September 2016 in sports

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Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
1	Athletics	Weltklasse Zürich (DL #13)	International	United States
1–14	Chess	42nd Chess Olympiad	International	Open: United States (Caruana / Nakamura / So / Shankland / Robson) Women: China (Hou / Ju / Zhao / Tan / Guo)
2–4	3x3 (basketball)	2016 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships Final Tournament	Continental	Men: Slovenia Women: Hungary
2–10	Volleyball	2016 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship	Continental	Poland
2–11	Beach soccer	2016 UEFA Beach Soccer Championship	Continental	Poland
3–4	Triathlon	2016 ITU World Triathlon Series #8	International	Men: Jonathan Brownlee Women: Summer Cook
3–11	Baseball	2016 Women's Baseball World Cup	International	Japan
3–17	Association football	2016 OFC U-20 Championship	Continental	New Zealand
3–10 December	American football	2016 NCAA Division I FBS season	Domestic	Heisman Trophy: Lamar Jackson ( Louisville Cardinals)
4	Formula One	2016 Italian Grand Prix	International	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes)
4	Motorcycle racing	2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix	International	MotoGP: Maverick Viñales ( Team Suzuki Ecstar) Moto2: Thomas Lüthi ( Garage Plus Interwetten) Moto3: Brad Binder ( Red Bull KTM Ajo)
5–10	Snooker	2016 Six-red World Championship	International	Ding Junhui
6–11	Mountain bike racing	2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DHI & 4X only)	International	Great Britain
7–18	Multi-sport	2016 Summer Paralympics	International	China (CHN)
8–1 January 2017	American football	2016 NFL season	Domestic	Regular season's AFC winner: New England Patriots Regular season's NFC winner: Dallas Cowboys
9	Athletics	Memorial Van Damme (DL #14)	International	United States
9–18	Baseball	2016 European Baseball Championship	Continental	Netherlands
10	Speedway	2016 FIM Grand Prix of Germany	International	Jason Doyle
10–1 October	Futsal	2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	International	Argentina
11	Athletics	2016 Great North Run	International	Men: Mo Farah Women: Vivian Cheruiyot
11	Motorcycle racing	2016 San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix	International	MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa ( Repsol Honda Team) Moto2: Lorenzo Baldassarri ( Forward Team) Moto3: Brad Binder ( Red Bull KTM Ajo)
11–18	Triathlon	2016 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final	International	Men: Henri Schoeman Women: Flora Duffy
11–18	Triathlon	2016 ITU Aquathlon World Championships	International	Men: Alistair Brownlee Women: Mariya Shorets
11–24	Association football	2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship	Continental	Australia
13–18	Amateur wrestling	2016 World Cadet Wrestling Championships	International	Men's Freestyle: Russia Greco-Roman: Iran Women's Freestyle: Japan
13–18	Beach volleyball	2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals	International	Men: Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt Women: Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst
13–3 June 2017	Association football	2016-17 UEFA Champions League	Continental	Real Madrid
14–18	Climbing	2016 IFSC Climbing World Championships	International	Japan
14–18	Shooting	2016 World University Shooting Championship	International	India
15–18	Cycling (road)	2016 European Road Championships	Continental	France
15–18	Golf	2016 Evian Championship	International	Chun In-gee
15–2 October	Association football	2016 AFC U-16 Championship	Continental	Iraq
15–24 May 2017	Association football	2016-17 UEFA Europa League	Continental	Manchester United
16–23 April 2017	1:10 R/C off-road racing	2015–16 Euro Offroad Series	Continental
16–30 July 2017	Endurance motorcycle racing	2016–17 FIM Endurance World Championship	International
16–18 September	Endurance motorcycle racing	2016 Bol d'Or (EWC #1)	International	Anthony Delhalle/ Vincent Philippe/ Etienne Masson ( Suzuki Endurance Racing Team)
16–18	Canoeing	2016 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships	International	Hungary
17–18 September	1:8 R/C nitro off-road racing	2016 JMRCA All-Japan 1:8 GP Off-Road Championship	Domestic	Naoto Matsukura ( Kyosho)
17–1 October	Ice hockey	2016 World Cup of Hockey	International	Canada
18	Basketball	2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup	International	Guaros de Lara
18	Formula One	2016 Singapore Grand Prix	International	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes)
23–25	Amateur wrestling	2016 World Veteran Wrestling Championships (Greco-Roman only)	International	Russia
24	Speedway	2016 FIM Stockholm Grand Prix of Sweden	International	Jason Doyle
24–25	Triathlon	2016 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships	International	Men: Sylvain Sudrie Women: Jodie Swallow
24–25	Triathlon	ITU Triathlon World Cup #8	International	Men: David Castro Fajardo Women: Kirsten Kasper
24–3 October	Multi-sport	2016 Asian Beach Games	Continental	Vietnam
25	Marathon	2016 Berlin Marathon (WMM #4)	International	Men: Kenenisa Bekele Women: Aberu Kebede
25	Motorcycle racing	2016 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix	International	MotoGP: Marc Márquez ( Repsol Honda Team) Moto2: Sam Lowes ( Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) Moto3: Jorge Navarro ( Estrella Galicia 0,0)
30–2 October	Golf	2016 Ryder Cup	International	Team USA
30–21 October	Association football	2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup	International	North Korea