scored six goals


2016 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The 2016 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 91st year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland and commenced with the category 2 Coronation Cup at Romford Greyhound Stadium which was shown live on Sky Sports. The final event was the Olympic at Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium.


2016 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The year was overshadowed by the ongoing saga regarding the uncertain future of the Greyhound Racing Association operated tracks of Wimbledon Stadium and Hall Green Stadium. An announcement was made that Wimbledon would close after the running of the 2016 English Greyhound Derby before a six-month reprieve arrived. However it was announced that the stadium would close in March 2017.


2016 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
Wimbledon's sister track Hall Green remained in danger of being closed following the 2014 sale to Euro Property Investments Ltd.


2016 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The premier competition of the year, the English Greyhound Derby, was won by Jaytee Jet  and the Irish Derby was taken by Rural Hawaii. Kevin Hutton secured his second successive trainers championship. Mark Wallis won the champion trainer trophy for a record eighth time passing the previous record of seven set by John 'Ginger' McGee Sr.


2016 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The year ended with two notable successes for Towcester, the first was being crowned BAGS/SIS Track Champions (greyhound racing's equivalent to footballs FA Cup and within days it was announced that the track would host the English Greyhound Derby for five years.


2016 UK Championship
The 2016 Betway UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 22 November to 4 December 2016 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the tenth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.


2016 UK Championship
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but he lost 3–6 in the first round to Peter Lines.


2016 UK Championship
In his last 64 match against Barry Hawkins, Fergal O'Brien made 5 centuries, setting up a new record in a best of 11 match.


2016 UK Championship
Mark Allen made the 124th official maximum break in the 7th frame of his last 64 match against Rod Lawler. It was Allen's first maximum break, and it was the fifth time in a row, that a maximum was made in a UK Championship.


2016 UK Championship
105 centuries were made during the tournament, breaking last year's record of 104, which included 10 from both Selby and O'Sullivan.


2016 UK Championship
Mark Selby claimed his second UK title by beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7 in the final. This was Selby's 10th ranking title. This also made him the sixth player to have completed the Triple Crown twice.


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


2016 UK Championship, Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000.


2016 UK Music Video Awards
The 2016 UK Music Video Awards were held on 20 October 2016 to recognise the best in music videos from United Kingdom and worldwide. The nominations were announced on 21 September 2016. English musician Jamie XX won Video of the Year with "Gosh",  directed by Romain Gavras.


2016 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories
Michael Kiwanuka – "Black Man in a White World"  (Director: Hiro Murai)


2016 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories
The Chemical Brothers ft. Beck – "Wide Open"  (Directors: Dom & Nic)


2016 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories
Valentino Khan – "Deep Down Low"  (Director: Ian Pons Jewell)


2016 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories
Tame Impala – "The Less I Know The Better"  (Directors: CANADA)


2016 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories
The Blaze – "Virile"  (Directors: Jonathan Alric & Guillaume Alric)


2016 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories
Run The Jewels ft. Gangsta Boo – "Love Again"  (Director: Ninian Doff)


2016 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories
Will Joseph Cook – "Take Me Dancing"  (Director: Rafe Jennings)


2016 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and technical categories
Run The Jewels ft. Gangsta Boo – "Love Again"  (Editor: Paul O'Reilly at Stitch)


2016 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and technical categories
The Chemical Brothers ft. Beck – "Wide Open"  (VFX Artist: The Mill London)


2016 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and technical categories
De Staat – "Witch Doctor"  (Animators: Floris Kaayk & Studio Smack)


2016 UK Music Video Awards, Live and interactive categories
Naïve New Beaters ft. Izia – "Heal Tomorrow"  (Director: Romain Chassaing)


2016 UK Music Video Awards, Live and interactive categories
Iggy Pop: Post Pop Depression Live At The Royal Albert Hall  (Director: Nick Wickham)


2016 UK Open
The 2016 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the fourteenth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competing in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the third time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 4–6 March 2016, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw will be staged after each round until the final.


2016 UK Open
In a repeat of last year's final, Michael van Gerwen beat Peter Wright to retain his title. During the tournament, he also hit a nine-dart finish against the then-unknown Rob Cross in the fourth round. Either side of that leg, he hit a 170 checkout, which also included a run of 19 perfect darts (treble 19, 2x treble 20, treble 19, 170 checkout (2x treble 20, bull), 9-dart leg (7x treble 20, treble 19, double 12), 2x treble 20, treble 19).


2016 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, UK Open Qualifiers
There were six qualifying events staged in February 2016 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:


2016 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, UK Open Qualifiers
The tournament featured 128 players. The results of the six qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit received a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 64 players (without ties in this year's edition) in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but started in the earlier rounds played on the Friday. A further 32 players qualify via regional qualifying tournaments.


2016 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, Riley qualifiers (starting in First Round)
32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.


2016 UK Open, Prize money
The prize fund remained like last year's edition prize fund at £300,000.


2016 UK Open, Media coverage
Like the 2015 tournament, the 2016 tournament was broadcast live in the UK on ITV4 and ITV4 HD.


