Sports year 2016

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Major events

badminton

The highlights of the badminton year 2016 were the Summer Olympics , the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup . Important tournament series were the BWF Super Series and the BWF Grand Prix . At multisport events, badminton was part of the program at the European Universities Games and the South Asian Games .

darts

Location of the PDC World Darts Championship

BDO World Darts Championship

The Darts World Cup of BDO took place between the 2nd and the 10th January at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green. In the women's final on January 10th, the nine-time world champion Trina Gulliver from England prevailed against the world number one in the BDO ranking Deta Hedman from England and the men's final on January 10th was won by Scott Waites from England against Jeff Smith from Canada decide.

PDC World Darts Championship

December 17, 2015 to January 3, found in the Alexandra Palace in London , the Darts World Championship of the PDC instead. In the final on January 3rd, the defending champion Gary Anderson from Scotland prevailed against the two-time world champion Adrian Lewis from England. The two German participants Jyhan Artut , René Eidams and Max Hopp did not get past the first round. While the Austrian Rowby-John Rodriguez was eliminated in the first round, his compatriot Mensur Suljović could reach the second round.

biathlon

European biathlon championships

The 2016 European Biathlon Championships were held by the International Biathlon Union in the Russian winter sports resort of Tyumen from February 23 to 28, 2016. With four gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal, Russia became the most successful nation in these championships. Germany follows in second place with three gold medals and three silver medals and two bronze medals. Neither Austria nor Switzerland could win a medal. There was one competition for men and women in the sprint, pursuit and mass start disciplines. A single-mixed relay and mixed relay competition were also held.

Venue of the biathlon world championships

The three German gold medals were won by Nadine Horchler in the sprint, Luise Kummer and Florian Graf in the mass start. Luise Kummer was also able to win the silver medal behind Russia in the single mixed race together with Matthias Dorfer. Behind two Russian athletes, Florian Graf was also able to secure the bronze medal in the pursuit. Her sister Karolin Horchler and Annika Knoll completed the purely German podium for the gold medal from Nadine Horchler . In the pursuit, Karolin Horchler was able to win the silver medal again.

Biathlon world championships

The International Biathlon Union organized the 48th Biathlon World Championships on the Holmenkollen from March 2nd to 13th in the Norwegian capital Oslo . A sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start and relay race were held for women and men, as well as a mixed team race. As with the last world championships, the single mixed relay was not part of the world championships. With Martin Fourcade and Marie Dorin-Habert, the French team provided the two best athletes of these world championships and the French team was the most successful team with 11 medals, six of which were gold medals. The German team won a gold medal and three silver and three bronze medals, making them the third best nation in the medal table. Austria followed in fourth place with a silver and a bronze medal. Switzerland could not win a medal at these biathlon world championships.

Most successful athlete of the world championships: Martin Fourcade

On March 2nd the world championships started with an opening ceremony and the following day the mixed relay race took place. The French team consisting of Anaïs Bescond , Marie Dorin-Habert, Quentin Fillon Maillet and Martin Fourcade won the race ahead of the German and Norwegian team. The Austrian team came in fifth and the team from Switzerland only came in 14th. The other two relay races took place on March 11th and March 12th. First there was the relay race for women, which the Norwegian team consisting of Synnøve Solemdal , Fanny Horn Birkeland , Tiril Eckhoff and Marte Olsbu . Second and third place went to France and Germany. Austria and Switzerland reached 12th and 16th place. The men's relay race was also won by the Norwegian team consisting of Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Tarjei Bø , Johannes Thingnes Bø , Emil Hegle Svendsen in front of Germany and the surprise team Canada. The Austrian team finished fourth and the Swiss team came in 10th.

The two sprint races took place on March 5th. First the men's race was held, which Martin Fourcade won ahead of Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Serhij Semenow . The best German was Arnd Peiffer in 7th place. The best Austrian Dominik Landertinger was ninth and the best Swiss Serafin Wiestner eleventh. The women's race was won by the Norwegian Tiril Eckhoff ahead of Marie Dorin-Habert and the German Laura Dahlmeier . With 16th place Lisa Hauser was best Austrian and the best Swiss Lena Häcki reached 21st place.

