2016 in aquatic sports

This article lists the in the water and on the water forms of aquatic sports for 2016.

2016 Summer Olympics (FINA–Aquatics)

 * February 19–24: 2016 FINA Diving World Cup in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
 * 🇨🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * March 2–6: Aquece Rio Synchronized Swimming 2016 in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
 * Duet winners: 🇪🇸 (Gemma Mengual, Ona Carbonell, Paula Klamburg)
 * Team winners: 🇺🇦
 * April 15–20: Aquece Rio Swimming 2016 (Maria Lenk Trophy) in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium (Olympic Test Event)
 * For results, click here.
 * June 11 & 12: 2016 Marathon Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Setúbal
 * Men's winner: 🇨🇳 ZU Lijun
 * Women's winner: 🇨🇳 Xin Xin
 * August 6–13: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium


 * The won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 7–19: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center
 * Men's 3m Springboard: 🇨🇳 Cao Yuan;  🇬🇧 Jack Laugher;  🇩🇪 Patrick Hausding
 * Women's 3m Springboard: 🇨🇳 Shi Tingmao;  🇨🇳 He Zi;  🇮🇹 Tania Cagnotto
 * Men's 10m Platform: 🇨🇳 Chen Aisen;  🇲🇽 Germán Sánchez;  🇺🇸 David Boudia
 * Women's 10m Platform: 🇨🇳 Ren Qian;  🇨🇳 Si Yajie;  🇨🇦 Meaghan Benfeito
 * Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard:
 * (Chris Mears & Jack Laugher)
 * 🇺🇸 (Sam Dorman & Michael Hixon)
 * 🇨🇳 (Cao Yuan & Qin Kai)
 * Men's Synchronized 10m Platform:
 * 🇨🇳 (Chen Aisen & Lin Yue)
 * 🇺🇸 (David Boudia & Steele Johnson)
 * (Tom Daley & Daniel Goodfellow)
 * Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard:
 * 🇨🇳 (Shi Tingmao & Wu Minxia)
 * 🇮🇹 (Tania Cagnotto & Francesca Dallapé)
 * 🇦🇺 (Maddison Keeney & Anabelle Smith)
 * Women's Synchronized 10m Platform:
 * 🇨🇳 (Chen Ruolin & Liu Huixia)
 * 🇲🇾 (Cheong Jun Hoong & Pandelela Rinong)
 * 🇨🇦 (Meaghan Benfeito & Roseline Filion)
 * August 15: Women's 10km marathon swimming in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at Fort Copacabana
 * Sharon van Rouwendaal; 🇮🇹 Rachele Bruni;  🇧🇷 Poliana Okimoto
 * August 15–20: Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center
 * Duet:
 * 🇷🇺 (Natalia Ishchenko & Svetlana Romashina)
 * 🇨🇳 (Huang Xuechen & Sun Wenyan)
 * 🇯🇵 (Yukiko Inui & Risako Mitsui)
 * Team: ;  ;
 * August 16: Men's 10km marathon swimming in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at Fort Copacabana
 * Ferry Weertman;  Spyridon Gianniotis;  🇫🇷 Marc-Antoine Olivier

2016 FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup & World Events

 * February 6 & 7: World Cup and Event #1 in 🇦🇷 Carmen de Patagones-Viedma, Río Negro
 * Men's winner: 🇺🇸 Alex Meyer
 * Women's winner: 🇮🇹 Rachele Bruni
 * February 26 & 27: World Cup and Event #2 in Abu Dhabi
 * Men's winner: 🇫🇷 Marc Antoine Olivier
 * Women's winner: 🇫🇷 Aurélie Muller
 * June 18: World Cup and Event #3 in 🇭🇺 Balatonfüred
 * Men's winner: 🇮🇹 Simone Ruffini
 * Women's winner: 🇮🇹 Rachele Bruni
 * July 28: World Cup and Event #4 in 🇨🇦 Lac Saint-Jean
 * Men's winner: 🇨🇦 Philippe Guertin
 * Women's winner: 🇨🇦 Stephanie Horner
 * August 13: World Cup and Event #5 in 🇨🇦 Lake Mégantic
 * Men's winner: 🇩🇪 Andreas Waschburger
 * Women's winner: 🇮🇹 Arianna Bridi
 * October 9: World Cup and Event #6 in 🇨🇳 Chun'an County-Hangzhou
 * Men's winner: 🇮🇹 Simone Ruffini
 * Women's winner: 🇨🇳 Xin Xin
 * October 15: World Cup and Event #7 (final) in 🇭🇰
 * Men's winner: 🇮🇹 Simone Ruffini
 * Women's winner: 🇮🇹 Rachele Bruni

2016 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix

 * July 30: Grand Prix #1 in 🇨🇦 Lac Saint-Jean
 * Men's winner: 🇺🇸 Alex Meyer
 * Women's winner: 🇷🇺 Olga Kozydub
 * August 20: Grand Prix #2 in 🇲🇰 Lake Ohrid
 * Men's winner: 🇲🇰 Tomi Stefanovski
 * Women's winner: 🇷🇺 Olga Kozydub
 * September 4: Grand Prix #3 (final) in 🇮🇹 Capri, Campania-Naples
 * Men's winner: 🇲🇰 Evgenij Pop Acev
 * Women's winner: 🇦🇷 Pilar Geijo

