2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Nada
Under the influence of a trough, a low-pressure area formed in the extreme southeastern part of the Bay of Bengal in late November. The low-pressure area slowly consolidated, until it strengthened into Depression BOB 05 on 29 November. This was followed by the JTWC issuing a TCFA for the system, while the storm quickly intensified into a deep depression. Remaining as a deep depression for only a short time, the storm quickly intensified into a cyclonic storm, and was named Nada by the IMD.


2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Nada
Shortly thereafter, the storm reached its peak intensity, with sustained winds exceeding 75 km/h (45 mph) and a minimum central pressure of 1,000 mbar (29.53 inHg). Over the next two days, the storm encountered high wind shear, which combined with land interaction, caused the storm to rapidly weaken. Nada later made landfall on the coast of Tamil Nadu, near Karaikal, as a depression. Soon after landfall, the system was last noted as a well-marked low-pressure area over southern Karnataka, on 2 December.


2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Nada
In the wake of Nada, the schools in Tamil Nadu declared a two-day holiday, in order to be available as cyclone shelters. Heavy rainfall lashed southern India and Sri Lanka. Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu recorded 110 mm (4.3 in) rainfall within 24 hours on 2 December. Jaffna, Sri Lanka also reported 110 mm (4.3 in) of rainfall. Tirupati airport Recorded a total of 272 mm (10.7 in), which was highest total from the cyclone. 12 deaths were reported, due to incidents related to the storm.


2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Vardah
Under the influence of a persistent area of convection, a low-pressure area formed over the Malay Peninsula, adjoining north Sumatra, in early December 2016. The low-pressure area developed as a tropical disturbance over the next several days, as it slowly moved towards the southeast Bay of Bengal. On 6 December, The IMD classified the system as Depression BOB 06, as it had sufficiently organized itself, with sustained winds of 45 km/h (30 mph). Owing to low wind shear and favorable sea surface temperatures, the storm intensified into a deep depression on the following day. Skirting off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as a deep depression, BOB 06 was upgraded to a cyclonic storm by the IMD and JTWC, in the early hours of 8 December, and was assigned the name Vardah by the IMD.


2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Vardah
With conditions favorable for further development, Vardah intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on 9 December. Although predicted to maintain its intensity, Vardah strengthened further, as it followed a generally west-northwestward track, prompting the IMD to upgrade its intensity to very severe cyclonic storm status, on 10 December. Gradually intensifying as it moved westward, Vardah reached its peak intensity on 11 December, with maximum 3-minute sustained winds of 130 km/h (80 mph), and a minimum central pressure of 975 mbar (28.79 inHg).


2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Vardah
On 12 December, Vardah made landfall in southern India and weakened rapidly, before weakening into a remnant low on 13 December. On 14 December, the remnants of Cyclone Vardah crossed the Indian Subcontinent and entered the Arabian Sea on 14 December. Owing to warm sea surface temperatures, the system regenerated into a depression on 17 December, with the IMD assigning the storm a new identifier, ARB 02.


2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Vardah
Vardah brought heavy rainfall to Andaman and Nicobar Islands as a deep depression. Hut Bay recorded 166 mm (6.5 in) of rainfall on 6 December, while Port Blair recorded 167 mm (6.6 in) of rainfall on 7 December. More than 1,400 tourists were stranded on the Havelock and Neil islands of the archipelago. The cyclone prompted India's largest evacuation in 2 years, with 16,000 people evacuated. 24 deaths related to the cyclone were reported in the State of Tamil Nadu. The cyclone dumped extreme amounts of rainfall within 24 hours after making landfall, at 382 mm (15.0 in) in Sathyabama University, Chennai, and 341 mm (13.4 in) in Katupakkam, a suburb of Chennai.


2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression ARB 02
The remnants of Cyclone Vardah crossed the Indian Subcontinent and entered the Arabian Sea on 14 December. Owing to warm sea surface temperatures, the system regenerated into a depression on 17 December, with the IMD assigning the storm a new identifier, ARB 02. On the next day, the system entered an area marked by colder sea surface temperatures and high wind shear, causing it to rapidly weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area, just off the coast of Somalia.


2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Storm names
Within this basin, a tropical cyclone is assigned a name when it is judged to have reached Cyclonic Storm intensity with winds of 65 km/h (40 mph).


2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season effects
This is a table of all storms in the 2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. It mentions all of the season's storms and their names, duration, peak intensities (according to the IMD storm scale), damage, and death totals. Damage and death totals include the damage and deaths caused when that storm was a precursor wave or extratropical low, and all of the damage figures are in 2016 USD.


2016 North Korean floods
The 2016 North Korean floods began in late-August 2016 as a consequence of Typhoon Lionrock, killing at least 525 people, destroying more than 35,000 homes, and leaving over 100,000 people homeless, mainly in the North Hamgyong Province. The floods occurred when the Tumen River, near the borders with China and Russia, broke its banks, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Red Cross.


2016 North Korean floods
A UN official in North Korea said the scale of the disaster was "beyond anything experienced by local officials".


2016 North Korean floods
According to a statement published on 11 September 2016, by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea's official state media, the country's northeast has been affected by the "heaviest downpour" since 1945, with "tens of thousands" of buildings destroyed and people left homeless and "suffering from great hardship".


2016 North Korean floods, Typhoon Lionrock
Lionrock merged with a low-pressure system and resulted in very heavy rains over a three-day period (August 29–31) in North Korea, with as much as 12.6 in (320 mm) deluging one county in the province of North Hamgyong. In Hoeryong, a number of school teachers died while trying to carry the portraits of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il to safety during the floods, resulting in children being orphaned.


2016 North Korean floods, Response
In response to the floods, the North Korean government sent workers and the Korean People's Army to clear roads and restore communications in the hardest hit areas. About 1,000 volunteers from the local Red Cross chapter helped local workers in search and rescue missions. The agency had relief supplies for about 20,000 people, including tarpaulins, tents, kitchen sets, and water purification tablets. Red Cross workers coordinated with members of the international delegation between September 3–6, resulting in increased resources for health services. The World Food Programme provided emergency food rations for 140,000 people. The European Union donated 300,000 euros in flood relief.


2016 North Melbourne Football Club season
The 2016 AFL season was the 91st season in the Australian Football League (AFL) contested by the North Melbourne Football Club.


2016 North Melbourne Football Club season, Squad for 2016
Statistics are correct as of end of 2015 season. Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.


2016 North Melbourne Football Club season, Playing list changes
The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2015 season and the beginning of the 2016 season.


2016 North Melbourne Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Debuts
1Had previously played for another club but played their first match for the North Melbourne.


2016 North Queensland Cowboys season
The 2016 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 22nd in the club's history and their first as defending premiers. Coached by Paul Green and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership. In the pre-season the Cowboys competed in the 2016 Auckland Nines tournament, reaching the quarter-finals. The team finished the regular season in 4th, losing in the preliminary final to the eventual premiers, the Cronulla Sharks.


2016 North Queensland Cowboys season, Ladder
1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.


2016 North Queensland Cowboys season, Fixtures, NRL Auckland Nines
The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The Cowboys, whose side featured a returning Matthew Bowen, finished first in their pool before being eliminated by the Melbourne Storm in the quarter finals.


2016 North Queensland Cowboys season, Representatives
The following players have played a representative match in 2016.


2016 North Texas Mean Green football team
The 2016 North Texas Mean Green football team represented University of North Texas in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mean Green played their home games at the Apogee Stadium in Denton, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by first-year head coach Seth Littrell. They finished the season 5–8, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. Because there were not enough 6-win bowl eligible teams, they received a bowl invitation as a 5–7 team with the highest APR score. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl where they lost to Army in overtime.


2016 North Texas Mean Green football team, Schedule
North Texas announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Mean Green will host C–USA foes Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, and Southern Miss, and will travel to Rice, UTEP, UTSA, and Western Kentucky (WKU).


2016 North Texas Mean Green football team, Schedule
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Bethune-Cookman from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and SMU from the American Athletic Conference, and two road games against Army and Florida from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).


2016 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, Bethune–Cookman
After falling to FCS Portland State 66–7 the previous season, the Mean Green soundly beat FCS Bethune–Cookman 41–20. Mason Fine entered the game as North Texas's quarterback midway through the 3rd quarter following an Alec Morris interception that was returned for a touchdown. Fine would later be named as the starter for the Mean Green.


2016 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, at Rice
The Mean Green traveled to Houston to open up conference play against the Rice Owls. UNT won over Rive 42–35 in double overtime after trailing 17–0. With the win, the Mean Green improved to an overall record of 2–2, and surpassed their win total from the previous season.


2016 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, Marshall
Marshall entered the game with a 76.6% win probability against North Texas, but the Mean Green came out on top over the Thundering Herd with a 38–21 victory. This is North Texas's first ever win over Marshall.


