2017 in sports describes the year's events in world

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Aerobatics Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aeroplane" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and gl ...

* July 9 – 17: 5th FAI World YAK 52 Aerobatic Championship in Tula ** Overall winner: Oleg Shpolianskii ** Overall teams winners: (Oleg Shpolianskii, Vladimir Kotelnikov) * July 27 – August 5: 8th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships in

Toruń Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...

** Overall Advanced winners: 1st. Gustav Salminen, 2nd. Erwin George, 3rd: Michał Klimaszewski ** Advanced Teams winners: 1st: (Michał Klimaszewski, Agata Nykaza, Mirosław Wrześniewski), 2nd: (Erwin George, Benoit Madrenas, Eric Lanquetin), 3rd: (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: ( Ferenc Tóth, János Szilágyi, János Sonkoly), 2nd: (Moritz Kirchberg, Eugen Schaal, Marvin Woltering), 3rd: (Siegfried Mayr, Gabriel Stangl, Bernhard Behr) * August 3 – 13: 10th FAI European Advanced Aerobatic Championships in

Chotěboř Chotěboř (; ) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zon ...

** Winners: 1st: Dmitriy Samokhvalov, 2nd: Loïc Lovicourt, 3rd: Roman Ovchinnikov ** Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: * August 16 – 26: 29th

FAI World Aerobatic Championships The FAI World Aerobatic Championships (WAC) is a competition in sport aviation organized by CIVA (Commission Internationale de Voltige Arienne), the aerobatic commission of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the world air sports federat ...

Malalane Malalane, alternatively rendered Malelane, is a farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa situated on the N4 national highway. The farms in the region produce sugarcane, subtropical fruit and winter vegetables. The town was proclaimed in 1949 after ...

Model aircraft A model aircraft is a physical model of an existing or imagined aircraft, and is built typically for display, research, or amusement. Model aircraft are divided into two basic groups: flying and non-flying. Non-flying models are also termed s ...

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* February 19 – 25: 2017 FAI F3P World Championship for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft in

Strasbourg Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...

** Winner: Gernot Bruckmann ** Junior winner: Felix Scander ** Team winners: * 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: ** Junior teams winner: * July 16 – 22: 2017 FAI F3J European Championship for Model Gliders in

Martin Martin may refer to: Places Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * M ...

** 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: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: ** Juniors teams winners: 1st place: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: * July 21 – 30: 2017 FAI F3 World Championships for Model Helicopters in

Włocławek Włocławek (; or ''Alt Lesle'', Yiddish: וולאָצלאַוועק, romanized: ''Vlatzlavek'') is a city in the Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship in central Poland along the Vistula River, bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park ...

** 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: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: ** 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: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: * July 24 – 30: 2017 FAI F3K World Championship for Model Gliders in

Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

** 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: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: * July 30 – August 6: 2017 FAI F1 Junior European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in

Prilep Prilep ( ) is the List of cities in North Macedonia, fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. According to 2021 census, it had a population of 63,308. Name The name of Prilep appeared first as ''Πρίλαπος'' in Greek (''Prilapos'') in 1 ...

** 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 Békéscsaba (; ; see also #Name, other alternative names) is a city with county rights in southeast Hungary, the capital of Békés County. Geography Békéscsaba is located in the Great Hungarian Plain, southeast from Budapest. Highway 44, 47 ...

** 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: , 2nd: , 3rd: ** Junior F2C Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: ** F2D winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: * August 6 – 12: 2017 FAI F3B World Championship for Model Gliders in

Jeseník Jeseník (; until 1947 Frývaldov (); , ) is a spa town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 10,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Jeseník consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 202 ...

** 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 Szentes () is a town in south-eastern Hungary, Csongrád-Csanád County, Csongrád county, near the Tisza, Tisza river. The town is a cultural and educational center of the region. It is the third most populous town in Csongrád-Csanád County, Cso ...

** F1A winners: 1st: Igor Bombek, 2nd: Robert Lesko, 3rd: Julien Sion ** F1A Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: ** F1B winners: Stepan Stefanchuk, Gilad Mark, 3rd: Rolandas Mackus ** F1B Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: ** F1C winners: 1st: Yuri Shvedenkov, 2nd: Edward Burek, 3rd: Raimond Naaber ** F1C Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: * August 19 – 27: 2017 FAI S European Championships for Space Models in

Nowy Targ Nowy Targ (Officially: ''Royal Free city of Nowy Targ'', Yiddish: ''Naymark'', Gorals, Goral dialect: ''Nowy Torg'' ) is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is located in the Orava-Nowy Targ Basin at the foot of the Go ...

* August 21 – 27: 2017 FAI F1E World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in

Turda Turda (; , ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the European route E81, and from nearby Câmpia ...

* November 18 – 28: 2017 FAI F3A World Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in

Hot air ballooning Hot air ballooning is the recreational and competitive Extreme sport, adventure sport of flying hot air balloons. Attractive aspects of balloon (aircraft), ballooning include the exceptional quiet (except when the propane burners are firing), th ...

* 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 Leszno (, , ) is a historic city in western Poland, seat of Leszno County within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the seventh-largest city in the province with an estimated population of 62,200, as of 2021. Leszno is a former residential cit ...

* September 7 – 16: 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in

Gruyères Gruyères (; ; Fribourgeois: ''Grevire''; ) is a town in the district of Gruyère (district), Gruyère in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland. The medieval town is an important tourist location in the ...

General aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other ...

Events

* 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: , 2nd: , 3rd: * September 11 – 16: 1st FAI World Air Navigation Race Championship in Castellón * September 13 – 17: 54th

National Championship Air Races The Reno Air Races, or Roswell Air Races, officially known as the National Championship Air Races, are a multi-day event tailored to the aviation community that took place each September at the Reno Stead Airport a few miles north of Reno, ...

at Reno Stead Airport

Gliding Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sports, air sport in which pilots fly glider aircraft, unpowered aircraft known as Glider (sailplane), gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmospher ...

* January 8 – 21: 34th FAI

World Gliding Championships The World Gliding Championships (WGC) is a gliding competitions, gliding competition held roughly every two years by the FAI Gliding Commission. The dates are not always exactly two years apart, often because the contests are always held in the sum ...

Benalla Benalla is a small city in the Hume (region), Hume region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The town sits on the Broken River (Victoria), Broken River, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. As of the , the population wa ...

** 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 Moravská Třebová (; ) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,600 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation. Administrative di ...

** 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: (Kawa & Matkowski), 2nd: (Jones & Coppin), 3rd: (Cronjaeger & Heidemeyer) * July 27 – August 13: 10th FAI Junior World Gliding Championships in

Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ...

** 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 Santa Rosa de Conlara is a village and municipality in San Luis Province in central Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of S ...

2017 Grand Prix gliding

* December 14 – 20, 2016: Sailplane Grand Prix #1 in

Horsham Horsham () is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...

** Winner: Geoff Brown ( Jonker JS-1 Revelation) * March 26 – April 1: Sailplane Grand Prix #2 in

Orlando Orlando commonly refers to: * Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States Orlando may also refer to: People * Orlando (given name), a masculine name, includes a list of people with the name * Orlando (surname), includes a list of people wit ...

** Winner: Jerzy Szemplinski ( Schleicher ASG 29) * April 17 – 22: Sailplane Grand Prix #3 in

Magaliesburg Magaliesburg is a small town situated below the Witwatersrand mountain range in Gauteng, South Africa. The Magaliesberg mountain range is north and visible from town, hence the name "Magaliesburg". The mountains themselves are named after Kgosi ...

** 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 Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

** Winner: Sebastian Kawa ( Jonker JS-1 Revelation) * June 10 – 17: Sailplane Grand Prix #6 in

Varese Varese ( , ; or ; ; ; archaic ) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 was 80,559. It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or exurban part ...

** 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 Partizánske (, meaning "partisan town", formerly: ''Šimonovany'', from 1948: ''Baťovany'', ) is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia. Geography Partizánske is located in the northern part of the Danubian Hills around from Nitra and from t ...

** Winner: Roman Mracek ( Schleicher ASG 29) * August 19 – 26: Sailplane Grand Prix #9 in

Celje Celje (, , ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, third-largest city in Slovenia. It is a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria (Slovenia), Styria and the administrative seat of the City Municipality of Celje. Th ...

** Winner: Boštjan Pristavec ( Jonker JS-1 Revelation) * January 1 – 31, 2018: Sailplane Grand Prix #10 in

Vitacura Vitacura is a communes of Chile, commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Chile, Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is one of the most expensive and fashionable areas of Santiago, Chile, Santiago. Inhabitants are primarily h ...

(World final)

Hang gliding Hang gliding is an air sports, air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised, fixed-wing aircraft, fixed-wing heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium al ...

* July 24 – August 6: 20th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 2 Championship in

Aspres-sur-Buëch Aspres-sur-Buëch (, literally ''Aspres on Buëch''; ) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 communes of the ...

** 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 Brasília ( ; ) is the capital city, capital of Brazil and Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. Located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino ...

** ''Cancelled due to lack of pilots''. * August 6 – 19: 21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship in

** Winners: 1st. Petr Beneš, 2nd. Alessandro Ploner, 3rd. Christian Chiech ** Teams winners: 1st. , 2nd. , 3rd.

Ultralight aviation Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and Aircraft flight control system, conventional three-a ...

* April 28 – May 7: 2017 FAI Asian-Oceanic Paramotor Championships in

Lopburi Lopburi (, , ) is the capital city of Lopburi Province in Thailand. It is about northeast of Bangkok. It has a population of 58,000. The town ('' thesaban mueang'') covers the whole ''tambon'' Tha Hin and parts of Thale Chup Son of Muea ...

** Winners: 1st place: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: * August 12 – 19: 14th FAI European Microlight Championships at the Nagykanizsa Airport ** RAL1 class winner: Jiri Krajcza ** RAL2 class winners: (Petr Jonás & Lucie Krameriusová) ** RGL2 class winners: (Alojzy Dernbach & Klaudia Laskowska) ** RWL1 class winner: Andrey Shchekoldin ** RWL2 class winners: (Maksim Semenov & Alfiia Semenova) * August 26 – September 2: 2017 FAI European Paramotor Championships in

Přerov Přerov (; ) is a city in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 41,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Bečva River. In the past it was a major crossroad in the heart of Moravia in the Czech Republic. The historic city centre is we ...

** Winners: 1st. Alex Mateos. 2nd: Marie Mateos, 3rd: Pierre Lefebvre

Parachuting Parachuting and skydiving are methods of descending from a high point in an atmosphere to the ground or ocean surface with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or multiple parachutes. For hu ...

Paraski World Cup

* 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 Unterammergau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the nort ...

** 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

* March 7 – 11: 16th FAI World Para-Ski Championships in St. Johann in Tirol ** Individual winners: Alexey Burenin (m) / Magdalena Schwertl ** Team winners: 1 (Anton Filippov, Alexey Burenin, Ayaz Karimov, Artur Bikmetov) (m) / (Magdalena Schwertl, Marina Kücher) ** Junior winner: Sebastian Graser ** Master Mix winner: Toni Gruber * July 11 – 20: 41st CISM World Military Parachuting Championship in

Warendorf Warendorf (, Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Warnduorp'') is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and capital of Warendorf (district), Warendorf District. The town is best known today for its well-preserved medieval town centre, for eq ...

** Individual Overall winners: Elischa Weber (m) / Olga Lepezina ** Juniors Overall winners: Tianbo Gao (m) / Darja Shastakovich (f) ** Nation Overall winners: (m) / (f) ** Formation team winners: (m) / (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: (m) / (f) * August 7 – 12: 14th FAI European Formation Skydiving Championships in

Saarlouis Saarlouis (; , ; formerly Sarre-Libre and Saarlautern) is a town in Saarland, Germany, capital of the district of Saarlouis (district), Saarlouis. In 2020, the town had a population of 34,409. Saarlouis is located on the river Saar (river), Saar. ...

** 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

** Freestyle winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: ** Freefly winners: 1st: 2, 2nd: , 3rd: 1 * August 7 – 12: 21st FAI World Cup of Formation Skydiving in

** 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

** Winners: 1st: Thomas Moritz Friess, 2nd: Charles Hurd, 3rd: Henrik Raimer * August 7 – 12: 7th FAI European Canopy Formation Championships in

** 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

** Winners: 1st: Thomas Moritz Friess, 2nd: Charles Hurd, 3rd: Henrik Raimer * August 7 – 12: 11th FAI European Artistic Events Championships in

** Freestyle winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: ** Freefly winners: 2, 2nd: 1, 3rd: * August 7 – 12: 9th FAI World Cup of Canopy Formation in

** 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 Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Histor ...

** 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

** 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: (m) / (f) ** Nation Overall winners: (m) / (f) * October 20 – 22: 2nd FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championships in Laval ** Open 4-Way Formation Tournament winners: 1st. 1, 2nd. , 3rd. ** Women's 4-Way Formation Tournament winners: 1st. 1, 2nd. , 3rd. ** Junior 4-Way Formation Tournament winners: 1st. 1, 2nd. , 3rd. ** Vertical Formation Skydiving winners: 1st. 1, 2nd. , 3rd. ** Dynamic 2-Way Tournament winners: 1st. 1, 2nd. , 3rd. ** Dynamic 4-Way Tournament winners: 1st. , 2nd. , 3rd. ** Open Indoor Freestyle winners: 1st. , 2nd. , 3rd. ** Junior Indoor Freestyle winners: 1st. , 2nd. , 3rd. * November 2 – 8: 2nd FAI World Cup of Wingsuit Flying in ** Wingsuit Performance winners: 1st. Chris Geiler, 2nd. Alexey Galda, 3rd. Travis Mickle ** Wingsuit Acrobatic winners: 1st. 2 (Wicked Wingsuits), 2nd. 1 (Flatspin), 3rd. (Sky Republic) * November 27 – December 1: 9th FAI World Cup of Canopy Piloting in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

Paragliding Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or in a cocoon-like 'pod' suspended be ...

2017 Paragliding World Cup

* January 17 – 28: World Cup Superfinal in

Governador Valadares Governador Valadares is a Brazilian municipality in the countryside of Minas Gerais. In 2020, its population was 281,046 inhabitants, thus being the ninth most populated city in the state. It is an economical axis of the middle valley of the Doce ...

** 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 Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names of European cities in different languages (M–P)#N, names in other languages), less often spelled in English as Nish, is the list of cities in Serbia, third largest city in Serbia and the administrative cente ...

** 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 Mustér (, Romansh) or Disentis (German), with its official name Disentis/Mustér is a village and a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons. The skiing and summer tourism resort high up in the Rhine valley is the si ...

** 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

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** Men's winner: Honorin Hamard ** Women's winner: Yael Margelisch ** Teams winner: Ozone Paragliders * January 9 – 20, 2018: 2017 Paragliding World Cup Superfinal in

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2017 Paragliding Accuracy World Cup

* March 16 – 20: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #1 in

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** Winners: Rio Indrakusumah (m) / Kang In-suk ** Teams winners: Garuda Prima 6 * April 7 – 9: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #2 in

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** Winners: Indra Lesmana (m) / Rika Wijayanti (f) ** Teams winners: Garuda Prima 2 * July 21 – 23: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #3 in

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** Winners: Hening Paradigma (m) / Sirin Milawati (f) ** Teams winners: Garuda Prima 1 * September 22 – 24: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #4 in

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(final) ** Winners: Tomas Lednik (m) / Marketa Tomaskova (f) ** Teams winners: No Name Team (Goran Djurkovic, Dragan Popov, Dejan Valek, Ivan Pavlov)

Other in Paragliding

* January 19 – 22: 1st Paragliding ASEAN Friendships Open in

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** Overall winner: Tanapat Luangam ** Women's winner: Nannapat Phuchong ** Teams winner:

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* May 5 – 14: 9th FAI World Paragliding Accuracy Championship in

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** Winner: Tzvetan Tzolov (

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5) ** Women's winner: Nunnapat Puchong ** Team winners: * July 1 – 15: 15th FAI World Paragliding Championship in Pedavena ** Overall winner: Pierre Remy ** Women's winner: Seiko Fukuoka Naville ** Teams winners: (Pierre Remy, Honorin Hamard, Luc Armant, Julien Wirtz, Laurie Genovese)

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(NFC) **Location:

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**Attendance: 70,807 **MVP:

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* November 26, 2016 – October 22, 2017: WA's Calendar of Events

Indoor archery

* November 26 & 27, 2016: IA World Cup #1 in

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** Recurve winners:

Brady Ellison Brady Ellison (born October 27, 1988) is an American archer who competes in recurve archery. He holds the record for the longest continuous period as the world number-one-ranked men's recurve archer, from August 2011 to April 2013. He earned ...

(m) / Bryony Pitman (f) ** Compound winners: Stephan Hansen (m) / Danelle Wentzel (f) * December 10 & 11, 2016: IA World Cup #2 in

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** 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

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** 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

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** 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 ** Recurve winners:

David Pasqualucci David Pasqualucci (born 27 June 1996) is an Italian competitive archer. He won a silver medal in the men's team recurve at the 2015 World Championships, and also competed as a member of Italy's archery squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He cur ...