2016 FINA Diving World Series

 * March 11–13: DWS #1 in 🇨🇳 Beijing
 * Men's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 Cao Yuan
 * Women's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 Shi Tingmao
 * Men's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 Chen Aisen
 * Women's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 Si Yajie
 * Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 (Cao Yuan, Qin Kai)
 * Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 (He Zi, Wang Han)
 * Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
 * Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 (Liu Huixia, Si Yajie)
 * Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 (Wang Han, Yang Hao)
 * Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)
 * March 17–19: DWS #2 in Dubai
 * Men's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 Cao Yuan
 * Women's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 Shi Tingmao
 * Men's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 Yang Hao
 * Women's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 Liu Huixia
 * Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 (Cao Yuan, Qin Kai)
 * Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 (He Zi, Wang Han)
 * Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
 * Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 (Liu Huixia, Si Yajie)
 * Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 (Wang Han, Yang Hao)
 * Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)
 * April 15–17: DWS #3 in 🇨🇦 Windsor, Ontario
 * Men's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 Cao Yuan
 * Women's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 He Zi
 * Men's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 Chen Aisen
 * Women's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 Ren Qian
 * Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 (Qin Kai, Cao Yuan)
 * Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 (He Zi, Wang Han)
 * Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
 * Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 (Chen Ruolin, Liu Huixia)
 * Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇦 (Jennifer Abel, François Imbeau-Dulac)
 * Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)
 * April 22–24: DWS #4 (final) in 🇷🇺 Kazan
 * Men's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 Cao Yuan
 * Women's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 He Zi
 * Men's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 Chen Aisen
 * Women's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 Ren Qian
 * Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇷🇺 (Ilya Zakharov, Evgeny Kuznetsov)
 * Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 (He Zi, Wang Han)
 * Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
 * Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 (Chen Ruolin, Liu Huixia)
 * Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 (Wang Han, Yang Hao)
 * Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)

2016 FINA Diving Grand Prix

 * January 15–17: DGP #1 in 🇪🇸 Madrid
 * Men's 3m Springboard winner: 🇦🇹 Constantin Blaha
 * Women's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 XU Zhihuan
 * Men's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 Yang Hao
 * Women's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 XIA Bingqing
 * Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 Zhao Dong / Li Jiawei
 * Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 XU Zhihuan / Wang Han
 * Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 JIE Lianjun / Yang Hao
 * Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie
 * January 29–31: DGP #2 in 🇩🇪 Rostock
 * Men's 3m Springboard winner: 🇩🇪 Patrick Hausding
 * Women's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 HE Xiaojie
 * Men's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 Yang Jian
 * Women's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 DING Yaying
 * Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇦 Philippe Gagné / François Imbeau-Dulac
 * Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 CHEN Jiayu / HE Xiaojie
 * Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 XU Zewei / TAI Xiaohu
 * Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 DING Yaying / SUO Miya
 * March 31 – April 3: DGP #3 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
 * Men's 3m Springboard winner: 🇫🇷 Matthieu Rosset
 * Women's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 WU Chunting
 * Men's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 LIAN Junjie
 * Women's 10m Platform winner: 🇺🇸 Samantha Bromberg
 * Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 PENG Jianfeng / SUN Zhiyi
 * Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 WU Chunting / XU Zhihuan
 * Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 HUANG Bowen / XU Zewei
 * Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 SUO Miya / LI Jinming
 * Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 HUANG Bowen / WU Chunting
 * April 7–10: DGP #4 in 🇨🇦 Gatineau
 * Men's 3m Springboard winner: 🇫🇷 Matthieu Rosset
 * Women's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 WU Chunting
 * Men's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇦 Vincent Riendeau
 * Women's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇦 Roseline Filion
 * Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇦 Philippe Gagné / François Imbeau-Dulac
 * Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 WU Chunting / XU Zhihuan
 * Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 XU Zewei / HUANG Bowen
 * Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇦 Meaghan Benfeito / Roseline Filion
 * Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 WU Chunting / HUANG Bowen
 * Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 SUO Miya / LIAN Junjie
 * July 15–17: DGP #5 in 🇮🇹 Bolzano
 * Men's 3m Springboard winner: Guillaume Dutoit
 * Women's 3m Springboard winner: 🇮🇹 Tania Cagnotto
 * Men's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 Yang Hao
 * Women's 10m Platform winner: 🇯🇵 Minami Itahashi
 * Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇩🇪 Patrick Hausding / Stephan Feck
 * Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇮🇹 Tania Cagnotto / Francesca Dallapé
 * Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 XU Zewei / Yang Hao
 * Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇯🇵 Nana Sasaki / Matsuri Arai
 * Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇴 Sebastián Villa / Diana Pineda
 * Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇺🇸 Zachary Cooper / Tarrin Gilliland
 * October 21–23: DGP #6 in 🇲🇾 Kuching
 * Men's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 Xie Siyi
 * Women's 3m Springboard winner: Ng Yan Yee
 * Men's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 Yang Hao
 * Women's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 LIAN Jie
 * Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 Xie Siyi / HUANG Bowen
 * Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 XU Zhihuan / Wang Han
 * Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 Yang Hao / XU Zewei
 * Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie
 * October 27–30: DGP #7 in 🇦🇺 Gold Coast, Queensland
 * Men's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 PENG Jianfeng
 * Women's 3m Springboard winner: 🇦🇺 Georgia Sheehan
 * Men's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 Yang Jian
 * Women's 10m Platform winner: 🇨🇳 LIAN Jie
 * Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 Xie Siyi / HUANG Bowen
 * Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 XU Zhihuan / Wang Han
 * Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 Yang Hao / XU Zewei (default)
 * Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇨🇳 XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie
 * November 4–6: DGP #8 (final) in
 * Men's 3m Springboard winner: 🇨🇳 CHEN Linhai
 * Women's 3m Springboard winner: 🇯🇵 Hazuki Miyamoto
 * Men's 10m Platform winner: 🇯🇵 Nishida Reo
 * Women's 10m Platform winner: 🇯🇵 Nana Sasaki
 * Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇨🇳 CHEN Linhai / LI Linwei
 * Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇯🇵 Matsuri Arai / Nana Sasaki
 * Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: 🇯🇵 Hazuki Miyamoto / Nishida Reo
 * Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: 🇺🇦 Yevhen Naumenko / Valeriia Liulko (default)