2016 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, at WKU
at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, Kentucky


2016 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2016 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2016 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
All of the seats being contested were last contested in 2012, and these results are compared to the  results of 2015.


2016 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2016 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Candidates by party
There are a total of 67 candidates standing across the 20 seats - an average of 3.35 in each ward. The Labour Party and  Conservative Party are both fielding a full slate of 20 candidates. The United Kingdom Independence Party are fielding 16 candidates. There are 4 candidates representing the Liberal Democrats and 3 representing the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and standing as Independent candidates respectively. 1 candidate is representing the Green Party.


2016 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Candidates by party
Since the last local election in 2015, the number of candidates representing Labour, the Conservatives, and the TUSC was unchanged. Independent candidates increased by 3, the Liberal Democrats had an increase of 1 candidate, and the Green Party and United Kingdom Independence Party both had a decrease of 4 candidates.


2016 NorthEast United FC season
The 2016 NorthEast United FC season was the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League.


2016 NorthEast United FC season, Background
After the end of the 2014 ISL season, NorthEast United parted ways with their inaugural season head coach, Ricki Herbert. Soon after, César Farías, was named as the new head coach for the 2015 season. The season began for NorthEast United with a 3–1 loss to the Kerala Blasters on 6 October. The team ended the season with six wins through fourteen matches and almost qualified for the finals but were two points short.


2016 NorthEast United FC season, Transfers, End-season, Out
List of players transferred or released from the club after 2016 Indian Super League season.


2016 NorthEast United FC season, Transfers, End-season, Loan out
After the end of 2016 Indian Super League season majority of domestic players from NorthEast United were loaned by I-League clubs for 2016–17 season.


2016 NorthEast United FC season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2016 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 26 and ended on May 28, 2016 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four teams finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. Bryant won their third tournament championship in four years to earn the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2016 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament
Entering the event, Central Connecticut and defending champion Sacred Heart had won the most tournament championships among current members, while Fairleigh Dickinson and LIU Brooklyn had never won a championship.


2016 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular season winning percentage. They will then play a double-elimination tournament.


2016 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Cole Fabio was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Fabio was a junior second baseman who recorded four hits, four walks, three RBI and a tournament-high seven runs scored in the event.


2016 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 2–8, 2016. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds, with higher seed hosting all games. The winners of the tournament, Fairleigh Dickinson, will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament. This is Fairleigh Dickinson's fifth Championship.


2016 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
For the twelfth straight year, the NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams were reseeded so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.


2016 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded based on the final regular season standings, with ties broken under an NEC policy.


2016 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
Teams were reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.


2016 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed


2016 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 6, 9, and 13, 2016. The 2016 Northeast Conference Tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. The tourney opened on March 6 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on March 9, and the finals on March 13.


2016 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed


2016 Northeast Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 Northeast Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Northeast Conference to be held from November 4 to 6, 2016. The three match tournament will be held at the Stokes Soccerplex in Loretto, Pennsylvania. The four team single-elimination tournament will consist of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Fairleigh Dickinson Knights are the defending tournament champions after defeating the Robert Morris Colonials in the championship match.


2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer season
The 2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer season was the 36th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.


2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer season
The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds are the defending regular season and tournament champions.


2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer season
St. Francis Brooklyn won the Regular Season Championship by going 6-0-1 in conference play and won the Tournament Championship by defeating Sacred Heart and Saint Francis (PA). St. Francis Brooklyn will play against Dartmouth in the NCAA Tournament.


2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer season, Regular season, Player of the week
Throughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named a player of the week and a freshman of the week each Monday.


2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, NEC Tournament
The 2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer tournament was held at Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, NY, the home of St. Francis Brooklyn. The semifinals took place on November 11 and the championship on November 13.


2016 Northeastern State RiverHawks football team
The 2016 Northeastern State RiverHawks football team represented Northeastern State University in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. The RiverHawks played their home games on Gable Field in Doc Wadley Stadium in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, as they have done since 1915. 2016 was the 102nd season in school history. The RiverHawks were led by third-year head coach, Rob Robinson. Northeastern State has been a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association since 2012.


2016 Northeastern State RiverHawks football team, Preseason
The RiverHawks entered the 2016 season after finishing 3–8 both overall and in conference play in 2015. On August 2, 2016 at the MIAA Football Media Day, the RiverHawks were chosen to finish in 9th place in the Coaches Poll, and 10th in the Media Poll.


2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
The 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2016 Northern Colorado Bears football team
The 2016 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2016 Northern European Gymnastics Championships
The 2016 Northern European Gymnastics Championships was an artistic gymnastics competition held in the city of Trondheim in Norway. The event was held between 22 and 23 October.


2016 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The 2016 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies competed in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Rod Carey. They played their home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois. They finished the season 5–7, 5–3 in MAC play to finish in third place in the West Division.


2016 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Previous season
The Huskies finished the 2015 season 8–6, 6–2 in MAC play to finish in a four-way tie for the West Division title. They represented the West Division in the MAC Championship Game where they lost to Bowling Green. They were invited to the Poinsettia Bowl where they lost to Boise State.


2016 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Preseason
For the second straight year, the Huskies were picked to finish third in the division in 2016 in the poll released during the 2016 MAC Media Day at Ford Field in Detroit.


2016 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, Wyoming
The Cowboys beat the Huskies in triple overtime, 40–34. NIU quarterback Drew Hare went 24-for-39 for 327 yards, with three touchdowns and no interceptions. Receiver Kenny Golladay gained 144 yards on 10 catches with one touchdown and got 82 yards and another touchdown rushing. However, the Huskies had 12 penalties for 108 yards. The game was scheduled to start at 8:30 p.m. Mountain Time, but began almost two hours late due to lightning. The game ended at 2:35 a.m. MT, which was 3:35 a.m. for NIU fans back in Illinois.


2016 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Game summaries, Toledo
The Huskies lost to the Rockets 31–24. The loss eliminated Northern Illinois from bowl game eligibility, ending their conference-record streak of eight straight bowl games. NIU had beaten Toledo in their six previous matchups. This was the first football game ever played at Guaranteed Rate Field, the recently-renamed stadium of the Chicago White Sox.


2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
The 2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Mark Farley in his sixteenth season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.


2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election
The 2016 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly was held on 5 May 2016. It was the fifth election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. 1,281,595 individuals were registered to vote in the election (representing an increase of 5.9% compared to the previous Assembly election). Turnout in the 2016 Assembly election was 703,744 (54.9%), a decline of less than one percentage point from the previous Assembly Election in 2011, but down 15 percentage points from the first election to the Assembly held in 1998.


2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election
As in the 2007 and 2011 elections, the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin won the most seats, with the DUP winning 38 and Sinn Féin winning 28 of the available 108 seats. The Ulster Unionist Party won 16 seats, the Social Democratic and Labour Party 12 and the Alliance 8, while two seats were won by the Green Party and People Before Profit. The Traditional Unionist Voice and an independent candidate each won one seat.


2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Change of date
Under the Northern Ireland Act 1998, elections to the Assembly were originally for a four-year term; thus there would have been an election due in May 2015, four years after the 2011 election. Following the introduction of the UK Fixed Term Parliaments Act, this date would have clashed with the 2015 UK general election. The Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections were postponed for a year to 2016 to avoid this clash.


2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Change of date
In May 2013, Theresa Villiers, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, announced the next Assembly election would be postponed to May 2016, and would be held at fixed intervals of five years thereafter. Section 7 of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 specifies that elections will be held on the first Thursday in May on the fifth (rather than fourth, as previously) calendar year following that in which its predecessor was elected.


2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, End of dual mandate
The Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 also ends the practice of dual mandate, prohibiting someone being elected to the assembly who is also a member of the House of Commons or Dáil Éireann. At the time the Act was passed, there were three such dual-members: the DUP's Sammy Wilson (MP for East Antrim and MLA for East Antrim) and Gregory Campbell (MP for East Londonderry and MLA for East Londonderry) and the SDLP's Alasdair McDonnell (MP for Belfast South and MLA for Belfast South). Wilson and McDonnell resigned from the Assembly after being re-elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 election. Campbell, who was also re-elected as an MP, is retiring from the Assembly at this election.


2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Earlier dissolution
There are several circumstances in which the Assembly could be dissolved before the date scheduled by virtue of section 31(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.


2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Earlier dissolution, Dissolution motion
Under section 32 of the 1998 Act, the Assembly can be dissolved if a resolution to such an effect is passed by the Assembly, with support of 72 or more members.


2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Earlier dissolution, Failure to elect the First or deputy First Ministers
The Act provides that if the Assembly fails to elect either the First Minister or deputy First Minister within six weeks, an election is called. Since the enactment of the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006, the First Minister has been nominated by the largest party of the largest community designation, and the deputy First Minister has been nominated by the largest party in the second largest community designation ("Nationalist", "Unionist" or "Other").


