| City: | Portland, Oregon |
| Dates: | 6–13 August 2015 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Associations: | 2 |
| Champion Other: | Federal Triangles (D1 men) Vancouver Out for Kicks (D2 men) |
| Second Other: | San Francisco Spikes (D1 men) Twin Cities Jacks (D2 men) |
| Matches: | 35 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2016 IGLFA World Championship was the 22nd officially recognized world championship event for the IGLFA. It was held in Portland, Oregon from August 6 through 13, officially hosted by NetRippers F.C.. Group stage and semifinal matches were played at West Delta Park, while final and exhibition matches were played at Providence Park, home of the Portland Timbers (MLS) and Portland Thorns FC (NWSL).
The tournament was won by Federal Triangles Soccer Club from Washington, D.C., the club's second major title after winning the North American championship the previous year. Defending IGLFA world (and Gay Games soccer) champions Stonewall F.C. from London, England did not participate.
| Team | Men's DI | Men's DII | Open | Women's | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetRippers F.C. |  | • | • • | • | ||
| • | × | • | |||
| • | • | ||||
| • | • | ||||
| Out for Kicks Vancouver Red Stars |  | • • | ||||
| • | |||||
| Twin Cities Jacks | | • | ||||
| Rain City SC Scandal | | × | ||||
Each team played the other four teams once each. Top four qualify to DI semifinals; fifth place to consolation match.
San Francisco beat New York 4–2 on penalties after playing to a 0–0 draw to advance to the final in Providence Park.
There, they fell 0–1 to Federal Triangles on a 62' free kick goal by FTSC player Zach Straus.[4]
Each team played all other teams once, plus one rematch each (VFC-Spikes and Jacks-United). All four teams qualify to DII semifinals.
One of the two semifinals pitted both Out for Kicks sides against each other, with the club's A-team (Vancouver FC) predictably prevailing 6–1.
Vancouver FC then went on to win the final in Providence Park by beating the Twin Cities Jacks by a score of 1–0.
Each team played all other teams once, plus one rematch each (Gold-Green and Girls-Triangles). Top two teams to open exhibition final.
The NetRippers Black competitive squad met the NetRippers 77 squad in a match that was played in memory of NetRippers member Sammy Rodriguez, who was crucial to bringing IGLFA WC22 to Portland. The game ended as a 2–2 draw.
NetRippers Green and Gold played to a 2–2 draw in a half-hour (two fifteen-minute halves) exhibition final.
With only two teams registered to play, full competition was canceled with the Seattle team opting to not participate in the tournament; only an exhibition women's match of all Portland-based players with two twenty-minute halves was played.