2016 UMass Minutemen football team
The 2016 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This is their third year with head coach Mark Whipple. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Three home games were played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts and the other three games on the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium. This was UMass's first season as an independent. They finished the season 2–10.


2016 UNAF U-17 Tournament
The 2016 UNAF U-17 Tournament was the thirteenth edition of the UNAF U-17 Tournament. The tournament took place in Rabat, Morocco, from May 28 to June 4, 2016.


2016 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship
The 2016 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship (Spanish: 2016 Campeonato Interclubes Femenino de UNCAF) was the first edition of the UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship, Central America's women's club football championship organized by UNCAF. The tournament was played in San José, Costa Rica between 24 and 29 May 2016.


2016 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship
In the final, Moravia from Costa Rica defeated Unifut from Guatemala to win the inaugural title. All games were 80 minutes in duration.


2016 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship, Teams
A total of six teams from four of the seven UNCAF associations entered the tournament.


2016 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship, Venues
All matches were played at the Estadio Ernesto Rohrmoser (artificial turf) in San José.


2016 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship, Group stage
The six teams were divided into two groups of three. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.


2016 UNLV Rebels football team
The 2016 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels were led by second-year head coach Tony Sanchez and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 4–8 and 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for third place in the West Division.


2016 US Chess Championship
The 2016 US Chess Championship was played between April 13 and 30, 2016 in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis in Saint Louis, Missouri. The main tournament consisted of the top-3 US players in terms of FIDE ranking, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, and Fabiano Caruana. The other tournament participants included Gata Kamsky, Varuzhan Akobian, Alexander Shabalov, Alexander Onischuk, Aleksandr Lenderman, Samuel Shankland, Ray Robson, and juniors Akshat Chandra and Jeffery Xiong.


2016 US Chess Championship, Results
Fabiano Caruana won the championship with 8.5 points out of a maximum 11 (+6-0=5).


2016 US Chess Championship, Ultimate Blitz Challenge
In addition to the main tournament the 2016 U.S. Chess Championship also hosted an , a special exhibition blitz tournament. Former world champion Garry Kasparov played against the top three finishers of the 2016 U.S. Chess Championship. The top three finishers turned out to be the top three seeds, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Hikaru Nakamura. All three were ranked among the top 10 in the world at the time, so this tournament represents the first time Kasparov played against top chess players since his retirement in 2005. The total prize fund for the tournament was US$50,000, with individual prize breakdowns of $20,000, $15,000, $10,000, and $5,000 depending on final score.


2016 US Open (tennis)
The 2016 US Open was the 136th edition of tennis' US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City.


2016 US Open (tennis)
In the men's singles competition, Stan Wawrinka defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the final.


2016 US Open (tennis)
Angelique Kerber defeated Karolína Plíšková in the women's singles to become the first German player to win the tournament since Steffi Graf in 1996. 2015 women's singles champion Flavia Pennetta did not defend her title as she had retired at the end of the 2015 season.


2016 US Open (tennis)
This tournament turned out to be the last one in the career of former No.1 player in the world and 2008 French Open women's singles champion Ana Ivanovic, who announced her retirement from professional tennis at the end of the year.


2016 US Open (tennis), Tournament
The 2016 US Open was the 136th edition of the tournament and it was held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.


2016 US Open (tennis), Tournament
The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2016 ATP World Tour and the 2016 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There are also singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments.


2016 US Open (tennis), Tournament
In addition, the annual men's and women's Champions Invitational doubles events were held, with eight male and eight female former Grand Slam champions taking part. For the third year running, the American Collegiate Invitational competitions were organized, where top sixteen American collegiate players compete in men's and women's singles events. Exhibition matches also took place.


2016 US Open (tennis), Tournament
Due to the 2016 Summer Paralympics, no usual singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO tour under the Grand Slam category were played.


2016 US Open (tennis), Tournament
The tournament was played on hard courts and took place on a series of 17 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the three main showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium, and the new Grandstand. It was the first US Open played on courts with operational roofs: on centre court and on the newly built Grandstand stadium. The Ashe roof was expected to be used only for rain, unlike the Australian Open, which also closes its roof in cases of extreme heat. It was also the last tournament before the demolition of Louis Armstrong Stadium and the old Grandstand. Arthur Ashe Stadium and the new Grandstand would be the existing main stadiums for the 2017 edition.


2016 US Open (tennis), Tournament
For the second year running, the US Open was scheduled across 14 days, rather than the 15-day schedule of 2013 and 2014, which impacted all senior events. Women's singles semifinals have been scheduled for September 8 evening session, while men's singles semifinal matches was played on Friday September 9. The men's doubles final was played before the women's singles final on Saturday, September 10, and the men's singles final followed the women's doubles final on Sunday, September 11.


2016 US Open (tennis), Broadcast
In the United States, the 2016 US Open was the second under a new, 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster holds exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series. This means that the tournament was not available on broadcast television. This also makes ESPN the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for three of the four tennis majors.


