2016 Boccia World Championship

The 2016 Boccia World Championship was the 67th Boccia World Championship. It was held in the city of New York, USA. The individual competition was won by the Portuguese Maria Rodriguez, and by this she became the first woman to win indvidually since Terezie Zdeňka Vesela. The team competition was won by India, represented by Amrapali Venkatasubramani and Yadav Pali. This year is considered to be the year the boccia sport reached new hights, its popularity increasing severely both in mainstream media and amongst the general public.
 * Previous year: 2015
 * Next year: 2017