The 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships took place March 28 – April 3, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts.

The TD Garden was the primary arena for the 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships.

It is located in the North End neighborhood of Boston and is a short distance from the main venue.

[5] Skaters were eligible for the event if they represented an ISU member nations and had reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2015 in their place of birth.

Based on the results of the 2015 World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.

Defending world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was not selected by her federation for the event after finishing 8th at the Russian Championships.

Wagner moved into second place to win the United States' first World Championship ladies medal since 2006.

[27] 2015 World champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France obtained a small gold medal for the short dance for the first time in their career.

Chock/Bates took the bronze medal, marking the third time that the U.S. has finished with two ice dancing teams on the World podium (earlier: 1966, 2011).