2017 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

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Air sports edit

Aerobatics edit

• July 9 – 17: 5th FAI World YAK 52 Aerobatic Championship in Tula
  • Overall winner: Oleg Shpolianskii
  • Overall teams winners:  Russia (Oleg Shpolianskii, Vladimir Kotelnikov)
• July 27 – August 5: 8th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships in Toruń
  • Overall Advanced winners: 1st. Gustav Salminen, 2nd. Erwin George, 3rd: Michał Klimaszewski
  • Advanced Teams winners: 1st:  Poland (Michał Klimaszewski, Agata Nykaza, Mirosław Wrześniewski), 2nd:  France (Erwin George, Benoit Madrenas, Eric Lanquetin), 3rd:  Romania (Ciprian Lupaș, Valentin Hota, Gál Zsolt)
• July 27 – August 5: 20th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Toruń
  • Overall Unlimited winners: 1st. Ferenc Tóth, 2nd: János Szilágyi, 3rd: Luca Bertossio
  • Unlimited Teams winners: 1st:  Hungary (Ferenc Tóth, János Szilágyi, János Sonkoly), 2nd:  Germany (Moritz Kirchberg, Eugen Schaal, Marvin Woltering), 3rd:  Austria (Siegfried Mayr, Gabriel Stangl, Bernhard Behr)
• August 3 – 13: 10th FAI European Advanced Aerobatic Championships in Chotěboř
  • Winners: 1st: Dmitriy Samokhvalov, 2nd: Loïc Lovicourt, 3rd: Roman Ovchinnikov
  • Teams winners: 1st:  Russia, 2nd:  France, 3rd:  Ukraine
• August 16 – 26: 29th FAI World Aerobatic Championships in Malalane

Model aircraft edit

Events edit

• February 19 – 25: 2017 FAI F3P World Championship for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Strasbourg^[1]
  • Winner: Gernot Bruckmann
  • Junior winner: Felix Scander
  • Team winners:  Austria
• March 13 – 17: 2017 FAI F1D European Championships for Free Flight Indoor Model Aircraft in Slănic
  • Winner: Ivan Treger
  • Junior winner: Călin Bulai
  • Teams winner:  Romania
  • Junior teams winner:  Romania
• July 16 – 22: 2017 FAI F3J European Championship for Model Gliders in Martin
  • Seniors winners: 1st place: Arijan Hucaljuk, 2nd place: Oleksander Chekh, 3rd place: Manuel Reinecke
  • Juniors winners: 1st place: Ivaylo Dimitrov, 2nd place: Marco Gallizia, 3rd place: Oskar Stempihar
  • Seniors teams winners: 1st place:  Turkey, 2nd place:  Slovakia, 3rd place:  Slovenia
  • Juniors teams winners: 1st place:  Germany, 2nd place:  Bulgaria, 3rd place:  Czech Republic
• July 21 – 30: 2017 FAI F3 World Championships for Model Helicopters in Włocławek
  • F3C Seniors winners: 1st place: Ennio Graber, 2nd place: Hiroki Ito, 3rd place: Pierre Gutierrez
  • F3C Juniors winners: 1st place: Axel Mondet, 2nd place: Thomas Rettenbacher, 3rd place: Tianshi AN
  • F3C Teams winners: 1st place:  France, 2nd place:  Switzerland, 3rd place:  Japan
  • F3N Seniors winners: 1st place: Ko Huan-chen, 2nd place: Eric Weber, 3rd place: James Robertson
  • F3N Juniors winners: 1st place: Aaron Cole, 2nd place: Samuel Aunbirk Jensen, 3rd place: Marcel Doring
  • F3N Teams winners: 1st place:  Germany, 2nd place:  United Kingdom, 3rd place:  Denmark
• July 24 – 30: 2017 FAI F3K World Championship for Model Gliders in Lviv
  • Seniors winners: 1st place: Nikola Frančić, 2nd place: Cederic Duss, 3rd place: Pierre Meunier
  • Juniors winners: 1st place: Augis Bražiūnas, 2nd place: Nikita Sholom, 3rd place: Christoph Ogi
• July 25 – 29: 2017 FAI F3D World Championship for Pylon Racing Model Aircraft in Järna
  • Seniors winners: 1st place: Jiří Novotný, 2nd place: Stefan Raeven, 3rd place: Thomas Eriksson
  • Juniors winners: 1st place: Daniel Arapakis, 2nd place: Bram Lentjes, 3rd place: Johannes Reutenberg
  • Teams winners: 1st place:  Australia, 2nd place:  United States, 3rd place:  Italy
• July 30 – August 6: 2017 FAI F1 Junior European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Prilep
  • F1A winners: 1st place: Martin Bencik, 2nd place: Alexey Khoroshev, 3rd place: Sagi Brudni
  • F1B winners: 1st place: Bojan Gostojic, 2nd place: Sebastian Jäckel, 3rd place: Omri Sela
  • F1P winners: 1st place: Maksim Poliakov, 2nd place: Ilya Trapeznikov, 3rd place: Michał Krężel
• August 5 – 12: 2017 FAI F2 European Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft in Békéscsaba
  • F2A winners: 1st: Luca Grossi, 2nd: Ferenc Szvacsek, 3rd: Oleksandr Osovyk
  • Junior F2A winners: 1st: Illia Rediuk, 2nd: Alexey Emelyanov, 3rd: Kacper Walania
  • F2B winners: 1st: Igor Burger, 2nd: Marco Valiera, 3rd: Zbynek Kravcik
  • Junior F2B winners: 1st: Yaroslav Fokin, 2nd: Jan Kopriva, 3rd: Mykola Kucher
  • F2B Teams winners: 1st:  Ukraine, 2nd:  Czech Republic, 3rd:  Russia
  • Junior F2C Teams winners: 1st:  Russia, 2nd:  Ukraine, 3rd:  Poland
  • F2D winners: 1st:  Spain, 2nd:  Lithuania, 3rd:  Russia
• August 6 – 12: 2017 FAI F3B World Championship for Model Gliders in Jeseník
  • Winners: 1st: Bernhard Flixeder, 2nd: Andreas Herrig, 3rd: Johannes Krischke
• August 6 – 13: 2017 FAI F1 World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Szentes
  • F1A winners: 1st: Igor Bombek, 2nd: Robert Lesko, 3rd: Julien Sion
  • F1A Teams winners: 1st:  France, 2nd:  United Kingdom, 3rd:  Slovenia
  • F1B winners: Stepan Stefanchuk, Gilad Mark, 3rd: Rolandas Mackus
  • F1B Teams winners: 1st:  Serbia, 2nd:  Israel, 3rd:  Lithuania
  • F1C winners: 1st: Yuri Shvedenkov, 2nd: Edward Burek, 3rd: Raimond Naaber
  • F1C Teams winners: 1st:  China, 2nd:  France, 3rd:  United Kingdom
• August 19 – 27: 2017 FAI S European Championships for Space Models in Nowy Targ
• August 21 – 27: 2017 FAI F1E World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Turda
• November 18 – 28: 2017 FAI F3A World Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in  Argentina

