2016 in Indian sport

2016 in Indian sports describes the year's events in Indian sport. The main highlight for this year for India is the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the T20 World cup.

Years in Indian sport: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Centuries: 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades: 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s
Years: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Calendar by month

January
Date Sport Venue/Event Status Winner/s
2-17 Badminton 2016 Premier Badminton League Domestic Delhi Acers
3 Football SAFF Championship South Asian India became champion by beating Afghanistan in final by 2-1
4-10 Tennis ATP World Tour 2016 Aircel Chennai Open[1] International Singles Stan Wawrinka Doubles Oliver Marach / Fabrice Martin
12-31 Cricket One Day & T20 bilateral Series between India and Australia Australia won one day series by 4-1 & India won T20 Series by 3-0.
15-16 Professional Wrestling Promotional Tour of WWE WWE Live Promotional Event in Delhi at IGI Stadium. Roman (C) defeated Rusev in Main Event for the WWE world heavyweight championship
17 Marathon Mumbai Marathon[2] International Gideon Kipketer
18–21 February Hockey 2016 Hockey India League Domestic League Punjab Warriors
22–14 February Cricket 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup International West Indies
30 - 5 Mar Kabaddi Pro Kabbadi League season 3 Domestic League Patna Pirates

February
Date Sport Venue/Event Status Winner
5-16 Multi-Sports Games 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati and Shillong[3] South Asian India top medal tally with 188 Gold Medals.
24–6 March cricket 2016 Asia Cup in Bangladesh. Asia Cup India

March
Date Sport Venue/Event Status Winner/s
8–3 April cricket 2016 ICC World Twenty20 International West Indies
15-3 April Cricket 2016 ICC World Twenty20 International West Indies
24 Football India vs Iran 2018 FIFA & 2019 Asian Cup Qualification Iran
29 Football India vs Turkmenistan 2018 FIFA & 2019 Asian Cup Qualification Turkmenistan

April
Date Sport Venue/Event Status Winner/s
Field Hockey 2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Annual International hockey tournament International Australia beat India by 4-0 in final[4]
9–21 May cricket 2016 Indian Premier League Domestic League Sunrisers Hyderabad

August
Date Sport Venue/Event Position Medals Medalist
5-21 Olympics India at the 2016 Summer Olympics[5] 67 2  Silver P. V. Sindhu
 Bronze Sakshi Malik

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Date Sport Venue/Event winner
21 July - 28 Aug Cricket India tour of West Indies & US India have won Test Series by 2-0 (4 Tests)
West Indies won T20 Series by 1-0 (2 T20)

September
Date Sport Venue/Event Players/Event Position Medals
7-18 Paralympics 2016 Summer Paralympics[7] 19 Athletes in 20 Events 42 4
24 Sept - 3 Oct Asian Beach Games 2016 Asian Beach Games 208 Athletes 16 2 Gold,4 Silver, 18 Bronze

Medalist at 2016 Rio Paralympics

Medal Name Sport Event Date
Mariyappan Thangavelu Athletics Men's High Jump F42 9 September
Devendra Jhajharia Athletics Men's Javelin Throw F46 14 September
Deepa Malik Athletics Women's Shot put F53 12 September
Varun Singh Bhati Athletics Men's High Jump T42 9 September
Date Sport Venue/Event Winner/Standing
3 International Football India vs Puerto Rico India 4 - 1 Puerto Rico
15–2 October Association Football 2016 AFC U-16 Championship Iraq Win / India finished at Group stage
22 Sept - 29 Oct Cricket New Zealand tour of India India won test series by 3-0 & ODI Series by 3-2

October
Date Sport Venue/Event Winner
1 Oct - 20 December Association Football 2016 Indian Super League season Atletico de Kolkata defeated Kerla Blasters in final by 1-1 (4-3) to lift their 2nd Title.
20 - 30 Oct Field Hockey 2016 Asian Hockey Championship India won by beating Pakistan by 3-2 in the final.
29 Oct - 5 Nov Field Hockey 2016 Women's Asian Hockey Championship India won by beating china in final with 3-2.
7 - 22 Oct Kabaddi World Cup India

November
Date Sport Venue/Event Winner
5 Nov Association Football 2016 AFC Cup Final Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Qatar) beat Bengaluru FC (India) in final by 1-0
9 Nov - 1 Feb 2017 Cricket English cricket team in India in 2016–17 India vs Engliand 5 Test Match Series.

India won by 4-0

December
Date Sport Venue/Event Winners
1-11 Hockey 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup India beat Belgium in final by 2-1 (2nd Title)[8]

| 23 | Cricket | ACC Under-19 Cup |India (273/8) lead by captain Abhishek Sharma beat Sri Lanka (239/10) and won the cup

Year highlights

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  • India competed in 2016 Rio Olympics & Paralympics and bagged 2 and 4 medals respectively.
  • Cricket T20 World cup held in India.
  • Indian cricket team finished the year by holding the top ICC test Ranking. Remained unbeaten in 18 Test Matches.
  • India won Hockey Junior World cup for second time.
  • Domestic League season took place for Hockey, Cricket & Football.
  • Indian football team achieved their top rank in past six years as they finished 135 in FIFA Ranking & jumped 31 spot in 2016.[10]

References
  1. "Jan 10th Schedule & Results - Aircel Chennai Open 2016". Aircelchennaiopen.org. Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  2. "Mumbai Marathon: Kenya's Gideon Kipketer wins men's race, sets new record". Firstpost.com. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  3. "The best ever South Asian Games". South Asian Games 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  4. "Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: India fall in final as Australia clinch ninth title". The Indian Express. 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  5. "Rio 2016 Olympics - Schedule, Medals, Results & News". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  6. "Rio Olympics: Sindhu, Sakshi shine as India end campaign with two medals". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  7. "Rio 2016 Olympics - Schedule, Medals, Results & News". International Olympic Committee. 2016-12-20. Archived from the original on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  8. "Hockey Junior World Cup | FIH". Fih.ch. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  9. "Year in Review 2016: India's emerging sporting icons who made the nation proud". Firstpost.com. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  10. "Indian football in 2016: Strong surge by Bengaluru FC, India climb the charts, ATK claim second ISL crown". The Indian Express. 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
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