(m) / Veronika Marchenko (f) ** Team recurve winners: ( Marco Galiazzo, Massimiliano Mandia,

) (m) / (Karolina Farasiewicz, Natalia Leśniak, Wioleta Myszor) ** Junior recurve winners: Erdal Meriç Dal (m) / Tatiana Andreoli (f) ** Junior team recurve winners: (Thomas Chirault, Thomas Koenig, Valentin Ripaux) / (Tatiana Andreoli, Tanya Giaccheri, Vanessa Landi) ** Compound winners: Jacopo Polidori (m) / Alexandra Savenkova (f) ** Team compound winners: (Michele Nencioni, Sergio Pagni, Jacopo Polidori) / (Erika Anear, Tanja Jensen, Sarah Sonnichsen) (f) ** Junior compound winners: Nico Wiener (m) / Mariya Shkolna (f) ** Junior team compound winners: (Christoffer Berg, Simon Olsen, Sune Rasmussen) / (Emily Hoim, Lisell Jaatma, Meeri-Marita Paas) (f)

Outdoor archery

* May 16 – 21: WA World Cup #1 in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

** Recurve winners: Steve Wijler (m) / Ki Bo-bae (f) ** Compound winners: Stephan Hansen (m) / Sara López (f) ** Recurve team winners: (m) / (f) ** Compound team winners: (m) / (f) ** Mixed team winners: (Compound) / (Recurve) * June 6 – 11: WA World Cup #2 in

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** Recurve winners: Jean-Charles Valladont (m) / Ksenia Perova (f) ** Compound winners: Chen Hsiang-Hsuan (m) / Sarah Sonnichsen (f) ** Recurve team winners: (m) / (f) ** Compound team winners: (m) / (f) ** Mixed team winners: (Compound) / (Recurve) * June 20 – 25: WA World Cup #3 in

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** Recurve winners:

Im Dong-hyun Im Dong-hyun (; ; born 12 May 1986) is a South Korean archer. He competes for the South Korean national team and is a former world number one. He has 20/200 vision in his left eye and 20/100 vision in his right eye, meaning he needs to be ...

(m) /

Chang Hye-jin Chang Hye-jin (; or ; born 13 May 1987) is a South Korean former Recurve (bow), recurve archer. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Chang was the Olympic champion in both the women's individual and women's team events at 2016 Summer Olympics i ...

(f) ** Compound winners: Mike Schloesser (m) / Andrea Marcos (f) ** Recurve team winners: (m) / (f) ** Compound team winners: (m) / (f) ** Mixed team winners: (Compound) / (Recurve) * August 8 – 13: WA World Cup #4 in

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** Recurve winners:

Kim Woo-jin Kim Woojin (; born April 8, 1997) is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a former member of the boy group Stray Kids, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017. After leaving the group in late 2019, Kim debuted as a soloist in 2021 with the rele ...

(m) / KANG Chae-young (f) ** Compound winners: Demir Elmaağaçlı (m) / Sarah Sonnichsen (f) ** Recurve team winners: (m) / (f) ** Compound team winners: The (m) / The (f) ** Mixed team winners: The (Compound) / (Recurve) * August 22 – 26: 2017 WAE Field Archery European Championships in Mokrice Catez ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 2 & 3: WA World Cup #5 (final) in

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** Recurve winners: Kim Woo-jin (m) / Ki Bo-bae (f) ** Compound winners: Braden Gellenthien (m) / Sara López (f) ** Mixed team winners: (Compound) / (Recurve) * September 12 – 17: 2017 World Para Archery Championships in

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** 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: (Compound) / (Recurve) ** Recurve team winners: (m) / (f) ** Compound team winners: (m) / (f) ** W1 Team winners: (m) / (f) * September 19 – 24: 2017 World Archery 3D Championships in Robion ** 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: (m) / (f) * October 2 – 8: 2017 World Youth Archery Championships in

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** 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: (m) / (f) ** Cadet recurve Team winners: (m) / (f) ** Mixed recurve team winners: (junior) / (cadet) ** Junior compound team winners: (m) / (f) ** Cadet compound team winners: (m) / (f) ** Mixed compound team winners: (junior) / (cadet) * October 15 – 22: 2017 World Archery Championships in

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(championship game at

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*June 12 – 14: 2017 Major League Baseball draft in

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** #1 pick: Royce Lewis (to the

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), 5–4, in the final. * July 30 – August 6: 2017 Intermediate League World Series in Livermore ** Team

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** Champions: (10 points); Second: (9 points); Third: (8 points) ** Note: ''Along with the three teams mentioned above, and have qualified to compete in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.'' * April 19 – 23: 2017 WABA U16 Championship in

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** Champions: (8 points); Second: (7 points); Third: (6 points) * May 12 – 18:

2017 SEABA Championship The 12th Southeast Asia Basketball Association SEABA Championship, Championship was the qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. It also served as a regional championship involving Southeast Asian basketball teams. It was held from 12 to ...

Quezon City Quezon City (, ; ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino language, Filipino as Kyusi), is the richest and List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 c ...

** Champions: (12 points); Second: (11 points); Third: (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 Cyberjaya (a portmanteau of ''cyber'' and ''Putrajaya'') is a planned city with a science park as its core that forms part of Greater Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia. It is located in Sepang District, Selangor. Cyberjaya is adjacent to and developed ...

** Men -> Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ** Women -> Champions: ; Second: ; Third: * June 3 – 7:

2017 EABA Championship The 4th East Asian Basketball Championship were the qualifying tournament of the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. It served also as a subzone championship involving the East Asian basketball teams. The tournament was hosted by the city of Nagano in Japan ...

in Nagano ** defeated , 77–64, to win their first EABA Championship title. took third place. * July 23 – 29: 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup in

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

** defeated , 74–73, to win their third consecutive and fourth overall FIBA Women's Asia Cup title. ** took third place. * August 8 – 20: 2017 FIBA Asia Cup in Zouk Mosbeh ** defeated , 79–56, to win their first FIBA Asia Cup title. ** took third place. * September 22 – 30: 2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup in

Chenzhou Chenzhou () is a prefecture-level city located in the south of Hunan province, China, bordering the provinces of Jiangxi to the east and Guangdong to the south. Its administrative area covers , 9.2% of the provincial area, and its total populatio ...

** Al Riyadi defeated China Kashgar, 88–59, to win their second FIBA Asia Champions Cup title. **

BC Astana Astana Basketball Club (), commonly referred to as BC Astana, is a Kazakh professional basketball club that is based in Astana, Kazakhstan. Founded in 2011, it has competed in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship and the VTB United League sinc ...

took third place. * October 22 – 28: 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship in Bangalore ** defeated , 61–60, to win their first FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship title. ** took third place. * October 27 – 29: FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup 2017 in

Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities in Mongolia, most populous city of Mongolia. It has a population of 1.6 million, and it is the coldest capital city in the world by average yearly temperature. The municipa ...

** defeated , 19–14, in the final. took third place. ;Americas * June 7 – 11: 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

** The defeated , 91–46, to win their fourth FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship title. ** won the bronze medal. ** Note: ''All three teams mentioned here, plus , 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 Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The island of Taiwan, formerly known to Westerners as Formosa, has an area of and makes up 99% of the land under ROC control. It lies about across the Taiwan Strait f ...

** The defeated , 111–60, to win their fifth consecutive FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship title. ** won the bronze medal. ** Note: ''All three teams mentioned above, plus and the , have qualified to compete at the

2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup The 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup (Spanish: Copa del Mundo de Baloncesto FIBA Sub-17 2018) was the 5th edition of the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U1 ...

.'' * July 12 – 16: 2017 Women's Centrobasket Championship in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ** Note: ''All three teams mentioned here have qualified to compete at the

2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup The 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 to 13 August 2017. It awarded three spots for FIBA Americas to the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain. Canada won their second straight title by defeating Arge ...

.'' * July 15 – 21: 2017 FIBA South America Under-17 Championship for Men in

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

** defeated , 70–60, to win their first Men's FIBA South America Under-17 Championship title. ** won the bronze medal. * July 26 – 30: 2017 Under-17 Centrobasket in

Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...

** The defeated , 81–80, in the final. took third place. * August 7 – 13:

in Buenos Aires ** defeated , 67–65, to win their second consecutive and third overall FIBA Women's AmeriCup title. ** won the bronze medal. ** Note: ''All three teams mentioned above all qualified to compete at the

2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup The 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 18th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain from 22 to 30 September 2018. This was the first edition to ...

.'' * August 15 – 19: 2017 Women's Under-17 Centrobasket Championship in Aguada ** defeated , 83–77, in the final. took third place. * August 25 – September 3:

2017 FIBA AmeriCup The 2017 FIBA AmeriCup was the 18th edition of the FIBA AmeriCup, which is the main tournament for senior men's basketball national teams of the FIBA Americas. The tournament was held in Medellín, Colombia, Montevideo, Uruguay, and Bahía Blanca a ...

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& Córdoba,

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, and

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** The defeated , 81–76, to win their seventh FIBA AmeriCup title. ** won the bronze medal. ;Europe * June 16 – 25:

EuroBasket Women 2017 The 2017 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2017, was the 36th edition of the continental tournament in women's basketball, sanctioned by the FIBA Europe. The tournament was awarded to Czech Republic after w ...

in the (

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and

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...

; final round at the O₂ Arena in Prague) ** defeated , 71–55, to win their third EuroBasket Women title. ** took third place. * July 7 – 9: 2017 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup in

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** Men: defeated , 16–13, in the final. took third place. ** Women: defeated , 22–14, in the final. The took third place. * July 8 – 16: 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women in

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** defeated , 73–63, to win their third consecutive and seventh overall FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women title. ** took third place. * July 15 – 23:

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, &

Chania Chania (, , ), also sometimes romanization of Greek, romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania (regional unit), Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about west of Rethymno ...

** defeated , 65–56, to win their third FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship title. ** took third place. * July 29 – August 6:

2017 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2017 FIBA U18 European Championship was the 34th edition of the FIBA U18 European Championship. The competition took place in Bratislava and Piešťany, Slovakia, from 29 July to 6 August 2017. Venues Participating teams * * * * * * * ...

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** defeated , 74–62, to win their third FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship title. ** took third place. * August 4 – 12: 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's European Championship in

Bourges Bourges ( ; ; ''Borges'' in Berrichon) is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre (Cher), Yèvre. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Cher (department), Cher, and also was the capital city of the former provin ...

** defeated , 63–55, to win their third FIBA Under-16 Women's European Championship title. ** took third place. * August 5 – 13: 2017 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women in

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** defeated , 55–53, to win their second FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women title. ** took third place. * August 11 – 19: 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in

** defeated , 75–68, to win their third FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship title. ** took third place. * August 31 – September 17:

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(knockout stages and final),

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and

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** defeated , 93–85, to win their first EuroBasket title. ** took third place. * September 1 – 3: 2017 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 Europe Cup in

Debrecen Debrecen ( ; ; ; ) is Hungary's cities of Hungary, second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain Regions of Hungary, region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the large ...

** Men: defeated the , 19–13, in the final. took third place. ** Women: defeated , 12–9, in the final. The took third place. ;Oceania * July 10 – 15: 2017 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship for Men and

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** Men: defeated , 93–55, to win their fifth consecutive FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship title. *** took the bronze medal. ** Women: defeated , 81–60, to win their fifth consecutive FIBA Under-17 Women's Oceania Championship title. *** took the bronze medal. ;World * June 17 – 21: 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Cup in

Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...

** Men: defeated , 21–18, to win their second consecutive and third overall FIBA 3x3 World Cup title. *** took the bronze medal. ** Women: defeated , 19–12, to win their first Women's FIBA 3x3 World Cup title. *** took the bronze medal. * June 28 – July 2:

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** Men -> Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ** Women -> Champions: ; Second: ; Third: * July 1 – 9:

2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup The 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup (Arabic: 2017 كأس العالم لكرة السلة تحت 19 سنة فيبا) was the 13th edition of the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball champi ...

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

** defeated , 79–60, to win their first FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup title. ** The took the bronze medal. * July 22 – 30:

2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup The 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup () was hosted by Italy from 22 to 30 July 2017. Russia won their first title (or third if the Soviet Union is included) by defeating the United States 86–82 in the final. The bronze medal w ...

Udine Udine ( ; ; ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northeastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Carnic Alps. It is the capital of the Province of Udine, Regional decentralization entity ...

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** defeated the , 86–82, to win their first FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup title. ** took the bronze medal.

2017 FIBA 3x3 World Tour

* July 15 & 16: 3x3 WT #1 in

Saskatoon Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Hig ...

** Ljubljana defeated Saskatoon, 21–14, in the final. * July 29 & 30: 3x3 WT #2 in

Utsunomiya is the capital and largest city of Tochigi Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 513,584, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Utsunomiya is famous for its ''gyoza'' ...

** Novi Sad al-Wahda defeated Piran, 17–16, in the final. * August 5 & 6: 3x3 WT #3 in

** Novi Sad al-Wahda defeated Ljubljana, 21–11, in the final. * August 25 & 26: 3x3 WT #4 in

Lausanne Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...

** Novi Sad al-Wahda defeated Lausanne, 20–15, in the final. * August 31 & September 1: 3x3 WT #5 in

** Liman defeated Ljubljana, 21–14, in the final. * September 23 & 24: 3x3 WT #6 in

** Piran defeated Zemun, 19–18, in the final. * September 30 & October 1: 3x3 WT #7 in

** Liman defeated fellow Serbian team, Zemun, 21–15, in the final. * October 28 & 29: 3x3 WT #8 (final) in

** Zemun defeated Novi Sad al-Wahda, 19–17, in the final.

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

* October 25, 2016 – April 12, 2017:

2016–17 NBA season The 2016–17 NBA season was the 71st season of the National Basketball Association. The regular season began on October 25, 2016, with the 2016 NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers hosting a game against the New York Knicks. The 2017 NBA All-Star G ...

** Top Seed:

Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Founded in 1946 i ...

** Top Scorer:

Russell Westbrook Russell Westbrook III (born November 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A point guard, Westbrook made his NBA debut in 2008 and became a star as a member o ...

(

Oklahoma City Thunder The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division (NBA), Northwest Division of the Western Confer ...

) * February 19:

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at the Smoothie King Center in

New Orleans New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...

** The

West West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu ...

defeated the

, 192–182. **

Anthony Davis Anthony Marshon Davis Jr. (born March 11, 1993), nicknamed "AD" and "the Brow", is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Davis, a Power forward (basketball), power f ...

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New Orleans Pelicans The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Confere ...

) ** NBA All-Star Celebrity Game: Team East defeated Team West, 88–59. ** Rising Stars Challenge: Team World defeated Team USA, 150–141. **

NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge The NBA Skills Challenge (officially named the Kia Skills Challenge) is a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest held on the Saturday before the annual NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game as part of the NBA All-Star Weekend, All-Star Weekend. ...

Winner:

Kristaps Porziņģis Kristaps Porziņģis (; born 2 August 1995) is a Latvian professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "The Unicorn" for his ability to make plays and shoot 3-pointers as a Center ...

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New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the Na ...

) **

Three-Point Contest The Three-Point Contest is a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest held on the Saturday before the annual All-Star Game as part of All-Star weekend. The 2019 iteration of the contest involved ten participants. From its introduction in 1 ...

Winner: Eric Gordon (

Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA) ...

) **

Slam Dunk Contest The NBA Slam Dunk Contest (officially known as the AT&T Slam Dunk) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) competition held during the NBA All-Star Weekend. The contest was conceived of and started by the American Basketball Associat ...

Winner:

Glenn Robinson III Glenn Alann ‘Tre’ Robinson III (born January 8, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Seoul Samsung Thunders of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). He was drafted 40th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2014 N ...

(

Indiana Pacers The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Ea ...

) * April 15 – June 12:

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** The

defeated the

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, 4–1 in games played, to win their fifth NBA title. **

Kevin Durant Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Durant has won two List of NBA champions, NBA champ ...

(Golden State Warriors) * June 22:

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** #1 pick: Markelle Fultz (to the

Philadelphia 76ers The Philadelphia 76ers, also known colloquially as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlan ...

from the

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)

Women's National Basketball Association The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. The league comprises 13 teams (scheduled to expand to 15 in 2026). The WNBA is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. The WNBA w ...

* April 13: 2017 WNBA draft in

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at the Samsung 837 ** Top pick: Kelsey Plum (to the

San Antonio Stars The San Antonio Stars were a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before th ...

from the

) * May 13 – September 3: 2017 WNBA season ** Western Conference winners:

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** Eastern Conference winners: New York Liberty * July 22:

2017 WNBA All-Star Game The 2017 WNBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game played on July 22, 2017. The Seattle Storm hosted a WNBA All-Star Game for the first time. Starters for this year's All-Star game were selected by a combination of fan, media, and pla ...

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** The Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference, 130–121. **

Maya Moore Maya April Moore (born June 11, 1989) is an American social justice advocate and former professional basketball player. Naming her their inaugural Performer of the Year in 2017, ''Sports Illustrated'' called Moore the "greatest winner in the hist ...

(

) ** Three-Point Shootout winner: Allie Quigley ( 2017 Chicago Sky season, Chicago Sky) * September 6 – October 4: 2017 WNBA Finals ** The

defeated the 2017 Los Angeles Sparks season, Los Angeles Sparks, 3–2 in games played, to win their fourth WNBA title.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

* March 14 – April 3: 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (Final Four at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Glendale) ** The 2016–17 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, North Carolina Tar Heels defeated the 2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Gonzaga Bulldogs, 71–65, to win their sixth NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament title. * March 17 – April 2: 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament (Final Four at American Airlines Center in Dallas) ** The 2016–17 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team, South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the 2016–17 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team, Mississippi State Bulldogs, 67–55, to win their first NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament title.