2016 US Open (tennis), Broadcast
Live action from a total of twelve courts was available this year (Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium, Grandstand, Court 4, Court 5, Court 6, Court 9, Court 11, Court 12, Court 13, Court 17 and Court P6/Old Grandstand), an increase from eleven in 2015.


2016 US Open (tennis), Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.


2016 US Open (tennis), Point and prize money distribution, Prize money
The total prize-money compensation for the 2016 US Open is $46.3 million, a 10% increase on the same total last year. Of that total, a record $3.5 million goes to both the men's and women's singles champions. This made the US Open the most lucrative and highest paying tennis grand slam in the world, leapfrogging Wimbledon in total prize money fund. Prize money for the US Open qualifying tournament is also up 10 percent, to $1.9 million.


2016 US Open (tennis), Point and prize money distribution, Prize money
On top of listed above, $600,000 will contribute Champions Invitational events prize money, while $1,478,000 is estimated as players' per diem. A total of men's and women's singles prize money ($36,324,000) will account for more than 78% of total player compensation, while doubles ($5,463,000) and mixed doubles ($500,000) – for 12% and 1%, respectively.


2016 US Open (tennis), Point and prize money distribution, Prize money, Bonus prize money
The top three men's and top three women's finishers in the 2016 US Open Series also earn bonus prize money at the US Open, with the champions of the Series Bonus Challenge having the opportunity to win $1 million in addition to their tournament prize money.


2016 US Open (tennis), Singles seeds
Seeds are based on the ATP and WTA rankings as of 22 August 2016. Rank and points before are as of 29 August 2016.


2016 US Open (tennis), Singles seeds, Men's Singles
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


2016 US Open (tennis), Singles seeds, Women's Singles
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew or not entered from the event.


2016 US Open (tennis), Wild Card entries
The following players were given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.


2016 US Open (tennis), Qualifier entries
The qualifying competitions took place at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on 23 – 26 August 2016.


2016 US Open (tennis), Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2016 US Open (tennis), Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament but withdrew with injuries, suspensions and other reasons.


2016 US Open (tennis), Champions, Seniors, Men's Singles
The two players had met 23 times prior, with Djokovic winning on 19 occasions. This was Wawrinka's first appearance in the final of the tournament. Defending champion Djokovic started well, taking Wawrinka's first service game. Djokovic lost an opportunity to serve out the first set, and the set went into a tie-break. There Wawrinka won the third point but lost another seven, and Djokovic took the first set. In the second set, Wawrinka broke first to lead 3–1.


2016 US Open (tennis), Champions, Seniors, Men's Singles
Djokovic broke back and held serve to draw at 4–4, but lost his subsequent serve to allow Wawrinka to take the second set 6–4. Djokovic soon trailed 3–0 at the beginning of the third set but levelled it at 5–5. Wawrinka again broke serve in the final game to take the third set 7–5. Wawrinka started the fourth set like the last two, breaking Djokovic's first service game to lead 3–0. Djokovic received two medical timeouts midway through but was unable to prevent Wawrinka from winning the set 6–3 and his first US Open title.


2016 US Open (tennis), Champions, Seniors, Women's Singles
Kerber started the match as favorite to win, having assured the No. 1 women's ranking on 12 September. Plíšková reached her first grand slam final, having never previously made it past the third round, by beating home favorite Serena Williams in the semi-finals. Kerber started strongly, breaking Plíšková's first service game and won the first set 6–3 with another break in serve. Plíšková fought back, breaking midway into the second set to take it into a deciding set. In the third set, Plíšková broke Kerber's second service game to lead, before Kerber levelled the set at 3–3. With the match at 5–4, Plíšková served to stay in the match but Kerber won it in a love game to secure her first US Open title.


2016 US Open Lawn Bowls Championship
The 2016 US Open Lawn Bowls Championship was held at Sarasota Lawn Bowling Club, Florida, United States, in November 2016.


2016 US Open Series
In tennis, the 2016 US Open Series (known as Emirates Airline US Open Series for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth edition of the US Open Series, which included a group of hard court tournaments that started on July 18, 2016 in Stanford and concluded in Connecticut for the women and in Winston Salem for the men on August 27, 2016. This edition consisted of three separate men's tournaments and three women's tournaments, with the Western & Southern Open hosting both a men's and women's event. The series was headlined by two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and two WTA Premier 5 events.


2016 US Open Series, Point distribution for series events
In order to be included in the final standings and subsequently the bonus prize money, a player needs to have countable results from at least two different tournaments. Starting from the 2014 season, a new rule has been added to double the points of a player who has obtained countable results in at least three tournaments.


2016 US Open Series, Point distribution for series events
The top three men’s and top three women’s finishers all earn bonus prize money at the US Open, with the champions of the Series Bonus Challenge having the opportunity to win $1 million in bonus prize money in Flushing Meadows.


2016 US Open Series, Bonus prize money
Top three players in the 2016 US Open Series will receive bonus prize money, depending on where they finish in the 2016 US Open, according to money schedule below.