Hot air ballooning edit

• August 22 – 27: 20th FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship in Brissac-Quincé
• September 4 – 9: 4th FAI Women's European Hot Air Balloon Championship in Leszno
• September 7 – 16: 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in Gruyères

General aviation edit

Events edit

• July 28 – August 3: 23rd FAI World Precision Flying Championship at Spitzerberg Airport
  • Winners: 1st: Krzysztof Skrętowicz, 2nd: Janusz Darocha, 3rd: Michał Wieczorek
  • Teams winners: 1st:  Poland, 2nd:  Czech Republic, 3rd:  France
• September 11 – 16: 1st FAI World Air Navigation Race Championship in Castellón
• September 13 – 17: 54th National Championship Air Races at Reno Stead Airport

Gliding edit

• January 8 – 21: 34th FAI World Gliding Championships in Benalla^[2]
  • 15 m winner: Sebastian Kawa
  • 18 m winner: Killian Walbrou
  • Open winner: Russell Cheetham
• May 17 – June 4: 9th FAI Women's World Gliding Championship in Zbraslavice
  • Club winner: Sabrina Vogt (Glasflügel H-201)
  • Standard winner: Aude Grangeray (Schempp-Hirth Discus-2)
  • 18 m winner: Katrin Senne (Schleicher ASG 29)
• June 10 – 17: Uppsala Masters at Sundbro Airport
  • Class winner: Jan-Ola Nordh
  • Open winner: Börje Eriksson
• June 29 – July 16: 2nd FAI World 13.5m Class Gliding Championship in Szatymaz
  • Winner: Sebastian Kawa, 2nd place: Uli Schwenk, 3rd place: Sebastian Riera
• July 20 – August 6: 19th FAI European Gliding Championships in Moravská Třebová
  • Club winners: 1st: Tim Kuijpers, 2nd: Boris Zorz, 3rd: Fabian Peitz
  • Standard winners: 1st: Pavel Louzecky, 2nd: Miloslav Cink, 3rd: Jeroen Jennen
  • Double Seater winners: 1st:  Poland (Kawa & Matkowski), 2nd:  United Kingdom (Jones & Coppin), 3rd:  Switzerland (Cronjaeger & Heidemeyer)
• July 27 – August 13: 10th FAI Junior World Gliding Championships in Kaunas
  • Club winners: 1st: Julian Klemm, 2nd: Paul Altrichter, 3rd: Stefan Langer
  • Standard winners: 1st: Sjoerd van Empelen, 2nd: Ignas Bitinaitis, 3rd: Joris Vainius
• August 10 – 26: 19th FAI European Gliding Championships at Lasham Airfield
• November 26 – December 8: 2nd FAI Pan-American Gliding Championship in Santa Rosa de Conlara

