March 2016 in sports

Events calendar

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
1–6	Archery	2016 World Indoor Archery Championships	International	Italy
1–12	Cross-country skiing	2016 Ski Tour Canada	International	Men: Martin Johnsrud Sundby Women: Therese Johaug
2–6	Track cycling	2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships	International	Great Britain
3–6	Golf	2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship	International	Adam Scott
3–13	Association football	2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	Continental	United States
3–13	Biathlon	Biathlon World Championships 2016	International	France
4–5	Triathlon	2016 ITU World Triathlon Series #1	International	Men: Mario Mola Women: Jodie Stimpson
4–6	Amateur wrestling	2016 African Wrestling Championships	Continental	Men's Freestyle:  Tunisia Women's Freestyle:  Nigeria Greco-Roman:  Egypt
4–6	Darts	2016 UK Open	International	Michael van Gerwen
4–6	Rugby sevens	2016 USA Sevens (WRSS #5)	International	Fiji
5–6	Speed skating	2016 World Allround Speed Skating Championships	International	Men: Sven Kramer Women: Martina Sáblíková
5–13	Curling	2016 World Junior Curling Championships	International	Men:  Scotland (Skip: Bruce Mouat) Women:  Canada (Skip: Mary Fay)
6–12	Multi-sport	/ 2016 Arctic Winter Games	Regional	Alaska
8–13	Amateur wrestling	2016 European Wrestling Championships	Continental	Men's freestyle:  Russia (medals),  Georgia (points) Women's freestyle:  Azerbaijan (medals),  Ukraine (points) Greco-Roman:  Russia (medals and points) Overall:  Russia (medals),  Ukraine (points)
8–13	Snooker	2016 World Grand Prix	International	Shaun Murphy
8–3 April	Cricket	2016 ICC World Twenty20	International	West Indies
9–20	Tennis	2016 BNP Paribas Open	International	Men: Novak Djokovic Women: Victoria Azarenka
11–12	Amateur wrestling	2016 Oceania Wrestling Championships	Continental	Men's Freestyle:  New Zealand Women's Freestyle:  Australia Greco-Roman:  New Zealand
11–13	Athletics	2016 World University Cross Country Championships	International	Men: Hicham Amghar Women: Sevilay Eytemiş
11–13	Speed skating	2016 World Junior Speed Skating Championships	International	Men: Benjamin Donnelly Women: Elizaveta Kazelina
11–13	Speed skating	2016 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships	International	Men: Han Tianyu Women: Choi Min-jeong
11–30	Chess	Candidates Tournament 2016	International	Sergey Karjakin
12	Triathlon	ITU Triathlon World Cup #1	International	Men: Mario Mola Women: Jodie Stimpson
12	Formula E	2016 Mexico City ePrix	International	Jérôme d'Ambrosio ( Dragon Racing)
12–13	Rugby sevens	2016 Canada Sevens (WRSS #6)	International	New Zealand
13–18 September	INDYCAR	/ 2016 IndyCar Series	Regional	Simon Pagenaud ( Team Penske)
14–20	Figure skating	2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships	International	Men: Daniel Samohin Ladies: Marin Honda Pairs: Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Ice Dance: Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
14–20	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF World U18 Championships Division III – Group A	International	Australia was promoted to Division II – Group B  Mexico was relegated to Division III – Group B
15–3 April	Cricket	2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20	International	West Indies
15–4 April	Basketball	2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament	Domestic	Villanova Wildcats
16–20	Modern pentathlon	2016 Pan American Modern Pentathlon Championships	Continental	Men: Nathan Schrimsher Women: Leidis Laura Moya
17–20	Athletics	2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships	International	United States
19–27	Curling	2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship	International	Switzerland (Skip: Binia Feltscher)
19–5 April	Basketball	2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament	Domestic	Connecticut Huskies
20	Formula One	2016 Australian Grand Prix	International	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes)
20	Motorcycle racing	2016 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	International	MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo ( Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) Moto2: Thomas Lüthi ( Garage Plus Interwetten) Moto3: Niccolò Antonelli ( Ongetta-Rivacold)
20–24	Table tennis	2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships	Continental	Men: Chris Yan Women: Jian Fang Lay
21–27	Squash	2016 Men's British Open (PSA WS #6) 2016 Women's British Open	International	Men: Mohamed El Shorbagy Women: Nour El Sherbini
21–3 April	Tennis	2016 Miami Open	International	Men: Novak Djokovic Women: Victoria Azarenka
23–27	Golf	2016 WGC-Dell Match Play	International	Jason Day
25–27	Rowing	2016 South American Rowing Championship	Continental	Brazil
26	Athletics	2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships	International	Men: Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor Women: Peres Jepchirchir
26	Horse racing	2016 Dubai World Cup	International	California Chrome (Jockey: Victor Espinoza)
26–31	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I – Group A	International	Germany was promoted to Top Division  Slovakia was relegated to Division I - Group B
26–1 April	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF World U18 Championships Division II – Group B	International	Estonia was promoted to Division II - Group A  China was relegated to Division III - Group A
28–3 April	Figure skating	2016 World Figure Skating Championships	International	Men: Javier Fernández Ladies: Evgenia Medvedeva Pairs: Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford Ice Dance: Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron
28–3 April	Snooker	2016 China Open	International	Judd Trump
28–4 April	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF Women's World Championship	International	United States
31–3 April	Golf	2016 ANA Inspiration	International	Lydia Ko
31–6 April	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF World Championship Division III	International	Turkey was promoted to Division II - Group B