2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

 * June 4: #1 in 🇺🇸 Fort Worth, Texas
 * Winners: 🇲🇽 Jonathan Paredes (m) / 🇦🇺 Rhiannan Iffland (f)
 * June 18: #2 in Copenhagen
 * Winner: 🇬🇧 Gary Hunt
 * July 9: #3 in São Miguel Island
 * Winners: 🇬🇧 Gary Hunt (m) / 🇦🇺 Rhiannan Iffland (f)
 * July 23: #4 in 🇫🇷 La Rochelle
 * Winner: 🇬🇧 Gary Hunt (m)
 * August 28: #5 in 🇮🇹 Polignano a Mare
 * Winners: 🇷🇺 Artem Silchenko (m) / 🇨🇦 Lysanne Richard (f)
 * September 11: #6 in 🇬🇧 Pembrokeshire
 * Winners: 🇨🇿 Michal Navrátil (m) / 🇦🇺 Rhiannan Iffland (f)
 * September 24: #7 in 🇧🇦 Mostar
 * Winners: 🇨🇿 Michal Navrátil (m) / 🇨🇦 Lysanne Richard (f)
 * October 16: #8 in 🇯🇵 Shirahama, Wakayama
 * Winners: 🇲🇽 Sergio Guzman (m) / 🇦🇺 Rhiannan Iffland (f)
 * October 28: #9 in Dubai
 * Winners: 🇺🇸 Andy Jones (m) / 🇦🇺 Rhiannan Iffland (f)

Other diving events

 * February 27–29: 2016 FINA High Diving World Cup in Abu Dhabi
 * Men's (27 metres) winner: 🇬🇧 Gary Hunt
 * Women's (20 metres) winner: 🇨🇦 Lysanne Richard
 * June 28 – July 3: 2016 European Junior Diving Championships in Rijeka
 * Boys' Platform winner: 🇬🇧 Matthew Dixon
 * Boys' Synchro winners: 🇩🇪 Lou Massenberg / Patrick Kreisel
 * Boys' 1 m winner: 🇮🇹 Francesco Porco
 * Boys' 3 m winner: 🇩🇪 Patrick Kreisel
 * Girls' Platform winner: 🇩🇪 Christina Wassen
 * Girls' Synchro winners: Madeline Coquoz / Michelle Heimberg
 * Girls' 1 m winner: 🇵🇱 Kaja Skrzek
 * Girls' 3 m winner: 🇵🇱 Kaja Skrzek
 * November 28 – December 4: 2016 FINA World Junior Diving Championships in 🇷🇺 Kazan
 * 🇨🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Swimming

 * July 6–10: 2016 European Junior Swimming Championships in 🇭🇺 Hódmezővásárhely
 * 🇷🇺 won the gold medal tally. Russia and 🇮🇹 won 22 overall medals each.
 * December 6–11: 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in 🇨🇦 Windsor, Ontario
 * The 🇺🇸 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

2016 FINA Swimming World Cup

 * August 26 & 27: SWC #1 in 🇫🇷 Paris-Chartres
 * 🇭🇺 won the gold medal tally. 🇦🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * August 30 & 31: SWC #2 in 🇩🇪 Berlin
 * 🇭🇺 won the gold medal tally. 🇦🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * September 3 & 4: SWC #3 in 🇷🇺 Moscow
 * 🇷🇺 and 🇭🇺 won 8 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
 * September 30 & October 1: SWC #4 in 🇨🇳 Beijing
 * 🇨🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 4 & 5: SWC #5 in Dubai
 * 🇭🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 8 & 9: SWC #6 in 🇶🇦 Doha
 * 🇭🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 21 & 22: SWC #7 in
 * 🇭🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 25 & 26: SWC #8 in 🇯🇵 Tokyo
 * 🇭🇺 won the gold medal tally. 🇯🇵 won the overall medal tally.
 * October 29 & 30: SWC #9 (final) in 🇭🇰
 * 🇭🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Synchronised swimming

 * June 22–26: 2016 European Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships in Rijeka
 * Solo winner: 🇷🇺 Veronika Kalinina
 * Duet winners: 🇷🇺 (Daria Kulagina, Veronika Kalinina)
 * Figures winner: 🇷🇺 Varvara Subbotina
 * Team winners: 🇷🇺
 * Combination winners: 🇷🇺
 * July 9–13: 2016 FINA World Junior Synchronized Swimming Championships in 🇷🇺 Kazan
 * Solo winner: 🇷🇺 Varvara Subbotina
 * Duet winners: 🇷🇺 (Veronika Kalinina, Daria Kulagina, Varvara Subbotina)
 * Team winners: 🇷🇺
 * Combination winners: 🇷🇺

LEN aquatic events

 * May 9–22: 2016 European Aquatics Championships in 🇬🇧 London
 * , 🇭🇺, and 🇷🇺 won ten gold medals each. Great Britain won the overall medal tally.
 * July 10–14: 2016 European Open Water Swimming Championships in Hoorn
 * 🇮🇹 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 9–11: 2016 European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in 🇮🇹 Piombino
 * 🇮🇹, 🇭🇺, and 🇫🇷 won 2 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.