Club seasons and championships

* September 29, 2016 – April 13: 2016–17 ABA League ** KK Crvena zvezda defeated KK Cedevita, 3–0 in games played, to win their third consecutive ABA League title. * September 29, 2016 – April 24: 2016–17 Alpe Adria Cup ** MBK Rieker Komárno defeated KK Domžale, 160–139 on aggregate, to win their first Alpe Adria Cup title. * October 2, 2016 – June 13, 2017: 2016–17 VTB United League ** PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow defeated fellow Russian team, BC Khimki, 3–0 in series played, to win their sixth consecutive and eighth overall VTB United League title. * October 5, 2016 – March 19: 2016–17 WABA League (WABA League 2016–17 Final Four, Final Four in

) ** ŽKK Athlete Celje, Athlete Celje defeated WBC Beroe, Beroe, 61–57, to win their second WABA League title. ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica, Budućnost Bemax took third place. * October 10, 2016 – April 20: 2016–17 BIBL ** BC Beroe defeated KK Kumanovo, 161–128 on aggregate, to win their first BIBL title. * October 12, 2016 – May 21: 2016–17 EuroLeague (2017 EuroLeague Final Four, Final Four at Sinan Erdem Dome in

) ** Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball, Fenerbahçe defeated Olympiacos B.C., 80–64, to win their first EuroLeague title. ** PBC CSKA Moscow took third place. * October 12, 2016 – April 5: 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball ** Baloncesto Málaga, Unicaja defeated Valencia BC, Valencia Basket, 2–1, in the 2017 EuroCup Finals, EuroCup Finals to win their first EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup title. * October 18, 2016 – April 26: 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup (2017 FIBA Europe Cup Finals, final in Chalon-sur-Saône & Nanterre) ** Nanterre 92 defeated fellow French team, Élan Chalon, 140–137 on aggregate, to win their first FIBA Europe Cup title. * October 20, 2016 – April 30: 2016–17 Basketball Champions League (2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four, Final Four at the Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín, Santiago Martín in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, La Laguna) (debut event) ** CB 1939 Canarias, Iberostar Tenerife defeated Banvit B.K., 63–59, to win the inaugural Basketball Champions League title. ** AS Monaco Basket, Monaco took third place. * November 25, 2016 – April 23: 2016–17 ABL season ** Eastern Sports Club (basketball) defeated Singapore Slingers, 3–1 in the finals, to win their first ABL title. * January 20 – March 18: 2017 FIBA Americas League in Mexicali and Monterrey,

, and Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce ** Guaros de Lara (basketball), Guaros de Lara defeated Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca, Weber Bahía Basket, 88–65, to win their second consecutive FIBA Americas League title. ** Leones de Ponce (basketball), Leones de Ponce took third place. * September 24: 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, La Laguna ** CB 1939 Canarias, Iberostar Tenerife defeated Guaros de Lara (basketball), Guaros de Lara, 76–71, to win their first FIBA Intercontinental Cup title. * November 10 – 19: 2017 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup in Luanda ** C.D. Primeiro de Agosto (basketball), Primeiro de Agosto defeated Ferroviário de Maputo, 65–51, to win their third FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup title. ** First Bank B.C. took third place. * December 11 – 20: 2017 FIBA Africa Champions Cup in Radès ** AS Salé (Basketball), AS Salé defeated Étoile Sportive de Radès (basketball), Étoile Sportive de Radès, 77–69, to win their first FIBA Africa Champions Cup title. ** Union Sportive Monastir took third place.

Beach soccer

Beach tennis

Beach volleyball

Biathlon

Bobsleigh and Skeleton (sport), Skeleton

Bowls

World events

* March 14 – 22: 2017 World Cup in Warilla, New South Wales, Warilla ** Men's: Jeremy Henry defeated Soufi Rusli 6–5 11–2. ** Women's: Jo Edwards defeated Lucy Beere 8–5 2–9 4–1. * March 27 – April 2: World Junior Cup in Broadbeach, Queensland, Broadbeach ** Men's: Daniel Salmon defeated Corey Wedlock, 21–17. ** Women's: Pricilla Westlake defeated Ellen Ryan, 21–20. ** Mixed Pairs: Connie Rixon & Bill Johnson defeated Claire Walker & John Fleming, 21–17. * September 23 – 29: 11th European Bowls Team Championships in Les Creux * October 27 – November 5: World Singles Champion of Champions in St Johns Park, New South Wales, St Johns Park

World Bowls Tour

* November 5 – 12, 2016: The Co-op Funeralcare Scottish International Open 2016 in Perth, Scotland, Perth ** David Gourlay defeated Jamie Chestney, 2–0 (11–9, 10–6) * January 12 – 27: 2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship in Hopton-on-Sea ** Men's: Paul Foster (bowls), Paul Foster defeated Greg Harlow, 2–1 (7–10, 11–1, 2–0). ** Women's: Katherine Rednall defeated Ellen Falkner, 2–0 (10–5, 10–6). ** Men's Pairs: Jason Greenslade & Les Gillett defeated Damian Doubler & Daniel Salmon, 1.5–0.5 (7–7, 8–6). ** Mixed Pairs: Nick Brett & Claire Johnston (bowls), Claire Johnston defeated Paul Foster (bowls), Paul Foster & Rebecca Field (bowls), Rebecca Field, 2–1 (7–6, 7–9, 2–1). * March 5 – 10: The Co-op Funeralcare International Open 2017 in Blackpool ** Jamie Chestney defeated Stewart Anderson (bowls), Stewart Anderson, 9,4 – 8,6. * May 4 – 7: The Co-op Funeralcare European Masters 2017 in Blackpool ** Danny Denison defeated Simon Skelton, 12–6, 9–7.

Other bowls events

* January 3 – 8: Team USA Trials 2017 in

** Winners: Jakob Butturff (m) / Erin McCarthy * November 11 – 18: USA Open in Sarasota, Florida

Canadian football

*November 26 – 105th Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeat Calgary Stampeders, 27–24.

Canoeing

Chess

FIDE Grand Prix 2017

*February 17 – 28: #1 in Sharjah ** Winners: Alexander Grischuk, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov *May 11 – 22: #2 in Moscow ** Winner: Ding Liren *July 5 – 16: #3 in Geneva ** Winner: Teimour Radjabov *November 15 – 26: #4 in Palma, Majorca, Palma

2017 Grand Chess Tour

* June 19 – 25: Paris Grand Chess Tour in Paris ** Winner: Magnus Carlsen, 2nd place: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 3rd place: Hikaru Nakamura * June 26 – July 2: Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour in Leuven ** Blitz winners: Wesley So, 2nd place: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 3rd place: Magnus Carlsen ** Rapid winners: Magnus Carlsen, 2nd place: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave & Anish Giri, 3rd place: Vladimir Kramnik & Levon Aronian ** Combined Score: 1st: Magnus Carlsen, 2nd: Wesley So, 3rd: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave * July 31 – August 12: Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis ** Winner: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 2nd place: Magnus Carlsen & Viswanathan Anand, 3rd place: Levon Aronian & Sergey Karjakin * August 13 – 20: Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz in St. Louis * November 30 – December 11: London Chess Classic (final) in London

Major

* December 28, 2016 – January 5, 2017: Hastings International Chess Congress in Hastings ** Winner: Deep Sengupta * January 14 & 15: Paul Keres Memorial Tournament in Tallinn ** Winner: Igor Kovalenko * January 23 – February 2: Gibraltar Chess Festival in ** Winners: Hikaru Nakamura (m) / Ju Wenjun (f) * February 21 – March 1: Aeroflot Open in Moscow ** Winner: Vladimir Fedoseev * June 5 – 17: Norway Chess in Stavanger ** Winner: Levon Aronian, 2nd place: Hikaru Nakamura, 3rd place: Vladimir Kramnik * August 13 – 23: Abu Dhabi Chess Festival in Abu Dhabi

World events

* February 10 – March 5: Women's World Chess Championship 2017 in

** Winner: Tan Zhongyi * April 1 – 9: World Amateur Chess Championship in Spoleto ** U2300 Open winner: Tun Win ** U2000 winners: Maciej Koziej (m) / Zainab Saumy (f) ** U1700 winners: Hope Mkhumba (m) / Vilena Popova (f) ** Blitz tournament #1 winner: Ruslan Pahomov ** Blitz tournament #2 winner: Daniel King-wai Lam * April 21 – 30: World Schools Chess Championship in Iași ** U7 winners: Khumoyun Begmuratov (m) / Tselmuun Dorjsuren (f) ** U9 winners: Erdenebat Azjargal (m) / Afruza Khamdamova (f) ** U11 winners: Efe Hakan Öztürk (m) / Martyna Starosta (f) ** U13 winners: Enes Tanrıverdi (m) / Nazerke Nurgali (f) ** U15 winners: Nodirbek Yakubboev (m) / Assel Serikbay (f) ** U17 winners: Andrei Macovei (m) / Diana Mîrza (f) * April 24 – May 4: World Team Chess Championship 50+, 65+ in Crete ** +50 winners: 1st: Saint Petersburg, 2nd: , 3rd: I ** +65 winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: I * June 1 – 5: 1st FIDE World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2017 in Minsk ** Rapid U8 winners: Phạm Trần Gia Phúc (m) / Sofia Mutina (f) ** Blitz U8 winners: Andrei Rudnev (m) / Anna Shukhman (f) ** Rapid U10 winners: Mikhei Navumenka (m) / Veronika Shubenkova (f) ** Blitz U10 winners: Islombek Sindarov (m) / Veronika Shubenkova (f) ** Rapid U12 winners: Volodar Murzin (m) / Anastasiia Dubovyk (f) ** Blitz U12 winners: Denis Lazavik (m) / Kseniya Zeliantsova (f) * June 17 – 26: World Team Chess Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk ** Winners: (Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi, Wei Yi, Li Chao (chess player), Li Chao, Wen Yang (chess player), Wen Yang (m) / (Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kateryna Lagno, Valentina Gunina, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Olga Girya) * June 22 – 29: 1st FIDE World Junior Chess Championship for the Disabled in

** Winner: Raphael Johannes Zimmer, 2nd place: Samarth Jagadish Rao, 3rd place: Griffin McConnell *August 21 – 31: World Youth Chess Championship#Under-12 winners, World Cadet Chess Championship in

*September 1 – 25: Chess World Cup 2017 in Batumi and Tbilisi *September 16 – 26: World Youth Chess Championship (U-14, 16, 18) in

*October 1 – 16: World Junior Chess Championship in Tarvisio *November 6 – 19: World Senior Chess Championship in Acqui Terme *TBD: World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2017 in Ahmedabad

European events

* April 10 – 23: 2017 Women's European Individual Chess Championship in Riga ** Winner: Nana Dzagnidze ** Note: ''Nana Dzagnidze, Kateryna Lagno, Mariya Muzychuk, Monika Soćko, Elina Danielian, Elisabeth Pähtz, Marina Nechaeva, Bela Khotenashvili, Natalia Zhukova, Natalia Pogonina, Hoang Thanh Trang and Anita Gara qualified for Chess World Cup.'' * May 29 – June 10: European Individual Chess Championship in Minsk ** Winner: Maxim Matlakov ** Note: ''Maxim Matlakov, Baadur Jobava, Vladimir Fedoseev, Daniel Fridman, Ivan Cheparinov, Alexander Motylev, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, David Navara, David Howell (chess player), David Howell, Martyn Kravtsiv, Alexander Areshchenko, and Matthias Blübaum qualified for Chess World Cup.'' * June 9 – 17: European Amateur Chess Championship 2017 in

** Elo 2000–2299 winner: Diyap Buyukasik ** Elo 1700–1999 winner: Doruk Karaoğlan ** Elo 0–1699 winner: Pavle Ćirić * June 10 – 20: European Schools Championship 2017 in Budva ** U7 winners: Timur Yonal (m) / Ekaterina Zubkovskaya (f) ** U9 winners: Kerem Erten (m) / Elif Zeren Yıldız (f) ** U11 winners: Zeki Berke Çaputçuoğlu (m) / Evita Cherepanova (f) ** U13 winners: Maksim Zhukov (m) / Esma Doğa Duran (f) ** U15 winners: Nikoloz Petriashvili (m) / Michelle Katkov (f) ** U17 winners: Timur Trubchaninov (m) / Bengu Sena Ayan (f) * June 19 – 23: European Youth Rapid and Blitz Championship 2017 in Budva ** Rapid U8 winners: Savely Morozov (m) / Ekaterina Zubkovskaya (f) ** Rapid U10 winners: Daniil Maneluk (m) / Galina Mikheeva (f) ** Rapid U12 winners: Daniel Dardha (m) / Evita Cherepanova (f) ** Rapid U14 winners: Jan Šubelj (m) / Ksenia Strukova (f) ** Rapid U16 winners: Viachaslau Zarubitski (m) / Viktoria Radeva (f) ** Rapid U18 winners: Florian Mesaros (m) / Ivana Hrescak (f) ** Blitz U10 winners: Daniil Maneluk (m) / Evelina Zavivaeva (f) ** Blitz U14 winners: Jan Šubelj (m) / Klean Shuqja (f) ** Blitz U18 winners: Florian Mesaros (m) / Olga Badelka (f) * June 24 – July 4: European Team Chess Championship for seniors in Novi Sad ** +50 winners: (Miloš Pavlović, Goran Todorović, Siniša Dražić, Zoran Arsovic, Nenad Ristić) ** +65 winners: (Evgeny Sveshnikov, Yuri Balashov, Evgeni Vasiukov, Vladimir Zhelnin, Nikolai Pushkov) * August 11 – 21: European Senior Chess Championship in Barcelona * August 16 – 24: European Youth Team Chess Championship 2017 in Iwonicz-Zdrój * August 18 – 27: EU Youth Chess Championship U8-14 in Kouty nad Desnou * September 3 – 14: European Youth Chess Championship in Mamaia * September 18 – 22: European Universities Chess Championship 2017 in Fuengirola * October 2 – 10: European Chess Club Cup for men and women in Manavgat * October 15 – 20: European Youth Rapid and Blitz Championship 2017 in Budva * October 20 – 24: European Women's Rapid & Blitz Championship 2017 in * October 25 – November 5: European Team Chess Championship in Chalkidiki, Halkidiki * November 11 – 19: 5th European Small Nations Team Chess Championship 2017 in * November 24 & 25: 1st European Corporate Chess Championship 2017 in Paris * December 14 – 18: European Rapid and Blitz Championship 2017 in Katowice

2017–18 European Youth Grand Prix

* May 17 – 29, 2017: European Youth Grand Prix #1 in Kirishi ** Winners: 1st: Kirill Shubin, 2nd: Sergei Lobanov, 3rd: Aram Hakobyan * TBD from October, 2017: European Youth Grand Prix #2 in Jermuk * TBD from May, 2018: European Youth Grand Prix #3 in Kirishi

African Events

* July 1 – 13: African Chess Championship (individual, rapid, blitz) in Oran ** Winners: Bassem Amin (m) / Shahenda Wafa (f) ** Blitz winners: Ahmed Adly (m) / Shrook Wafa (f) ** Rapid winners: Bassem Amin (m) / Shahenda Wafa (f) * July 23 – August 1: African Club Chess Championships in

** Winner Club: Al Hawar Chess Club * August 5 – 13: African Women's Chess Challenge in Gaborone * August 19 – 27: African Schools Individual Chess Championships in Windhoek * October 7 – 15: African Amateur Individual Chess Championships in Dar es Salaam * November 11 – 19: African Team Chess Championships in

* December 1 – 10: African Youth Chess Championships in Giza * December 28, 2017 – January 8, 2018: African Junior Chess Championships 2017 in Lomé

African Zonals

* March 25 – April 3: Zone 4.2 Individual Championships in Jimma ** Winners: Essam El-Gindy (m) / Shahenda Wafa (f) * April 1 – 10: Zone 4.1 Individual Championships in Algiers ** Winners: Mohamed Haddouche (m) / Amina Mezioud (f) * April 20 – 30: Zone 4.4 Individual Championships in Monrovia (men's only) ** Winner: Oluwafemi Balogun * June 9 – 18: Zone 4.3 Individual Championships in Livingstone, Zambia, Livingstone ** Winners: Kenny Solomon (m) / Aleida De Bruyn (f)

American Events

* April 13 – 18: 2017 CARIFTA Games in Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston ** U12 winners: David Thomas (m) / Johmoi Blake (f) ** U16 winners: Alan-Safar Ramoutar (m) / Adani Clarke (f) ** U20 winners: Orlando Husbands (m) / Sheanel Gardner (f) * April 25 – 30: 2017 South American Junior U20 Championship in Manta, Ecuador, Manta ** Winners: José Eduardo Martínez Alcántara (m) / Anahí Ortiz Verdesoto (f) * June 9 – 19: Pan American Chess Championship in