2017 Grand Prix gliding edit

• December 14 – 20, 2016: Sailplane Grand Prix #1 in Horsham
  • Winner: Geoff Brown (Jonker JS-1 Revelation)
• March 26 – April 1: Sailplane Grand Prix #2 in Orlando
  • Winner: Jerzy Szemplinski (Schleicher ASG 29)
• April 17 – 22: Sailplane Grand Prix #3 in Magaliesburg
  • Winner: Laurens Goudriaan (Jonker JS-1 Revelation)
• May 7 – 14: Sailplane Grand Prix #4 in Santa Cilia
  • Winner: Jon Gatfield (Schleicher ASG 29)
• May 27 – June 3: Sailplane Grand Prix #5 in Wrocław
  • Winner: Sebastian Kawa (Jonker JS-1 Revelation)
• June 10 – 17: Sailplane Grand Prix #6 in Varese
  • Winner: Giorgio Galetto (Schempp-Hirth Ventus-3)
• June 25 – July 1: Sailplane Grand Prix #7 in Buno-Bonnevaux
  • Winner: Christophe Abadie (Schleicher ASG 29)
• July 29 – August 5: Sailplane Grand Prix #8 in Partizánske
  • Winner: Roman Mracek (Schleicher ASG 29)
• August 19 – 26: Sailplane Grand Prix #9 in Celje
  • Winner: Boštjan Pristavec (Jonker JS-1 Revelation)
• January 1 – 31, 2018: Sailplane Grand Prix #10 in Vitacura (World final)

Hang gliding edit

• July 24 – August 6: 20th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 2 Championship in Aspres-sur-Buëch
  • Class 2 winners: 1st: Manfred Ruhmer, 2nd: Jacques Bott, 3rd: Franz Pacheiner
  • Class 5 winners: 1st: Patrick Chopard Lallier, 2nd: Christopher Friedl, 3rd: Walter Geppert
• August 6 – 19: 14th FAI Women's World Hang Gliding Championship in Brasília
  • Cancelled due to lack of pilots.^[3]
• August 6 – 19: 21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship in Brasília
  • Winners: 1st. Petr Beneš, 2nd. Alessandro Ploner, 3rd. Christian Chiech
  • Teams winners: 1st.  Italy, 2nd.  Czech Republic, 3rd.  Germany

Ultralight aviation edit

• April 28 – May 7: 2017 FAI Asian-Oceanic Paramotor Championships in Lopburi
  • Winners: 1st place:  Thailand, 2nd place:  Qatar, 3rd place:  Australia
• August 12 – 19: 14th FAI European Microlight Championships at the Nagykanizsa Airport
  • RAL1 class winner: Jiri Krajcza
  • RAL2 class winners:  Czech Republic (Petr Jonás & Lucie Krameriusová)
  • RGL2 class winners:  Poland (Alojzy Dernbach & Klaudia Laskowska)
  • RWL1 class winner: Andrey Shchekoldin
  • RWL2 class winners:  Russia (Maksim Semenov & Alfiia Semenova)
• August 26 – September 2: 2017 FAI European Paramotor Championships in Přerov
  • Winners: 1st. Alex Mateos. 2nd: Marie Mateos, 3rd: Pierre Lefebvre

Parachuting edit

Paraski World Cup edit

• January 20 – 22: Paraski World Cup Series #1 in Bad Leonfelden
  • Winners: Haibel Reinhold (m) / Erica Franz (f)
  • Junior winner: Sebastian Graser
  • Master Mix winner: Andreas Fischer
  • Team Combined winners: HSV Red Bull Salzburg 1
  • Individual accuracy winner: Milan Palo
• February 3 – 5: Paraski World Cup Series #2 in Unterammergau
  • Winners: Sebastian Graser (m) / Magdalena Schwertl (f)
  • Junior winner: Sebastian Graser
  • Master Mix winner: Toni Gruber
  • Team Combined winners: HSV Red Bull Salzburg 1
• February 17 – 19: Paraski World Cup Series #3 (final) in Železná Ruda
  • Winners: Sebastian Graser (m) / Magdalena Schwertl (f)
  • Junior winner: Sebastian Graser
  • Master Mix winner: Toni Gruber
  • Team Combined winners: HSV Red Bull Salzburg 1