2016 US Open Series, Week 1, WTA – Bank of the West Classic (Stanford)
Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Båstad instead. Venus Williams was the number one seed. Catherine Bellis reached the quarterfinals of a WTA Premier tournament for the first time in her career, where she lost to Venus Williams. Johanna Konta won her first WTA title, defeating Williams in the final, 7–5, 5–7, 6–2. Williams was attempting to win her 3rd title in Stanford and her 50th title overall.


2016 US Open Series, Week 2, ATP – Rogers Cup (Toronto)
Andy Murray was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, citing a need to recover from recent tournaments.


2016 US Open Series, Week 2, ATP – Rogers Cup (Toronto)
Novak Djokovic won his 30th Masters 1000 title, defeating Kei Nishikori in the final, 6–3, 7–5. By reaching his 43rd Masters 1000 final, Djokovic broke the record he previously shared with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.


2016 US Open Series, Week 2, WTA – Rogers Cup (Montreal)
Belinda Bencic was the defending champion, but withdrew with a left wrist injury before the tournament began. Number one seed Serena Williams also withdrew prior to the tournament beginning.


2016 US Open Series, Week 2, WTA – Rogers Cup (Montreal)
Simona Halep won her fifth WTA Premier tournament, defeating Madison Keys in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–3.The win also moved Halep to the top of the US Open Series standings.


2016 US Open Series, Week 3, ATP – BB&T Atlanta Open
John Isner was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the final to Nick Kyrgios, 6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7).


2016 US Open Series, Week 4, ATP – Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati)
Roger Federer was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew because of a knee injury.


2016 US Open Series, Week 4, ATP – Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati)
Marin Čilić won his maiden Masters 1000 title by defeating Andy Murray in the final, 6–4, 7–5, ending his streak of 22-straight match wins dating back to the Queen's Club Championships.


2016 US Open Series, Week 4, WTA – Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati)
Angelique Kerber was in contention for the world No. 1 ranking, which she would have attained had she won the title. However, by losing in the final she remained No. 2.


2016 US Open Series, Week 4, WTA – Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati)
Karolína Plíšková won her first WTA Premier singles title, defeating Kerber in the final, 6–3, 6–1.


2016 US Open Series, Week 5, ATP – Winston-Salem Open
Kevin Anderson was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Jiří Veselý.


2016 US Open Series, Week 5, ATP – Winston-Salem Open
Pablo Carreño Busta won the title, defeating Roberto Bautista Agut in the final, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), 6–4.


2016 US Open Series, Week 5, WTA – Connecticut Open (New Haven)
Petra Kvitová was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Agnieszka Radwańska.


2016 US Open Series, Week 5, WTA – Connecticut Open (New Haven)
Agnieszka Radwańska won the title, defeating Elina Svitolina in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–3).


2016 US Open – Boys' Doubles
Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov were the defending champions, however Shapovalov withdrew due to injury. Auger-Aliassime played alongside Benjamin Sigouin, but lost in the final to Juan Carlos Aguilar and Felipe Meligeni Alves, 3–6, 6–7(4–7).


2016 US Open – Boys' Singles
Taylor Harry Fritz was the defending champion, but is no longer eligible to compete.


2016 US Open – Boys' Singles
Félix Auger-Aliassime won the title, defeating Miomir Kecmanović in the final, 6–3, 6–0.


2016 US Open – Girls' Doubles
Viktória Kužmová and Aleksandra Pospelova were the defending champions, however Pospelova was no longer eligible to compete. Kužmová played alongside Federica Bilardo, but lost in the first round to Nicole Frenkel and Sofia Kenin.


2016 US Open – Girls' Doubles
Jada Hart and Ena Shibahara won the title, defeating Kayla Day and Caroline Dolehide in the final, 4–6, 6–2, [13–11].


2016 US Open – Girls' Singles
Dalma Gálfi was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to compete.


2016 US Open – Girls' Singles
Kayla Day won the title, defeating Viktória Kužmová in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2016 US Open – Men's Champions Invitational
Pat Cash and Mark Philippoussis were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title, defeating John and Patrick McEnroe in the final 6–4, 6–3.


2016 US Open – Men's Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares.


2016 US Open – Men's Doubles
Murray and Soares went on to win the title, defeating Pablo Carreño Busta and Guillermo García-López in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2016 US Open – Men's Singles
Stan Wawrinka defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic, 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 7–5, 6–3 to capture the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2016 US Open. It was Wawrinka's third Grand Slam title. Wawrinka saved a match point against Dan Evans in the third round. As he had done en route to his two previous major titles, Wawrinka defeated the world No. 1 in the final. Djokovic also became the third man in the Open Era (after Ivan Lendl and Andy Murray) to lose five major finals at one event.


2016 US Open – Men's Singles
This was the first US Open since 1999 not to feature five-time champion Roger Federer. This was the first Grand Slam that Tomáš Berdych, then world number 8, missed ever since his debut at the 2003 US Open ending his streak of 52 consecutive Grand Slam appearances (sixth-highest of all-time). He withdrew due to appendicitis.


2016 US Open – Men's Singles
No American player was seeded inside the top 16 for the first time since the introduction of the seeding system in 1930. Juan Martín del Potro became the first wildcard to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon 2014.