** Winner: Samuel Sevian ** Note: ''Samuel Sevian, Jorge Cori, Neuris Delgado Ramírez, Axel Bachmann, Emilio Córdova Daza, Lazaro Bruzon qualified for Chess World Cup 2017''. * June 21 – 28: Central American & Caribbean Junior U20 Chess Championships 2017 in ** Dondre Husbands * June 30 – July 7: Panamerican Youth Championship 2017 in ** U8 winners: Santiago Lopez Rayo (b) / Omya Vidyarthi (f) ** Blitz U8 winner: Santiago Lopez Rayo (b) / Omya Vidyarthi (f) ** U10 winners: Eric Li (b) / Fiorella Contreras (f) ** Blitz U10 winners: Manuel Campos Gomez (b) / Fiorella Contreras (f) ** U12 winners: Nico Chasin (b) / Vicmary C. Perez Hernandez (f) ** Blitz U12 winners: Diego Saul Rod Flores Quillas (b) / Nastassja A Matus (f) ** U14 winners: Aristo S. Liu (b) / Emma He (f) ** Blitz U14 winners: Miguel Angel Soto (b) / / Aasa Dommalapati (f) ** U16 winners: Francisco Varacalli (b) / Javiera Belen Gomez Barrera (f) ** Blitz U16 winners: Mauricio Ramirez Gonzalez (b) / Aleyla Hilario (f) ** U18 winners: Michael Song (b) / Trilce Cosme Contreras (f) ** Blitz U18 winners: Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (b) / Valentina Argote Heredia (f) * July 12 – 17: North American Youth Championship 2017 in Morristown, New Jersey ** U8 winners: Kevin Duong (b) / Iris Mou (f) ** U10 winners: Liran Zhou (b) / Stephanie Velea (f) ** U12 winners: Maximillian Lu (b) / Annapoorni Meiyappan (f) ** U14 winners: Qiuyu Huang (b) / Ellen Wang (f) ** U16 winners: Christopher Yoo (chess player), Christopher Yoo (b) / Queena Deng (f) ** U18 winners: Bryce Tiglon (b) / Vicki Yang (f) * August 9 – 15: Central American & Caribbean Youth Chess Championships 2017 in ** Men's U8 winner: Sebastían Mérida Ceballos ** U10 winners: Yaset Jose Cruz Santos (m) / Ania Nahid Rosales Espinoza (f) ** U12 winners: Jean Marco Cruz Mendez (m) / Andrea Albor Rebolledo (f) ** U14 winners: Jerzy Jesus Perez Leiva (m) / Penelope Gonzalez Diaz (f) ** U16 winners: Raynner Amaro Alfonso (m) / Roxangel Obregón García (f) ** U18 winners: Luis Ernesto Quesada Pérez (m) / Chrissye L Gonzalez Estrada (f) * August 30 – September 4: North American Junior U20 Championship 2017 in Dallas * October 11 – 16: Panamerican Senior Chess Championship 2017 in * October 31 – November 7: Panamerican Junior U20 Chess Championship 2017 in San Salvador * December 1 – 7: South American Youth Championship 2017 in * December 11 – 18: 2017 Panamerican Schools Chess Championship 2017 in San Salvador *TBD: Panamerican Amateur Chess Championship 2017 in *TBD: Women's Continental Championship 2017 in *TBD: Panamerican University Championship 2017 in Durango *TBD: Panamerican Teams Championship in TBD location

American Zonals

* March 27 – April 11: American Zonal 2.1 Open & Women in St. Louis ** Winners: Wesley So (m) / Sabina-Francesca Foisor (f) * April 26 – May 1: American Zonal 2.4 in Florianópolis (men's only) ** Winner: Jorge Cori * April 30 – May 8: American Zonal 2.5 Open in

(men's only) * Winner: Sandro Mareco * May 26 – 31: American Zonal 2.3 in San Salvador (men's only) ** Winners: Joshua Ruiz and Yuri Gonzalez Vidal *TBD: American Zonal 2.5 Women in , or

Asian Events

* March 31 – April 9: Asian Youth Chess Championship in Tashkent ** U8 winners: Trần Gia Phúc Phạm (b) / Afruza Khamdamova (f) ** Blitz U8 winners: Ilamparthi A R (b) / Yining Chen (f) ** Rapid U8 winners: Ilamparthi A R (b) / Yining Chen (f) ** U10 winners: Artin Ashraf (b) / Sahithi Varshini M (f) ** Blitz U10 winners: Islombek Sindarov (b) / Sahithi Varshini M (f) ** Rapid U10 winners: Artin Ashraf (b) / Yaqing Wei (f) ** U12 winners: Javokhir Sindarov (b) / Meruert Kamalidenova (f) ** Blitz U12 winners: Javokhir Sindarov (b) / Divya Deshmukh (f) ** Rapid U12 winners: Nguyễn Quốc Hy (b) / Meruert Kamalidenova (f) ** U14 winners: Arjun Erigaisi (b) / Jishitha D (f) ** Blitz U14 winners: Arash Daghli (b) / / Jishitha D (f) ** Rapid U14 winners: Arjun Erigaisi (b) / Motahare Asadi (f) ** U16 winners: Nodirbek Yakubboev (b) / Assel Serikbay (f) ** Blitz U16 winners: Mahdi Gholami Orimi (b) / Assel Serikbay (f) ** Rapid U16 winners: Shamsiddin Vokhidov (b) / Assel Serikbay (f) ** U18 winners: Arash Tahbaz (b) / Aakanksha Hagawane (f) ** Blitz U18 winners: Arash Tahbaz (b) / Aakanksha Hagawane (f) ** Rapid U18 winners: Ortik Nigmatov (b) / Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (f) * May 1 – 10: Asian Juniors and Girls U20 Championships in Shiraz ** Winners: Masoud Mosadeghpour (m) / Ivana Maria Furtado (f) ** Blitz winners: Trần Tuấn Minh (m) / Mobina Alinasab (f) ** Rapid winners: Trần Tuấn Minh (m) / Isha Sharma (f) * May 11 – 12: Asian Chess Championship (individual and blitz) in

** Winners: Wang Hao (chess player), Wang Hao (m) / Võ Thị Kim Phụng (f) ** Blitz winners: R. Vaishali (m) / Wei Yi (f) * June 2 – 10: 1st Asian Championship for Disabled in Bishkek * June 17 – 26: Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship 2017 in Ulanbaatar ** won the gold medal tally and the overall medal tally. * July 20 – 30: Asian Schools Chess Championship (individual, rapid and blitz) in Panjin ** Open & girls overall winners: * August 1 – 7: Western Asia Youth Chess Championship 2017 in * August 1 – 8: Asian Club Cup Championship 2017 in ** Winners: Saipa Chess Club, 2nd: Saif Sporting Chess Club, 3rd place: Sydney Chess Club * October 9 – 15: Asian Senior Chess Championship in Auckland

Asian Zonals

* January 14 – 20: Asian Zonal 3.6 in Auckland ** Winners: Anton Smirnov (m) / Layla Timergazi (f) * February 24 – March 6: Asian Zonal 3.3 in Tagaytay ** Winners: Li Tian Yeoh (m) / Võ Thị Kim Phụng (f) * March 18 – 25: Asian Zonal 3.2 in Pokhara ** Winners: Abdullah Al Rakib (m) / Rani Hamid (f) * June 15 – 25: Asian Zonal 3.4 in Tashkent ** Winners: Jahongir Vakhidov (m) / Dinara Saduakassova (f)

Cricket

Major leagues and cups

* October 6, 2016 – January 14: 2016–17 Ranji Trophy ** Gujarat cricket team, Gujarat defeated Mumbai cricket team, Mumbai, 328–228. ** Gujarat won by 5 wickets. * October 25, 2016 – March 29: 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season ** led first-innings over , 487–287. ** Match drawn; won the competition with first-innings lead. * February 17 – April 2: 2016–17 Momentum One Day Cup ** Titans (cricket team), Titans defeated Warriors (cricket team), Warriors, 425/5–189. ** Titans won by 236 runs. * April 5 – May 21: 2017 Indian Premier League ** Mumbai Indians defeated Rising Pune Supergiant, 129/8–128/6. ** Mumbai Indians won by 1 run. * April 7 – September 28: / 2017 County Championship ** Essex County Cricket Club, Essex won league. * September 27 – October 21: 2017-18 JLT One-Day Cup ** defeated , 4/250–9/248 ** won by 6 wickets.

International cricket competitions

*November 11, 2016 – April 18: 2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition ** won round-robin. *January 24 – February 18: 2016–17 Regional Super50 in ** Barbados Tridents defeated Jamaica Tallawahs, 271–212. ** Barbados Tridents won by 59 runs. *May 12 – 24: 2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series in ** won round robin. *May 21 – 31: 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in ** and promoted. **No result in final. *June 1 – 18: 2017 ICC Champions Trophy in and ** defeated , 338/4–158. ** Pakistan won by 180 runs. *June 26 – July 23: 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup in ** defeated 228/7– 219. ** England Women won by 9 runs. *December 2017 (final round): 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup *December 2017 (final round): 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship

2017–18 Ashes series

*November 23 – 27: 1st Test at The Gabba, Brisbane *December 2 – 6: 2nd Test at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide *December 14 – 18: 3rd Test at WACA Ground, Perth *December 26 – 30: 4th Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne *January 4 – 8, 2018: 5th Test at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Cross-country skiing (sport), Cross-country skiing

Cue sports

World Pool-Billiard Association, WPA

World 8 Ball Series

* January 14 – 17: Molinari Players' Championship & Cheqio Challenge Championship in

** Winner: Ruslan Chinachov ** Challenge winner: Francisco Sánchez Ruíz * April 4 – 7: Aramith Masters Championship & Kamui Challenge Championship in

** Winner: Eklent Kaçi ** Challenge winner: Lee Vann Corteza * July 12 – 15: Ryo Rack Classic Championship & Simonis Challenge Championship in

** Winner: Skyler Woodward ** Challenge winner: Mika Immonen * September 27 – October 1: Predator World Series Championship & Highrock Challenge Championship in

Events

* January 10 – 15: 2017 Joy Billiards World Chinese 8 Ball Masters in Qinhuangdao ** Winner: Gareth Potts * January 31 – February 5: IPA World Professional Pool Championships in Bradford ** Winners: Craig Marsh (m) / Collette Henrikson (f) * February 17 – 19: World Pool Masters in ** David Alcaide defeated Jayson Shaw, 8–7, in the final. * February 26 – March 5: Amway eSpring International Women 9-Ball Championship in Taipei ** Winner: Siming CHEN * March 13 – 16: Chinese 8-Ball World Championship 2017 in Yushan ** Winners: Yang Fan (m) / Xiao Fang Fu (f) * March 18 – 28: European Pool Championships in Vale do Lobo ** Niels Feijen defeated Tomasz Kapłan, 125–13. Kim Laaksonen and Mieszko Fortuński take third and fourth places. * July 31 – August 7: Youth European Championships in Heeze-Leende ** 8 balls winners: Fedor Gorst (m) / Kristina Tkach (f) ** 9 balls winners: Jan van Lierop (m) / Kristina Tkach (f) ** 10 balls winners: Patrick Hofmann (m) / Kristina Tkach (f) ** Juniors Straight winner: Kevin Schiller ** Teams winners: (Patrick Hofmann, Leon Kohl, Kevin Schiller) * August 14 – 21: European Championships (Seniors & Ladies) in Heeze-Leende ** 8 balls winners: Henrique Correia (m) / Susanne Wessel (f) ** 9 balls winners: Henrique Correia (m) / Ine Helvik (f) ** 10 balls winners: Vegar Kristiansen (m) / Ine Helvik (f) ** Straight Seniors winner: Jesse Thehu ** Teams winners: (m) / (f) * August 23 – 26: Dynamic European Championships (U23) in Heeze-Leende ** 8 balls winner: Joshua Filler ** 9 balls winner: Joshua Filler * August 17 – 20: 9-Ball World Championship (Wheelchair) in Tampere ** Winners: 5th Street Players, 2nd place: The Contenders II, 3rd place: Here We Go Again & 9-Ball Bombers * October 30, 2017 – 2 November 2017: 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship ** Winners: Sanjin Pehlivanovic (U17), Fedor Gorst (boys), Kristina Tkatsch (girls) * December 4 – 7: 2017 Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas ** Winner: Europe

Euro Tour

* February 23 – 26: 2017 Italian Open (pool), 2017 Italian Open in Treviso ** Winners: Ralf Souquet (m) / Ina Kaplan (f) * March 30 – April 1: 2017 Portugal Open in Albufeira ** Winners: Nick van den Berg (m) / Jasmin Ouschan (f) * May 18 – 21: 2017 Austrian Open in St. Johann im Pongau ** Winners: Mario He (m) / Jasmin Ouschan (f) * August 10 – 13: 2017 Dutch Open in Heeze-Leende ** Winners: Ruslan Chinachov (m) / Marharyta Fefilava (f) * October 5 – 8: 2017 Klagenfurt Open in Klagenfurt ** Winners: Ralf Souquet (m) / Siming Chen (f) * November 16 – 18: 2017 Treviso Open in Treviso ** Winner: Wiktor Zielinski (m) * November 18 – 19: Women 9-Ball Open in Braga ** Winner: Marharyta Fefilava (f)

Union Mondiale de Billard, UMB

* March 4: World Super Cup in Antwerp ** Winner: Daniel Sánchez (billiards player), Daniel Sánchez * March 9 – 12: World Championship for National Teams in Viersen ** Winners: (Sung Won Choi & Jae Guen Kim) * April 7 – 9: Coupe d'Europe Classic Teams (final) in

** Winners: Bochum (Sam van Etten, Thomas Nockemann, Ludger Havlik) * April 28 – May 7: 2017 CEB European Three-cushion Championship in Brandenburg an der Havel ** Winners: , Second place: , Third place: * May 10 & 11: Billiard Charity Challenge in Halle, Belgium, Halle and Zoersel * May 12 – 14: UMB World Three-cushion Championship for women in Halle, Belgium, Halle and Zoersel ** Winner: Orie Hida, Second place: Mi Rae Lee, Third place: Gülşen Degener * June 8 – 11: Coupe d´Europe Three Cushion Club (final) in Porto ** Winners: FC Porto (billiards), FC Porto (Dani Sánchez (billiards player), Dani Sánchez, Torbjörn Blomdahl, Manuel Rui Costa, João Pedro Ferreira) * June 16 – 18: European Ladies Cup Three Cushion in ** Winners: Therese Klompenhouwer, Free Game winner: Karolien Matthys * September 15 – 17: World Championship 3 Cushion Juniors in Los Alcázares * October 7 – 14: World Championship Five-pin billiards, Five-pin in Necochea * November 8 – 12: UMB World Three-cushion Championship in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz * November 17 – 19:

Billiard Masters in

Three-Cushion World Cup

* February 6 – 12: World Cup #1 in Bursa ** Winner: Frédéric Caudron * March 26 – April 1: World Cup #2 in Luxor ** Winner: Daniel Sánchez (billiards player), Daniel Sánchez * May 22 – 28: World Cup #3 in Ho Chi Minh City ** Winner: Eddy Merckx (billiards player), Eddy Merckx * September 3 – 9: World Cup #4 in Porto * December 3 – 9: World Cup #5 in Hurghada

Curling

Cycle ball

BMX racing, Cycling – BMX

Cyclo-cross, Cycling – Cyclo-cross

Mountain bike racing, Cycling – Mountain Bike

Para-cycling, Cycling – Para-cycling

Road bicycle racing, Cycling – Road

Track cycling, Cycling – Track

Cycling – Trials

Dancesport

WDSF Super Grand Prix

* March 12: #1 Super Grand Prix (PD) Tokyo ** Winners: Benedetto Ferruggia & Claudia Köhler ** 2nd place: Donatas Vėželis & Lina Chatkevičiūtė ** 3rd place: Marco Camarlinghi & Martina Minasi * April 15 & 16: #2 Super Grand Prix Cambrils ** Latin winners: Pavel Pasechnik & Marta Arndt ** Standard winners: Benedetto Ferruggia & Claudia Köhler * August 8 – 10: #3 Super Grand Prix (PD) Stuttgart ** Latin winners: Marts Smolko & Tina Bazykina * September 30: #4 Super Grand Prix Ostrava * December 3: #5 WDSF PD Super Grand Prix Moscow

WDSF World Cup

* March 4: WDSF PD World Cup in Kharkiv (Standard only) ** Winners: Benedetto Ferruggia & Claudia Köhler ** Second place: Donatas Vėželis & Lina Chatkevičiūtė ** Third place: Marco Cavallaro & Letizia Ingrosso * June 3: WDSF World Cup in Szombathely (Latin only) ** 1st place: Andrea Silvestri & Martina Váradi ** Second place: Timur Yusupov & Sofia Kharina ** Third place: Giacomo Lazzarini & Roberta Benedetti * June 24: WDSF PD World Cup in Baden-Baden (Latin only) ** 1st place: Marts Smolko & Tina Bazykina ** Second place: Daniele Sargenti & Uliana Fomenko ** Third place: Wang Jun & Jia Yiwen * August 26: WDSF World Cup (Standard) in Johor Bahru ** Winners: Francesco Galuppo & Debora Pacini ** Second place: Vasily Kirin & Ekaterina Prozorova ** Third place: Evgeny Nikitin & Anastasia Miliutina * December 9: WDSF World Cup in Ashdod

WDSF GrandSlam

* March 18 & 19: #1 GrandSlam

** Adult Standard winners: Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova ** Adult Latin winners: Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus * April 8 & 9: #2 GrandSlam Wuhan ** Adult Standard winners: Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova ** Adult Latin winners: Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus * July 8 & 9: #3 GrandSlam Hong Kong ** Adult Standard winners: Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova ** Adult Latin winners: Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus * August 10 – 12: #4 GrandSlam Stuttgart ** Adult Standard winners: Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova ** Adult Latin winners: Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus * October 27 & 28: #5 GrandSlam Moscow * December 9 & 10: #6 (final) GrandSlam

