:Note — many sporting events did not take place because of World War I

1916 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

thumb|right|275px|Final score of the [[1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game]]

College championship

  • College football national championship – Pittsburgh Panthers

Events

  • 7 October — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeats the Cumberland University Bulldogs by a score of 222–0, the most one-sided game in college football history.

Association football

Europe

  • There is no major football in Europe due to World War I

South America

  • 9 July — CONMEBOL, the governing body of South American football, is founded

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

  • 2 September: Fitzroy wins the 20th VFL Premiership: Fitzroy 12.13 (85) d Carlton 8.8 (56) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Fitzroy wins the title despite having finished last in the regular season.

South Australian Football League:

  • not contested due to World War I

West Australian Football League:

  • 9 September: South Fremantle 7.12 (54) defeat East Fremantle 5.5 (35) for their first WAFL premiership.

Bandy

Sweden

  • Championship final – IFK Uppsala 3–2 Djurgårdens IF

Baseball

World Series

  • 7–12 October — Boston Red Sox defeats the Brooklyn Robins by 4 games to 1 to win the 1916 World Series.

Events

  • The Philadelphia Athletics finish the season with a record of 36–117 or a .235 winning percentage, the worst Major League Baseball record since 1900.
  • Winnipeg Maroons wins the Northern League Championship
  • The Federal League goes out of business in a settlement with organised baseball that leaves out one club; the Baltimore Terrapins pursue a legal remedy

Boxing

Events

  • Having already lost to him earlier in the year, Battling Levinsky defeats Jack Dillon in 12 rounds at Boston to claim the World Light Heavyweight Championship.
  • The series of fights between Ted "Kid" Lewis and Jack Britton continues with Britton taking the World Welterweight Championship into 1917.

Lineal world champions

  • World Heavyweight Championship – Jess Willard
  • World Light Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dillon → Battling Levinsky
  • World Middleweight Championship – Al McCoy
  • World Welterweight Championship – Ted "Kid" Lewis → Jack Britton
  • World Lightweight Championship – Freddie Welsh
  • World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane
  • World Bantamweight Championship – Kid Williams
  • World Flyweight Championship – Jimmy Wilde

Canadian football

Grey Cup

  • not contested due to World War I

Cricket

Events

  • There is no first-class cricket in England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa or the West Indies due to World War I

India

  • Bombay Quadrangular – Europeans

Cycling

Tour de France

  • not contested due to World War I

Giro d'Italia

  • not contested due to World War I

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

  • not contested due to World War I

Golf

Events

  • The inaugural USPGA Championship is held as a matchplay tournament

Major tournaments

  • British Open – not contested due to World War I
  • June 29–30 — US Open – Chick Evans
  • October 10–14 — USPGA Championship – Jim Barnes

Other tournaments

  • British Amateur – not contested due to World War I
  • US Amateur – Chick Evans

Horse racing

England

  • Grand National – not held due to World War I
  • 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Canyon
  • 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Clarissimus
  • The Derby – Fifinella
  • The Oaks – Fifinella
  • St. Leger Stakes – Hurry On

Australia

  • Melbourne Cup – Sasanof

Canada

  • King's Plate - Mandarin

Ireland

  • Irish Grand National – All Sorts
  • Irish Derby Stakes – Furore

USA

  • May 13 — Kentucky Derby – George Smith
  • Preakness Stakes – Damrosch
  • Belmont Stakes – Friar Rock

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

  • Montreal Canadiens wins the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship
  • Portland Rosebuds wins the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championship, the first United States team to do so
  • 20–30 March — Montreal Canadiens defeats Portland Rosebuds in the 1916 Stanley Cup Final by 3 games to 2

Events

  • Winnipeg 61st Battalion wins the Allan Cup

Motor racing

Olympic Games

1916 Summer Olympics

  • The 1916 Summer Olympics, due to take place in Berlin, are cancelled due to World War I

Rowing

The Boat Race

  • Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race – not contested due to World War I

Rugby league

England

  • All first-class competitions are cancelled due to World War I

Australia

  • NSW Premiership – Balmain 5–3 South Sydney (grand final)

New Zealand

  • 1916 New Zealand rugby league season

Rugby union

Five Nations Championship

  • Five Nations Championship series is not contested due to World War I

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

  • not contested due to World War I

Tennis

Australia

  • Australian Men’s Singles Championship – not contested due to World War I

England

  • Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – not contested due to World War I
  • Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – not contested due to World War I

France

  • French Men’s Singles Championship – not contested due to World War I
  • French Women’s Singles Championship – not contested due to World War I

USA

  • American Men's Singles Championship – Richard Norris Williams (USA) defeats Bill Johnston (USA) 4–6 6–4 0–6 6–2 6–4
  • American Women’s Singles Championship – Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (Norway) defeats Louise Hammond Raymond (USA) 6–0 6–1

Davis Cup

  • 1916 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – not contested

References

el:Κατηγορία:Αθλητικά γεγονότα του 1916