The pursuit races, which built on the sprint races, were held on March 6th. In the sprint race, Martin Fourcade was able to win his third gold. Second and third place went to Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Emil Hegle Svendsen. The best German was Eric Lesser in seventh place, best Austrian Dominik Landertinger in 13th and best Swiss Serafin Wiestner in 20th place. Laura Dahlmeier won the pursuit race for women ahead of Dorothea Wierer and Marie Dorin-Habert . Lisa Hauser, the best Austrian, was 20th and Lena Häcki, the best Swiss, was 33rd.

The individual races were held on March 9th and 10th. The women's race started and the French Marie Dorin-Habert won the race ahead of Anaïs Bescond and Laura Dahlmeier. Lisa Hauser was the best Austrian when she was 13 and Selina Gasparin was the best Swiss when she was 17 . In the men's category, Martin Fourcade won his fourth gold in front of the two Austrians Dominik Landertinger and Simon Eder . Eric Lesser was the best German in seventh place and the best Swiss Benjamin Weger only reached 49th place.

The two mass start races concluded on March 13th. In the women's race that started first, Marie Dorin-Habert won ahead of Laura Dahlmeier and Kaisa Mäkäräinen . The best Austrian was Lisa Hauser in 21. A Swiss starter did not qualify for the mass start. Johannes Thingnes Bø won the men's race ahead of Martin Fourcade and Ole Einar Bjørndalen. Arnd Peiffer was the best German fifth and Simon Eder was the best Austrian eleventh. The best Swiss Serafin Wiestner landed in 27th place.

Bandy

World Bandy Championship for Women

Between February 18 and 21, the eighth Women's World Bandy Championship was held at the Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval in the US city of Roseville . The World Cup was opened with the game between the United States and China on February 18. In the final on February 21, Sweden and Russia were the only brandy world champions to date. The Swedes beat defending champions Russia 1-0 and won their seventh World Bandy title. In the game for third place, Norway beat Canada 2: 3.

World Bandy Championship

The 36th World Bandy Championship was held from February 1st to 14th in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk . With the exception of two games, which were played in Dimitrovgrad , all games of the World Cup took place in Ulyanovsk.

The so-called A-Division was opened by the game between the United States and Latvia on February 1st and ended with the final between Russia and Finland on February 7th. The Russian team prevailed 6-1 and won their tenth world title. In the game for third place Sweden beat Kazakhstan 4-0.

The B Division began with the game between Mongolia and Japan opened on February 10th. On February 14th the final of the B-Division between Germany and Hungary was played, in which Germany prevailed 5-4. By winning the tournament, the German team can take part in the A-Division at the next Bandy World Cup, while Latvia will take part in the B-Division at the next World Cup.

basketball

billiards

World Snooker Championship

Winner: Mark Selby

The World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association hosted the World Snooker Championship between April 16 and May 2 . The world championship marks the end of the 2015/16 snooker season and was held at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield , England . The Chinese Ding Junhui and England's Mark Selby faced each other in the finals on May 1st and 2nd . With 14:18 the Chinese lost against the Englishman Mark Selby and was able to win the snooker world championship for the second time since 2014 . He also secured first place in the world rankings. Ding Junhui was able to improve to ninth place in the world rankings and was the first Chinese snooker professional to reach the final of a world championship. The highest break in the tournament was reached by the Englishman Kyren Wilson with 143 .

Handball

Men's handball African championship

From January 21 to 30, 2016, the Confédération Africaine de Handball organized the 22nd African handball championship in Egypt . With the game between Angola and Kenya, the African Cup of Nations opened in Cairo on January 21st. In the final on January 30th, host Egypt and record winner Tunisia faced each other. With the 21:19 victory, the hosts were able to qualify for their seventh title and thus also the qualification for the Olympic handball tournament in Rio de Janeiro and for the 2017 World Cup in France . In addition, Tunisia and Angola could also participate in the World Cup.