Events edit

• March 7 – 11: 16th FAI World Para-Ski Championships in St. Johann in Tirol
  • Individual winners: Alexey Burenin (m) / Magdalena Schwertl
  • Team winners:  Russia 1 (Anton Filippov, Alexey Burenin, Ayaz Karimov, Artur Bikmetov) (m) /  Austria (Magdalena Schwertl, Marina Kücher)
  • Junior winner: Sebastian Graser
  • Master Mix winner: Toni Gruber
• July 11 – 20: 41st CISM World Military Parachuting Championship in Warendorf
  • Individual Overall winners: Elischa Weber (m) / Olga Lepezina
  • Juniors Overall winners: Tianbo Gao (m) / Darja Shastakovich (f)
  • Nation Overall winners:  Russia (m) /  Russia (f)
  • Formation team winners:  Belgium (m) /  France (f)
  • Individual Style winners: Elischa Weber (m) / Léocadie Ollivier de Pury (f)
  • Individual Style Juniors winners: Tianbo Gao (m) / Darja Shastakovich (f)
  • Individual Accuracy winners: Miroslav Kříž (m) / Siwei Liu (f)
  • Individual Accuracy Juniors winners: Zhang Zuolei (m) / Darja Shastakovich (f)
  • Team Accuracy winners:  China (m) /  Belarus (f)
• August 7 – 12: 14th FAI European Formation Skydiving Championships in Saarlouis
  • Winners: Hayabusa NMP PCH (m) / VR4 France Femmes (f)
  • Vertical Formation Skydiving winners: Vertical Fly Station
  • Formation Skydiving 8-Way winners: Tanay-8
• August 7 – 12: 12th FAI World Cup of Artistic Events in Saarlouis
  • Freestyle winners: 1st:  Russia, 2nd:  Slovakia, 3rd:  United Kingdom
  • Freefly winners: 1st:  France 2, 2nd:  United States, 3rd:  France 1
• August 7 – 12: 21st FAI World Cup of Formation Skydiving in Saarlouis
  • Winners: Hayabusa NMP PCH (m) / VR4 France Femmes (f)
  • Vertical Formation Skydiving winners: SDC Core
  • Formation Skydiving 8-Way winners: Golden Knights
• August 7 – 12: 2nd FAI European Speed Skydiving Championships in Saarlouis
  • Winners: 1st: Thomas Moritz Friess, 2nd: Charles Hurd, 3rd: Henrik Raimer
• August 7 – 12: 7th FAI European Canopy Formation Championships in Saarlouis
  • 2-Way Sequential winners: 1st: France CF A, 2nd: Russia CF, 3rd: France CF B
• August 7 – 12: 3rd FAI World Cup of Speed Skydiving in Saarlouis
  • Winners: 1st: Thomas Moritz Friess, 2nd: Charles Hurd, 3rd: Henrik Raimer
• August 7 – 12: 11th FAI European Artistic Events Championships in Saarlouis
  • Freestyle winners: 1st:  Russia, 2nd:  Slovakia, 3rd:  United Kingdom
  • Freefly winners:  France 2, 2nd:  France 1, 3rd:  Norway
• August 7 – 12: 9th FAI World Cup of Canopy Formation in Saarlouis
  • 2-Way Sequential winners: 1st: France CF A, 2nd: Russia CF, 3rd: France CF B
• August 24 – 31: 6th FAI Junior European Freefall Style and Accuracy Landing Championships in Podgorica
  • Juniors Overall winners: Petr Chladek (m) / Maria Elkina (f)
  • Individual Accuracy Juniors winners: Petr Chladek (m) / Maria Elkina (f)
  • Individual Style Juniors winners: Lukas Tschech (m) / Kseniia Fominykh (f)
• August 24 – 31: 9th FAI European Freefall Style and Accuracy Landing Championships in Podgorica
  • Individual Overall winners: Jiri Gecnuk (m) / Liubov Ekshikeeva (f)
  • Individual Accuracy winners: István Asztalos (m) / Nataliia Nikitsiuk (f)
  • Individual Style winners: Libor Jirousek (m) / Liubov Ekshikeeva (f)
  • Team Accuracy winners:  Belarus (m) /  Russia (f)
  • Nation Overall winners:  Czech Republic (m) /  Russia (f)
• October 20 – 22: 2nd FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championships in Laval
  • Open 4-Way Formation Tournament winners: 1st.  Belgium 1, 2nd.  France, 3rd.  United States
  • Women's 4-Way Formation Tournament winners: 1st.  France 1, 2nd.  United Kingdom, 3rd.  Czech Republic
  • Junior 4-Way Formation Tournament winners: 1st.  France 1, 2nd.  Canada, 3rd.  Czech Republic
  • Vertical Formation Skydiving winners: 1st.  France 1, 2nd.  United States, 3rd.  Poland
  • Dynamic 2-Way Tournament winners: 1st.  Poland 1, 2nd.  Singapore, 3rd.  France
  • Dynamic 4-Way Tournament winners: 1st.  France, 2nd.  Czech Republic, 3rd.  Switzerland
  • Open Indoor Freestyle winners: 1st.  Russia, 2nd.  Poland, 3rd.  Czech Republic
  • Junior Indoor Freestyle winners: 1st.  Singapore, 2nd.  United States, 3rd.  Poland
• November 2 – 8: 2nd FAI World Cup of Wingsuit Flying in  United States
  • Wingsuit Performance winners: 1st. Chris Geiler, 2nd. Alexey Galda, 3rd. Travis Mickle
  • Wingsuit Acrobatic winners: 1st.  United States 2 (Wicked Wingsuits), 2nd.  United States 1 (Flatspin), 3rd.  Russia (Sky Republic)
• November 27 – December 1: 9th FAI World Cup of Canopy Piloting in Dubai