2016 US Open – Men's Singles
This was the last major not won by one of the Big Three (Djokovic, Federer, and Rafael Nadal) until the 2020 US Open.


2016 US Open – Men's Singles
It was also the last Grand Slam tournament for former world No. 10 Juan Mónaco.


2016 US Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2016 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Martina Hingis and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to CoCo Vandeweghe and Rajeev Ram.


2016 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Laura Siegemund and Mate Pavić won the title, defeating Vandeweghe and Ram in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2016 US Open – Women's Champions Invitational
Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández were scheduled to play Tracy Austin and Gigi Fernández in the previous year's final. However, the match was canceled on 12 September due to rain and was not rescheduled.


2016 US Open – Women's Champions Invitational
Davenport and Fernández won the title this year, defeating Martina Navratilova and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2016 US Open – Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Mirza teamed up with Barbora Strýcová, but lost in the quarterfinals to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic. Hingis played alongside CoCo Vandeweghe, but lost in the semifinals to Garcia and Mladenovic.


2016 US Open – Women's Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová won the title, defeating Garcia and Mladenovic in the final, 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4. It was their third Grand Slam title together.


2016 US Open – Women's Singles
Angelique Kerber defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2016 US Open. It was her second major singles title. She became the first German to win the US Open since Steffi Graf in 1996. Kerber became the first player since Martina Hingis in 1997 to win both hard court majors in the same calendar year, having also won the Australian Open. Kerber also attained the world No. 1 ranking for the first time after Serena Williams failed to reach the final. In addition to Kerber and Williams, Garbiñe Muguruza and Agnieszka Radwańska were also in contention for the No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament.


2016 US Open – Women's Singles
Flavia Pennetta was the defending champion, but retired from the sport at the end of the 2015 season.


2016 US Open – Women's Singles
Plíšková became the first Czech woman to make the US Open final since 1993, and only the fourth player to beat both of the Williams sisters in the same major (she beat Venus Williams in the fourth round and Serena Williams in the semifinals).


2016 US Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams was attempting to set new Open Era records by winning a 23rd major singles title and a seventh US Open singles title, but she lost in the semifinals to Plíšková.


2016 US Open – Women's Singles
It was the last professional appearance for former world No. 1 and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic; she lost to Denisa Allertová in the first round. She would announce her retirement prior to the 2017 season because of ongoing injuries.


2016 US Open – Women's Singles
This was Venus Williams' 72nd main draw appearance at a major, surpassing the all-time record previously held by Amy Frazier.


2016 US Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2016 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 2016 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Organised by USA Track and Field (USATF), the two-day competition took place from March 11 to March 12 and served as the national championships in track and field for the United States. The meet serves for the selection of American representatives at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships to be held in the same facility one week later.


2016 USA Sevens
The 2016 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2016 Las Vegas Sevens) is the thirteenth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the fifth tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 4–6 March 2016 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the first time a World Rugby Sevens Series event was contested on artificial turf.


2016 USA Sevens, Format
Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Bowl/Shield brackets.


2016 USA Women's Sevens
The 2016 USA Sevens was the third tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 8–9 April 2016 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia. Australia won the tournament, defeating New Zealand by 24–19 in the final.


2016 USA Women's Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams will also compete in the Cup/Plate. The rest of the teams from each group went to the Bowl brackets.


2016 USAC National Midget Series
The 2016 USAC National Midget Championship is the 61st season of the USAC National Midget Championship. The series began with the Shamrock Classic at Southern Illinois Center on March 9, and ended with the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Perris Auto Speedway on November 24. Tracy Hines entered the season as the defending champion.


2016 USAC National Midget Series
The season was marred with tragedy after Bryan Clauson died from injuries sustained in a crash during Saturday's portion of the Belleville Midget Nationals. Tanner Thorson won the series championship driving for Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports.


2016 USAC Silver Crown Series
The 2016 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series season was the 45th season of the USAC Silver Crown Series. The series began with the Sumar Classic at the Terre Haute Action Track on April 3, and ended with the 4 Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway on September 24. Kody Swanson entered the 2016 season as the defending champion, and Chris Windom was the season champion.


2016 USAFL National Championships
The 2016 USAFL National Championships were the 20th installment of the premier United States annual Australian rules football club tournament. The tournament as held at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, on October 15–16. The tournament saw a total of 41 teams representing 34 USAFL clubs and three from AFL Canada.


2016 USAFL National Championships, Recap
The Austin Crows picked up their second consecutive Men's Division 1 premiership by sweeping the group stage and then defeating the Golden Gate Roos 39-13 in the Grand Final. The Roos' appearance in the Final was their first at the D1 level since 1999. Nolan Cox, brother of Collingwood Football Club player Mason Cox, was named most consistent for the tournament in helping the Crows to their third D1 flag in three years. Austin's 4-0 record completed a perfect 18-0 season, and extended their win streak to 23 games, the second longest in Men's USAFL history. Elsewhere, the Calgary Kangaroos won their second ever Division 2 title, the Portland Steelheads became the first D3 team to win back to back titles, and the Ohio Valley River Rats won their fifth Division 4 premiership.