WDSF World Open

* January 7 & 8: #1 World Open Madrid ** World Open Standard Adult winners: Evaldas Sodeika & Ieva Žukauskaitė ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Marius-Andrei Bălan & Khrystyna Moshenska * January 28: #2 World Open Pforzheim ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Marius-Andrei Bălan & Khrystyna Moshenska * February 11 & 12: #3 World Open Antwerp ** World Open Standard Adult winners: Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Anton Aldaev & Natalia Polukhina * February 17 & 18: #4 World Open Copenhagen ** World Open Standard Adult winners: Anton Skuratov & Alona Uehlin ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Guillem Pascual and Rosa Carné * February 25 & 26: #5 World Open Moscow ** World Open Standard Adult winners: Evgeny Nikitin & Anastasia Miliutina ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Armen Tsaturyan & Svetlana Gudyno * March 11 & 12: #6 World Open Bucharest ** World Open Standard Adult winners: Madis Abel & Aleksandra Galkina ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Armen Tsaturyan & Svetlana Gudyno * March 12: #7 World Open Tokyo ** World Open Standard Adult winners: Sean Aranar & Ana Nualla ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Lim Tan Hong & Choi Ju Young * March 25 & 26: #8 World Open Minsk ** World Open Standard Adult winners: Alexey Glukhov & Anastasia Glazunova ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Timur Imametdinov & Nina Bezzubova * March 25 & 26: #9 World Open Pieve di Cento ** World Open Standard Adult winners: Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus * April 2: #10 World Open Brno ** World Open Standard Adult winners: Bjørn Bitsch & Ashli Williamson * April 22 & 23: #11 World Open Uzhhorod ** World Open Standard Adult winners: Dumitru Doga & Sarah Ertmer ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Marek Bures & Anastasiia Iermolenko * May 13: #12 World Open Varna, Bulgaria, Varna ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Giacomo Lazzarini & Roberta Benedetti * May 14: #13 World Open Tbilisi ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Edgar Marcos & Alina Nowak * May 20: #14 World Open Paredes, Portugal, Paredes ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Edgar Marcos & Alina Nowak * July 2: #15 World Open Batumi ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Giacomo Lazzarini & Roberta Benedetti * July 22 & 23: #16 World Open Wuppertal ** World Open Standard Adult winners: Anton Skuratov & Alena Uehlin ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Marius-Andrei Bălan & Khrystyna Moshenska * August 19 & 20: #17 World Open Tallinn ** World Open Standard Adult winners: Ergo Lükk & Baile Orb ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Giacomo Lazzarini & Roberta Benedetti * September 2 & 3: #18 World Open

** World Open Standard Adult winners: Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova ** World Open Latin Adult winners: Marius-Andrei Bălan & Khrystyna Moshenska * September 9 & 10: #19 World Open

* September 16 & 17: #20 World Open

* September 16 & 17: #21 World Open Sibiu * September 24: #22 World Open Bertrange * September 23: #23 World Open Lisbon * September 23 & 24: #24 World Open Zagreb * September 30 – October 1: #25 World Open Belgrade * September 30: #26 World Open Ostrava * October 7 & 8: #27 World Open Moscow * October 14 & 15: #28 World Open Elbląg * October 21: #29 World Open Almere * November 4: #30 World Open Riga * November 5: #31 World Open Ankara * November 11 & 12: #32 World Open Warsaw * November 18 & 19: #33 World Open Vienna * November 25: #34 World Open Tallinn * December 2 & 3: #35 World Open Maribor * December 3: #36 World Open Vilnius * December 16: #37 (final) World Open Riga

International events

* February 10: WDSF World Championship (Standard Senior II) in Antwerp ** Winners: Pierre Payen & Isabelle Reyjal ** 2nd place: Gert Faustmann & Alexandra Kley ** 3rd place: Alberto Belometti & Barbara Pini * February 18: WDSF European Ten Dance Championship in Copenhagen ** Winners: Dumitru Doga & Sarah Ertmer ** 2nd place: Nikolaj Lund & Marta Kocik ** 3rd place: Kirill Medianov & Elisaveta Semjonova * February 25: WDSF World Championship (U21 Latin) in Bassano del Grappa ** Winners: Vladislav Kolesnikov & Naja Dolenc ** 2nd place: Bartosz Lewandowski & Anna Walachowska ** 3rd place: Raffaello Brancato & Amandine Van Biesbroeck * March 23: WDSF World Championship (Standard IV) in Pieve di Cento ** Winners: Luciano Ceruti & Rosa Nuccia Cappello ** 2nd place: Alessandro Barbone & Patrizia Flamini ** 3rd place: Nicholas Nero & Anna Maria Arzenton * April 1 & 2: DSE European Children Grand Prix in Brno ** Junior I winners: Sergey Burdin & Anastasia Sitnikova (Standard); Georgy Gudovsky & Kamilla Shaymiardianova (Latin) ** Junior II winners: Aleksey Bessonov & Evgenia Kolmagorova (Standard); Hubert Raczek & Magdalena Kowalska (Latin) ** Juvenile I winners: Dragoș Josan & Alexandra Bezniuc (Standard & Latin) ** Juvenile II winners: Mateusz Stawowy & Sara Silva (Standard & Latin) * April 1 & 2: DSE European Universities Championship in Brno ** Adult Standard winners: Kamil Kedra & Aleksandra Fron ** Adult Latin winners: Jakub Richtár & Klára Petrušková * April 9: WDSF PD World Championship (Show Dance Latin) in Vienna ** Winners: Vadim Garbuzov & Kathrin Menzinger ** 2nd place: Mikhail Shchepkin & Anna Baklanova ** 3rd place: Marco Zingarelli & Ilaria Campana * April 15: WDSF European Championship (Latin) in Cambrils ** Winners: Armen Tsaturyan & Svetlana Gudyno ** Second place: Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus ** Third place: Marius-Andrei Balan & Khrystyna Moshenska ** April 16: DSE European Championship of National Teams in Cambrils ** U21 winners: (Latin and Standard) ** Adults winners: (Standard), (Latin) ** Senior I winners: (Standard), (Latin) ** Overall winners: (93 points) * May 13: WDSF World Championship (U21) in Salaspils ** Winners: Denis Gudovsky & Megija Dana Morīte ** Second place: Paul Rednic şi Roxana Lucaciu ** Third place: Mateusz Brzozowski & Justyna Możdżonek * May 14: WDSF European Championship (Youth Latin) in Chișinău ** Winners: Daniil Porcesco-Gozun și Anastasia Grunzu ** Second place: Coman Eduard Florentin & Tudorache Irina Elena ** Third place: Nikita Olinichenko & Elizaveta Pustornakova * May 14: WDSF PD European Cup in

(Latin only) ** Winners: Daniele Sargenti & Uliana Fomenko ** Second place: Marts Smolko & Tina Bazykina ** Third place: Alexandr Makarov & Anzhela Kuryshova * May 14: WDSF PD European Championship in

(Standard only) ** Winners: Benedetto Ferruggia & Claudia Köhler ** Second place: Donatas Vėželis & Lina Chatkevičiūtė ** Third place: László Csaba & Viktória Páli * May 19: WDSF European Championship (standard) in Olomouc ** Winners: Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova ** Second place: Evaldas Sodeika & Ieva Žukauskaitė ** Third place: Vaidotas Lacitis & Veronika Golodneva * June 11: WDSF PD European Championship (Latin) in Saint Petersburg ** Winners: Vitaly Panteleev & Angelina Nechkhaeva ** Second place: Marts Smolko & Tina Bazykina ** Third place: Pavel Pasechnik & Marta Arndt * June 23: WDSF South European Championship in Alassio ** Standard winners: Rinat Sunitulin & Maria Peregudova ** Standard Second place: Carmine Petrillo & Marzia Bonilauri ** Standard Third place: João Carlos Costa Relha – Alicja Ciesielska ** Latin winners: Ionuț Alexandru Miculescu & Andra Păcurar ** Latin Second place: Vincenzo Termini & Elisa De Belardini ** Latin Third place: Bojan Lazareski & Sarah Karakatsanis * July 8 & 9: WDSF PD Asian Championship in ** Standard PD winners: Cheng Dan & LI Zhenni ** Standard PD Second place: Oleksii Guzyr & Rikako Ota ** Standard PD Third place: Kim Kihwan & Park Ye Rang ** Latin PD winners: Hou Yao & Zhuang Ting ** Latin PD Second place: Chan Hing Wai & Tin Lai Ki ** Latin PD Third place: Wang Jun & Jia Yiwen * July 8 & 9: WDSF Asian Championship in ** Standard winners: Qiu Yuming & Wei Liying ** Standard Second place: Vladlen Kravchenko & Marina Laptiyeva ** Standard Third place: Yuan Shaoyang & Qi Chongxuan ** Latin winners: Kostiantyn Samarskyi & Tay Isabelle ** Latin Second place: Artem Semerenko & Valeriya Kachalko ** Latin Third place: Aleksei Kibkalo & Tatiana Kogadei * September 9: WDSF World Junior II Championship in

* September 9 & 10: WDSF World Championship in

* September 16: WDSF PD World Championship in

* September 22 & 23: WDSF PD World Championship (Master Class) in Bertrange * September 23: WDSF World Championship (Senior I) in Kistelek * October 7: WDSF World Ten Dance Championship in Marseille * October 14: WDSF World Youth Latin Championship in Castell-Platja d'Aro * October 21: WDSF PD Latin World Championship in Leipzig * November 4: WDSF World Championship (U21 Ten Dance) in Kranj * November 4: WDSF European Cup in Vila Nova de Famalicão * November 11: WDSF World Championship (Cheerlanding) in Takasaki * November 18: WDSF World Latin Championship in Vienna * November 25: WDSF Formation Standard World Championship in Braunschweig * December 9: WDSF Formation Latin World Championship in Vienna * December 16: WDSF World Championship (Youth Standard) in Riga

Darts

* December 15, 2016 – January 2: 2017 PDC World Darts Championship in London ** Michael van Gerwen defeated Gary Anderson (darts player), Gary Anderson, 7–3 * January 7 – 15: 2017 BDO World Darts Championship in Frimley Green ** Men: Glen Durrant defeated Danny Noppert, 7–3 ** Women: Lisa Ashton defeated Corrine Hammond, 3–0 * October 3 – 7: 2017 WDF World Cup in Kobe ** Men: ** Women: ** Juniors:

Professional Darts Corporation, PDC

Major tournaments

* January 28 – 29: 2017 Masters (darts), 2017 Masters in Milton Keynes ** Michael van Gerwen defeated Gary Anderson (darts player), Gary Anderson, 11–7 * February 2 – May 18: 2017 Premier League Darts at venues in , , , , and ** Michael van Gerwen defeated Peter Wright (darts player), Peter Wright, 11–10 * March 3 – 5: 2017 UK Open in Minehead ** Peter Wright (darts player), Peter Wright defeated Gerwyn Price, 11–6 * June 1 – 4: 2017 PDC World Cup of Darts in Frankfurt ** (Michael van Gerwen & Raymond van Barneveld) defeated (Gerwyn Price & Mark Webster (darts player), Mark Webster), 3–1 * July 22 – 30: 2017 World Matchplay (darts), 2017 World Matchplay in Blackpool ** Phil Taylor (darts player), Phil Taylor defeated Peter Wright (darts player), Peter Wright, 18–8 * September 16 – 17: 2017 Champions League of Darts in Cardiff ** Mensur Suljović defeated Gary Anderson (darts player), Gary Anderson, 11–9 * October 1 – 7: 2017 World Grand Prix (darts), 2017 World Grand Prix in Dublin ** Daryl Gurney defeated Simon Whitlock, 5–4 * October 27 – 29: 2017 European Championship (darts), 2017 European Championship in Hasselt ** Michael van Gerwen defeated Rob Cross (darts player), Rob Cross, 11–7 * November 4 – 5: 2017 World Series of Darts Finals in Glasgow ** Michael van Gerwen defeated Gary Anderson (darts player), Gary Anderson, 11–6 * November 11 – 19: 2017 Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton ** Michael van Gerwen defeated Peter Wright (darts player), Peter Wright, 16–12 * November 24 – 26: 2017 Players Championship Finals in Minehead ** Michael van Gerwen defeated Jonny Clayton, 11–2 * November 26: 2017 PDC World Youth Championship Final in Minehead ** Dimitri van den Bergh defeated Josh Payne (darts player), Josh Payne, 6–3

2017 PDC Pro Tour#European Tour, PDC European Tour

* March 24 – 26: 2017 German Darts Championship in Hildesheim ** Peter Wright (darts player), Peter Wright defeated Michael van Gerwen, 6–3 * April 15 – 17: 2017 German Darts Masters (European Tour), 2017 German Darts Masters in Jena ** Michael van Gerwen defeated Jelle Klaasen, 6–2 * April 21 – 23: 2017 German Darts Open in Saarbrücken ** Peter Wright (darts player), Peter Wright defeated Benito van de Pas, 6–5 * May 5 – 7: 2017 European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen ** Peter Wright (darts player), Peter Wright defeated Michael van Gerwen, 6–0 * May 12 – 14: 2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy in ** Michael Smith (darts player), Michael Smith defeated Mensur Suljović, 6–4 * June 9 – 11: 2017 European Darts Matchplay in Hamburg ** Michael van Gerwen defeated Mensur Suljović, 6–3 * June 23 – 25: 2017 Austrian Darts Open in Vienna ** Michael van Gerwen defeated Michael Smith (darts player), Michael Smith, 6–5 * June 30 – July 2: 2017 European Darts Open in Leverkusen ** Peter Wright (darts player), Peter Wright defeated Mervyn King (darts player), Mervyn King, 6–2 * September 1 – 3: 2017 Dutch Darts Masters in Maastricht ** Michael van Gerwen defeated Steve Beaton, 6–1 * September 8 – 10: 2017 German Darts Grand Prix in Mannheim ** Michael van Gerwen defeated Rob Cross (darts player), Rob Cross, 6–3 * September 22 – 24: 2017 International Darts Open in Riesa ** Peter Wright (darts player), Peter Wright defeated Kim Huybrechts, 6–5 * October 13 – 15: 2017 European Darts Trophy in Göttingen ** Michael van Gerwen defeated Rob Cross (darts player), Rob Cross, 6–4

World Series of Darts

* May 24 – 25: 2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, 2017 Dubai Darts Masters in

** Gary Anderson (darts player), Gary Anderson defeated Michael van Gerwen, 11–7 * July 6 – 7: 2017 Shanghai Darts Masters in

** Michael van Gerwen defeated Dave Chisnall, 8–0 * July 14 – 15: 2017 US Darts Masters in

** Michael van Gerwen defeated Daryl Gurney, 8–6 * August 11 – 13: 2017 Auckland Darts Masters in Auckland ** Kyle Anderson (darts player), Kyle Anderson defeated Corey Cadby, 11–10 * August 18 – 20: 2017 Melbourne Darts Masters in Melbourne ** Phil Taylor (darts player), Phil Taylor defeated Peter Wright (darts player), Peter Wright, 11–8 * August 25 – 27: 2017 Perth Darts Masters in Perth ** Gary Anderson (darts player), Gary Anderson defeated Raymond van Barneveld, 11–7 * October 20 – 21: 2017 German Darts Masters (World Series of Darts), 2017 German Darts Masters in Düsseldorf ** Peter Wright (darts player), Peter Wright defeated Phil Taylor (darts player), Phil Taylor, 11–4

British Darts Organisation, BDO

Major tournaments

* May 26 – 29: 2017 BDO World Trophy, 2017 World Trophy in Barry, Wales, Barry ** Men: Peter Machin (darts player), Peter Machin defeated Martin Phillips (darts player), Martin Phillips, 10–8 ** Women: Aileen de Graaf defeated Anastasia Dobromyslova, 6–2 * September 25–27: 2017 World Masters (darts), 2017 World Masters in Bridlington ** Men: Krzysztof Ratajski defeated Mark McGeeney, 6–1 ** Woman: Lorraine Winstanley defeated Corrine Hammond, 5–2

Disc golf

International

* May 12 – 14: 2017 Amateur World Doubles Championships in Mount Vernon, Texas ** Advanced winners: Ricky Ovaitt & Adam Case (m) / Valerie Mandujano & Alexis Mandujano * June 2 – 4: WFDF 2017 All African Ultimate Club Championships in ** Winners: UCT Tigers, Second place: Ghost Ultimate, Third place: Kampala Ultimate, Fourth place: KFC – Kisumu Frisbee Club * June 17 – 21: WFDF 2017 World Great Grandmasters Beach Ultimate Championships in Lisbon * June 18 – 24: WFDF World Championships of Beach Ultimate in Royan ** Mixed winners: , Second place: , Third place: ** Men's winners: , Second place: , Third place: ** Women's winners: , Second place: , Third place: ** Master Mixed winners: , Second place: , Third place: ** Men's Master winners: , Second place: , Third place: ** Women's Master winners: , Second place: , Third place: ** Men's GrandMaster winners: , Second place: , Third place: * June 20 – 24: PDGA World Championships in Augusta, Georgia, Augusta ** Winners: Ricky Wysocki (m) / Paige Pierce (f) * July 24 – 29: WFDF 2017 World Freestyle & Overall Flying Disc Championships in Basingstoke ** Overall winners: Tomas Burvall (m) / Juliana Korver (f) ** Golf winners: Anton Lindh (m) / Juliana Korver (f) ** Distance winners: Anton Lindh (m) / Niloofar Mossavarrahmani (f) ** Accuracy winners: Conrad Damon (m) / Juliana Korver (f) ** SCF winners: Robert McLeod (m) / Anneli André (f) ** Discathon winners: Anton Kappling (m) / Frida Högberg ** DDC winners: (Harvey Brandt & Conrad Damon) (m) / (Juliana Korver & Beth Verish) ** Freestyle winners: (Larry Imperiale & Paul Kenny) (m) / (Juliana Korver & Bianca Strunz) * August 17 – 20: WFDF 2017 Asia Oceanic Ultimate and Guts Club Championships in Manila ** The wins 4 medals. and wins 3 medals. wins 2 medals. * August 23 – 26: WFDF 2017 World Team Disc Golf Championships in Colchester ** Winners: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: * November 14 – 19: WFDF 2017 Pan American Ultimate Club Championships in Cañuelas, Buenos Aires, Cañuelas