Paragliding edit

2017 Paragliding World Cup edit

• January 17 – 28: World Cup Superfinal in Governador Valadares
  • Men's winner: Aaron Durogati
  • Women's winner: Seiko Fukuoka Naville
  • Teams winner: Gin Gliders
• May 20 – 27: Paragliding World Cup #1 in Cœur de Savoie
  • Men's winner: Luc Armant
  • Women's winner: Méryl Delferriere
  • Teams winner: Ozone Paragliders ( Russel Ogden, Luc Armant, Honorin Hamard, Seiko Fukuoka Naville)
• June 17 – 24: Paragliding World Cup #2 in Niš
  • Men's winner: Stéphane Drouin
  • Women's winner: Atsuko Yamashita
  • Teams winners: Air'G Products ( Hernan Pitocco, Jošt Napret, Richard Gallon, Daria Krasnova)
• August 5 – 12: Paragliding World Cup #3 in Disentis
  • Men's winner: Alfredo Studer
  • Women's winner: Seiko Fukuoka Naville
  • Teams winner: Ozone Paragliders ( Charles Cazaux, Julien Wirtz, Seiko Fukuoka Naville, Ulrich Prinz)
• September 2 – 9: Paragliding World Cup #4 in Pico do Gavião
  • Men's winner: Rafael Saldini
  • Women's winner: Silvia Buzzi Ferraris
  • Teams winner: Kortel Design (Clayton Resende, Marcelo Prieto, Rafael Saldini, Marcella Uchôa)
• October 28 – November 4: Paragliding World Cup #5 in Guayaquil
  • Men's winner: Honorin Hamard
  • Women's winner: Yael Margelisch
  • Teams winner: Ozone Paragliders
• January 9 – 20, 2018: 2017 Paragliding World Cup Superfinal in Roldanillo

2017 Paragliding Accuracy World Cup edit

• March 16 – 20: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #1 in Manado
  • Winners: Rio Indrakusumah (m) / Kang In-suk
  • Teams winners: Garuda Prima 6
• April 7 – 9: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #2 in Vršac
  • Winners: Indra Lesmana (m) / Rika Wijayanti (f)
  • Teams winners: Garuda Prima 2
• July 21 – 23: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #3 in Mont-Saint-Pierre, Quebec
  • Winners: Hening Paradigma (m) / Sirin Milawati (f)
  • Teams winners: Garuda Prima 1
• September 22 – 24: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #4 in Kobarid (final)
  • Winners: Tomas Lednik (m) / Marketa Tomaskova (f)
  • Teams winners: No Name Team (Goran Djurkovic, Dragan Popov, Dejan Valek, Ivan Pavlov)

Other in Paragliding edit

• January 19 – 22: 1st Paragliding ASEAN Friendships Open in Nong Khai
  • Overall winner: Tanapat Luangam
  • Women's winner: Nannapat Phuchong
  • Teams winner: Bueng Kan
• May 5 – 14: 9th FAI World Paragliding Accuracy Championship in Vlorë
  • Winner: Tzvetan Tzolov (Gradient Bright 5)
  • Women's winner: Nunnapat Puchong
  • Team winners:  China
• July 1 – 15: 15th FAI World Paragliding Championship in Pedavena
  • Overall winner: Pierre Remy
  • Women's winner: Seiko Fukuoka Naville
  • Teams winners:  France (Pierre Remy, Honorin Hamard, Luc Armant, Julien Wirtz, Laurie Genovese)