2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Earlier dissolution, New Executive Departments
It was proposed that after the May 2016 Election there be a reduction in the number of ministries and departments. The amendments were:


2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Candidates
Nominations opened on 30 March 2016 for the assembly election. A full list of candidates is available.


2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Results, Distribution of seats by constituency
Party affiliation of the six Assembly members returned by each constituency. The first column indicates the party of the Member of the House of Commons (MP) returned by the corresponding parliamentary constituency in the general election of 7 May 2015 (under the "first past the post" method).


2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Results, Distribution of seats by constituency
(The constituencies are arranged here in rough geographical order around Lough Neagh from Antrim to Londonderry. To see them in alphabetical order, click the small square icon after "Constituency"; to restore this geographical order, click the icon after "No." at the left.)


2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Results, Share of first-preference votes
Percentage of each constituency's first-preference votes. Four highest percentages in each constituency shaded; absolute majorities underlined. The constituencies are arranged in the geographic order described for the table above; click the icon next to "Constituency" to see them in alphabetical order.


2016 Northern Ireland Open
The 2016 Coral Northern Ireland Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 20 November 2016 at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.


2016 Northern Ireland Open
This was the inaugural Northern Ireland Open event, being held as part of a new Home Nations Series introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the existing Welsh Open and new English Open and Scottish Open tournaments. The winner of the Northern Ireland Open is awarded the Alex Higgins Trophy which is named in honour of Northern Irish two-time World Champion Alex Higgins.


2016 Northern Ireland Open
John Higgins made the 123rd official maximum break in the fifth frame of his last 64 match against Sam Craigie. It was Higgins' eight professional maximum break.


2016 Northern Ireland Open
Mark King won the first ranking title of his career by defeating Barry Hawkins 9–8 in the final.


2016 Northern Ireland Open, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2016 Northern Ireland Open, Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000.


2016 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses
The Northern Mariana Islands Republican Caucuses took place on March 15, 2016, also dubbed "Super Tuesday II." Caucus attendees sent 9 delegates to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio on behalf of the Northern Mariana Islands.


2016 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses, Procedure
The caucus selected 6 of the 9 delegates to attend the RNC along with six alternatives, all of whom were previously designated by a caucus subcommittee. Bo Palacios, National Committeeman, Vicky Villagomez, the National Committeewoman, and James Ada, the Chairman of the CNMI Republican Party comprised the other three delegates, all of whom were expected to vote for the winning candidate alongside the 6 chosen delegates. These delegates received an at-large designation and were bound for the first ballot at the RNC but free to vote individually in any successive ballots. In the chance that the chosen candidate withdrew prior to the RNC, the delegates decided which candidate to support as a group.


2016 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses, Polling
Polling sites were spread between the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota and the meetings were conducted between 6:30 and 8 p.m. on the evening of March 15. Participation in the caucus was limited to official CNMI Republican Party members with a valid photo ID or voter registration card.


2016 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses, Representation and endorsement
Three candidates, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, and Donald Trump sent representatives to present their respective platform, marking the second commonwealth Republican caucus in history to receive candidate representatives. Newly appointed Governor Ralph Torres publicly backed Donald Trump as he stated that "He is the only candidate that I believe would give the attention we need in the White House."


2016 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses, Results
The results of the voting period were decisive, handing Donald Trump 72.82% of the vote at 343 votes and transferring all 9 delegates to his cause at the Republican National Convention. Rounding out the voting totals was Ted Cruz at 23.99%, or 113 votes, John Kasich with 10 votes, and Marco Rubio with 5 votes out of the 471 votes cast.


2016 Northern NSW Football season
The 2016 Northern NSW Football season was the third season under the new competition format in northern New South Wales. The competition consisted of six divisions across the district. As Premiers for the NPL Northern NSW, Edgeworth Eagles qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2016.


2016 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2016 National Premier League Northern NSW
The 2016 National Premier League Northern NSW season was played over 18 rounds.


2016 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2016 Northern NSW State League Division 1
The 2016 Northern NSW State League Division 1 season is the third season of the new Northern NSW State League Division 1 as the second level domestic association football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 11 teams will compete, all playing each other twice, for a total of 20 rounds. The top team at the end of the year is promoted to the 2017 National Premier Leagues Northern NSW, subject to meeting criteria.


2016 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2016 Zone Premier League
The 2016 Zone Premier League season is the third edition of the Newcastle Zone Premier League as the third level domestic football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds.


2016 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2016 Zone League 1
The 2016 Zone League 1 season is the third edition of the Zone League 1 as the fourth level domestic football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.


2016 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2016 Zone League 2
The 2016 Zone League 2 season is the third edition of the Zone League 2 as the fifth level domestic football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.


2016 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2016 Zone League 3
The 2016 Zone League 3 season is the third edition of the Zone League 3 as the sixth level domestic football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.


2016 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2016 Women's Premier League
The highest tier domestic football competition in Northern NSW for women is known for sponsorship reasons as the Herald Women's Premier League. The 7 teams played a triple round-robin for a total of 18 games, followed by a finals series.


2016 Northern NSW Football season, Cup Competitions, FFA Cup Preliminary Rounds
Northern NSW soccer clubs competed in 2016 within the Northern NSW Preliminary Rounds for the 2016 FFA Cup. In addition to the A-League club Newcastle Jets, the two Round 7 winners - Lambton Jaffas and Edgeworth FC - qualified for the final rounds of the FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32. Edgeworth FC made it to the Round of 16, before being eliminated by A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers.


2016 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2016 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held January 20–24 at the McIntyre Curling Club in Timmins. The winning Krista McCarville rink represented Northern Ontario at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie, Alberta.


2016 Northern Pride RLFC season
2016 is the ninth competitive season for the Cairns based Sea Swift Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They played in the QRL state competition, the Intrust Super Cup. 14 clubs competed, with each club playing 23 matches (12 home and 11 away) over 25 rounds.


2016 Northern Pride RLFC season, Squad
Linc Port (Fullback/Centre) Khan Ahwang (Fullback/Centre) Luke George (vc) (Wing) Justin Castellaro (Centre) Rajan Opetaia-Halls (Wing/Centre) Akeripa Tia-Kilife (Wing/Centre) Brayden Torpy (Halfback) Jordan Biondi-Odo (Five-eighth) Jared Allen (Five-eighth)


2016 Northern Pride RLFC season, Squad
Ryan Ghietti (c) (Hooker) Jack Svendsen (Prop) David Murphy (Prop) Sheldon Powe-Hobbs (Lock/Second Row) Vaipuna Tia Kilifi (Second Row) Rajan Opetia-Halls (Second Row) Tom Hancock (Second Row) Ben Reuter (Second Row) Lachlan Parmenter (Second Row) Ben Schell Denzel King (Dummy Half) Keelan White


2016 Northern Pride RLFC season, Squad
Ben Spina (Prop) Javid Bowen (Wing) Patrick Kafusi (Prop) Shaun Hudson (Wing) Lachlan Coote Scott Bolton Antonio Winterstein


2016 Northern Pride RLFC season, Squad
Greg Miglio (Tully Tigers)Colin Wilkie (Innisfail Leprechauns)Fred Koraba (Innisfail Brothers) Shawn Bowen (Mossman-Port Douglas Sharks)Sam Pau (Kangaroos)Ned Blackman (Atherton Roosters)Ben Schell (Cairns Brothers)Daniel Tatipata (Edmonton Storm)Ian King (Mareeba Gladiators)Jack Brock (Southern Suburbs)Menmuny Murgha (Yarrabah Seahawks)Broski Emery-Hunia (Brothers)Aidan Day (Southern Suburbs)Patrick Lewis (Kangaroos)Luke La Rosa (Brothers)


2016 Northern Pride RLFC season, Sponsors
Other sponsors: Brothers World of Entertainment; Calanna Pharmacy; BDO; James Cook University; CDRL; hm Health Management; Queensland Country Credit Union; Phoenix Dynamic Sports Entertainment; Cairns Colonial Club Resort; First Response; ASN; Cairns Sports Performance Clinic; Kennards Hire; Proarch Podiatry; Brilliant Technologies; Cairns Total Physio; Queensland Country Health Fund; Pacific Toyota; Ransom Specialty Coffee Roasters; Cairns Hardware; Visual Imaging; Devenish Law. Media partners: Sea FM; WIN Television; Cairns Post.