2016 USAFL National Championships, Recap
In Women's Division 1, the Denver Lady Bulldogs saw their six-year streak of National Championships snapped, falling to the San Francisco Iron Maidens. The Maidens, who are the women's arm of the Golden Gate Australian Football League, beat Denver 9-6 in their first game on Sunday afternoon, then defeated the Minnesota Freeze 16-6 to finish the round robin competition at 4-0 to clinch the title. The Division 2 Women's competition, made up of three combined teams, was won by the team with players from the Portland Sockeyes, Seattle Grizzlies, Arizona Hawks, and Tampa Bay ARFC.


2016 USAFL National Championships, Recap
Special guests on the weekend were Hawthorn Football Club greats Dermott Brereton and Chris Wittman, who held a coaches clinic on the Friday before the tournament, and also provided broadcast commentary. A record 30 matches were broadcast live via the USAFL's YouTube channel, including all twelve Men's Division 1 group matches, all fifteen Women's Division matches, and the Men's Division 1, 2, and 3 Grand Finals.


2016 USARL season
The 2016 USA Rugby League season was the sixth season of the USA Rugby League National Premiership competition, and its second as the undisputed top-level rugby league competition in the United States. Fourteen teams competed for the National Championship. The season began on Saturday, June 4, and concluded with the Championship Final on Saturday, August 27, in Boston. The Philadelphia Fight won their fourth USARL Championship, defeating the Jacksonville Axemen 42-20.


2016 USARL season, Teams
The Connecticut Wildcats folded after the 2015 season, and were replaced by the White Plains Wombats


2016 USARL season, Regular season
Teams in the South Conference played 6 games on a double round-robin schedule. Teams in the North Conference played 8 games, primarily within their own division. A win was worth 2 points, a draw worth 1 point, and a loss worth 0 points. There were no bonus points for number of tries or close losses.


2016 USARL season, Playoffs
In the South Conference, the teams with the best and worst records, and the second- and third-best records, played each other in the South Conference Semi-Finals. The winners met in the South Conference Final. In the North Conference, the teams with the second-and third-best records in each division played each other in the North Conference Division Semi-Finals. The winners played the teams with the best records in their respective divisions in the North Conference Divisional Finals. The Winners of the Divisional Finals played in the North Conference Final. The winners of the Conference Finals met in the Championship Final.


2016 USARL season, All-Star Game
After the conclusion of the 2016 season, the USARL held the first annual All-Star Game, with two teams made up of the best players from each conference.


2016 USC Trojans football team
The 2016 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as part of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by head coach Clay Helton in his first full season after replacing Steve Sarkisian in the sixth game of the 2015 season. They finished the season 10–3, 7–2 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place in the South Division. They were invited to the Rose Bowl where they defeated Big 10 conference champion Penn State.


2016 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Returning starters
USC returns 32 starters in 2016, including 17 on offense, 13 on defense, and two on special teams.


2016 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Returning starters
Key departures include Cody Kessler (QB – 14 games), Tre Madden (TB – 6 games), Jahleel Pinner (FB – 4 games), Max Tuerk (C – 5 games), Antwaun Woods (NT – 13 games), Delvon Simmons (DT – 14 games), Greg Townsend Jr. (DE – 13 games), Claude Pelon (DE – 2 games), Su'a Cravens (LB – 14 games), Scott Felix (LB – 10 games), Anthony Sarao (LB – 13 games), Lamar Dawson (LB – 1 game), Kevon Seymour (CB – 4 games), Alex Wood (K – 13 games), Kris Albarado (P – 14 games).


2016 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Scholarship distribution chart
redshirt year used / redshirt year eligible / * : Former walk-on


2016 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Scholarship distribution chart
– 85 scholarships permitted, 79 currently allotted to players. (Note: Max Browne, E.J. Price, Noah Jefferson, Jabari Ruffin & Scott Felix is still "counts" for 2016, bringing the total to 84).


2016 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Scholarship distribution chart
– USC added one "blueshirt" who will count towards the class of 2017: Kicker Michael Brown.


2016 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Scholarship distribution chart
– USC can sign 25 players in the class of 2017.


2016 USC Trojans football team, Statistics, Defense
Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown


2016 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, College Sports Madness All-American Team
Zach Banner – OT – Senior (164th)Adoree' Jackson – CB – Junior (165th)


2016 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, PAC-12 All-Conference Team
Zach Banner – OT – SeniorChad Wheeler – OT – SeniorAdoree' Jackson – CB & PR – Junior


2016 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, PAC-12 All-Conference Team
Ronald Jones II – TB – SophomoreJuJu Smith-Schuster – WR – JuniorDamien Mama – OG – JuniorStevie Tu'ikolovatu – DT – SeniorCameron Smith – ILB – Sophomore


2016 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, PAC-12 All-Conference Team
Sam Darnold – QB –  FreshmanDarreus Rogers – WR – SeniorDaniel Imatorbhebhe – TE –  FreshmanRasheem Green – DT – SophomorePorter Gustin – DE – SophomoreMichael Hutchings – ILB – SeniorIman Marshall – CB – SophomoreChris Hawkins – S – JuniorLeon McQuay III – S – Senior


2016 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, PAC-12 All-Freshman Team
Sam Darnold – QB –  FreshmanDaniel Imatorbhebhe – TE –  Freshman


2016 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, PAC-12 All-Academic Team
Sam Darnold – QB –  FreshmanMax Browne – QB –  JuniorMatt Boermeester – K –  JuniorChris Tilbey – P –  Sophomore


2016 USL Playoffs
The 2016 USL Playoffs is a  postseason tournament following the 2016 United Soccer League regular season, the second since the league rebranded for the 2015 season. Including USL Pro history, it is the fifth postseason tournament. The tournament began on September 30 and will last until October 23.