Canoeing

 * February 12 – September 11: 2016 ICF Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (ICF)

 * May 18 & 19: 2016 Canoe Sprint European Continental Olympic Qualifier in 🇩🇪 Duisburg
 * 🇪🇸 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 7–11: 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Whitewater Stadium (Whitewater slalom)
 * Men's C1: 🇫🇷 Denis Gargaud Chanut;  🇸🇰 Matej Beňuš;  🇯🇵 Takuya Haneda
 * Men's C2:
 * 🇸🇰 (Ladislav Škantár & Peter Škantár)
 * (David Florence & Richard Hounslow)
 * 🇫🇷 (Gauthier Klauss & Matthieu Péché)
 * Men's K1: 🇬🇧 Joe Clarke;   Peter Kauzer;  🇨🇿 Jiří Prskavec
 * Women's K1: 🇪🇸 Maialen Chourraut;  🇳🇿 Luuka Jones;  🇦🇺 Jessica Fox
 * August 15–20: 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (Canoe sprint)
 * Men
 * Men's C1 200m: 🇺🇦 Yuriy Cheban;  🇦🇿 Valentin Demyanenko;  🇧🇷 Isaquias Queiroz
 * Men's C1 1,000m: 🇩🇪 Sebastian Brendel;  🇧🇷 Isaquias Queiroz;  🇲🇩 Serghei Tarnovschi
 * Men's C2 1,000m:
 * 🇩🇪 (Sebastian Brendel & Jan Vandrey)
 * 🇧🇷 (Erlon Silva & Isaquias Queiroz)
 * 🇺🇦 (Dmytro Ianchuk & Taras Mishchuk)
 * Men's K1 200m: 🇬🇧 Liam Heath;  🇫🇷 Maxime Beaumont;  🇪🇸 Saúl Craviotto;  🇩🇪 Ronald Rauhe
 * Men's K1 1,000m: 🇪🇸 Marcus Walz;  🇨🇿 Josef Dostál;  🇷🇺 Roman Anoshkin
 * Men's K2 200m:
 * 🇪🇸 (Saúl Craviotto & Cristian Toro)
 * (Liam Heath & Jon Schofield
 * 🇱🇹 (Aurimas Lankas & Edvinas Ramanauskas
 * Men's K2 1,000m:
 * 🇩🇪 (Max Rendschmidt & Marcus Gross)
 * 🇷🇸 (Marko Tomićević & Milenko Zorić)
 * 🇦🇺 (Ken Wallace & Lachlan Tame)
 * Men's K4 1,000m: ;  ;
 * Women
 * Women's K1 200m: 🇳🇿 Lisa Carrington;  🇵🇱 Marta Walczykiewicz;  🇦🇿 Inna Osypenko-Radomska
 * Women's K1 500m: 🇭🇺 Danuta Kozák;   Emma Jørgensen;  🇳🇿 Lisa Carrington
 * Women's K2 500m:
 * 🇭🇺 (Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák)
 * 🇩🇪 (Franziska Weber & Tina Dietze)
 * 🇵🇱 (Karolina Naja & Beata Mikołajczyk)
 * Women's K4 500m: ;  ;

Canoe sprint (flatwater)

 * February 12 – July 31: 2016 ICF Events Calendar for Canoe Sprint

Continental and world canoe sprint championships

 * February 12–14: 2016 Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships in 🇦🇺 Adelaide


 * 🇦🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * April 1–4: 2016 African Canoe Sprint Championships in Durban
 * won the gold medal tally. 🇹🇳 won the overall medal tally.
 * May 19–22: 2016 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships in 🇺🇸 Gainesville, Georgia
 * Senior: 🇨🇦 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Junior: 🇧🇷 won the gold medal tally. 🇦🇷 and 🇨🇦 won 10 overall medals each.
 * June 7–9: 2016 World University Canoe Sprint Championships in Montemor-o-Velho
 * 🇵🇱 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 24–26: 2016 Canoe Sprint European Championships in 🇷🇺 Moscow
 * 🇭🇺 and 🇷🇺 won 5 gold medals each. Hungary won the overall medal tally.
 * July 28–31: 2016 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in 🇧🇾 Minsk
 * Junior: 🇭🇺, 🇧🇾, and 🇷🇺 won 5 gold medals each. Hungary won the overall medal tally.
 * U23: 🇭🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

2016 Canoe Sprint World Cup

 * May 20–22: CSF World Cup #1 in 🇩🇪 Duisburg
 * 🇧🇾, 🇩🇪, and 🇺🇦 won 3 gold medals each. Belarus won the overall medal tally.
 * May 27–29: CSF World Cup #2 in 🇨🇿 Račice (Litoměřice District)
 * 🇩🇪 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 3–5: CSF World Cup #3 (final) in Montemor-o-Velho
 * 🇵🇱 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Whitewater slalom (canoe)