2016 Northern Pride RLFC season, Televised games, Channel Nine
In August 2012 as part of the historic $1 billion five-year broadcasting agreement with Nine and Fox Sports, the Australian Rugby League Commission confirmed that Intrust Super Cup matches would be televised by Channel 9 until 2018. One match a week is shown live across Queensland at 2.00pm (AEST) on Sunday afternoons on Channel 9 (or GEM), on WIN Television (RTQ) in regional areas and on Imparja Television in remote areas. The match is also broadcast in Papua New Guinea on Kundu 2 TV. The 2015 commentary team is Peter Psaltis, Scott Sattler and Mathew Thompson.


2016 Northern Territory general election
The 2016 Northern Territory general election was held on Saturday 27 August 2016 to elect all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament.


2016 Northern Territory general election
Legislation was passed in February 2016 to change the voting method of single-member electorates from full-preferential voting to optional preferential voting. Electoral districts were redistributed in 2015. The election was conducted by the Northern Territory Electoral Commission, an independent body answerable to Parliament.


2016 Northern Territory general election
The one-term incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP) minority government, led by Chief Minister Adam Giles, was defeated by the Opposition Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Michael Gunner. The CLP suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government in the history of the Territory, and one of the worst defeats of a sitting government in Australian history. It was the first time that a sitting Northern Territory government was defeated after only one term.


2016 Northern Territory general election
From 11 seats at dissolution (and 16 at the 2012 election), the CLP suffered the worst election performance in its history, winning only two seats—those of second-term MPs Gary Higgins (the only survivor of the Giles cabinet) and Lia Finocchiaro. Labor won 18 seats, in the process winning the third-largest majority government in Territory history, and the second-largest since the Territory was granted self-government in 1978. Independents won five seats. Although the independent MPs outnumbered the CLP MPs, on official advice the CLP was recognised as the official opposition.


2016 Northern Territory general election
Additionally, Giles lost his Alice Springs-based seat of Braitling to Labor, making him only the second Chief Minister/Majority Leader to lose his own seat at an election. Labor also took Katherine, previously the safest seat in the Territory, off the CLP. It was the first election that saw Labor win seats in Katherine and inner Alice Springs.


2016 Northern Territory general election
With the overall result beyond doubt, Gunner had himself, Natasha Fyles, and Nicole Manison sworn in as an interim three-person government on 31 August until the full Gunner Ministry could be sworn in on 12 September. The CLP's two surviving MPs, Higgins and Finocchiaro, became leader and deputy leader of the CLP on 2 September.


2016 Northern Territory general election
Despite Labor's massive majority following the 2016 election, the new Labor government re-appointed CLP-turned-independent Kezia Purick as Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for another term.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Results
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2016 Northern Territory general election, Results
Independents: Robyn Lambley (Araluen), Terry Mills (Blain), Kezia Purick (Goyder), Gerry Wood (Nelson), Yingiya Mark Guyula (Nhulunbuy)


2016 Northern Territory general election, Results
Labor went into the election as unbackable favourites, with Northern Territory opinion polls indicating a massive swing against the CLP—as much as 19 points, by at least one account (see below). Giles later admitted that he'd known almost as soon as the writs were dropped that the CLP would not be reelected, but felt he had to keep up appearances in order to maintain morale.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Results
As expected, Labor swept the CLP from power in a massive landslide. It won 58.5 percent of the two-party vote on a swing of 14.3 percentage points, the largest two-party swing on record for a Territory election. It is only the second time Territory Labor has won a majority of the two-party vote at an election.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Results
By only four percentage points, Labor won the third-largest majority government in Territory history, with 72 percent of the 25-seat Assembly. This was only bettered by Labor's landslide victory in 2005, when Labor won 19 seats (76 percent of the seats), and the first election in 1974, in which the CLP only faced two independents as opposition.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Results
ABC election analyst Antony Green called the election for Labor at 6:41 pm Darwin time, less than an hour after counting began. Giles phoned Gunner to concede defeat just after 9 pm, and Gunner publicly claimed victory an hour later. Only one seat had been definitively called for the CLP by Sunday morning, with a second called on Monday morning.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Results
The CLP lost a number of seats on swings of well over 10 percentage points. In some seats, the CLP suffered swings virtually unheard of in Australian politics. For example, Bess Price, one of several indigenous CLP members elected in 2012, was routed in her seat of Stuart, suffering a swing of nearly 31 points to Labor—easily the largest swing of the election (not counting swings picked up by former CLP members contesting as independents). The CLP was all but wiped out in the Darwin/Palmerston area, losing all but one seat there. This was all the more remarkable since Labor had historically run dead in Palmerston for most of the Legislative Assembly's existence. Labor picked up two Palmerston seats in its 2005 landslide, only to lose them both to the CLP in 2008.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Results
By Sunday morning, Giles was trailing in his own seat of Braitling. He'd gone into the election sitting on a seemingly insurmountable majority of 19.6 percent after the redistribution. However, the ABC showed him trailing Labor challenger Dale Wakefield with counting still underway. Ultimately, Labor took the seat on a swing of almost 20 points, making Giles only the second Majority Leader/Chief Minister and the third major-party leader in the Territory to lose his own seat. With former CLP member-turned-independent Robyn Lambley having retained the other Alice Springs-based seat, Araluen as an independent, Giles' defeat meant that the CLP was completely shut out in its other traditional stronghold for the first time ever.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Results
Also of note, former Deputy Chief Minister Willem Westra van Holthe lost his seat of Katherine to Labor. Going into the election, Westra van Holthe sat on a majority of 22.3 percent, making Katherine the safest seat in the Territory. However, Westra van Holthe's primary vote almost halved, enabling Labor challenger Sandra Nelson to oust him by 33 votes. Earlier, Green said that it would "truly be a disaster" for the CLP if both Braitling and Katherine fell to Labor; neither had ever been won by Labor before 2016.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Results
The only blemish on Labor's otherwise massive victory came when deputy leader Lynne Walker, who had been tipped to become Deputy Chief Minister, lost in her own seat of Nhulunbuy to independent candidate Yingiya Mark Guyula by a mere eight votes. However, Labor left open the possibility of challenging the result.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Results
Although the CLP had fewer members than the independents, Territory Solicitor-General Sonia Brownhill SC advised that the independents should not be recognised as the Official Opposition because they did not have a realistic chance of forming an alternative government. While Labor was the only party to win enough seats for official party status in the legislature, Gunner promised that the CLP would be properly resourced as an opposition.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Results
With the overall result beyond doubt, Gunner had himself, Natasha Fyles, and Nicole Manison sworn in as an interim three-person government on 31 August until the full Gunner Ministry could be sworn in on 12 September.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Results
On 2 September, Higgins became leader of what remained of the CLP, and hence Opposition Leader, with Finocchiaro as his deputy.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Candidates
Sitting members are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk is used.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Opinion polling
An opinion poll conducted by ReachTEL and commissioned by The Australian which surveyed 1036 residents via robocall on the afternoon of Sunday 1 March 2015, a month after the 2015 CLP leadership spill, across all 18 electorates in Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs indicated a 17.6-point two-party swing against the incumbent CLP government since the last election. Had this been repeated at a general election, it would have delivered a comprehensive victory for Labor.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Opinion polling
The Northern Territory News commissioned its own MediaReach poll in late July 2016, more than a week before the writ was formally dropped. It showed the two-party swing had further widened to 19 points in favour of the opposition Labor Party. Had this been repeated at a general election, it would have resulted in a landslide Labor victory. It also showed Labor leading by substantial margins in the Darwin area, including a 63–37 percent two-party margin in Palmerston, a conservative bastion for most of the last four decades. This suggested that the CLP was in danger of losing most, if not all, of its parliamentary representation in the Darwin/Palmerston area. The same poll also showed that Labor leader Michael Gunner had a substantial lead over Giles as preferred chief minister.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Opinion polling
In what proved to be a warning sign, the 2016 federal election saw a 7.4 percent swing to Labor, which would have been more than enough for a Labor victory had this been repeated at a general election. The CLP also suffered large swings in the Territory's two seats. Solomon, which is largely coextensive with the Darwin/Palmerston area, saw CLP incumbent Natasha Griggs rolled by Labor challenger Luke Gosling on a swing of more than seven points. Warren Snowdon, the Labor member for Lingiari, which covers the rest of the Territory, picked up a healthy swing of seven points.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Timing
The timing of the election is dictated by the Northern Territory Electoral Act. Section 23 of the Act fixes polling day as the fourth Saturday in August of the fourth year after the previous election (unless that election had been an extraordinary election). The last election was in 2012, and was a regular election. Therefore, the next election was scheduled for Saturday, 27 August 2016.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Timing
An earlier election was possible in the event that a motion of no confidence in the government was passed by the assembly. Section 24 of the act states that an early election can be called if a motion of no confidence in the NT government is passed by the assembly, and no new government can secure the assembly's confidence within eight days. The original confidence motion must be tabled with at least three days' notice. Alternatively, section 25 mandates an early election if the assembly rejects an appropriation bill.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Background
The Terry Mills-led CLP opposition defeated the Paul Henderson-led Labor government at the 2012 election, winning 16 of 25 seats.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Background
Adam Giles was elected by the CLP party-room to replace Mills as Chief Minister and CLP leader less than a year later at the 2013 CLP leadership ballot. Giles became the first indigenous head of government of an Australian state or territory.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Background
Resulting from the 2015 CLP leadership ballot on 2 February, the possibility of a confidence motion being put to the assembly was raised by Willem Westra van Holthe to take over the leadership from Giles, however Giles managed to retain the leadership and continued to govern.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Background
Five months later, in July 2015, CLP member Kezia Purick defected from the party, the fourth parliamentarian to leave the CLP since the previous election, reducing the CLP to minority government. Giles raised the possibility of an early election on 20 July stating that he would "love" to call a snap poll, but that it was "pretty much impossible to do". Crossbenchers dismissed the notion of voting against a confidence motion to bring down the government.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Redistribution
A redistribution of the Northern Territory's electoral boundaries commenced in February 2015, with draft boundaries released in June. Once finalised, these boundaries would apply to the 2016 general election.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Redistribution
On 16 June 2015, the NTEC released their proposals for redistribution. Major changes included in the proposal were:


2016 Northern Territory general election, Redistribution
A period of thirty days in which interested parties and individuals could lodge objections ended on 16 July 2015.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Redistribution
On 16 September 2015, the NTEC released their final report into boundaries for 2016 and beyond. The changes that occurred were less severe than those proposed in June:


2016 Northern Territory general election, Redistribution
Following the completion of the final report, it was tabled in the assembly on 16 September 2015.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Electoral pendulum
The following pendulum is known as the Mackerras Pendulum, invented by psephologist Malcolm Mackerras. The pendulum works by lining up all of the seats held in the Legislative Assembly according to the percentage point margin they are held by on a two-party-preferred basis. This is also known as the swing required for the seat to change hands. Given a uniform swing to the opposition or government parties, the number of seats that change hands can be predicted.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Electoral pendulum, Pre-election pendulum
Incumbent members who have become and remained an independent since the 2012 election are indicated in grey.


2016 Northern Territory general election, Electoral pendulum, Pre-election pendulum
Members listed in italics did not re-contest their seat at the election.


2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team
The 2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team represented Northwest Missouri State University  as a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) during the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Adam Dorrel, the Bearcats compiled an overall record of 15–0 with a mark of 11–0 in conference play, winning the MIAA title. They won the program's sixth NCAA Division II Football Championship with a win over North Alabama in the NCAA Division II Championship Game.


2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team
The Bearcats played their home games on the newly-renovated Bearcat Stadium in Maryville, Missouri. 2016 was the 100th season in school history.


2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team, Preseason
The Bearcats entered the 2016 season as the defending NCAA Division II National Champions, after finishing the 2015 season with a 15–0 record overall and in conference play. On August 2, 2016 at the MIAA Football Media Day, the Bearcats were chosen to finish in 1st place in both the Coaches Poll and in the Media Poll.


2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team, Preseason
Sporting News released their Top-25 on May 25, 2016, landing Northwest Missouri State at #1. On June 15, 2016, Lindy's NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25 released its poll ranking Northwest Missouri State at #1.


2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team, Preseason
On August 15, the American Football Coaches Association released the Preseason Division II Poll, landing Northwest Missouri State at #1.


2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team, Preseason
On August 22, D2football.com released its Top 25 poll, ranking Northwest Missouri State 1st.


2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team, Game summaries, Regular season, Missouri Western
With their win over Missouri Western, the Bearcats clinched their fourth straight conference title.


2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team, Game summaries, Post-season, Emporia State
Entering postseason as the No. 1 team, the Bearcats earn a bye during the first week of playoffs and will play the winner of the Emporia State and Minnesota–Duluth game.


2016 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship
The 2016 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship was held from January 27 to 31 at the Hay River Curling Club in Hay River. The winning Jamie Koe team represented the Northwest Territories at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa.


2016 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2016 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from January 27 to 31 at the Hay River Curling Club in Hay River. The winning Kerry Galusha team will represent the Northwest Territories at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie, Alberta.


2016 Northwestern State Demons football team
The 2016 Northwestern State Demons football team represented Northwestern State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Demons were led fourth-year head coach Jay Thomas and played their home games at Harry Turpin Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 0–9 in Southland play to finish in last place.


2016 Northwestern State Demons football team, Previous season
The Demons finished the season 4–7, 4–5 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.


2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by Pat Fitzgerald who is in his 11th season as the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference.


2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team, Schedule
Northwestern announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Wildcats will host Big Ten foes Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, and Wisconsin, and will travel to Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Purdue.


2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team, Schedule
The team will host all three non–conference games which are against the Duke Blue Devils from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Illinois State Redbirds from the Missouri Valley Conference, and the Western Michigan Broncos from the Mid-American Conference (MAC).


2016 Norwegian Figure Skating Championships
The 2016 Norwegian Figure Skating Championships was held at the Bergenshallen in Bergen from 5 to 7 February 2016. The skaters participating must have reached a minimum technical element score (TES) set by the Norwegian Skating Association at one of the national qualification events during the 2015–16 season.


2016 Norwegian First Division
The 2016 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season. The league was contested by 16 teams, and the top two teams were promoted to Tippeligaen, while the teams placed from third to sixth place played a promotion-playoff against the 14th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams were be relegated to the 2. divisjon.


2016 Norwegian First Division
The first round of the season was played on 9 April 2016 and the season concluded with the last round on 30 October 2016. The playoff-tournament was played between 6 and 21 November 2016.


2016 Norwegian First Division, Team changes from 2015
In the 2015 1. divisjon, Sogndal, and Brann won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Follo, Nest-Sotra, Bærum and Hønefoss were relegated to the 2016 2. divisjon.


2016 Norwegian First Division, Team changes from 2015
Mjøndalen, and Sandefjord, were relegated from the 2015 Tippeligaen, while KFUM Oslo, Raufoss, Ull/Kisa and Kongsvinger were promoted from the 2015 2. divisjon.


2016 Norwegian First Division, Promotion play-offs
The third to sixth-placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches, two semi-finals and a final. The winners, Jerv, advanced to play Stabæk over two legs in the Tippeligaen play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.


2016 Norwegian Football Cup
The 2016 Norwegian Football Cup was the 111th season of the Norwegian annual knock-out football tournament. It began with qualification matches in March 2016. The first round was played on 13 April 2016 and the tournament concluded with the final on 20 November 2016.


2016 Norwegian Football Cup
The victory would have earned Rosenborg a place in the second qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, but since the club already had qualified to the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League as winners of the 2016 Tippeligaen, this berth was passed down to Haugesund, fourth-place finishers in the league.


2016 Norwegian Football Cup, Calendar
Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:


2016 Norwegian Football Cup Final
The 2016 Norwegian Football Cup Final was the final match of the 2016 Norwegian Football Cup, the 111th season of the Norwegian Football Cup, the premier Norwegian football cup competition organized by the Football Association of Norway (NFF). The match was played on 20 November 2016 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and was contested between the First Division side Kongsvinger and the Tippeligaen side  Rosenborg. Rosenborg defeated Kongsvinger 4–0 to claim the Norwegian Cup for an eleventh time in their history, and also become the first team in Norway to win the double two years in a row.


2016 Norwich City Council election
The 2016 Norwich City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party increased their majority at the expense of the Green Party, capturing 4 previously Green-held seats; the Greens retained only Thorpe Hamlet ward, by a margin of 31 votes.


2016 Norwich City Council election
The Labour Party achieved its best result in the city since 1998, winning 44% of the vote and 11 of 13 seats up for election, with the Greens dropping to their worst percentage result since 2005. UKIP achieved its best-ever result in the city, at 10.5%.


2016 Norwich City Council election
The scale of the Labour victory was reported to have surprised both Labour and the Green Party and was partly attributed to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party bringing "some voters who had previously switched to the Greens back to Labour".


2016 Norwich City Council election
All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2012 election, the last time these seats were contested.


2016 Norwich City Council election, Overall result
Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2012.


2016 Norwich City Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Brian Kelly and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. They competed as an independent. They finished the season 4–8, Notre Dame's worst record since 2007. Despite the disappointing season, athletic director Jack Swarbrick found the 2016 Irish to be a remarkable bunch, citing the team's "enthusiasm" and "willingness to practice".


2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Before the season, Previous season
The 2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team finished the regular season with a 10–2 record. They lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes 44–28 in the Fiesta Bowl.


2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Before the season, 2016 NFL draft
The following former Notre Dame players were selected in the 2016 NFL Draft:


2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Before the season, Transfers out / departures
Notre Dame lost FS Max Redfield and CB Devin Butler in the offseason for violating team policies.