2016 USL Playoffs
Sixteen teams (top 8 per conference) will compete, up from 12 last season, in the single elimination tournament. Teams will be seeded one through eight in each conference. The conference semifinal winners will play against each other in the Conference Championship, which will serve as the overall semifinals for the playoff. The winners of the Eastern and Western Conference Championship will play for the championship. The winner of the playoffs will be crowned league champion with the USL Cup.


2016 USL Playoffs, USL Conference standings
The top 8 teams from each conference advance to the USL playoffs.


2016 USL season
The 2016 USL season was the sixth season of the United Soccer League and the twenty-second season of USSF sanctioned Division III play organized by the United Soccer Leagues.


2016 USL season
On August 6, 2015, the league announced that the season would consist of 30 games rather than 28 games played from 2013–2015. This was the first increase in the number of games since the league went from 24 games per season in 2012 to 28 games in 2013.


2016 USL season
The league expanded from 24 to 29 teams in 2016. Six franchises were officially announced by the league: Swope Park Rangers, Orlando City B, Rio Grande Valley FC, FC Cincinnati, Bethlehem Steel FC, and San Antonio FC. The Austin Aztex were on hiatus for the 2016 season, due to stadium availability issues, but planned to return in 2017 pending construction of a new, soccer-specific stadium.


2016 USL season, Other venues
The Real Monarchs played three home games at other sites while Rio Tinto Stadium was being resurfaced: Aces Ballpark in Reno, Nevada, Clyde Field at Utah Valley University and Ute Soccer Field at The University of Utah in Salt Lake City.


2016 USL season, Other venues
Rio Grande Valley FC Toros played their first three games at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Soccer Complex while their stadium was being completed.


2016 USL season, Other venues
The September 7 game between New York Red Bulls II and Harrisburg City Islanders was played at Pucillo Field at Millersville University in Millersville, Pennsylvania.


2016 USL season, Relationships with MLS clubs
There are 11 USL teams owned and operated by MLS clubs and 9 USL-MLS affiliations among the 29 USL clubs.


2016 USL season, Relationships with MLS clubs
The two relationship types are treated the same by Major League Soccer.


2016 USL season, Competition Format
The season started on March 25 and ended on September 25. The top eight finishers in each conference qualify for the playoffs.


2016 USL season, Playoffs
The team with the best record across both conferences earned the 2016 USL Regular Season title. The top eight teams in each conference advanced to the 2016 USL Playoffs, which were a single-elimination bracket crown two conference champions. The two conference champions advanced to the 2016 USL Championship.


2016 USL season, Playoffs
The playoffs took place over the course of four weeks. The fixed seed format concluded with the USL Championship, which was held at the venue of the conference champion with the best regular season record.


2016 USL season, Attendance
The following table shows average home attendances, ranked from highest to lowest.


2016 USL season, Attendance
† One New York Red Bulls II home game was moved to Millersville, Pennsylvania because of a scheduling conflict.


2016 USL season, League Awards, All-League Teams
F: Brandon Allen (NYRB), Jack McBean (LAG), Sean Okoli (CIN)M: Danny Barrera (SAC), Villyan Bijev (POR),  Enzo Martinez (CHA)D: Harrison Delbridge (CIN), Amer Didic (SPR),  Aaron Long (NYRB), Hugh Roberts (RIC)G: Mitch Hildebrandt (CIN)


2016 USL season, League Awards, All-League Teams
F: Irvin Herrera (STL), Corey Hertzog (PIT), Cameron Iwasa (SAC)M: Jose Barril (HAR), Kenardo Forbes (ROC), Yudai Imura (RIC)D: Zach Carroll (NYRB), Joe Farrell (ROC),  Bruno Perone (WIL), Josh Suggs (COL)G: Devala Gorrick (COL)