Alpine skiing edit

Amateur boxing edit

American football edit

• Super Bowl LI – the New England Patriots (AFC) won 34–28 (OT) over the Atlanta Falcons (NFC)
  • Location: NRG Stadium
  • Attendance: 70,807
  • MVP: Tom Brady, QB (New England)

Aquatics edit

Archery edit

• November 26, 2016 – October 22, 2017: WA's Calendar of Events^[4]

Indoor archery edit

• November 26 & 27, 2016: IA World Cup #1 in Marrakesh^[5][6]
  • Recurve winners: Brady Ellison (m) / Bryony Pitman (f)
  • Compound winners: Stephan Hansen (m) / Danelle Wentzel (f)
• December 10 & 11, 2016: IA World Cup #2 in Bangkok^[7]
  • Recurve winners: KIM Jae-hyeong (m) / SONG Ji-yung (f)
  • Compound winners: Mike Schloesser (m) / Sarah Prieels (f)
• January 20 – 22: IA World Cup #3 in Nîmes^[8][9]
  • Recurve winners: Jean-Charles Valladont (m) / Claudia Mandia (f)
  • Compound winners: Stephan Hansen (m) / Tanja Jensen (f)
• February 10 – 12: IA World Cup #4 (final) in Las Vegas^[10]
  • Recurve winners: Brady Ellison (m) / PARK Se-hui (f)
  • Compound winners: Mike Schloesser (m) / Tanja Jensen (f)
• March 7 – 12: 2017 WAE Indoor European Archery Championships in Vittel^[11][12]
  • Recurve winners: David Pasqualucci (m) / Veronika Marchenko (f)
  • Team recurve winners:  Italy (Marco Galiazzo, Massimiliano Mandia, David Pasqualucci) (m) /  Poland (Karolina Farasiewicz, Natalia Leśniak, Wioleta Myszor)
  • Junior recurve winners: Erdal Meriç Dal (m) / Tatiana Andreoli (f)
  • Junior team recurve winners:  France (Thomas Chirault, Thomas Koenig, Valentin Ripaux) /  Italy (Tatiana Andreoli, Tanya Giaccheri, Vanessa Landi)
  • Compound winners: Jacopo Polidori (m) / Alexandra Savenkova (f)
  • Team compound winners:  Italy (Michele Nencioni, Sergio Pagni, Jacopo Polidori) /  Denmark (Erika Anear, Tanja Jensen, Sarah Sonnichsen) (f)
  • Junior compound winners: Nico Wiener (m) / Mariya Shkolna (f)
  • Junior team compound winners:  Denmark (Christoffer Berg, Simon Olsen, Sune Rasmussen) /  Estonia (Emily Hoim, Lisell Jaatma, Meeri-Marita Paas) (f)