2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Before the season, Coaching changes
Brian VanGorder was relieved of his duties as defensive coordinator. Defensive Analyst Greg Hudson took over as the Irish's Defensive Coordinator. Kelly said, "I have the utmost respect for Brian as both a person and football coach, but our defense simply isn't where it should be and I believe this change is necessary for the best interest of our program and our student-athletes.


2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Before the season, Recruiting class
Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame coaching staff accepted 23 commitments for the 2016 recruiting cycle, including two 5-stars: Daelin Hayes and Tommy Kraemer. The class included student-athletes from 11 different states, and one Canadian province.


2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season, Game summaries, North Carolina State
The Notre Dame vs NC State game was played during Hurricane Matthew where the two teams combined for only 311 total yards. The only touchdown of the game was scored by NC State on a blocked punt leading NC State to win it 10–3.


2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team
The 2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 40th season.


2016 Nottingham Open
The 2016 Nottingham Open (known for sponsorship reasons as the Aegon Open Nottingham) was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It will be the 9th edition of the event for the women and the 21st edition for the men. It is classified as a WTA International tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour and as an ATP World Tour 250 series tournament on the 2016 ATP World Tour. The event will take place at the Nottingham Tennis Centre in Nottingham, United Kingdom from 6 June through 12 June 2016 for the women, and from 20 June through 25 June 2016 for the men.


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


2016 Nottingham Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2016 Nottingham Open – Men's Doubles
Chris Guccione and André Sá were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2016 Nottingham Open – Men's Doubles
Dominic Inglot and Daniel Nestor won the title defeating Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in the final, 7–5, 7–6(7–4).


2016 Nottingham Open – Men's Singles
Denis Istomin was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Damir Džumhur.


2016 Nottingham Open – Men's Singles
Steve Johnson won the title defeating Pablo Cuevas in the final, 7–6(7–5), 7–5.


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


2016 Nottingham Open – Women's Doubles
Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears were the defending champions but chose not to participate this year. Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai won the title, defeating Gabriela Dabrowski and Yang Zhaoxuan in the final, 7–5, 3–6, [10–7].


2016 Nottingham Open – Women's Singles
Ana Konjuh was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.


2016 Nottingham Open – Women's Singles
Karolína Plíšková won the title, defeating Alison Riske in the final, 7–6(10–8), 7–5.


2016 Nottingham Open – Women's Singles, Qualifying, Seeds
The top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2016 Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership election
The election for the leadership of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party was triggered on November 16, 2013 following Darrell Dexter's resignation after losing the seat he contested in the 2013 election. The party will announce its new leader on February 27, 2016, following a one-member one-vote election held during a convention at the Holiday Inn Harbourview in Dartmouth.


2016 Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership election, Candidates, Dave Wilson
MLA for Sackville-Cobequid (2003–present), Minister of Health (May 2012-October 2013), Minister of Communities, Culture and Heritage (January 2011-May 2012)


2016 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2016 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Nova Scotia, was held from January 19 to 24 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax. The winning Jill Brothers team represented Nova Scotia at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie, Alberta.


2016 Nova Scotia municipal elections
Municipal and school board elections were held in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 15, 2016. Here is a summary of the mayoral results in the major communities in the province and the council results for the four largest municipalities.


2016 Nova Scotia municipal elections, Kings County
Kings County will be holding mayoral elections for the first time, in addition to elections for municipal council.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season
The 2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season officially commenced on 4 January with the start of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Australian Open
The reigning champion entered the 2016 Australian Open as the top seed. Djokovic started his title defence against Korean Chung Hyeon, defeating the 19-year-old in straight sets (10th consecutive win in first-round Australian Open without dropping a set). Into third round after third-set fightback defeated French teen Quentin Halys. Win in the fourth round of the Italian Andreas Seppi has become the 33rd in a row against Italian opposition (only defeat in his first meeting with an Italian player at 2004 Umag to Filippo Volandri).


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Australian Open
In his 60th match at the Australian Open, despite a 100 unforced errors (new own record, previous value – 63) in five sets, Djokovic into 27th straight Grand Slam quarterfinal, surviving Gilles Simon in four hours, 32 minutes. He then defeated Kei Nishikori in straight sets to reach his sixth Australian Open semifinal.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Australian Open
Djokovic then defeated former champion Roger Federer in four sets, winning the first two sets in 54 minutes combined, to reach his sixth Australian Open final (new record of the Open Era) and 19th Grand slam final (the joint-third highest number of slam finals in the history of tennis). This marks the 17th (5th at a Major) straight tournament final that Djokovic has reached since last January. The victory also gave Djokovic the edge in his head-to-head record against Federer for the first time at 23–22 (he also leads each of the other three members of the Big Four in the head-to-head as well).


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Australian Open
In the final, Djokovic captured his sixth Australian Open title by defeating No. 2 Andy Murray in straight sets in just under three hours (57th match-win at the Australian Open and take sole ownership of 2nd place on the list for most Australian Open match-wins in the Open Era) to win his eleventh major title (3rd consecutive win Grand Slam), placing him in equal fifth place on the all-time list with Björn Borg and Rod Laver. His sixth title in Melbourne equals Roy Emerson's record. He also won his seventh (2015 US Open, 2015 Beijing, 2015 Shanghai, 2015 Paris, the 2015 ATP World Tour Finals, 2016 Doha and 2016 Australian Open) consecutive Tour-level title.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, French Open
Djokovic began 16th Grand Slam tournament as the No. 1 seed. It's also the fourth time in five years at Roland Garros and the eighth consecutive Grand Slam (the 21st consecutive Majors in a Top 2 seed) in which Djokovic has been the top seed. He reached 200 weeks at No. 1 in the ATP Rankings (May 23) and also achieved 100 consecutive weeks at No. 1 (May 30) during the tournament.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, French Open
Djokovic won his first French Open title to complete a career Grand Slam. The Serb defeated Lu Yen-hsun of Chinese Taipei in one hour and 30 minutes to stretch his undefeated streak to 12-0 in first-round play in Paris. Djokovic defeated the Belgian Steve Darcis in 2 hours and 19 minutes to reach the third round of the French Open and earn his 50th win at Roland Garros, becoming just the third player in the Open Era after Roger Federer and Serena Williams to record 50 wins at each of the four Grand Slams.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, French Open
The World No. 1 defeated Britain's Aljaž Bedene in straight sets after just over two hours, in what was more of a fight against time to speed into the last 16. Some days trailing by a set in damp stop-start conditions Djokovic defeated Roberto Bautista Agut in three hours and 16 minutes to reach his 28th successive Grand Slam championship quarter-final. Djokovic progressed to his 30th Grand Slam (6th straight Roland Garros) semi-final with a win over Czech Tomáš Berdych following a controversial rain delay.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, French Open
For the second straight year, a quarter-final victory at Roland Garros guaranteed the 29-year-old Serbian his place in the ATP World Tour Finals and at the same time became the first player in tennis history to earn more than US$100 million in prize money over his 14-season pro career. Djokovic advanced to his fourth Roland Garros final by dispatching Dominic Thiem in one hour and 48 minutes, putting him into his sixth consecutive and 20th overall Grand Slam final. In the final, Djokovic defeated Murray 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, French Open
With his first French Open title, Djokovic completed the career Grand Slam and became only the third man to hold all four major titles simultaneously and the first since Laver won all four in 1969. Djokovic also became the only man ever to hold all four majors on three different surfaces at the same time (at the time of the previous achievements, the Australian and US Opens were played on grass).