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The 2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 79th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2016-17 began on September 4, 2016 and the host school for the season was also UST.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The Tigers finished eighth and last at the end of the double-round eliminations, winning three games against eleven losses. It was the most number of losses in a season for the Growling Tigers since the final four format began in 1993.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
They had an average winning margin of 3.7 points and an average losing margin of 16.2 points. Three of their losses were by blowouts, once to the Adamson Falcons in the first round by 27 points, and twice to the De La Salle Green Archers by 38 and 43 points respectively.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
Second year guard Marvin Lee was chosen Player of the Week by the UAAP Press Corps in the second round of eliminations for the duration of October 12-16.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes
With the graduation of Kevin Ferrer, Ed Daquioag and Cameroonian Karim Abdul, sports analysts have predicted UST to miss out on a final four finish in Season 79.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching changes
Boy Sablan replaced Bong dela Cruz as the head coach following controversies surrounding the latter.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching changes
Almost two months after falling short of winning the title against the FEU Tamaraws in the UAAP Season 78 men's basketball finals, Dela Cruz became the subject of an administrative investigation stemming from complaints of physical and verbal abuse that he allegedly made against some of the players in the roster.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching changes
Short of calling it a preventive suspension, the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) through their director Fr. Ermito de Sagon, have asked him to inhibit himself from team activities until after investigations were completed and a decision on his tenure has been made.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching changes
As a result, Dela Cruz stopped attending team practices beginning January 25, 2016.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching changes
Rumors surfaced that Bal David was among those who were being considered to replace Dela Cruz, but eventually, it was Sablan who was selected to be the new coach in late May where he signed a one-year contract for the upcoming UAAP Season 79 basketball tournament to be hosted by UST.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching changes
Dela Cruz was not terminated, but instead, management decided to no longer renew his contract which expired on June 1, 2016.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching changes
Sablan was a Glowing Goldies teammate of former PBA player Pido Jarencio in the 1980s, who he also served under when he was the head coach of the Tigers from 2006 until 2013.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching changes, Coaching staff
The members of the Growling Tigers' new coaching staff were:


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues
Before the start of the season, the UAAP came out with a new ruling that would lower the age limit of student-athletes from the previously-accepted 25 years to 24 years. This would mean that two of the three graduating Growling Tigers would be considered overaged for the upcoming UAAP tournament.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues
Team captain Louie Vigil, Fil-Canadian point guard Jon Sheriff and forward Kent Lao were on their final playing year in the Tigers roster, but only Vigil and Sheriff would be affected by the new rule. Sheriff turned 25 on July 31, while Vigil would be the same age on September 26.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues
Vigil was already considering signing up for the PBA rookie draft in October when the UAAP decided to defer implementation of the said rule. Protests lodged by concerned schools and affected athletes were instrumental in the reversion of the age eligibility rules. This was announced after the UAAP board of trustees convened in their annual planning session in Spain.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, UAAP Season 79 games results
Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on ABS-CBN Sports and Action.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
Reeling from one of their worst finishes in the UAAP Men's basketball tournament, the UST faithful were eagerly awaiting Steve Akomo's completion of his residency so that he can finally suit up for the Tigers and lead them back to their winning ways.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
The Cameroonian center has proven to be a reliable reinforcement when he led the University of the Visayas to the CESAFI finals in 2012 against Ben Mbala who was then playing for Southwestern University.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
During the Adamson-UST post-game interview at the MOA Arena last November 9, UST coach Boy Sablan introduced Akomo to the press as the go-to guy for the Tigers alongside Joco Macasaet, Zach Huang and Regie Boy Basibas in their UAAP campaign for the next season.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
Macasaet, Huang, and Basibas, who were all in their second playing year, started the game for UST against the Falcons, while the veteran group of Louie Vigil, Kent Lao, Marvin Lee and Renzo Subido were benched, allegedly for disciplinary reasons. Sablan justified the action by saying that he was giving the fans a preview of the Tigers' future brand of basketball, in reference to the trio and Akomo.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
Former head coach Pido Jarencio, who gave the Tigers the 2006 UAAP Championship title and a back-to-back finals appearances in 2012 and 2013, indirectly gave the UST community a glimmer of hope when he sent out a controversial tweet from his social media account on December 6.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
The message reads, "I am just a call away," and a follow-up tweet had Jarencio exclaiming, "let's bring back the glory!"


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
Fans were quick to attribute his messages to the dismal performance of the team in the tournament, which was quite the opposite of their finals run the previous year. Jarencio later confirmed in interviews that he was actually willing to come back to coach the team on two conditions: if the position for head coach became vacant and if the management and the UST community wanted him back.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
Jarencio resigned as UST's head coach in January 2014 in exchange for a coaching job in the PBA.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
On May 4, Renzo Subido announced his plan to skip the upcoming UAAP Season 80 basketball tournament. In a Twitter post, he explained how he was dissatisfied with the way that he has played during the course of his three-year college career. He also added that he planned to join the PBA D-League where he was hoping to improve his skills.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
A week later, Mario Bonleon made a similar tweet about taking time off from the team. On May 11, he had cited experiencing burnout as one of the reasons for wanting to leave the team. He also expressed his intention to join a D-League team during his time away from the Tigers.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
The Growling Tigers joined the Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup in the summer, but failed to make it past the elimination round, losing 7 games against only 1 win. This was highlighted by a 39-point loss to the LPU Pirates.


2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
Because of the Tigers' poor showing in the tournament, various reports began to circulate about some players' growing dissatisfaction with their head coach, which resulted to speculations that Coach Boy Sablan was on his way out as the team's chief tactician.