Title: 2016 World Series
Content:  2016 World Series (4–3): Chicago Cubs (NL) beat Cleveland Indians (AL).
Title: 2016 Chicago Cubs season
Content:  2016 World Series (4-3): Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians.
Title: 2016 National League Championship Series
Content:  The 2016 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in which the Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League (NL) pennant and the right to play in the 2016 World Series against the Cleveland Indians. As the Division Series winner with the best regular season record in the National League, the Cubs earned home-field advantage regardless of opponent. The series was the 47th in league history. FS1 televised all of the games in the United States. The Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians in the World Series in seven games, after overcoming a 3–1 series deficit, winning their first World Series championship in 108 years, ending the Curse of the Billy Goat.
Title: 2017 Chicago Cubs season
Content:  The Cubs finished the 2016 season 103–58 in first place in the Central Division, reaching the playoffs for the second consecutive season. The Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants three games to one in the National League Division Series. In the National League Championship Series, the Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers four games to two to advance the franchise's first World Series since 1945. In the World Series, the Cubs rallied from a three games to one deficit to defeat the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series for the first time since 1908.
Title: 2016 in baseball
Content: November 2 : ; The Chicago Cubs won their first World Series title in 108 years by defeating the host Cleveland Indians in the 10th inning of Game 7, 8–7, making up a three games to one deficit in the process. Ben Zobrist, who went 10-for-28 (.357) in the series and delivered a go-ahead double in the top of the inning, earned Most Valuable Player honors. The Cleveland club now takes over as owner of the longest championship drought in the World Series, with their last title having come in 1948. ; The Doosan Bears beat the NC Dinos, 8–1, to complete the four-game sweep of the 2016 Korean Series at 
Title: 2016 in sports
Content: April 3 – October 2: 2016 Major League Baseball season ; American League winner: Cleveland Indians ; National League winner: Chicago Cubs ; June 9 – 11: 2016 Major League Baseball draft in Secaucus, New Jersey ; #1 pick: Mickey Moniak to the  Philadelphia Phillies from  La Costa Canyon High School ; July 12: 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Diego at Petco Park ; Winners: American League ; MVP: Eric Hosmer ( Kansas City Royals) ; Home Run Derby: Giancarlo Stanton ( Miami Marlins) ; October 25 – November 2: 2016 World Series ; The Chicago Cubs defeated the  Cleveland Indians, 4–3 in games played, to win their third World Series title.  Notably, this ended the longest championship drought in the history of North American sports at 108 years. 
Title: 2016 American League Championship Series
Content:  The 2016 World Series between the Cubs and Indians was highly anticipated due to the historical ramifications; the two teams entered their matchup as the two franchises with the longest World Series title droughts, a combined 174 seasons without a championship. The Cubs defeated the Indians 4–3 to win their first World Series since 1908. Game 7, an 8–7 victory in 10 innings at Progressive Field, marked the fifth time that a Game 7 had gone into extra innings and the first since 1997 (which, coincidentally, the Indians also lost). On December 23, 2016, the Cleveland Indians signed Edwin Encarnación, who had become a free agent after 6 1⁄2 years with the Toronto Blue Jays, and had declined the team's qualifying offer. At the 2018 trade deadline, Josh Donaldson also joined the Indians for a brief 16 game stint, as he was traded there from Toronto. Overall, this marked the end of the Blue Jays run from ‘15-‘16, which was their most successful run as a franchise since the back-to-back championships in ‘92 and ‘93. By the time of their next postseason appearance in 2020, there were no players from the 2015-2016 teams on the roster.
Title: 2016 Chicago Cubs season
Content:  came back from a three-games-to-one deficit, winning the final three games. The last time a team came back from a three-games-to-one deficit to win the World Series was the Kansas City Royals in 1985. The Cubs were also the first team to win Games 6 and 7 on the road in a World Series since the Pittsburgh Pirates did it against the Baltimore Orioles in 1979. The World Series victory put an end to the so-called Curse of the Billy Goat and [[List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts#Longest World Series championship droughts through history|the longest World Series championship drought in history]]. The 2016 Cubs are regarded as one of the best teams in MLB history.
Title: 2016 World Series
Content:  The Cubs made their 11th appearance in the World Series; their only previous two championships were in and. They lost their eight other appearances, in, , , , , , , and. The Cubs qualified for the postseason by winning the National League Central, ending the regular season with the best record in all of MLB (103–58) for the first time since 1945; they also posted their highest winning percentage since 1935, and won their most games since 1910. The division title was their sixth since division play began in 1969, and their first since 2008. The Cubs entered the postseason as the #1 seed in the National League, and they defeated the 5th-seeded San Francisco Giants 3–1 of the NL Division Series before clinching their first NL pennant since 1945 with a 4–2 series win over the 3rd-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series. For Cubs manager Joe Maddon, it was his second appearance in the World Series as manager – in 2008, he managed the Tampa Bay Rays, who lost 4–1 to the Philadelphia Phillies. It was also Maddon's third World Series appearance overall – in 2002, he was bench coach for the Anaheim Angels.
Title: 2016 World Series
Content:  The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season. The 112th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs and the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians, the first meeting of those franchises in postseason history. The series was played between October 25 and November 2 (although Game 7 ended slightly after 12:00 am local time on November 3). The Indians had home-field advantage because the AL had won the 2016 All-Star Game. This was the final World Series to have home-field advantage determined by the All-Star Game results; since, home-field advantage has been awarded to the team with the better record. Many consider the 2016 World Series to be one of the best of all 

Question: who did cubs beat in 2016 world series?
Answer: the Indians.
Cleveland Indians.