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Wimbledon
Djokovic began his 2016 Wimbledon quest as the two-time defending champion and top seed. He defeated James Ward and Adrian Mannarino, in straight sets. In the third round, he lost to No. 28 seed Sam Querrey from the United States. This was Djokovic's first loss in a grand slam before the quarterfinal since the 2009 French Open.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, US Open
Djokovic entered the US Open as the defending champion and top seed. After a tough four set victory in the first round, second round walkover and a brief third round match. Djokovic beat Kyle Edmund in straight sets. He defeated Gael Monfils in the semi-finals in four sets, but in the final, lost to Stan Wawrinka in four sets.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, ATP World Tour Finals
Djokovic was the first player to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals after reaching the Roland Garros semi-finals (June 2, 2016). Five-time champion (2008, 2012-15) will make 10th appearance (2007–16). After a tough three set victory against Dominic Thiem and a close two set tiebreak against Milos Raonic, Djokovic defeated David Goffin and Kei Nishikori in the round robin stage and semi-finals respectively, both in straight sets. He lost to Andy Murray in the final in straight sets, ending his 2016 season


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments
Djokovic for the second consecutive year began the season with a tournament in Doha, Qatar.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Qatar Open
Djokovic reached the final without losing a set. Novak Djokovic notches first Doha crown, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final in a 73-minute match. This marked his 16th straight final (3rd in Open Era) – and 12th title – since he lost in the Qatar Open quarterfinals last year (l. to Karlovic). The world No. 1 capturing his sixth consecutive ATP World Tour title and 60th overall at the tour-level. He became just the 10th player in the Open Era to reach the 60-title milestone. The Djokovic leads the historic Head2Head against Nadal for the first time at 24–23.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Qatar Open
He has now claimed 11 consecutive sets since Nadal prevailed in the 2014 Roland Garros final. Djokovic (d. Verdasco, 2R and Nadal, F) to reach 18th win in a row vs Spaniards (last loss to Robredo at 2014 Cincinnati, 3R) & 20th straight win vs left-handers (last loss to Nadal at 2014 Roland Garros, F). Also Novak has updated its own record for highest number of points accrued in the ATP rankings – 16,790.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Dubai Tennis Championships
Four-time tournament champion opened his 10th consecutive Dubai Tennis Championships campaign with convincing win over Tommy Robredo, beating Spaniard in just 66 minutes. Novak Djokovic joined the 700-win club defeating Malek Jaziri in second round in 65 minutes to reach the quarterfinals. He is only the 12th player in the Open Era (since 1968) to hit the 700 singles victories mark, next his coach, Boris Becker (713). In the 479 days since the world No. 1 claimed his 600th match win on 2 November 2014, he has compiled an astonishing 100–6 record.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Dubai Tennis Championships
At 28 years, nine months, he is the third active player to pass the milestone, following in the footsteps of his celebrated rivals, Roger Federer (1,067) and Rafael Nadal (775). Djokovic’s streak of ATP World Tour finals reached will end at 17 after the world No. 1 retired against Feliciano Lopez in the quarter-finals. Top seed was forced to retire with an eye ailment. The Serb was down 3–6 before retiring, last time Novak retired was 2011 Davis Cup against Juan Martín del Potro, a stretch of 350 matches (318–32).


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Davis Cup World Group
In R1 Djokovic beat Aleksandr Nedovyesov in straight sets in an hour and 53 minutes (1–0). Kazakhstan took a shock 2–1 lead against Serbia in their Davis Cup by BNP Paribas first round tie after Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Andrey Golubev beat former doubles No. 1 Nenad Zimonjic and Novak Djokovic in doubles. Djokovic prevailed in five-hour match against Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin in five sets and equalized (2–2). Former Davis Cup by BNP Paribas winners Serbia set up a blockbuster quarterfinal tie with holders Great Britain after edging Kazakhstan 3–2 in a titanic tussle.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Indian Wells Masters
Djokovic started tournament with a tough match against the American Bjorn Fratangelo. The Serb rallied back from a set down to win in three sets. In the next round Novak Djokovic beat Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets. The four-time Indian Wells Masters champion is successfully continuing his title-defending journey with a win over Feliciano Lopez in the fourth round, in an hour and 7 minutes. In the quarterfinals Djokovic overcame Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 2 hours and 6 minutes to set up a blockbuster semifinal at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Indian Wells Masters
Djokovic continued his winning streak against Rafael Nadal beating him in straight sets to reach the 6th 2016 BNP Paribas Open final for the third straight year in a row. He has now beaten the Spaniard six times in a row, with his last loss coming in the 2014 French Open final. Djokovic has now lifted his record over Nadal to 25–23 (only 2nd (first Boris Becker) man in Open Era to beat one rival 25 times).


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Indian Wells Masters
He has reached 10 straight ATP Masters 1000 finals (DNP 2015 Mutua Madrid Open) since 2014 BNP Paribas Masters, winning 8 titles (50–2 record). In the final Novak Djokovic destroyed Milos Raonic during the 77-minute match, to win his third straight and a record fifth Indian Wells Masters title. Djokovic commits four total unforced errors, rolls to most overwhelming win in ATP Masters 1000 final ever. He now has a 17-match win streak at Indian Wells Masters with the three-peat. His record in the desert is 47–6. The world No. 1 improves his record on the year to 22–1. This marks Djokovic’s 27th ATP Masters 1000 crown. He is now tied with Rafael Nadal for the all-time lead. Djokovic is first man to win 20 ATP Masters 1000 (or equivalent) titles on one surface (hard courts). Rafael Nadal has 19 on clay.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Indian Wells Masters
Djokovic has more ATP points that Andy Murray No. 2 and Roger Federer No. 3 combined.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Miami Open
Djokovic began the tournament with a first round bye, and then faced Kyle Edmund in the 2nd Round. Djokovic won easily in two sets. In the third round, Djokovic faced Joao Sousa. Djokovic again won in two sets. In the fourth round, Djokovic faced up and coming youngster Dominic Thiem. Thiem had already won two titles this year. Djokovic won in two sets. After reaching the fourth round, Djokovic went head to head against Tomas Berdych. Unsurprisingly, Djokovic won in straight sets. Djokovic faced David Goffin of Belgium. Despite a spirited performance, Djokovic prevailed. In the final, Djokovic faced and beat Kei Nishikori. This was Djokovic's fourth title of the year. It improved his yearly record to 28–1. His one loss was a retirement.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Monte-Carlo Masters
Djokovic began the tournament as the heavy favourite, but was knocked out by Jiří Veselý in the second round. This was his earliest exit in a Masters event in nearly three years, when he was knocked out by Grigor Dimitrov at the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Madrid Open
Djokovic received a first round bye. In the second round, he beat up and coming youngster Borna Ćorić in straight sets to set up a meeting with Roberto Bautista Agut. Djokovic won in straight sets. Djokovic then had wins against Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori to make it to the finals. Djokovic would lock horns with Andy Murray for a 33rd time. Djokovic defeated Murray in three sets in a very entertaining match which saw Djokovic save 7 break points in the final game to clinch victory. This victory also set a new record for most Masters 1000 titles with 29.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Italian Open
Novak Djokovic received a bye in the first round. Djokovic beat qualifier Stéphane Robert and Thomaz Bellucci. He then faced Rafael Nadal for a record 49th time and won in two tight sets. After downing Kei Nishikori in three sets, he faced Andy Murray in the final. It was a disappointment with Murray winning in two sets. This was the 2nd time out of the last 14 matches Murray had beaten Djokovic.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Other tournaments, Rogers Cup
After receiving a bye in the first round, Djokovic started his campaign against Gilles Müller, defeating him in two tight sets. He then faced qualifier Radek Štěpánek in the third round and fifth seed Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinals, winning both matches in straight sets. In the semifinals, he faced the resurgent Gaël Monfils, defeating him for the 12th time in his career. In the final, he faced 3rd seed Kei Nishikori, defeating him for the 5th time this season with a score of 6−3, 7−5. This was Djokovic's 7th title of the season. It was also his 30th Masters 1000 Series title and 43rd Masters final, breaking away from Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, who are both on 42 finals.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Summer Olympics
Hoping to win a gold medal for the first time in his career, Djokovic entered the 2016 Summer Olympics, but lost to Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets. In the doubles he lost in the second round.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Shanghai Masters
Djokovic received a bye in the first round, Djokovic defeated Fabio Fognini and Vasek Pospisil in straight sets. He defeated Mischa Zverev in three sets, but lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets.


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Paris Masters
Djokovic received a bye in the first round. He defeated Gilles Muller in straight sets, defeated Grigor Dimitrov in three sets before losing to Marin Cilic in straight sets


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, All matches
This table lists all the matches of Djokovic this year, including walkovers W/O (they are marked ND for non-decision)


2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
Novak Djokovic has a 21–4 (84.0%) record against the top 10, 21–3 (87.5%) against the top 11–50, 21–2 (91.3%) against other players; 50–2 (96.2%) against right-handed players and 9–2 (81.8%) against left-handed players. Ordered by number of wins (Bolded number marks a top 10 player at the time of first match of the year, Italic means top 50; "L" means left-handed player).


2016 Nuclear Security Summit
The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit was a summit held in Washington, D.C., United States on March 31 and April 1, 2016. It was the fourth edition of the conference, succeeding the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit.


2016 Nuclear Security Summit, Background
The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit was held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. in the United States of America.


2016 Nuclear Security Summit, Participants
Notably absent from the summit were leaders or representatives of Russia, North Korea, Iran and Belarus. However, a significant contingent of Asian leaders especially from South Asia such as India and Singapore attending the summit was a probable sign of continental concern over terrorist threats alongside vulnerable nuclear facilities.