Major tournaments

* April 12 – 15: National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships in North Augusta, South Carolina ** Advanced winners: Ben Clark (m) / Bayli Miller (f) ** Teams winners: Ferris State University (m) / California State University, Monterey Bay, California State University * June 2 – 4: United States Amateur Disc Golf Championships in Milford, Michigan ** Advanced winner: Brandon Oleskie * August 12 – 19: 2017 PDGA Master's World Championship in Grand Rapids, Michigan ** Winners: Barry Schultz (m) / Elaine King (f) * September 8 – 10: US Masters Disc Golf Championship in Des Moines, Iowa * September 21 – 24: 2017 US Women's Disc Golf Championship Presented by Prodigy in Johnson City, Tennessee * October 4 – 7: United States Disc Golf Championship in Rock Hill, South Carolina

2017 American National Tour

* February 23 – 26: Gentlemen's Club Challenge in Henderson, Nevada, Henderson ** Winners: Ricky Wysocki (m) / Paige Pierce (f) * April 27 – 29: Dynamic Discs Glass Blown Open in Emporia, Kansas ** Winners: Paul McBeth (m) / Hannah Leatherman (f) * May 19 – 21: Masters Cup (disc golf), Masters Cup in Santa Cruz, California ** Winners: Paul McBeth (m) / Paige Pierce (f) * June 9 – 11: Beaver State Fling Presented by KEEN in Estacada, Oregon ** Winners: Ricky Wysocki (m) / Paige Pierce (f) * August 25 – 27: Pittsburgh Flying Disc Open Presented by Discraft in Pittsburgh ** Winners: Paul McBeth (m) / Catrina Allen (f) * October 13 – 15: Hall of Fame Classic (final) in Appling, Georgia

2017 Disc Golf Pro Tour

* March 1 – 4: The Memorial in Scottsdale, Arizona, Scottsdale ** Winners: Paul McBeth (m) / Paige Pierce (f) * March 17 – 19: Waco Annual Charity Open in Waco, Texas ** Winners: Jeremy Koling (m) / Paige Pierce (f) * March 31 – April 2: Nick Hyde Memorial in Rockwall, Texas ** Winners: Paul McBeth (m) / Sarah Hokom (f) * April 14 – 16: Jonesboro Open in Jonesboro, Arkansas ** Winners: Ricky Wysocki (m) / Paige Pierce (f) * June 2 – 4: Utah Open in Ogden, Utah ** Winners: Ricky Wysocki (m) / Jessica Weese (f) * August 3 – 6: Ledgestone Insurance Open in Peoria, Illinois ** Winners: Joshua Anthon (m) / Valarie Jenkins (f) * August 17 – 20: Idlewild Open in Burlington, New York ** Winners: James Conrad (m) / Paige Pierce (f) * August 31 – September 3: Vibram Open in Leicester, Massachusetts ** Winners: Ricky Wysocki (m) / Paige Pierce (f) * September 14 – 17: Green Mountain (final) in Jeffersonville, Vermont

2017 Disc Golf World Tour

* January 26 – 29: Aussie Open 2017 in Perth ** Winners: Ricky Wysocki (m) / Paige Pierce (f) * May 12 – 14: Konopiště Open 2017 in Benešov ** Winners: Ricky Wysocki (m) / Vanessa Van Dyken (f) * July 20 – 23: European Open in Nokia, Finland, Nokia ** Winners: Timi Järvenpää (m) / Heidi Laine (f) * October 4 – 7: Disc Golf World Tour Championship 2017 USDGC (final) in Rock Hill, South Carolina

2017 European Pro Tour

* May 19 – 21: Tali Open – EPT#1 in

** Winners: Jalle Stoor (m) / Eveliina Salonen (f) * June 9 – 11: Sula Open – EPT#2 in Sula Municipality, Sula ** Winners: Seppo Paju (m) / Kristin Tattar (f) * July 7 – 9: Skellefteå Open – EPT#3 in Skellefteå ** Winners: Ricky Wysocki (m) / Ragna Bygde Lewis (f) * July 14 – 16: Estonian Open – EPT#4 in Tallinn ** Winners: Paul McBeth (m) / Henna Blomroos (f) * July 28 – 30: Turku TBC – EPT#5 in Turku ** Winners: Gregg Barsby (m) / Maija Laitinen (f) * September 8 – 10: Strudengau Open – EPT#6 (final) in Sankt Thomas am Blasenstein

2017 European Tour

* April 1 & 2: Dutch Discgolf Championships – ET #1 in Rijswijk ** Winners: Raimo Sokka (m) / Lydie Hellgren (f) * April 15 & 16: Isle of Mull Classic – ET#2 in Fanmore ** Winners: Simon Luard (m) / Sue Underwood (f) * May 6 & 7: Kokkedal Open – ET#3 in Kokkedal & Hillerød ** Winners: Karl Johan Nybo (m) / Camilla Grundén (f) * May 25 – 27: Westside Discs Tyyni – ET#4 in

& Sipoo ** Winners: Mikke Haaranen (m) / Mila Puumala (f) * June 2 – 4: The Battle at Bluebell Woods – ET#5 in Dunbar ** Winners: Blær Örn Ásgeirsson (m) / Sue Underwood (f) * July 1 & 2: Iceland Solstice Showdown – ET#6 in Reykjavík ** Winners: Nikko Locastro (m) / Lydie Hellgren (f) * August 4 – 6: Valgjärve Open – ET#7 in Valgjärve ** Winners: Jeremy Koling (m) / Kristin Tattar (f) * August 12 & 13: Chateau Hostačov Open – ET#8 in Golčův Jeníkov ** Winners: Přemysl Novák (m) / Eva Králová (f) * August 19 & 20: Belgian Open – ET#9 in Braine-l'Alleud ** Winners: Tony Ferro (m) / Hayley Flintoft (f) * September 22 – 24: Copenhagen Open Classic – presented by DGA – ET#10 (final) in Copenhagen

Equestrianism

Fencing

Field hockey

* January 13 – TBD: 2017 International Hockey Federation, FIH Schedule

2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League

2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2, Round 2: * March 4 – 12: Event #1 in Dhaka ** Qualified national teams to Semifinals: & * March 11 – 19: Event #2 in Ulster ** Qualified national teams to Semifinals: & * March 25 – April 2: Event #3 in Tunapuna ** Qualified national teams to Semifinals: & 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals, semifinals: * June 15 – 25: Semifinal #1 in London ** Qualified national teams to Finals: , , & * July 8 – 23: Semifinal #2 in Johannesburg ** Qualified national teams to Finals: , , , & 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final, final: * December 2 – 10: Final in Bhubaneswar ** defeated , 2–1, to win their second consecutive Men's FIH Hockey World League title. ** took third place.

2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League

2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2, Round 2 * January 14 – 22: Event #1 in Kuala Lumpur ** Qualified national teams to Semifinals: , , & * February 4 – 12: Event #2 in Valencia ** Qualified national teams to Semifinals: , , & * April 1 – 9: Event #3 in Vancouver ** Qualified national teams to Semifinals: & 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals, semifinals * June 21 – July 2: Semifinal #1 in Brussels ** Qualified national teams to the Finals: , , & * July 8 – 23: Semifinal #2 in Johannesburg ** Qualified national teams to the Finals: , , , & 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final, final * November 18 – 26: Final in Auckland ** The defeated , 3–0, to win their second Women's FIH Hockey World League title. ** took third place.

Continental field hockey events

European Hockey Federation, EHF

* January 13 – 15: 2017 EuroHockey Men's Indoor Junior Nations Championship in Lisbon ** defeated , 5–4, in the final. took third place. * January 20 – 22: 2017 EuroHockey Women's Indoor Junior Nations Championship in Vienna ** The defeated , 1–1 (1–0 shoot out), in the final. took third place. * February 10 – 12: 2017 EuroHockey Men's Indoor Club Cup in Vienna ** Uhlenhorst Mulheim defeated SV Arminen, 3–2, in the final. Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club, AH&BC Amsterdam took third place. * February 10 – 12: 2017 EuroHockey Men's Indoor Club Trophy in Sveti Ivan Zelina ** Champions: Racing Club de Bruxelles; Second: HC Rotweiss Wettingen; Third: HC Minsk * February 17 – 19: 2017 EuroHockey Women's Indoor Club Cup in Wettingen ** Mannheimer HC defeated HC Minsk, 5–3, in the final. HC Rotweiss Wettingen took third place. * February 17 – 19: 2017 EuroHockey Women's Indoor Club Trophy in Šiauliai ** Champions: MSC Sumchanka; Second: Dundee Wanderers; Third: East Grinstead Hockey Club, East Grinstead * June 2 – 5: 2017 EuroHockey Women's Club Cup in 's-Hertogenbosch ** 's-Hertogenbosch defeated Uhlenhorster HC, UHC Hamburg, 2–1 in the final. AH&BC Amsterdam took third place. * June 2 – 5: 2017 EuroHockey Men's Club Trophy in Elektrostal ** HC Rotweiss Wettingen defeated SV Arminen, 1–0, in the final. Dinamo Elektrostal took third place. * June 2 – 5: 2017 Eurohockey Women's Club Trophy in Munich ** Münchner SC defeated Club Campo de Madrid, 1–0, in the final. HC Minsk took third place. * June 3 & 4: 2016–17 EuroHockey League Final Four in Brasschaat ** Rot-Weiss Köln defeated HC Oranje-Rood, 3–2, in the final. KHC Dragons took third place. * July 5 – 8: 2017 EuroHockey 5s for Boys in Wałcz ** defeated , 4–2, in the final. took third place. * July 12 – 15: 2017 EuroHockey 5s for Girls in Wattignies ** defeated , 6–3, in the final. took third place. * August 18 – 27: 2017 EuroHockey Championships for Men and Women in

** Men: The defeated , 4–2, in the final. took third place. ** Women: The defeated , 3–0, in the final. took third place. * August 28 – September 3: 2017 EuroHockey Nations Junior Championships for Men and Women in Valencia ** Men: The defeated , 5–3 in a shootout and after a 2–2 score in regular play, in the final. ** Women: The defeated , 6–0, in the final. took third place.

Asian Hockey Federation, AsHF

* October 11 – 22: 2017 Men's Hockey Asia Cup in Dhaka ** defeated , 2–1, to win their third Men's Hockey Asia Cup title. ** took third place. * October 28 – November 5: 2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup in Kakamigahara, Gifu ** defeated , 5–4 in penalties and after a 1–1 score in regular play, to win their second Women's Hockey Asia Cup title. ** took third place.

Pan American Hockey Federation, PaHF

* August 4 – 12: 2017 Men's Pan American Cup in Lancaster, Pennsylvania ** defeated , 2–0, to win their second consecutive and third overall Men's Pan American Cup title. ** The took third place. * August 5 – 13: 2017 Women's Pan American Cup in Lancaster, Pennsylvania ** defeated , 4–1, to win their fifth consecutive Women's Pan American Cup title. ** The took third place.

Oceania Hockey Federation, OHF

* October 11 – 15: 2017 Oceania Cup for Men and Women in Sydney ** Men: defeated , 6–0, to win their tenth consecutive Men's Oceania Cup title. *** took third place. ** Women: defeated , 2–0, to win their third consecutive and seventh overall Women's Oceania Cup title. *** took third place. ** Note: ''Both Australian teams have qualified to compete at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup and 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup.''

African Hockey Federation, AfHF

* October 22 – 29: 2017 Hockey Africa Cup of Nations for Men and Women in Ismailia ** Men: defeated , 2–1, to win their eighth consecutive Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations title. *** took third place. ** Women: defeated , 4–0, to win their seventh consecutive Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations title. *** took third place. ** Note: ''Both South African teams have qualified to compete at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup and the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup.''

Figure skating

Fistball

World Games

* July 22 – 25: Fistball at the 2017 World Games in

** In the final, defeated , 4–3 (9–11, 7–11, 11–6, 7–11, 11–8, 12–10, 11–9). ** took third place.

Continental & International championships

* July 15 – 16: EFA 2017 Fistball U18 Men's and Women's European Championship in Böttstein ** Men's: defeated , 3–0 (12–10, 11–5, 11–6). ** took third place. ** Women's: defeated , 3–1 (12–10, 10–12, 11–7, 11–8). ** took third place. * August 26 & 27: Women's European Cup + U21 Men's European Cup in Calw ** Women's winner: ** Men's U21 winner: * TBD: IFA 2017 Fistball Women's and Men's World Cup in TBD location * October 20 – 22: 2017 Fistball U18 South America Championships & Cups in Santiago * November 24 – 26: 2017 Fistball South America Championships & Cups in

European Fistball Association

* January 13 – 14: Men's Champions Cup Indoor 2017 in Freistadt ** In the final, TSV Pfungstadt defeated Union Compact Freistadt, 4–0. ** VfK 01 Berlin took third place. * January 14 – 15: Women's Champions Cup Indoor 2017 in Großenkneten ** In the final, TSV Dennach defeated Ahlhorner SV, 4–0. ** TV Jona took third place. * July 7 – 9: EFA 2017 Fistball Men's European Champions Cup in Jona, Switzerland, Jona ** In the final, TSV Dennach defeated Ahlhorner SV, 3–1. ** FBC ABAU Linz Urfahr took third place. * July 7 – 9: EFA 2017 Fistball Women's European Champions Cup in Käfertal ** In the final, TSV Pfungstadt defeated VfK 1901 Berlin, 4–0. ** STV Wigoltingen took third place. * July 7 – 9: EFA 2017 Fistball Men's European Cup in Diepoldsau ** In the final, SVD Diepoldsau-Schmitter defeated MTV Rosenheim, 4–0. ** Union Compact Freistadt took third place.

Floorball

* May 3 – 7: 2017 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships in Växjö ** A Division: In the final, defeated , 7–4, to their fourth Men's U19 Floorball World Championships. took third place. ** B Division: '' are promoted to A-division for 2019 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships, U19 WFC 2019.'' * August 23 – 27: EuroFloorball Challenge in Trenčín ** In the final, Tsunami Záhorská Bystrica defeated FBC Skala Melitopol, 9–4. ŠK 1.FBC Trenčín took third place. * October 6 – 8: Champions Cup (floorball), Champions Cup in Seinäjoki ** Men's champion: IBF Falun ** Women's champion: IKSU * October 17 – 21: EuroFloorball Cup in Valmiera * December 1 – 9: 2017 Women's World Floorball Championships in

** Champion:

Freestyle skiing

Futsal

Golf

2017 Men's major golf championships

* April 6 – 9: 2017 Masters Tournament **Winner: Sergio García (1st major championship, 10th PGA Tour victory, 13th European Tour victory) * June 15 – 18: 2017 U.S. Open (golf), 2017 U.S. Open ** Winner: Brooks Koepka (first Major championship win; second PGA Tour win) * July 20 – 23: 2017 Open Championship ** Winner: Jordan Spieth (third Major championship win, first Open Championship win; 11th PGA Tour win) * August 10 – 13: 2017 PGA Championship ** Winner: Justin Thomas (first Major championship win; fifth PGA Tour win)

2017 World Golf Championships (WGC)

* March 2 – 5: 2017 WGC-Mexico Championship **Winner: Dustin Johnson (2nd WGC-Mexico Championship championship and 4th WGC championship overall; 14th PGA Tour victory) * March 22 – 26: WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play **Winner: Dustin Johnson (1st WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play championship and 5th WGC championship overall; 15th PGA Tour victory) * August 3 – 6: 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational **Winner: Hideki Matsuyama (1st WGC-Bridgestone Invitational championship and 2nd WGC championship overall; 5th PGA Tour victory) * October 26 – 29: 2017 WGC-HSBC Champions **Winner: Justin Rose (1st WGC-HSBC Champions championship and 2nd WGC championship overall; 8th PGA Tour victory)

Other men's golf events

* May 11 – 14: 2017 Players Championship ** Winner: Kim Si-woo (first Players Championship title; second PGA win) * May 25 – 28: 2017 BMW PGA Championship ** Winner: Alex Norén (first BMW PGA Championship win; ninth PGA European Tour win) * September 28 – October 1: 2017 Presidents Cup ** Team USA defeated the International Team, 19–11, to win their seventh consecutive and tenth overall Presidents Cup title.

