The 2016 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 37th edition of the competition, started on 10 April and finished after eleven events on 18 September 2016.

[1] The championship was won by Belgian rider Jan Hendrickx and his Dutch passenger Ben van den Bogaart.

For Hendrickx it was the first title while van den Bogaart won his third, having previously been World Champion as passenger of Ben Adriaenssen in 2013 and 2014.

Adriaenssen, with passenger Lauris Daiders, finished second, 43 points behind while British riders Stuart Brown and Josh Chamberlain came third.

[4] The Sidecarcross World Championship, first held in 1980 and organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, is an annual competition.

[1][2] Sidecarcross is similar to motocross except that the teams consist of two riders, a driver and a passenger.

Races are held on the same tracks as solo motocross but the handling of the machines differs as sidecars do not lean.

The majority of physical work in the sport is carried out by the passenger, who speeds up the sidecarcross in corners by leaning out.

While this overall winner received no extra world championship points, they usually were awarded a special trophy.

The riders placed seventh and eighth remained in reserve should one of the qualified teams be unable to participate.