 * February 19 – September 11: 2016 ICF Events Calendar for Canoe Slalom

Continental and world whitewater slalom championships

 * February 19–21: 2016 Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships in 🇦🇺 Penrith
 * Men's C1 winner: 🇸🇰 Matej Beňuš
 * Men's C2 winners: 🇩🇪 (Franz Anton, Jan Benzien)
 * Men's K1 winner: 🇨🇿 Vavřinec Hradilek
 * Women's C1 winner: 🇦🇺 Jessica Fox
 * Women's K1 winner: 🇸🇰 Jana Dukátová
 * April 23 & 24: 2016 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships in 🇯🇵 Toyama
 * Men's C1 winner: 🇨🇳 SHU Jianming
 * Men's C2 winners: 🇯🇵 (Shota Sasaki, Tsubasa Sasaki)
 * Men's K1 winner: 🇨🇳 TAN Ya
 * Women's C1 winner: Chen Wei-han
 * Women's K1 winner: 🇨🇳 LI Lu
 * Men's C1 team winners: 🇨🇳 (WANG Sheng, SHU Jianming, CHEN Fangjia)
 * Men's C2 team winners: 🇺🇿
 * Men's K1 team winners: 🇯🇵 (Kazuya Adachi, Tsubasa Sasaki, Taku Yoshida)
 * Women's C1 team winners: 🇰🇿 (Xeniya Kondratenko, Kamilla Safina, Yekaterina Smirnova)
 * Women's K1 team winners: 🇯🇵 (Yuriko Takeshita, Haruka Okazaki, Ren Mishima)
 * May 13–15: 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships in 🇸🇰 Liptovský Mikuláš
 * Men's C1 winner: 🇸🇰 Alexander Slafkovský
 * Women's C1 winner: 🇪🇸 Nuria Vilarrubla
 * Men's C2 winners: 🇸🇰 (Tomáš Kučera, Ján Bátik)
 * Men's K1 winner: 🇨🇿 Jiří Prskavec
 * Women's K1 winner: 🇩🇪 Melanie Pfeifer
 * Men's C1 team winners: 🇸🇰
 * Women's C1 team winners:
 * Men's C2 team winners: 🇸🇰
 * Men's K1 team winners: 🇨🇿
 * Women's K1 team winners:
 * July 12–17: 2016 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in 🇵🇱 Kraków
 * Junior
 * Men's Junior C1 winner: 🇸🇰 Marko Mirgorodsky
 * Men's Junior C2 winners: 🇨🇿 (Albert Kaspar, Vojtech Mruzek)
 * Men's Junior K1 winner: 🇺🇦 Ruslan Pestov
 * Men's Junior Team C1 winners: 🇩🇪 (Gregor Kreul, Lennard Tuchscherer)
 * Men's Junior Team C2 winners: 🇨🇿
 * Men's Junior Team K1 winners: 🇫🇷 (Thomas Durand, Paul Cornut-Chauvinc)
 * Women's Junior C1 winner: 🇨🇿 Tereza Fišerová
 * Women's Junior K1 winner: 🇵🇱 Klaudia Zwolinska
 * Women's Junior Team C1 winners: 🇷🇺 (Alsu Minazova, Anastasia Kozyreva)
 * Women's Junior Team K1 winners: 🇨🇿 (Tereza Fišerová, Karolina Galuskova, Katerina Duskova)
 * U23
 * Men's U23 C1 winner: 🇩🇪 Florian Breuer
 * Men's U23 C2 winners: 🇵🇱 (Filip Brzezinski, Andrzej Brzezinski)
 * Men's U23 K1 winner: 🇸🇰 Jakub Grigar
 * Men's U23 Team C1 winners: 🇫🇷 (Cedric Joly, Thibault Blaise)
 * Men's U23 Team C2 winners: 🇷🇺
 * Men's U23 Team K1 winners: 🇩🇪 (Stefan Hengst, Leo Bolg)
 * Women's U23 C1 winner: 🇦🇺 Jessica Fox
 * Women's U23 K1 winner: 🇦🇺 Jessica Fox
 * Women's U23 Team C1 winners: (Kimberley Woods, Jasmine Royle)
 * Women's U23 Team K1 winners: 🇩🇪 (Lisa Fritsche, Caroline Trompeter, Selina Jones)

2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup

 * June 3–5: CS World Cup #1 in 🇮🇹 Ivrea
 * Men's C1 winner: 🇨🇿 Michal Jáně
 * Men's C2 winners: 🇫🇷 (Nicola Scianimanico, Hugo Cailhol)
 * Men's K1 winner: 🇮🇹 Giovanni De Gennaro
 * Men's K1 Cross winner: 🇨🇿 Vavřinec Hradilek
 * Women's C1 winner: 🇦🇺 Jessica Fox
 * Women's K1 winner: 🇩🇪 Ricarda Funk
 * Women's K1 Cross winner: Ajda Novak
 * June 10–12: CS World Cup #2 in 🇪🇸 La Seu d'Urgell
 * Men's C1 winner: 🇸🇰 Alexander Slafkovský
 * Men's C2 winners: 🇫🇷 (Pierre-Antoine Tillard, Edern Le Ruyet)
 * Men's K1 winner: 🇨🇿 Vít Přindiš
 * Men's K1 Cross winner: 🇨🇿 Vít Přindiš
 * Women's C1 winner: 🇪🇸 Núria Vilarrubla
 * Women's K1 winner: 🇪🇸 Maialen Chourraut
 * Women's K1 Cross winner: Martina Wegman
 * June 16–19: CS World Cup #3 in 🇫🇷 Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
 * Men's C1 winner: 🇸🇰 Alexander Slafkovský
 * Men's C2 winners: 🇫🇷 (Pierre-Antoine Tillard, Edern Le Ruyet)
 * Men's K1 winner: 🇪🇸 Samuel Hernanz
 * Men's K1 Cross winner: 🇨🇿 Vít Přindiš
 * Women's C1 winner: 🇬🇧 Mallory Franklin
 * Women's K1 winner: 🇫🇷 Marie-Zélia Lafont
 * Women's K1 Cross winner: 🇫🇷 Caroline Loir
 * September 2–4: CS World Cup #4 in 🇨🇿 Prague
 * Men's C1 winner: 🇸🇰 Matej Beňuš
 * Men's C2 winners: 🇸🇰 (Ladislav Škantár, Peter Škantár)
 * Men's K1 winner: 🇨🇿 Jiří Prskavec
 * Men's K1 Cross winner: 🇩🇪 Hannes Aigner
 * Women's C1 winner: 🇦🇺 Jessica Fox
 * Women's K1 winner: 🇩🇪 Ricarda Funk
 * Women's K1 Cross winner: 🇨🇿 Veronika Vojtová
 * September 7–11: CS World Cup #5 (final) in Tacen-Ljubljana
 * Men's C1 winner: Benjamin Savšek
 * Men's C2 winners: 🇸🇰 (Ladislav Škantár, Peter Škantár)
 * Men's K1 winner: Peter Kauzer
 * Men's K1 Cross winner: 🇫🇷 Boris Neveu
 * Women's C1 winner: 🇬🇧 Kimberley Woods
 * Women's K1 winner: 🇦🇺 Jessica Fox
 * Women's K1 Cross winner: 🇨🇿 Amalie Hilgertova