2017 Senior major golf championships

* May 18 – 21: Regions Tradition ** Winner: Bernhard Langer (second consecutive Regions Tradition win; 31st PGA Tour Champions win) * May 25 – 28: Senior PGA Championship ** Winner: Bernhard Langer (first Senior PGA Championship win; 32nd PGA Tour Champions win) * June 29 – July 2: U.S. Senior Open ** Winner: Kenny Perry (second U.S. Senior Open win; ninth PGA Tour Champions win) * July 13 – 16: Senior Players Championship ** Winner: Scott McCarron (first Senior Players Championship win; fourth PGA Tour Champions win) * July 27 – 30: Senior Open Championship ** Winner: Bernhard Langer (third Senior Open Championship win; 33rd PGA Tour Champions win)

2017 Women's major golf championships

* March 30 – April 2: 2017 ANA Inspiration **Winner: Ryu So-yeon (1st ANA Inspiration Championship and 2nd Major championship win; 4th LPGA Tour victory) * June 29 – July 2: 2017 KPMG Women's PGA Championship **Winner: Danielle Kang (1st Women's PGA Championship and 1st LPGA Tour win) * July 13 – 16: 2017 U.S. Women's Open **Winner: Park Sung-hyun (golfer), Park Sung-hyun (1st U.S. Women's Open and 1st LPGA Tour win) * August 3 – 6: 2017 Women's British Open **Winner: In-Kyung Kim (1st Women's British Open win and 7th LPGA Tour win) * September 14 – 17: 2017 Evian Championship **Winner: Anna Nordqvist (1st Women's Evian Championship win and 2nd Major championship win; 8th LPGA Tour victory)

Senior LPGA Championship

* July 10 – 12: 2017 Senior LPGA Championship at The Pete Dye Course of the French Lick Resort Casino in French Lick, Indiana ** Winner: Trish Johnson (first Senior LPGA Championship title win; second Legends Tour win)

2017 Solheim Cup

* August 18 – 20: 2017 Solheim Cup at the Composite Course of Des Moines Golf and Country Club in West Des Moines, Iowa ** Team United States, USA defeated Team Europe, 16½ to 11½ points, to win their second consecutive and tenth overall Solheim Cup title.

Gymnastics

Handball

World handball events

* January 11 – 29: 2017 World Men's Handball Championship in ** defeated , 33–26, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall World Men's Handball Championship title. ** took third place. * June 12 – 18: 2017 IHF Emerging Nations Championship in ** The defeated , 26–25, to win their second consecutive IHF Emerging Nations Championship title. ** took third place. * July 11 – 16: 2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championships for Men and Women in ** Men: defeated , 2–1 in matches played, in the final. took third place. ** Women: defeated the , in a shootout, in the final. took third place. * July 18 – 30: 2017 Men's Junior World Handball Championship in ** defeated , 39–38 at extra time, to win their first Men's Junior World Handball Championship title. ** took third place. * August 8 – 20: 2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in ** defeated , 28–25, to win their second consecutive Men's Youth World Handball Championship title. ** took third place. * August 25 – 28: 2017 IHF Super Globe in Doha ** FC Barcelona Handbol, Barcelona defeated Füchse Berlin (Handball), Füchse Berlin, 29–25, to win their third IHF Super Globe title. ** RK Vardar took third place. * December 1 – 17: 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in ** defeated , 23–21, to win their second World Women's Handball Championship title. ** took third place.

European Handball Federation, EHF

EHF Nations events

* June 20 – 25: 2017 European Beach Handball Championship for Men and Women at Jarun, Jarun Lake, Zagreb ** Men: defeated , 2–0 in sets won, to win their third Men's European Beach Handball Championship title. *** took third place. ** Women: defeated , 2–0 in sets won, to win their first Women's European Beach Handball Championship title. *** took third place. * July 2 – 8: 2017 European Universities Handball Championships in Antequera ** Men: Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava defeated University of Duisburg-Essen, 23–22, in the final. ** Women: German Sport University Cologne defeated University of Aveiro, 41–30, in the final. * July 3 – 7: 2017 European Open Handball Championship for Men in Gothenburg ** defeated , 34–22, to win their fourth European Open Handball Championship title. ** took third place. * July 27 – August 6: 2017 European Women's U-19 Handball Championship in

** defeated , 31–26, to win their first European Women's U-19 Handball Championship title. ** took third place. * August 14 – 20: 2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship in Klaipėda and Skopje ** defeated , 23–18, to win their first European Women's U-17 Handball Championship title. ** took third place.

EHF Club events for Men

* August 30, 2016 – April 9, 2017: 2016–17 SEHA League ** RK Vardar defeated MVM Veszprém KC, MVM Veszprém, 26–21, to win their third SEHA League title. ** HC Meshkov Brest took third place. * September 3, 2016 – May 21, 2017: 2016–17 EHF Cup ** Frisch Auf Göppingen defeated fellow German team, Füchse Berlin (Handball), Füchse Berlin, 30–22, to win their second consecutive and fourth overall EHF Cup title. ** SC Magdeburg took third place. * September 3, 2016 – June 4, 2017: 2016–17 EHF Champions League ** RK Vardar defeated Paris Saint-Germain Handball, Paris Saint-Germain, 24–23, to win their first EHF Champions League title. ** MVM Veszprém took third place. * November 19, 2016 – May 27, 2017: 2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup ** Sporting Clube de Portugal (handball), Sporting CP defeated AHC Potaissa Turda, 67–52 on aggregate, to win their first EHF Challenge Cup title.

EHF Club events for Women

* September 9, 2016 – May 14, 2017: 2016–17 Women's EHF Cup ** Rostov-Don defeated SG BBM Bietigheim, 53–46 on aggregate, to win their first Women's EHF Cup title. * September 10, 2016 – May 7, 2017: 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League ** Győri Audi ETO KC, Győri ETO defeated HC Vardar, 31–30 in extra time, to win their third Women's EHF Champions League title. ** CSM București (women's handball), CSM Bucharest took third place. * October 15, 2016 – May 14, 2017: 2016–17 Women's EHF Challenge Cup ** RK Lokomotiva Zagreb defeated H 65 Höör, 47–40 on aggregate, to win their first Women's EHF Challenge Cup title.

Pan-American Team Handball Federation, PATHF

* February 21 – 25: 2017 Pan American Youth Beach Handball Championship in Asunción (debut event) ** Men: defeated , 2–1 in matches played, in the final. took third place. ** Women: defeated , 2–0 in matches played, in the final. took third place. * March 20 – 25: 2017 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship in Asunción ** defeated , 31–23, to win their third consecutive and sixth overall Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship title. ** took third place. * April 15 – 22: 2017 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship in Santiago ** defeated , 22–21 in overtime, to win their eighth Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship title. ** took third place. * May 24 – 28: 2017 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship in

** Champions: Esporte Clube Pinheiros (handball), EC Pinheiros; Second: Handebol Clube Taubaté, Handebol Taubaté; Third: UNLu (handball), UNLu ** Note: ''EC Pinheiros has qualified to compete at the 2017 IHF Super Globe.'' * June 18 – 25: 2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship in

** defeated , 38–20, to win their fourth consecutive and tenth overall Pan American Women's Handball Championship title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''All three teams mentioned above all qualified to compete in the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.'' * October 23 – 28: 2017 Pan American Women's Club Handball Championship in Asunción ** Esporte Clube Pinheiros (handball), EC Pinheiros defeated Atlético Goes, 33–23, to win their first Pan American Women's Club Handball Championship title. ** Jockey Club Córdoba took third place.

Asian Handball Federation, AHF

* March 13 – 22: 2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship in Suwon ** defeated , 30–20, to win their third consecutive and thirteenth overall Asian Women's Handball Championship title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''All three teams mentioned above have qualified to compete at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.'' * May 8 – 15: 2017 Asian Beach Handball Championship for Men and Women in Pattaya ** Men: Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ** Women: Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * July 15 – 23: 2017 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship in ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: ** Note: ''All teams mentioned above have qualified to compete at the 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.'' * August 20 – 28: 2017 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship in Jakarta ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: ** Note: ''All teams mentioned above have qualified to compete at the 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship.'' * September 23 – 29: 2017 Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship in Tashkent ** Champions: AGMK Club; Second: Ile Club; Third: Almaty Club * November 20 – 30: 2017 Asian Club League Handball Championship in Hyderabad ** Champions: Al-Najma; Second: Al-Duhail SC (handball), Al-Duhail; Third: Al-Ahli * November 21 – 27: 2017 West Asian Women's Championship in Manama

African Handball Confederation, CAHB

* April 12: 2017 African Handball Super Cup for Men and Women in Agadir ** Men: Al Ahly (handball), Al Ahly defeated fellow Egyptian team, Zamalek SC (handball), Zamalek, 29–23. ** Women: C.D. Primeiro de Agosto (handball), 1º de Agosto defeated CARA Brazzaville, 26–17. ** Note: ''Al Ahly and 1º de Agosto have qualified to compete in the 2017 IHF Super Globe event.'' * April 13 – 22: 2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup for Men and 2017 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup, Women in Agadir ** Men: Al Ahly defeated Association Sportive d'Hammamet H.C., AS Hammamet, 31–22, to win their second African Handball Cup Winners' Cup title. *** Widad Smara took third place. ** Women: 1º de Agosto defeated FAP Yaoundé, 24–16, to win their third consecutive African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup title. *** CARA Brazzaville took third place. * September 4 – 10: 2017 African Women's Junior Handball Championship in Abidjan ** defeated , 29–19, to win their third consecutive and ninth overall African Women's Junior Handball Championship title. ** Note: ''The two teams mentioned here, plus , have qualified to compete at the 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.'' * September 11 – 17: 2017 African Women's Youth Handball Championship in Abidjan ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: * October 20 – 29: 2017 African Handball Champions League for Men and 2017 African Women's Handball Champions League, Women in Hammamet, Tunisia, Hammamet ** Men: Zamalek SC (handball), Zamalek defeated Espérance Sportive de Tunis (handball), Espérance, 31–29 in extra time, to win their tenth Men's African Handball Champions League title. *** Al Ahly (handball), Al Ahly took third place. ** Note: ''Zamalek has qualified to compete at the 2018 IHF Super Globe.'' ** Women: C.D. Primeiro de Agosto (handball), Primeiro de Agosto defeated ASF Sfax, 30–17, to win their fourth consecutive African Women's Handball Champions League title. *** FAP Yaoundé took third place.

Ice hockey

Judo

Karate

Kickboxing

Korfball

World Cups and Continental Championships

* April 13 – 17: 2017 U19 Korfball World Cup in Leeuwarden ** In the final, defeated , 28–16. ** took third place. * June 23 – 25: 2017 U17 Korfball World Cup in Schijndel ** In the final, defeated , 22–11. ** took third place. * August 8 – 13: IKF Asia U19 & U16 Korfball4 Championship in * August 19 & 20: IKF Open European Beach Korfball Championship 2017 in The Hague ** U19: In the final, 2 defeated , 8–6. ** 1 took third place. ** Seniors: In the final, 2 defeated , 8–4. ** 1 took third place.

Europe

* January 12 – 14: 2017 Korfball Europa Cup in ** In the final, KV TOP defeated Boeckenberg KC, 37–27, to win her 3rd Europa Cup. ** Trojans Korfball Club took third place. * January 27 – 29: 2017 Korfball Europa Shield in ** In the final, Bec Korfball Club defeated Schweriner KC, 10–9, to win her 3rd consecutive Europa Shield. ** CRC Quinta Dos Lombos took third place.

Lacrosse

Lacrosse World Cup

* July 12 – 22: 2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup in Guildford ** The defeated , 10–5, to win their third consecutive and eighth overall Women's Lacrosse World Cup title. ** won the bronze medal.

Major League Lacrosse

* April 22 – August 19: 2017 Major League Lacrosse season ** The 2017 Ohio Machine season, Ohio Machine defeated the 2017 Denver Outlaws season, Denver Outlaws, 17–12, to win their first Major League Lacrosse title.

NCAA Lacrosse Championship

* May 7 – 28: 2017 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts ** The Salisbury University, Salisbury Sea Gulls defeated the RIT Tigers, 15–7, to win their second consecutive and 12th overall NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship title. * May 12 – 28: 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts ** The Maryland Terrapins women's lacrosse, Maryland Terrapins defeated the Boston College Eagles, 16–13, to win their 13th NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship title. * May 13 – 28: 2017 NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts ** The Limestone Saints defeated the Merrimack Warriors, 11–9, to win their fifth NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship title. * May 13 – 29: 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts ** The Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse, Maryland Terrapins defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes men's lacrosse, Ohio State Buckeyes, 9–6, to win their third NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship title. * May 19 – 21: 2017 NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship at BU Sports Stadium in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania ** The Adelphi Panthers defeated the Florida Southern Moccasins, 6–4, to win their eighth NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship title. * May 27 & 28: 2017 NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship at Donald J. Kerr Stadium in Salem, Virginia ** The Gettysburg College, Gettysburg Bullets defeated the The College of New Jersey, TCNJ Lions, 6–5, to win their second NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship title.

Luge

Mixed martial arts

Modern pentathlon

Motorsport

Multi-sport events

* January 28 – February 8: 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * February 12 – 17: 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Erzurum ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * February 19 – 26: 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * February 23 – 27: 2017 Winter Military World Games in Sochi ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * April 21 – 30: 2017 World Masters Games in Auckland ** For results, clic
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* May 12 – 22: 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku ** won the gold medal tally; won the overall medal tally. * May 29 – June 3: 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe in City of San Marino ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 24 – 30: 2017 Island Games in ** The won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 13 – 21 : 2017 ASEAN School Games in ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 16 – 23: 2017 North American Indigenous Games in Toronto ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 18 – 23: 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau, Bahamas, Nassau ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 18 – 30: 2017 Summer Deaflympics in Samsun ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 20 – 30: World Games 2017 in

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 21 – 30: 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie in Abidjan ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 22 – 30: 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Győr ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 28 – August 13: 2017 Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * August 7 – 16: 2017 World Police and Fire Games in

** Note: ''These Games was supposed to be in Montreal, but it was relocated because of a boycott by the police and firefighter unions over pension reform.'' ** For results, clic
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* August 19 – 30: 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * August 19 – 31: 2017 Southeast Asian Games, in Kuala Lumpur ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 17 – 23: 2017 ASEAN Para Games in Kuala Lumpur ** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * September 17 – 27: 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 23 – 30: 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto ** For results, clic
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* September 29 – October 8: 2017 South American Youth Games in Santiago ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * November 11 – 25: 2017 Bolivarian Games in Santa Marta ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * November 12 – 19: 2017 Asian Youth Games in Jakarta ** ''Event cancelled. No alternate city here to host this event. The 2021 Asian Youth Games will be the next edition to be hosted.'' * December 3 – 17: 2017 Central American Games in Managua ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * December 4 – 15: 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila ** / won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * December 10 – 14: 2017 Asian Youth Para Games in

** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.

Netball

;International tournaments ;Major national leagues, club tournaments

Nordic combined

Nordic skiing

Orienteering

Pickleball

* September 13 – 17: The first Bainbridge Cup held in Madrid, Spain along with the Spanish Open Pickleball Championships

Racquetball

Radio-controlled racing

Rowing (sport), Rowing

Rugby league

World rugby league championships

* October 26 – December 2: 2017 Rugby League World Cup in , and ** defeated , 6–0, to win their second consecutive and eleventh overall Rugby League World Cup title. * November 16 – December 2: 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup in ** Australia women's national rugby league team, Australia defeated New Zealand women's national rugby league team, New Zealand, 23–16, to win their second consecutive Women's Rugby League World Cup title.

Club seasons and championships

*February 18 & 19: 2017 World Club Series in **Game 1: Warrington Wolves defeated Brisbane Broncos, 27–18, at Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington **Game 2 (World Club Challenge): Wigan Warriors defeated Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, 22–6, at DW Stadium, Wigan *February 9 – October 7: Super League XXII in and (final at Old Trafford, Manchester) ** The Leeds Rhinos defeated the Castleford Tigers, 24–6, to win their eighth Super League title. *March 2 – October 1: 2017 NRL season in and (2017 NRL Grand Final, final at Stadium Australia, Sydney) ** The Melbourne Storm defeated the North Queensland Cowboys, 34–6, to win their third NRL title.

