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The 2016 NAIA baseball tournament was the 60th edition of the NAIA baseball championship. The 46-team tournament began on May 17 with Opening Round games across nine different sites and concluded with the 2016 NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho that began on May 27 and ended on June 3. Lewis–Clark State (ID) defeated Faulkner (AL) 12–11 in the championship game for their second consecutive title and 18th title in program history.
The 46 participating teams were selected from all eligible NAIA teams with the World Series host receiving an automatic bid to the NAIA World Series. The remaining 45 teams participated in the Opening Round with 31 teams being awarded automatic bids as either champions and/or runners-up of their conferences, and 14 teams were selected at-large by the National Selection Committee. Teams were then placed into one of nine pre-determined Opening Round sites of five teams a piece, each of which is conducted via a double-elimination tournament. The winners of each of the Opening Round sites plus the World Series host team participated in the NAIA World Series.
Tournament procedure
A total of 46 teams entered the tournament. As World Series host, Lewis–Clark State received an automatic bid into the NAIA World Series. 31 automatic bids were determined by either winning their conference's regular season championship, conference tournament, and/or conference tournament runner-up. The other 14 bids were at-large, with selections determined by the NAIA Baseball National Selection Committee.
Opening round hosts
On April 22, the NAIA announced the nine opening round host sites, which were played from May 17–20.
Bids
= Automatic
== At–Large
=Opening Round
Source:
= Faulkner Bracket
=Hosted by Faulkner (AL) at Harrison Field
= Grand Rapids Bracket
=Hosted by Davenport (MI) at Farmers Insurance Athletic Complex
= Hutchinson Bracket
=Hosted by Tabor (KS) at Hobart-Detter Field
= Jamestown Bracket
=Hosted by Jamestown (ND) at Jack Brown Stadium
= Kingsport Bracket
=Hosted by Kingsport CVB & Appalachian Athletic Conference at Hunter Wright Stadium
= Lawrenceville Bracket
=Hosted by Georgia Gwinnett at Grizzly Baseball Field
= Montgomery Bracket
=Hosted by Auburn–Montgomery at AUM Baseball Complex
= Santa Barbara Bracket
=Hosted by Westmont (CA) at Russell Carr Field
= Savannah Bracket
=Hosted by USC–Beaufort at Historic Grayson Stadium
NAIA World Series
The NAIA World Series was held at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho.
= Participants
== Bracket
=Source:
Preliminary Bracket
Championship Bracket
= Game Results
=All game times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00).
Preliminary Bracket
Championship Bracket
Championship Game
See also
2016 NAIA softball tournament
2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
2016 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
2016 NCAA Division III baseball tournament