2016 Nuclear Security Summit, Announcements
Various countries, including Kazakhstan and Poland, undertook to reduce their highly enriched uranium stockpiles. Japan agreed to ship additional separated plutonium to the U.S. Canada pledged $42 million to bolster nuclear security. The U.S. disclosed its own inventory of highly enriched uranium has dropped from 741 metric tons in the 1990s to 586 metric tons as of 2013. A strengthened nuclear security agreement, which had languished since 2005, was finally approved, extending safeguards for nuclear materials and requiring criminal penalties for nuclear smuggling. According to the U.S., since the last summit in 2014, ten nations have removed or disposed of about 450 kilograms of highly enriched uranium; Argentina, Switzerland and Uzbekistan are now free of highly enriched uranium, as is all of Latin America and the Caribbean.


2016 Nuclear Security Summit, Announcements
The summit participants stated that the 2016 summit would be "the last of this kind".


2016 Nuclear Security Summit, Announcements
Three months after the meeting, NPCIL and Westinghouse agreed to conclude contractual arrangements for 6 reactors by June 2017.


2016 Nunavut Brier Playdowns
The 2016 Nunavut Brier Playdowns were held January 8-10 in Iqaluit. The winning Wade Kingdon rink represented Nunavut at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa.


2016 Nunavut Brier Playdowns
The 2016 Nunavut Brier Playdowns were the inaugural men's championship for the territory, after the territory declined an invitation to the 2015 Brier.


2016 Nunavut Brier Playdowns
The event was a best of five tournament between the Wade Kingdon rink from Iqaluit and the Arthur Siksik rink from Rankin Inlet. Kingdon won the event in four games.


2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
The 2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election was held on 5 May 2016 as part of the 2016 United Kingdom local elections and alongside the 2016 Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner election. As part of the staggered four-year election cycle, half of the borough council was up for re-election in addition to a vacant seat in the Exhall ward. Overall this meant that eighteen council seats were contested.


2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
Prior to the election, Nuneaton and Bedworth was seen to be a "swing council" that was expected to see a drop in support for the Labour Party due to the perceived unpopularity of party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Despite losing some seats and seeing a reduced share of the popular vote, Labour retained their majority on the council. Among the seats up for election, they won twelve. The Conservative Party won five and the Green Party won one.


2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, Results
Total voting figures reflect that voters in the Exhall ward were entitled to cast two ballots. Change is compared to the 2012 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election but includes the vacant Exhall seat last elected in the 2014 election.


2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, Results, Council composition
Despite losing, the Labour Party retained their major and control of the council.


2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, Ward results
Turnout figures exclude invalid ballots. Swing is calculated between the winning candidate and the candidate finishing second.


2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, Ward results, Exhall
Exhall elected two councillors at this election. Doughty was elected to a four-year term and Pomfrett was elected to a two-year term. The percentage figures given reflect that voters could cast two ballots (i.e. they are not a percentage of every vote cast) and will add up to 200% as a result. Due to the nature of the election, swing calculations are not possible.


2016 Nürnberger Versicherungscup
The 2016 Nürnberger Versicherungscup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Nuremberg, Germany, on 15–21 May 2016.


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


2016 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Doubles
Chan Hao-ching and Anabel Medina Garrigues were the defending champions, but Chan chose not to participate this year and Medina Garrigues chose to compete in Strasbourg instead. Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson won the title, defeating Shuko Aoyama and Renata Voráčová in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2016 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Singles
Karin Knapp was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.


2016 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Singles
Kiki Bertens won the title, defeating Mariana Duque Mariño in the final, 6–2, 6–2.


2016 O'Byrne Cup
The 2016 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level.


2016 O'Byrne Cup, Format
16 teams compete: 11 county teams (all those of Leinster except Kilkenny) and 5 third-level teams: DIT, UCD, IT Carlow, DCU and Maynooth University.


2016 O'Byrne Cup, Format
The teams are drawn into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The four group winners progress to the semi-finals.


2016 OEC Kaohsiung
The 2016 OEC Kaohsiung was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan between 17 and 25 September 2016.


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


2016 OEC Kaohsiung, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2016 OEC Kaohsiung – Doubles
Hsieh Cheng-peng and Yang Tsung-hua were the defending champions but chose not to participate together. Hsieh partnered Yi Chu-huan, while Yang partnered Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. Yang lost in the first round to Wu Tung-lin and Zhang Ze. Hsieh lost in the final to Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana 4–6, 6–7(4–7).


2016 OEC Kaohsiung – Singles
Chung Hyeon was the defending champion and successfully defended his title after defeating Lee Duck-hee 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2016 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger
The 2016 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 9th edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 WTA 125K series, offering a total of $115,000 in prize money. It took place in Taipei, Taiwan, on 14–20 November 2016.


2016 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2016 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger, Doubles entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2016 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger – Doubles
Kanae Hisami and Kotomi Takahata were the defending champions, but Hisami chose not to participate. Takahata partnered Jessy Rompies, but lost in the first round to Ankita Raina and Emily Webley-Smith.


2016 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger – Doubles
Natela Dzalamidze and Veronika Kudermetova won the title, defeating Chang Kai-chen and Chuang Chia-jung in the final, 4–6, 6–3, [10–5].


2016 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger – Singles
Tímea Babos was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2016 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger – Singles
Evgeniya Rodina won the title, defeating Chang Kai-chen in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2016 OFC Champions League
The 2016 OFC Champions League was the 15th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 10th season under the current OFC Champions League name. The final stage of the tournament was held in New Zealand for the first time under its current format, with the preliminary stage held in the Cook Islands.


2016 OFC Champions League
Auckland City were the five-time defending champions, and won their sixth title in a row and eighth overall title with a 3–0 final victory over fellow New Zealand opponents Team Wellington. As the winners of the 2016 OFC Champions League, they qualified as the OFC representative at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan (a record eighth Club World Cup appearance). Their sixth consecutive continental club title was also a record, surpassing a tie they previously shared with Real Madrid, who won five consecutive European Cups between 1956 and 1960.


2016 OFC Champions League, Teams
A total of 15 teams from all 11 OFC member associations entered the competition.


2016 OFC Champions League, Preliminary stage
The preliminary stage was played in Matavera, Cook Islands from 26 to 30 January 2016. The draw for the fixtures was held on 16 November 2015, 15:00 NZDT (UTC+13) at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The four teams played each other on a round-robin basis. The winner advanced to the group stage to join the 11 direct entrants.


2016 OFC Champions League, Group stage
The group stage was played in Auckland, New Zealand from 8 to 17 April 2016. The draw for the group stage was held on 16 November 2015, 15:00 NZDT (UTC+13) at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four, with each group containing one team from each of the four pots. The allocation of teams into pots was based on the results of their associations in the previous edition of the OFC Champions League. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.


2016 OFC Champions League, Group stage
In each group, the four teams played each other on a round-robin basis. The group winners and the best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.


2016 OFC Champions League, Group stage, Group A
The match originally ended 1–1. However, Solomon Warriors were later ruled to have forfeited the match for fielding an ineligible player.


2016 OFC Champions League, Group stage, Group A
The kick-off of Group A matches on matchday 9 were delayed due to heavy rain.


2016 OFC Champions League, Knockout stage
The knockout stage was played in Auckland, New Zealand from 20 to 23 April 2016. The four teams played on a single-elimination basis. The semi-final matchups were:


2016 OFC Champions League Final
The 2016 OFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2016 OFC Champions League, the 15th edition of the Oceania Cup, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 10th season under the current OFC Champions League name.


2016 OFC Champions League Final
The final was played between two New Zealand teams, Auckland City and Team Wellington. It was played at the QBE Stadium in Auckland on 23 April 2016. The winner earned the right to represent the OFC at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the qualifying play-off round.


2016 OFC Champions League Final
Auckland City defeated Team Wellington 3–0 to win their sixth consecutive and eighth overall OFC club title.


2016 OFC Champions League Final, Background
The final was a rematch of the previous season's final, won by Auckland City 4–3 on penalties (1–1 after extra time).


2016 OFC Champions League Final, Background
Auckland City were the five-time defending champions. They have played in seven previous finals, winning all of them in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.


2016 OFC Champions League Final, Background
This was the second OFC club final for Team Wellington, following last year's defeat to Auckland City.


2016 OFC Champions League Final, Road to final
The final stage of the 2016 OFC Champions League was played in Auckland, New Zealand.


2016 OFC Champions League Final, Road to final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.


2016 OFC Champions League Final, Rules
The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner.


2016 OFC Champions League Final, Match
Assistant referees:Tevita Makasini (Tonga)Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)Fourth official:Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)


2016 OFC Futsal Championship
The 2016 OFC Futsal Championship was the 11th edition of the OFC Futsal Championship, the annual international futsal championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in Suva, Fiji between 8–13 February 2016.


2016 OFC Futsal Championship
The tournament was originally to be held in Papeete, Tahiti, but was moved to Fiji after Tahiti withdrew. The 2015 tournament, which was originally scheduled to be held in Tahiti between 1–8 August 2015, was not played.