Rugby sevens

Rugby union

Sailing (sport), Sailing

Shooting sport

2017 ISSF World Cup

* February 22 – March 4: All Guns World Cup #1 in New Delhi ** Pistol ** 10 m Air Pistol winners: Tomoyuki Matsuda (m) / LIN Yuemei (f) ** Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: LAO Jiajie ** Men's 50 m Pistol winner: Jitu Rai ** Women's 25 m Pistol winner: Naphaswan Yangpaiboon ** Rifle ** 10 m Air Rifle winners: SONG Buhan (m) / SHI Mengyao (f) ** 50 m Rifle Three Positions winners: Hui Zicheng (m) / ZHANG Yiwen (f) ** Men's 50 m Rifle Prone winner: Toshikazu Yamashita ** Shotgun ** Skeet winners: Riccardo Filippelli (m) / Kim Rhode (f) ** Trap winners: Simone d'Ambrosio (m) / Penny Smith (f) ** Men's Double Trap winner: James Willett * March 17 – 27: Shotgun World Cup #1 in Acapulco ** Skeet winners: Marco Sablone (m) / Kim Rhode (f) ** Trap winners: Alberto Fernández (sport shooter), Alberto Fernández (m) / Ashley Carroll (f) ** Men's Double Trap winner: Ankur Mittal * April 28 – May 8: Shotgun World Cup #2 (final) in Larnaca ** Skeet winners: Federico Gil (sport shooter), Federico Gil (m) / Wei Meng (f) ** Trap winners: Antonio Bailon (m) / WANG Xiaojing (f) ** Men's Double Trap winner: Daniele Di Spigno * May 17 – 24: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #1 in Munich ** Pistol ** 10 m Air Pistol winners: Pavlo Korostylov (m) / Anna Korakaki (f) ** Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: Jean Quiquampoix ** Men's 50 m Pistol winner: Jin Jong-oh ** Women's 25 m Pistol winner: Zhang Jingjing ** Rifle ** 10 m Air Rifle winners: Sergey Kamenskiy (m) / Laura Georgeta Ilie (f) ** 50 m Rifle Three Positions winners: Alexis Raynaud (m) / Snježana Pejčić (f) ** Men's 50 m Rifle Prone winner: Kim Jong-hyun (sport shooter), Kim Jong-hyun * June 6 – 14: Rifle and Pistol World Cup #2 (final) in Qabala ** Pistol ** 10 m Air Pistol winners: YANG Wei (m) / Sylvia Steiner (f) ** Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: Christian Reitz ** Men's 50 m Pistol winner: Oleh Omelchuk ** Women's 25 m Pistol winner: LIN Yuemei ** Rifle ** 10 m Air Rifle winners: Milutin Stefanović (m) / PENG Xinyi (f) ** 50 m Rifle Three Positions winners: István Péni (m) / SHI Mengyao (f) ** Men's 50 m Rifle Prone winner: Torben Grimmel * October 23 – 30: All Guns World Cup #2 (final) in New Delhi ** Pistol ** 10 m Air Pistol winners: Tomoyuki Matsuda (m) / Céline Goberville (f) ** Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: Keith Sanderson (sport shooter), Keith Sanderson ** Men's 50 m Pistol winner: Damir Mikec ** Women's 25 m Pistol winner: Kim Min-jung (sport shooter), Kim Min-jung ** Mixed 10 m Air Pistol winners: (Heena Sidhu & Jitu Rai) ** Rifle ** 10 m Air Rifle winners: István Péni (m) / Andrea Arsović (f) ** 50 m Rifle Three Positions winners: Alexis Raynaud (m) / Jolyn Beer (f) ** Men's 50 m Rifle Prone winner: Torben Grimmel ** Mixed 10 m Air Rifle winners: (SONG Buhan & WU Mingyang) ** Shotgun ** Skeet winners: Riccardo Filippelli (m) / Kim Rhode (f) ** Trap winners: Alberto Fernández (m) / Alessia Iezzi (f) ** Men's Double Trap winner: Hu Binyuan (World Record) ** Mixed team Trap winners: (Antonio Bailon & Beatriz Martinez)

International and continental shooting events

* March 6 – 12: 2017 10m European Shooting Championships in Maribor ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * April 19 – May 3: 2017 African Shooting Championships in

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 22 – 26: 2017 ISSF Target Sprint World Championships in Suhl ** Target Sprint winners: Michael Herr (m) / Anita Flack (f) ** Junior Target Sprint winners: Sven Mueller (m) / Madlen Guggenmos (f) ** Team Target Sprint winners: (m) / (f) ** Mixed team Target Sprint winners: (Pavla Schorna Matyasova & Tomas Bystricky) * June 22 – 29: 2017 ISSF Junior World Championships in Rifle and Pistol in Suhl ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 21 – August 4: 2017 European Shooting Championships in Baku ** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * August 15 – 22: 2017 ISSF Junior Shotgun World Cup in Porpetto ** Junior Trap winners: Adria Martinez Torres (m) / Erica Sessa (f) ** Junior Men's Double Trap winner: James Dedman ** Junior Skeet winners: Elia Sdruccioli (m) / Katharina Monika Jacob (f) * August 30 – September 11: 2017 World Shotgun Championships in Moscow ** Senior Trap winners: Daniele Resca (m) / Jessica Rossi (f) ** Men's Senior Double Trap winner: Vitaly Fokeev ** Senior Skeet winners: Gabriele Rossetti (m) / Dania Jo Vizzi (f) ** Junior Trap winners: Clement Francis Andre Bourgue (m) / Maria Lucia Palmitessa (f) ** Junior Men's Double Trap winner: James Dedman ** Junior Skeet winners: Emil Kjelgaard Petersen (m) / Katharina Monika Jacob (f)

Skateboarding

World Championships

* November 28 & 29: Teutonia IGSA World Championships in Teutônia

Street League Skateboarding

;World Tour * March 4 & 5: Tampa Pro (skateboard competition), Tampa Pro in Tampa, Florida, Tampa ** Winner: Louie Lopez, 2nd place: Luan Oliveira, 3rd place: Kevin Hoefler * May 20 & 21: SLS Nike SB Pro Open in Barcelona ** Winner: Nyjah Huston, 2nd place: Shane O'Neill, 3rd place: Yuto Horigome * June 24: Stop #1 in Munich ** Winner: Nyjah Huston, 2nd place: Yuto Horigome, 3rd place: Carlos Ribeiro * August 13: Stop #2 in Chicago ** Winner: Dashawn Jordan, 2nd place: Torey Pudwill, 3rd place: Shane O'Neill * September 15: SLS Nike SB Super Crown World Championship in

(final)

Downhill World Cup

* February 17 & 18: Newton's in Bathurst, New South Wales ** Winners: Mauritz Armfelt (m) / Emily Pross (f) ** Masters winner: Adam Yates ** Junior winner: Taylor Cook ** Luge winner: Abdil Mahdzan * April 14 – 16: Keeping it High in Maragondon, Cavite, Maragondon ** Winners: Douglas da Silva (m) / Elissa Mah ** Masters winner: Benjamin Hay ** Junior winner: Taylor Cook ** Luge winner: Abdil Mahdzan * April 28 – 30: Arirang Hill Fest in Jeongseon County ** Winners: Aaron Hampshire (m) / Kaila Dasol Jong ** Masters winner: Benjamin Hay ** Junior winner: Taylor Cook ** Luge winner: Abdil Mahdzan * May 26 – 28: Yaku Raymi Water Fest in Chacas District, Huallin ** Winners: Carlos Paixão (m) / Candy Dungan (f) ** Masters winner: Leonardo Discacciati ** Junior winner: Bruno Vidal Vieira ** Luge winner: Ryan Farmer * June 9 – 11: Apac Championship in Nova Lima ** Winners: Thiago Gomes Lessa (m) / Melissa Brogni ** Masters winner: Adriano Silveira ** Junior winner: Murilo Araujo ** Luge winner: Ryan Farmer * June 17 & 18: La Leonera DH in La Leonera ** Winners: Thiago Gomes Lessa (m) / Luana Campos (f) ** Masters winner: Marco Vidales ** Junior winner: Bruno Vidal Vieira ** Luge winner: Ryan Farmer * July 13 – 16: King's Gate in Hinterstoder ** Winners: Tristan Cardillo (m) / Emily Pross (f) ** Masters winner: Nicolas Desmarais ** Junior winner: Tristan Cardillo ** Luge winner: Mikel Echegaray Diez * July 19 – 22: Kozakov Challenge in Kozákov Mountain ** Winners: Thiago Gomes Lessa (m) / Emily Pross (f) ** Masters winner: Nicolas Desmarais ** Junior winner: Tristan Cardillo ** Luge winner: Mikel Echegaray Diez * July 26 – 29: Verdicchio Race in Poggio Cupro ** Winners: Tristan Cardillo (m) / Lyde Begue ** Masters winner: Uldis Tretmanis ** Junior winner: Tristan Cardillo ** Luge winner: Kolby Parks * August 3 – 6: Teolo Euroskate in ** Winners: Carlos Paixão (m) / Emily Pross (f) ** Masters winner: Damian Derek Blanquer Gelez ** Junior winner: Tristan Cardillo ** Luge winner: Mikel Echegaray Diez *September 8 – 10: Killington Throwdown (final) in

Ski jumping

Snooker

Snooker season 2016/2017

;May * May 5 – 8, 2016: Vienna Snooker Open in Vienna ** Peter Ebdon defeated Mark Davis (snooker player), Mark Davis, 5–1. ;June * June 8 – 12, 2016: Pink Ribbon (snooker), Pink Ribbon in Gloucester ** Jamie Jones (snooker player), Jamie Jones defeated David Grace (snooker player), David Grace, 4–3. * June 12 – 16, 2016: China Professional Championship in Fuzhou ** Zhang Anda defeated Zhou Yuelong, 5–1. * June 22 – 24, 2016: 2016 Riga Masters in Riga ** Neil Robertson defeated Michael Holt (snooker player), Michael Holt, 5–2. ;July * July 5 – 9: 2016 Indian Open in Hyderabad ** Anthony McGill defeated Kyren Wilson 5–2. * July 25 – 31: 2016 World Open (snooker), 2016 World Open in Yushan County, Yushan ** Ali Carter defeated Joe Perry (snooker player), Joe Perry 10–8. ;August * August 24–28: 2016 Paul Hunter Classic in Fürth ** Mark Selby defeated Tom Ford (snooker player), Tom Ford 4–2. ;September * September 5 – 10: 2016 Six-red World Championship in

** Ding Junhui defeated Stuart Bingham 8–7. * September 19 – 25: 2016 Shanghai Masters in

** Ding Junhui defeated Mark Selby 10–6. ;October * October 3 – 9: 2016 European Masters in Bucharest ** Judd Trump defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8. * October 10 – 16: 2016 English Open (snooker), 2016 English Open in Manchester ** Liang Wenbo defeated Judd Trump 9–6. ;November * November 1 – 5: 2016 China Championship (snooker), 2016 China Championship in Guangzhou ** John Higgins defeated Stuart Bingham 10–7. * November 7 – 12: 2016 Champion of Champions in Coventry ** John Higgins defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7. * November 14 – 20: 2016 Northern Ireland Open in Belfast ** Mark King (snooker player), Mark King defeated Barry Hawkins 9–8. * November 22 – December 4: 2016 UK Championship in York ** Mark Selby defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7. ;December * December 12 – 18: 2016 Scottish Open (snooker), 2016 Scottish Open in Glasgow ** Marco Fu defeated John Higgins 9–4. ;January *January 15 – 22: 2017 Masters (snooker), 2017 Masters in London ** Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Joe Perry (snooker player), Joe Perry 10–7. ;February *February 1 – 5: 2017 German Masters in

** Anthony Hamilton (snooker player), Anthony Hamilton defeated Ali Carter 9–6. *February 6 – 12: 2017 World Grand Prix in Preston, Lancashire, Preston ** Barry Hawkins defeated Ryan Day (snooker player), Ryan Day 10–7. *February 13 – 19: 2017 Welsh Open (snooker), 2017 Welsh Open in Cardiff ** Stuart Bingham defeated Judd Trump 9–8. *February 23 – 26: 2017 Snooker Shoot Out in Watford ** Anthony McGill defeated Xiao Guodong 1–0 (67–19). ;March *March 1 – 2: 2017 Championship League Winners' Group in Coventry ** John Higgins defeated Ryan Day (snooker player), Ryan Day 3–0. *March 3 – 5: 2017 Gibraltar Open in ** Shaun Murphy defeated Judd Trump 4–2. *March 6 – 12: 2017 Players Championship (snooker), 2017 Players Championship in Llandudno ** Judd Trump defeated Marco Fu 10–8. *March 22 – 24: 2017 World Seniors Championship in Scunthorpe ** Peter Lines defeated John Parrott 4–0. *March 27 – April 2: 2017 China Open (snooker), 2017 China Open in

** Mark Selby defeated Mark Williams (snooker player), Mark Williams 10–8. ;April *April 15 – May 1: 2017 World Snooker Championship in Crucible Theatre, Sheffield ** Mark Selby defeated John Higgins 18–15.

Women's snooker season 2016/2017

*August 25 – 28, 2016: 2016 Paul Hunter Ladies Classic in Fürth ** Ng On Yee defeated Reanne Evans, 4–1. *October 8 – 9, 2016: 2016 UK Ladies Championship in Leeds ** Reanne Evans defeated Tatjana Vasiljeva, 5–1. *January 14 – 15: 2017 Women's Masters in Derby ** Reanne Evans defeated So Man Yan, 4–0. *February 18: 2017 Connie Gough Memorial Trophy in Dunstable ** Maria Catalano defeated Rebecca Granger, 4–2. *March 13 – 19: 2017 Ladies World Snooker Championship, World Women's Snooker Championship in Toa Payoh ** Ng On Yee defeated Vidya Pillai, 6–5. *April 7 – 11: 2017 World Festival of Women's Snooker in Leeds ** Ng On Yee won the World Women's 6-Red Championship ** Ng On Yee won the World Women's 10-Red Championship ** Emma Bonney won the World Women's Seniors Championship ** Emma Parker won the World Women's U21 Championship ** Emma Bonney & Vicky Shirley won the World Women's Pairs Championship ** Katrina Wan & Sanderson Lam won the World Mixed Pairs Championship

Amateur snooker championships

*March 5 – 8: 2017 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship in Nicosia ** Jackson Page defeated Amir Nardeia, 5–3. *March 8 – 12: 2017 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship in Nicosia ** Alexander Ursenbacher defeated Jackson Page, 6–4. *March 13 – 19: 2017 EBSA European Snooker Championship in Nicosia ** Chris Totten defeated Andres Petrov, 7–3. *March 15 – 18: 2017 OBSF Oceania Snooker Championship in Albury ** Matthew Bolton (snooker player), Matthew Bolton defeated Ben Judge, 6–3. *April 8 – 14: 2017 ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship in Chandigarh ** Yuan Sijun defeated Fan Zhengyi, 6–2. *April 12 – 14: 2017 ACBS Asian Ladies Snooker Championship (debut event) in Chandigarh ** Ng On Yee defeated Waratthanun Sukritthanes, 3–2. *April 22 – 28: 2017 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship in Doha ** Lyu Haotian defeated Pankaj Arjan Advani, Pankaj Advani, 6–3. *May 12 – 22: 2017 ABSF African Snooker Championships in Hammamet, Tunisia, Hammamet ** Basem Eltahhan defeated Wael Talaat, 6–5. *July 8 – 11: 2017 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship in

**Men: Muhammad Naseem Akhtar defeated Lei Peifan, 5–3. **Women: Nutcharat Wongharuthai defeated Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan, 3–2. *July 12 – 16: 2017 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship in

**Men: Fan Zhengyi defeated Luo Honghao, 7–6. **Women: Nutcharat Wongharuthai defeated Xia Yuying, 5–3. *October 1 – 8: 2017 World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships (debut event) in Saint Petersburg **Boys: Dylan Emery defeated Mikhail Terekhov, 4–1. **Girls: Anupama Ramachandran defeated Keerthana Pandian, 3–1. *November 17 – 27: 2017 IBSF World Snooker Championship in Doha **Men: Pankaj Arjan Advani, Pankaj Advani defeated Amir Sarkhosh, 8–2. **Women: Wendy Jans defeated Waratthanun Sukritthanes, 5–2. **Masters: Darren Morgan defeated Alok Kumar (billiards player), Alok Kumar, 5–1.

Snowboarding

Softball

International softball championships

* June 25 – July 1: 2017 Women's Softball European Championship in Bollate ** The defeated , 7–1, to win their tenth Women's Softball European Championship title. * July 5 – 9: 2017 World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City ** defeated the , 2–1, to win their second consecutive and fourth overall World Cup of Softball title. ** took third place. * July 7 – 16: 2017 Men's Softball World Championship in Whitehorse, Yukon ** defeated , 6–4, to win their seventh Men's Softball World Championship title. ** took third place. * July 10 – 17: 2017 Canada Cup International Softball Championship in Surrey, British Columbia ** For results, clic
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* July 24 – 30: 2017 Junior Women's Softball World Championship in Clearwater, Florida ** The defeated , 13–4, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall Junior Women's Softball World Championship title. ** took third place.

Little League softball tournaments

* July 30 – August 5: 2017 Junior League World Series (softball), Junior League Softball World Series in Kirkland, Washington, Kirkland ** Team Central ( Poland Community Softball Association) defeated Team Host ( Washington District 9), 7–1, in the final. * July 30 – August 6: 2017 Senior League Softball World Series in Lower Sussex ** Team Host District 3 ( Georgetown, Delaware, Georgetown) defeated Team Asia-Pacific (Negros Occidental), 4–0, in the final. * August 9 – 16: 2017 Little League Softball World Series in Portland, Oregon, Portland ** Team Southwest ( Lake Air LL) defeated Team Southeast ( Rowan LL), 7–2, in the final.

Speed skating

Sport climbing

Squash (sport), Squash

Surfing

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Telemark skiing

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water polo

Water Ski & Wakeboard

IWWF Championships

* August 15-19: IWWF Europe & Africa Wakeboard Boat Championships 2017 in Latvia * August 18: IWWF Europe & Africa Wakeboard Superfinal 2017 in Latvia

Olympic weightlifting, Weightlifting

Wrestling

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Bobsleigh and Skeleton (sport), Skeleton

Bowls

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World Bowls Tour

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Chess

FIDE Grand Prix 2017

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2017–18 European Youth Grand Prix

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Cricket

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2017–18 Ashes series

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