2017 in sports
2017 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Calendar by month[edit]
January[edit]
February[edit]
March[edit]
April[edit]
May[edit]
June[edit]
July[edit]
August[edit]
September[edit]
October[edit]
November[edit]
December[edit]
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)
- Overall winner:
- 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)
- Overall Advanced winners: 1st.
- 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)
- Overall Unlimited winners: 1st.
- August 3 – 13: 10th FAI European Advanced Aerobatic Championships in
Chotěboř
- 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
- Winner:
- March 13 – 17: 2017 FAI F1D European Championships for Free Flight Indoor Model Aircraft in
Slănic
- 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
- Seniors winners: 1st place:
- 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
- F3C Seniors winners: 1st place:
- July 24 – 30: 2017 FAI F3K World Championship for Model Gliders in
Lviv
- 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
- Seniors winners: 1st place:
- July 30 – August 6: 2017 FAI F1 Junior European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in
Prilep
- 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
- F2A winners: 1st:
- August 6 – 12: 2017 FAI F3B World Championship for Model Gliders in
Jeseník
- 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
- F1A winners: 1st:
- 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
- Winners: 1st:
- 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
- 15 m winner:
- 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)
- Club winner:
- June 10 – 17: Uppsala Masters at
Sundbro Airport
- 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
- Winner:
- 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)
- Club winners: 1st:
- July 27 – August 13: 10th FAI Junior World Gliding Championships in
Kaunas
- 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)
- Winner:
- March 26 – April 1: Sailplane Grand Prix #2 in
Orlando
- Winner:
Jerzy Szemplinski (Schleicher ASG 29)
- Winner:
- April 17 – 22: Sailplane Grand Prix #3 in
Magaliesburg
- Winner:
Laurens Goudriaan (Jonker JS-1 Revelation)
- Winner:
- May 7 – 14: Sailplane Grand Prix #4 in
Santa Cilia
- Winner:
Jon Gatfield (Schleicher ASG 29)
- Winner:
- May 27 – June 3: Sailplane Grand Prix #5 in
Wrocław
- Winner:
Sebastian Kawa (Jonker JS-1 Revelation)
- Winner:
- June 10 – 17: Sailplane Grand Prix #6 in
Varese
- Winner:
Giorgio Galetto (Schempp-Hirth Ventus-3)
- Winner:
- June 25 – July 1: Sailplane Grand Prix #7 in
Buno-Bonnevaux
- Winner:
Christophe Abadie (Schleicher ASG 29)
- Winner:
- July 29 – August 5: Sailplane Grand Prix #8 in
Partizánske
- Winner:
Roman Mracek (Schleicher ASG 29)
- Winner:
- August 19 – 26: Sailplane Grand Prix #9 in
Celje
- Winner:
Boštjan Pristavec (Jonker JS-1 Revelation)
- Winner:
- 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
- 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
- Winners: 1st.
Ultralight aviation[edit]
- April 28 – May 7: 2017 FAI Asian-Oceanic Paramotor Championships in
Lopburi
- 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)
- RAL1 class winner:
- August 26 – September 2: 2017 FAI European Paramotor Championships in
Přerov
Parachuting[edit]
Paraski World Cup[edit]
- January 20 – 22: Paraski World Cup Series #1 in
Bad Leonfelden
- February 3 – 5: Paraski World Cup Series #2 in
Unterammergau
- February 17 – 19: Paraski World Cup Series #3 (final) in
Železná Ruda
Events[edit]
- March 7 – 11: 16th FAI World Para-Ski Championships in
St. Johann in Tirol
- 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)
- Individual Overall winners:
- August 7 – 12: 14th FAI European Formation Skydiving Championships in
Saarlouis
- 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
- Freestyle winners: 1st:
- 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
- Winners:
- August 7 – 12: 2nd FAI European Speed Skydiving Championships in
Saarlouis
- August 7 – 12: 7th FAI European Canopy Formation Championships in
Saarlouis
- August 7 – 12: 3rd FAI World Cup of Speed Skydiving in
Saarlouis
- August 7 – 12: 11th FAI European Artistic Events Championships in
Saarlouis
- August 7 – 12: 9th FAI World Cup of Canopy Formation in
Saarlouis
- August 24 – 31: 6th FAI Junior European Freefall Style and Accuracy Landing Championships in
Podgorica
- 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)
- Individual Overall winners:
- 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
- Open 4-Way Formation Tournament winners: 1st.
- 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)
- Wingsuit Performance winners: 1st.
- 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
- Men's winner:
- May 20 – 27: Paragliding World Cup #1 in
Cœur de Savoie
- June 17 – 24: Paragliding World Cup #2 in
Niš
- August 5 – 12: Paragliding World Cup #3 in
Disentis
- September 2 – 9: Paragliding World Cup #4 in
Pico do Gavião
- October 28 – November 4: Paragliding World Cup #5 in
Guayaquil
- 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
- April 7 – 9: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #2 in
Vršac
- July 21 – 23: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #3 in
Mont-Saint-Pierre, Quebec
- September 22 – 24: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #4 in
Kobarid (final)
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
- Overall winner:
- 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
- Winner:
- 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)
- Overall winner:
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]
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)
- Recurve winners:
- 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)
- Recurve winners:
- 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)
- Recurve winners:
- February 10 – 12: IA World Cup #4 (final) in
Las Vegas[10]
- 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)
- Recurve winners:
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)
- Recurve winners:
- 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)
- Recurve winners:
- 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)
- Recurve winners:
- 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)
- Recurve winners:
- August 22 – 26: 2017 WAE Field Archery European Championships in
Mokrice Catez[17]
- 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)
- Recurve winners:
- 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)
- Recurve winners:
- 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)
- Barebow winners:
- 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)
- Junior recurve winners:
- October 15 – 22: 2017 World Archery Championships in
Mexico City[23]
South Korea won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Association football[edit]
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.
- The
Major League Baseball[edit]
- April 2 – October 1: 2017 Major League Baseball season
- American League winners:
Houston Astros
- National League winners:
Los Angeles Dodgers
- American League winners:
- 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)
- #1 pick:
- 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.
- The
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.
- The
- 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.
- The
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]
- August 4 – 12: 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's African Championship in
Maputo[32]
- August 18 – 27: AfroBasket Women 2017 in
Bamako[33]
- September 8 – 16: AfroBasket 2017 in
Tunis and
Dakar[34]
- Asia