Outdoor archery edit

• May 16 – 21: WA World Cup #1 in Shanghai^[13]
  • Recurve winners: Steve Wijler (m) / Ki Bo-bae (f)
  • Compound winners: Stephan Hansen (m) / Sara López (f)
  • Recurve team winners:  Kazakhstan (m) /  Russia (f)
  • Compound team winners:  India (m) /  South Korea (f)
  • Mixed team winners:  South Korea (Compound) /  Chinese Taipei (Recurve)
• June 6 – 11: WA World Cup #2 in Antalya^[14]
  • Recurve winners: Jean-Charles Valladont (m) / Ksenia Perova (f)
  • Compound winners: Chen Hsiang-Hsuan (m) / Sarah Sonnichsen (f)
  • Recurve team winners:  Italy (m) /  Chinese Taipei (f)
  • Compound team winners:  Denmark (m) /  Denmark (f)
  • Mixed team winners:  Denmark (Compound) /  Chinese Taipei (Recurve)
• June 20 – 25: WA World Cup #3 in Salt Lake City^[15]
  • Recurve winners: Im Dong-hyun (m) / Chang Hye-jin (f)
  • Compound winners: Mike Schloesser (m) / Andrea Marcos (f)
  • Recurve team winners:  Russia (m) /  Chinese Taipei (f)
  • Compound team winners:  South Korea (m) /  South Korea (f)
  • Mixed team winners:  Colombia (Compound) /  South Korea (Recurve)
• August 8 – 13: WA World Cup #4 in Berlin^[16]
  • Recurve winners: Kim Woo-jin (m) / KANG Chae-young (f)
  • Compound winners: Demir Elmaağaçlı (m) / Sarah Sonnichsen (f)
  • Recurve team winners:  France (m) /  South Korea (f)
  • Compound team winners: The  United States (m) / The  United States (f)
  • Mixed team winners: The  United States (Compound) /  South Korea (Recurve)
• August 22 – 26: 2017 WAE Field Archery European Championships in Mokrice Catez^[17]
  •  Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.^[18]
• September 2 & 3: WA World Cup #5 (final) in Rome^[19]
  • Recurve winners: Kim Woo-jin (m) / Ki Bo-bae (f)
  • Compound winners: Braden Gellenthien (m) / Sara López (f)
  • Mixed team winners:  Denmark (Compound) /  South Korea (Recurve)
• September 12 – 17: 2017 World Para Archery Championships in Beijing^[20]
  • Recurve winners: ZHAO Lixue (m) / Zahra Nemati (f)
  • Compound winners: AI Xinliang (m) / ZHOU Jiamin (f)
  • W1 winners: Jeff Fabry (m) / Jessica Stretton (f)
  • Mixed team winners:  Russia (Compound) /  Italy (Recurve)
  • Recurve team winners:  Russia (m) /  China (f)
  • Compound team winners:  Italy (m) /  Iran (f)
  • W1 Team winners:  Turkey (m) /  Great Britain (f)
• September 19 – 24: 2017 World Archery 3D Championships in Robion^[21]
  • Barebow winners: Cesar Vera Bringas (m) / Jessica Lindblom (f)
  • Compound winners: Joan Pauner (m) / Ama Aude (f)
  • Instinctive Bow winners: Zibrandt Christensen (m) / Heldis Zahlberger (f)
  • Longbow winners: Robin Gardeur (m) / Giulia Barbaro (f)
  • Team winners:  United States (m) /  Italy (f)
• October 2 – 8: 2017 World Youth Archery Championships in Rosario^[22]
  • Junior recurve winners: JEONG Tae-yeong (m) / KIM Kyoung-eun (f)
  • Cadet recurve winners: TANG Chih-Chun (m) / PARK So-hui (f)
  • Junior compound winners: Curtis Broadnax (m) / Alexis Ruiz (f)
  • Cadet compound winners: Bryan Alvarado Fernandez (m) / Lucy Mason (f)
  • Junior recurve Team winners:  South Korea (m) /  Italy (f)
  • Cadet recurve Team winners:  United States (m) /  Japan (f)
  • Mixed recurve team winners:  India (junior) /  Chinese Taipei (cadet)
  • Junior compound team winners:  Mexico (m) /  Mexico (f)
  • Cadet compound team winners:  United States (m) /  Mexico (f)
  • Mixed compound team winners:  Great Britain (junior) /  Turkey (cadet)
• October 15 – 22: 2017 World Archery Championships in Mexico City^[23]
  •  South Korea won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

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Athletics (track and field) edit

Badminton edit

Baseball edit

World Baseball Classic edit

• March 7 – 22: 2017 World Baseball Classic (championship game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles)^[24]
  • The  United States defeated  Puerto Rico, 8–0, to win their first World Baseball Classic title.  Japan took third place.

Major League Baseball edit

• April 2 – October 1: 2017 Major League Baseball season
  • American League winners: Houston Astros
  • National League winners: Los Angeles Dodgers
• June 12 – 14: 2017 Major League Baseball draft in Secaucus, New Jersey
  • #1 pick: Royce Lewis (to the Minnesota Twins from JSerra Catholic High School)
• July 11: 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Miami at Marlins Park
  • The American League defeated the National League, 2–1.
  • MVP: Robinson Canó ( Seattle Mariners)
  • 2017 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby winner: Aaron Judge ( New York Yankees)
  • 2017 All-Star Futures Game: The World Team defeated the  United States, 7–6.
  • 2017 All-Star Futures Game MVP: Brent Honeywell ( Tampa Bay Rays)
• October 24 – November 1: 2017 World Series
  • The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4–3 in games played, to win their first World Series title.

WBSC edit

• July 28 – August 6: 2017 12U Baseball World Cup in Tainan^[25]
  • The  United States defeated  Chinese Taipei, 7–2, to win their third consecutive 12U Baseball World Cup title.  Mexico took third place.
• September 1 – 10: 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup in Thunder Bay^[26]
  • The  United States defeated  South Korea, 8–0, to win their fourth consecutive and ninth overall U-18 Baseball World Cup title.  Japan took third place.

Little League Baseball tournaments edit

• July 29 – August 5: 2017 Senior League World Series in Easley^[27]
  • Team Latin America (Aguadulce, Coclé) defeated Team Southeast ( Coral Springs), 5–4, in the final.
• July 30 – August 6: 2017 Intermediate League World Series in Livermore^[28]
  • Team Puerto Rico defeated Team East ( New Jersey), 6–5, in the final.
• August 13 – 20: 2017 Junior League World Series in Taylor^[29]
  • Team Asia–Pacific (Taoyuan, Taiwan) defeated Team East ( Kennett Square), 12–1, in the final.
• August 17 – 27: 2017 Little League World Series in South Williamsport^[30]
  • Team Japan (Tokyo Kitasuna LL) defeated Team Southwest ( Lufkin), 12–2, in the final.