Men's Handball Asian Championship

The 17th European Handball Championship was held by the Asian Handball Federation from January 15 to January 28 for the second time in a row in Bahrain . The opening game of the tournament was the game between China and the United Arab Emirates on January 15th in Madinat Isa . On January 28, the final like the 2014 Asian Cup came to a duel between Qatar and Bahrain , which Qatar won 27:22. They were thus qualified for the Olympic handball tournament in Rio de Janeiro . Because world champions France as hosts and Qatar as runner-up world champions were already qualified for the 2017 World Cup, Bahrain, Japan and Saudi Arabia qualified for the World Cup.

European Women's Handball Championship

Between December 4th and 18th, the European Handball Federation is organizing the 12th European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden . In addition to the hosts Sweden, France and Russia have so far qualified for the European Championship.

European men's handball championship

Best player of the EM: Raúl Enterrios

The European Handball Federation hosted the 12th European Men's Handball Championship in Poland from January 15th to 31st . The European Championship opened on January 15th in Katowice with the match between Croatia and Belarus . The final between Germany and Spain took place in Krakow on January 31st . There the German national team was able to prevail with 24:17. The Germans thus secured their second European championship title after 2004 and qualified for the Olympic handball tournament in Rio de Janeiro and for the 2017 World Cup in France . In addition, Spain qualified as second finalist and Croatia as third place for the World Cup. The best player was the Spaniard Raúl Entrerríos and the best goalscorer is the Spanish national team with Valero Rivera .

fencing

Fencing World Championships

The 2016 World Fencing Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro from April 25th to 27th .

European Fencing Championships

The 29th European Fencing Championships took place from June 20 to 25, 2016 in Toruń ( Poland ).

Soccer

African Nations Championship

The Confédération Africaine de Football hosted the 4th African Nations Cup in Rwanda from January 16 to February 7 . Compared to the African Championship , only players who play in their home leagues are allowed in this tournament. The tournament was opened on January 16 with the match between Rwanda and Ivory Coast in Kigali and the match between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia in Butare . In the final the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mali faced each other and the DR Congo prevailed 3-0. They won for the second time after 2009 and are the record winners of the competition.

CAF Super Cup

The 24th CAF Super Cup was held on February 20th at the Stade TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi . The winner of the CAF Champions League in 2015 was TP Mazembe from the Democratic Republic of Congo qualified and the Tunisian club Etoile Sportive du Sahel as the winner of the CAF Confederations Cup 2015. With 2: 1 was able to win the Champions League winners and after 2010 and secure their third title in 2011.

U-23 soccer Asian championship

The 2nd U-23 Asian Football Championship was hosted by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) between January 12th and 30th in Qatar . The tournament was opened with two Group A games on January 12th. The final pairing on January 30th was Japan against South Korea . Japan prevailed 3-2 and won the U-23 Asian Cup for the first time. This tournament was also used as a qualification for the Olympic soccer tournament and therefore Japan, South Korea and Iraq were able to qualify for this Olympic tournament.

Formula racing

Formula 1 world championship

current leader in Formula 1: Nico Rosberg

The Formula 1 World Championship 2016 is the 67th edition and started on March 20 with the Australian Grand Prix . The season ends on November 27th after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the following Grand Prix are held:

With a total of 21 races, this Formula 1 season sets a new record. Compared to last year, the German Grand Prix and the European Grand Prix return to the racing calendar. For the first time, the European Grand Prix will be held in the Azerbaijani capital Baku . There were also innovations in the teams. The Lotus F1 Team was taken over by Renault and now operates under the name Renault Sport F1 Team . As a result, Renault has had a works team again since 2009. With the entry of Haas F1 Team , 11 teams with two drivers each are competing in the F1 World Championship. After the first Grand Prix, Nico Rosberg leads the drivers 'standings with his victory and his Mercedes AMG F1 Team leads the constructors ' standings .