Other canoeing events

 * May 17–19: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships in 🇩🇪 Duisburg
 * 🇦🇺 won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
 * June 1–5: 2016 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships in 🇧🇦 Banja Luka
 * Men's C1 sprint winner: 🇨🇿 Ondrej Rolenc
 * Men's C1 sprint team winners: 🇨🇿 (Ondrej Rolenc, Antonin Hales, Vladimir Slanina)
 * Men's C2 sprint winners: 🇫🇷 (Quentin Dazeur, Stephane Santamaria)
 * Men's C2 sprint team winners: 🇫🇷 (T. Debray & L. Lapointe, Q. Dazeur & S. Santamaria, A. Leduc & L. Zouggari)
 * Men's K1 sprint winner: 🇧🇪 Maxime Richard
 * Men's K1 sprint team winners: (Nejc Znidarcic, Anze Urankar, Vid Debeljak)
 * Women's C1 sprint winner: 🇨🇿 Martina Satkova
 * Women's C2 sprint winners: 🇸🇰 (Barobora Kortisova, Katarina Kopunova)
 * Women's K1 sprint winner: 🇬🇧 Hannah Brown
 * Women's K1 sprint team winners: 🇫🇷 (Claire Bren, Manon Hostens, Phenicia Dupras)
 * August 29 – September 4: 2016 ICF Canoe Polo World Championships in 🇮🇹 Syracuse, Sicily
 * Men: 🇮🇹 defeated 🇫🇷, 6–5 in overtime, to win their first ICF Canoe Polo World Championships title.
 * 🇪🇸 took the bronze medal.
 * Women: 🇳🇿 defeated 🇩🇪, 3–2, to win their first ICF Women's Canoe Polo World Championships title.
 * 🇫🇷 took the bronze medal.
 * Men U21: defeated 🇩🇪, 5–4 in overtime, to win their first ICF Men's U21 Canoe Polo World Championships title.
 * 🇮🇹 took the bronze medal.
 * Women's U21: 🇩🇪 defeated 🇵🇱, 2–1 in overtime, to win their third consecutive ICF Women's U21 Canoe Polo World Championships title.
 * 🇳🇿 took the bronze medal.
 * September 8–11: 2016 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships in 🇷🇺 Moscow
 * 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 16–18: 2016 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in 🇩🇪 Brandenburg an der Havel
 * Men's C1 26.2 km: 🇭🇺 Márton Kover
 * Men's C2 26.2 km: 🇭🇺 (Márton Kover, Ádám Docze)
 * Men's K1 29.8 km: Hank McGregor
 * Men's K2 29.8 km: (Hank McGregor, Jasper Mocke)
 * Men's U23 C1 22.6 km: 🇭🇺 Bence Balázs Dori
 * Men's U23 K1 26.2 km: 🇭🇺 Ádám Petro
 * Women's C1 19 km: 🇭🇺 Zsanett Lakatos
 * Women's K1 26.2 km: 🇭🇺 Renáta Csay
 * Women's K2 26.2 km: 🇭🇺 (Renáta Csay, Alexandra Bara)
 * Women's U23 K1 22.6 km: 🇭🇺 Vanda Kiszli

Rowing

 * January 16 – November 13: 2016 FISA Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (FISA)