Basketball edit

FIBA edit

Africa

• July 13 – 22: 2017 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship in Vacoas-Phoenix^[31]
  •  Mali defeated  Egypt, 76–65, to win their first FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship title.
  •  Algeria took third place.
• August 4 – 12: 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's African Championship in Maputo^[32]
  •  Mali defeated  Angola, 68–29, to win their fifth consecutive FIBA Under-16 Women's African Championship title.
  •  Egypt took third place.
• August 18 – 27: AfroBasket Women 2017 in Bamako^[33]
  •  Nigeria defeated  Senegal, 65–48, to win their third FIBA AfroBasket Women title.
  •  Mali took third place.
• September 8 – 16: AfroBasket 2017 in Tunis and Dakar^[34]
  •  Tunisia defeated  Nigeria, 77–65, to win their second AfroBasket title.
  •  Senegal took third place.

Asia

• January 29 – February 2: 2017 WABA Championship in Amman^[35]
  • Champions:  Lebanon (10 points); Second:  Iran (9 points); Third:  Jordan (8 points)
  • Note: Along with the three teams mentioned above,  Iraq and  Syria have qualified to compete in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.
• April 19 – 23: 2017 WABA U16 Championship in Tehran
  • Champions:  Iran (8 points); Second:  Lebanon (7 points); Third:  Syria (6 points)
• May 12 – 18: 2017 SEABA Championship in Quezon City^[36]
  • Champions:  Philippines (12 points); Second:  Indonesia (11 points); Third:  Thailand (10 points)
  • Note: The Philippines have qualified to compete in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.
• May 26 – 28: 2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 Asia Cup for Men and Women in Cyberjaya^[37]
  • Men -> Champions:  China; Second:  Chinese Taipei; Third:  Qatar
  • Women -> Champions:  Indonesia; Second:  Malaysia; Third:  China
• June 3 – 7: 2017 EABA Championship in Nagano^[38]
  •  Chinese Taipei defeated  South Korea, 77–64, to win their first EABA Championship title.  Japan took third place.
• July 23 – 29: 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup in Bangalore^[39]
  •  Japan defeated  Australia, 74–73, to win their third consecutive and fourth overall FIBA Women's Asia Cup title.
  •  China took third place.
• August 8 – 20: 2017 FIBA Asia Cup in Zouk Mosbeh^[40]
  •  Australia defeated  Iran, 79–56, to win their first FIBA Asia Cup title.
  •  South Korea took third place.
• September 22 – 30: 2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup in Chenzhou^[41]
  • Al Riyadi defeated China Kashgar, 88–59, to win their second FIBA Asia Champions Cup title.
  • BC Astana took third place.
• October 22 – 28: 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship in Bangalore^[42]
  •  Australia defeated  Japan, 61–60, to win their first FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship title.
  •  China took third place.
• October 27 – 29: FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup 2017 in Ulaanbaatar^[43]
  •  Mongolia defeated  New Zealand, 19–14, in the final.  Australia took third place.

Americas

• June 7 – 11: 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship in Buenos Aires^[44]
  • The  United States defeated  Canada, 91–46, to win their fourth FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship title.
  •  Argentina won the bronze medal.
  • Note: All three teams mentioned here, plus  Colombia, have qualified to compete at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.
• June 14 – 18: 2017 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship in Formosa^[45]
  • The  United States defeated  Canada, 111–60, to win their fifth consecutive FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship title.
  •  Puerto Rico won the bronze medal.
  • Note: All three teams mentioned above, plus  Argentina and the  Dominican Republic, have qualified to compete at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
• July 12 – 16: 2017 Women's Centrobasket Championship in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands^[46]
  • Champions:  Virgin Islands; Second:  Mexico; Third:  Puerto Rico
  • Note: All three teams mentioned here have qualified to compete at the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup.
• July 15 – 21: 2017 FIBA South America Under-17 Championship for Men in Lima^[47]
  •  Chile defeated  Argentina, 70–60, to win their first Men's FIBA South America Under-17 Championship title.
  •  Ecuador won the bronze medal.
• July 26 – 30: 2017 Under-17 Centrobasket in Santo Domingo^[48]
  • The  Dominican Republic defeated  Puerto Rico, 81–80, in the final.  Panama took third place.
• August 7 – 13: 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Buenos Aires^[49]
  •  Canada defeated  Argentina, 67–65, to win their second consecutive and third overall FIBA Women's AmeriCup title.