Futsal

Venue: Kombank Arena

European Futsal Championship

The 10th European Futsal Championship , organized by the Union of European Football Associations , took place between February 2nd and 13th. The venue was the Kombank Arena in the Serbian capital Belgrade . The tournament opened with the games between Serbia and Slovenia and Spain and Hungary on February 2nd and Russia and Spain faced each other in the final on February 13th. Spain was able to prevail with 7: 3 and was able to celebrate their seventh European championship title. As a result, Spain expanded its supremacy in European futsal. In contrast, Russia had to lose a European Championship final game for the fifth time.

Futsal World Cup

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association is organizing the 8th Futsal World Cup in Colombia from September 10th to October 1st . The defending champion is the record winner Brazil with a total of five out of a possible seven titles.

Motorcycling

Motorcycle world championship

Current leader in the MotoGP class: Jorge Lorenzo

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme is organizing the 68th motorcycle world championship in 2016 . The season started on March 20 with the Qatar Grand Prix and will end on November 13, 2016 with the Valencia Grand Prix . The following races are also part of the World Championship:

Current leader in the Moto2 class: Thomas Luthi

Compared to the previous season, the Indianapolis Grand Prix has been canceled and replaced by the Austrian Grand Prix . The world championship will be held in the MotoGP , Moto2 and Moto3 classes .

After the race in Qatar, the Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo leads the MotoGP class ahead of the Italian Andrea Dovizioso and his compatriot Marc Márquez . The overall leading team in this class is Movistar Yamaha MotoGP and the overall leading designer is Yamaha .

In Moto2, the Swiss Thomas Lüthi was able to win the race in Qatar, leading the overall standings ahead of the Spaniard Luis Salom and the Italian Simone Corsi . The overall lead designer is Kalex . In the Motor3 class, the Italian Niccolò Antonelli won the race ahead of the South African Brad Binder and his compatriot Francesco Bagnaia. Team Honda leads in the constructors' championship .

Superbike World Championship

Details: 2016 Superbike World Championship

World Supersport Championship

Details: Supersport World Championship 2016

International German motorcycle championship

Rallying

World Rally Championship

Current leader in the WRC classification: Sébastien Ogier

In 2016, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile is organizing the 44th FIA World Rally Championship. It started on January 21st with the Monte Carlo Rally and ends on November 20th with the Rally Australia. The following rallies are part of the world championship:

Compared to the previous season, the number of rallies increased from 13 to 14 because the Rally China is part of the world championship again for the second time since 1999. After having completed three rallies, the Frenchman Sébastien Ogier and his co-driver Julien Ingrassia lead the ranking with 77 points.

tennis

Grand Slam tournaments

World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Finals

November 7th to 13th: ATP World Tour Finals

WTA Tour Championships

October 31 to November 6: WTA Championships

Hopman Cup

Venue: Perth Arena

The 28th Hopman Cup was held from January 4th to 10th in Perth , Australia . The special feature of this edition was that, with the host country, one nation provided two teams. In the final on January 10th, the teams Australia Green and Ukraine faced each other in the Perth Arena. The team from the host country prevailed 2-0 and after 1999 another team from Australia won the tournament. The winning team Australia Green were Darja Gawrilowa and Nick Kyrgios . Sabine Lisicki and Alexander Zverev started for Germany and did not make it through the preliminary round.

Died

January

Ivan Alexandrowitsch Bukavschin (1995-2016)

February

March

Johann Cruyff (1947-2016)

April

May

June

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November

December

See also

Portal: Sport  - Overview of Wikipedia content on sport

Web links

Commons : Sportyear 2016  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Darts world champion Anderson: Triumph of the short-sighted chimney maker on spiegel.de, January 4, 2016, accessed on March 20, 2016
  2. ^ Regulations of the African Nations Championship on cafonline.com, accessed March 20, 2016