 * August 6–13: 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon


 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

International rowing championships

 * January 16: 2016 European Rowing Indoor Championships in 🇭🇺 Győr
 * 🇵🇱 won the gold medal tally. Poland, 🇦🇹, and 🇭🇺 won 6 overall medals each.
 * February 28: 2016 FISA Indoor Rowing World Championships in 🇺🇸 Boston
 * Men's Lightweight winner: Steffen Bonde
 * Men's Heavyweight winner: 🇺🇸 James Letten
 * Women's Lightweight winner: Robyn Hart-Winks
 * Women's Heavyweight winner: 🇺🇸 Michelle Lazorchak
 * March 22–24: 2016 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Valparaíso
 * M1x winner: 🇲🇽 Juan Carlos Cabrera Perez
 * W1x winner: Michelle Parson
 * LM2x winners: 🇧🇷 Xavier Vela Magi / Willian Giaretton
 * LW2x winners: 🇧🇷 Vanessa Cozzi / Fernanda Leal Ferreira
 * March 25–27: 2016 South American Rowing Championship in Curauma
 * 🇦🇷 won the gold medal tally. Argentina and 🇧🇷 won 11 overall medals each.
 * April 21–23: 2016 Paralympic Qualification Regatta in 🇮🇹 Gavirate
 * ASW1X winner: 🇨🇳 WANG Lili
 * ASM1X winner: 🇨🇳 Huang Cheng
 * TAMix2X winners: 🇨🇳 (LIU Shuang, FEI Tianming)
 * LTAMix4+ winners: 🇦🇺
 * April 23–25: 2016 FISA Asian and Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in 🇰🇷 Chungju (at Tangeum Lake)
 * M1x winner: 🇰🇷 KIM Dong-yong
 * W1x winner: 🇰🇷 Kim Ye-ji
 * LM2x winners: 🇨🇳 (SUN Man, WANG Chunxin)
 * LW2x winners: 🇯🇵 (Ayami Oishi, Chiaki Tomita)
 * May 6–8: 2016 European Rowing Championships in 🇩🇪 Brandenburg an der Havel (at Lake Beetzsee)
 * won the gold medal tally. 🇩🇪 won the overall medal tally.
 * May 22–25: 2016 FISA European and Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne (at Lake Rotsee)
 * 🇧🇪, the 🇨🇿, and 🇷🇺 won 2 gold medals each. 🇳🇿 won the overall medal tally.
 * July 9 & 10: 2016 European Rowing Junior Championships in 🇱🇹 Trakai (at Lake Galvė)
 * 🇩🇪 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 21–28: 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam (at the Willem-Alexander Baan)
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 21–28: World Rowing Junior Championships 2016 in Rotterdam
 * 🇮🇹 won the gold medal tally. 🇩🇪 won the overall medal tally.
 * August 21–28: 2016 World Rowing U23 Championships in Rotterdam
 * The won the gold medal tally. 🇩🇪 won the overall medal tally.
 * September 2–4: 2016 World University Rowing Championships in 🇵🇱 Poznań
 * The 🇨🇿 and 🇩🇪 won 4 gold medals each. 🇵🇱 won the overall medal tally.
 * September 9–11: 2016 World Rowing Masters Regatta in Copenhagen (at Lake Bagsværd)
 * For results, click here.
 * October 21–23: 2016 World Rowing Coastal Championships in
 * CM4x+ winner: 🇨🇿 Team Dukla Praha
 * CW2x winner: 🇮🇹 Team Circolo Canottieri Saturnia
 * CM1x winner: 🇪🇸 Team Real Club Mediterraneo
 * CW4x+ winner: 🇫🇷 Team Club Nautique de Nice
 * CM2x winner: 🇪🇸 Team Real Círculo de Labradores
 * CW1x winner: 🇮🇪 Team Killorglin Rowing Club

2016 World Rowing Cup

 * April 15–17: WRC #1 in 🇮🇹 Varese (at Lake Varese)
 * The won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * May 27–29: WRC #2 in Lucerne (at Lake Rotsee)
 * 🇳🇿 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 17–19: WRC #3 (final) in 🇵🇱 Poznań (at Lake Malta)
 * 🇳🇿 won the gold medal tally. New Zealand and won 11 overall medals each.

2016 Summer Olympics (ISAF)

 * August 8–18: 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Marina da Glória
 * Men
 * Men's RS:X:  Dorian van Rijsselberghe;  🇬🇧 Nick Dempsey;  🇫🇷 Pierre Le Coq
 * Men's Laser: 🇦🇺 Tom Burton;   Tonči Stipanović;  🇳🇿 Sam Meech
 * Men's Finn: 🇬🇧 Giles Scott;   Vasilij Žbogar;  🇺🇸 Caleb Paine
 * Men's 470:
 * (Šime Fantela & Igor Marenić)
 * 🇦🇺 (Mathew Belcher & William Ryan)
 * (Panagiotis Mantis & Pavlos Kagialis)
 * Men's 49er:
 * 🇳🇿 (Peter Burling & Blair Tuke)
 * 🇦🇺 (Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen)
 * 🇩🇪 (Erik Heil & Thomas Plössel)
 * Women
 * Women's RS:X: 🇫🇷 Charline Picon;  🇨🇳 Chen Peina;  🇷🇺 Stefania Elfutina
 * Women's Laser Radial:  Marit Bouwmeester;  🇮🇪 Annalise Murphy;   Anne-Marie Rindom
 * Women's 470:
 * (Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark)
 * 🇳🇿 (Jo Aleh & Polly Powrie)
 * 🇫🇷 (Camille Lecointre & Hélène Defrance)
 * Women's 49erFX:
 * 🇧🇷 (Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze)
 * 🇳🇿 (Alex Maloney & Molly Meech)
 * (Jena Hansen & Katja Salskov-Iversen)
 * Mixed Narca 17:
 * 🇦🇷 (Santiago Lange & Cecilia Carranza Saroli)
 * 🇦🇺 (Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin)
 * 🇦🇹 (Thomas Zajac & Tanja Frank)

World sailing championships

 * June 14–18: 2016 ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championships in 🇫🇷/🇳🇨 Nouméa
 * Winners: 🇦🇺 (Will Dargaville, Sarah Parker, Josh Dawson, James Farquharson)
 * September 21–25: 2016 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in 🇺🇸 Sheboygan, Wisconsin
 * Winner: 🇸🇪 Anna Kjellberg
 * September 25–30: 2016 FISU World University Sailing Championship in 🇦🇺 Perth
 * Open and Women's winners: 🇦🇺
 * December 14–20: 2016 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in 🇳🇿 Auckland
 * Note: Was scheduled to be held in Oman. However, it withdrew, due to the alleged national discriminatory practices against Israel.
 * 🇦🇺 and won 2 gold medals each. Australia, the 🇺🇸, 🇮🇱, 🇮🇹, and 🇫🇷 won 3 overall medals each.
 * Nations Trophy winner: 🇮🇹

2016 ISAF Sailing World Cup

 * December 7–13, 2015: SWC #1 in 🇦🇺 Melbourne (#1 and at Port Phillip)


 * 🇦🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * January 23–29: SWC #2 in 🇺🇸 Miami (at Biscayne Bay)


 * The, , and 🇪🇸 won 2 gold medals each. The Netherlands won the overall medal tally.
 * April 25 – May 1: SWC #3 in 🇫🇷 Hyères (at Rade de Hyères)


 * 🇦🇺 and 🇵🇱 won 2 gold medals each. Australia won the overall medal tally.
 * June 6–12: SWC #4 in 🇬🇧 Weymouth and Portland, Dorset (at both Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay)


 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 19–25: SWC #5 in 🇨🇳 Qingdao (at Fushan Bay)


 * 🇨🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * December 4–11: SWC #6 (final) in 🇦🇺 Melbourne #2
 * Note: Abu Dhabi withdrew from hosting this event from October 24–28, due to the allocation of the World Sailing Annual Conference to Europe.
 * 🇦🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Water polo

 * September 4, 2015 – December 11, 2016: FINA General Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (FINA–WP)

 * August 6–20: 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center
 * Men: ;  ;
 * Women: ;  ;

World water polo championships

 * August 26 – September 3: 2016 FINA Men's Youth Water Polo World Championships in 🇲🇪 Podgorica
 * defeated 🇲🇪, 16–13, in the final. 🇭🇺 took the bronze medal.
 * December 12–18: 2016 FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships in 🇳🇿 Auckland
 * 🇷🇺 defeated 🇪🇸, 9–7, to win their first FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships title.
 * 🇮🇹 took the bronze medal.

FINA Water Polo World League

 * October 20, 2015 – June 26, 2016: 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
 * October 20, 2015 – May 10, 2016: 2015–16 European six-round preliminary water polo matches
 * ,, and all qualified to compete in the Superfinal.
 * May 10–15: 2016 Intercontinental water polo tournament (men) in 🇯🇵 Yokohama
 * The, , , and all qualified to compete in the Superfinal.
 * June 21–26: 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League Superfinal in 🇨🇳 Huizhou
 * defeated the, 10–6, to win their fourth consecutive and eighth overall FINA Men's Water Polo World League title.
 * took the bronze medal.
 * October 27, 2015 – June 12, 2016: 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
 * October 27, 2015 – May 3, 2016: 2015–16 European six-round preliminary water polo matches
 * ,, and all qualified to be in the Superfinal.
 * February 16–21: 2016 Intercontinental water polo tournament (women) in 🇺🇸 Lewisville, Texas
 * The, , , and all qualified to be in the Superfinal.
 * June 7–12: 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League Superfinal in 🇨🇳 Shanghai
 * The defeated, 13–9, to win their third consecutive and tenth overall FINA Women's Water Polo World League title.
 * took the bronze medal.

LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation)

 * September 4, 2015 – June 4, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Champions League (final six in 🇭🇺 Budapest)
 * Jug Dubrovnik defeated Olympiacos, 6–4, to win their fourth LEN Champions League title. 🇭🇺 Szolnoki VSK took third place.
 * September 30, 2015 – April 30, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup
 * 🇮🇹 AN Brescia defeated 🇷🇺 Sintez Kazan, 23–10 on aggregate, to win their first LEN Euro Cup title.
 * December 4, 2015 – April 23, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Women's Champions' Cup
 * April 15 & 16: 2015–16 Women's LEN Trophy Final Four in 🇪🇸 Mataró
 * 🇪🇸 CN Mataró defeated NC Vouliagmeni, 6–5, to win their first Women's LEN Trophy title. 🇭🇺 Szentesi VK took the bronze medal.
 * April 23 & 24: 2015–16 Women's LEN Euro League Final Four in 🇪🇸 Sabadell
 * 🇪🇸 CN Sabadell defeated 🇭🇺 UVSE Budapest, 11–8, to win their fourth LEN Euro League Women title. 🇷🇺 Kinef Kirishi took the bronze medal.
 * January 10–23: 2016 European Water Polo Championships for Men and Women in 🇷🇸 Belgrade
 * Men: defeated, 10–8, to win their third consecutive and four overall European Water Polo Championships title.  took third place.
 * Women: defeated the, 9–7, to win their third Women's European Water Polo Championships title.  took third place.
 * September 10–18: 2016 Women's European Under 19 Water Polo Championships in The Hague
 * The defeated 🇪🇸, 9–7, in the final.  took third place.
 * September 11–18: 2016 Men's European Under 19 Water Polo Championships in Alphen aan den Rijn
 * 🇷🇸 defeated 🇮🇹, 12–9, in the final. 🇪🇸 took third place.