2017 A-League Grand Final
The 2017 A-League Grand Final was the twelfth A-League Grand Final, and was played on 7 May 2017,  at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. The match was contested between Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory who finished the 2016-17 season first and second respectively. This was the third time the teams met in a final, previously playing each other in 2010 and 2015. Both clubs qualified for the 2018 AFC Champions League due to their league position and participation in the Grand Final.


2017 A-League Grand Final
Sydney FC won the match, defeating Melbourne Victory 4–2 on penalties after the match finished 1–1 after extra time. This marked the third occasion Sydney FC had won an A-League Championship.


2017 A-League Grand Final, Broadcasting
As with the previous season, the 2017 A-League Grand Final was broadcast in Australia on Foxtel and on free-to-air TV, with SBS showing the game on a one-hour delay. The 2017 Grand Final was the most watched A-League match on Fox Sports ever, with an average of 367,000 viewers and a peak of 553,000. This number was a 10% increase on the previous highest A-League match, the 2014 Grand Final between Brisbane Roar and Western Sydney Wanderers.


2017 A1 League playoffs
The 2017 A-1 League Playoffs was a play-off tournament that decided the winner of the 2016–17 A-1 League. The playoffs started on April 25, 2017 and finished on June 1, 2017. Cedevita won its fourth consecutive title defeating Cibona 3–2 in the final series.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism
The 2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 4, 2017, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 406 laps, extended from 400 laps due to overtime, on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 13th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism
To date, this race was the 83rd and final career win for seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, who retired from full time competition after the 2020 season.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Report, Background
Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the Verizon IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Report, Background
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, First practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.512 seconds and a speed of 159.915 mph (257.358 km/h).


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Qualifying
Kyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.648 and a speed of 158.954 mph (255.812 km/h). He said afterwards that it means "a little bit for us (his team)" to go "sit on the pole here" because it grants "a really good pit selection for Sunday" and to boot, "gives us the track position. We know the 78 car (Truex said) is going to be fast – they always are – and one of the guys we’re going to have to race against," Busch added.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Qualifying
"There’s going to be many others that are starting farther back that we’ll be racing against, too, before the end of the day, but we’ll work on our Dogs Rule Pedigree Camry tomorrow in practice and make sure we get a good race setup underneath us, so we can hopefully stay up front.”


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 22.779 seconds and a speed of 158.040 mph (254.341 km/h).


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.870 seconds and a speed of 157.411 mph (253.328 km/h).


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, First stage
Kyle Busch led the field to the green flag at 1:19 p.m. The first run of green flag racing lasted just 17 laps before Ryan Sieg went for a solo spin in Turn 2, bringing out the first caution of the race. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. opted not to pit under the caution and assumed the race lead. Exiting pit road, Busch's left-rear tire detached from the car. It was found that one of the airguns the 18 team used to change the tires didn't switch to the setting required to tighten the lug nuts.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, First stage
Back to green on lap 22, Martin Truex Jr. achieved a better restart and took the lead. Staying out proved costly for Stenhouse on lap 47 when his right-front tire went flat and his car slammed the wall in Turn 3, bringing out a second caution. Kyle Larson took just right-side tires and exited pit road with the race lead. Chase Elliott (speeding) and Denny Hamlin (uncontrolled tire) restarted from the tail-end of the field on the ensuing restart for pit road infractions.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, First stage
Restarting on lap 52, the race remained green for the next 10 laps before Stenhouse slammed the wall a second time in Turn 4, bringing out the third caution.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, First stage
On the lap 65 restart, Kurt Busch got loose underneath Larson in Turn 1, overcorrected, turned up the track and slammed into Brad Keselowski, sending him into the wall, bringing out the fourth caution. Keselowski called the incident "one of them racing deals" and the field just "[lined] up double file and somebody got loose and just took us out. What a bummer. Just one of them racing deals."


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, First stage
The race restarted on lap 70. Truex caught Larson five laps later and the two ran side-by-side for four laps. Truex gave Larson a shove heading down the backstretch on lap 80, making Larson loose going into Turn 3 and allowing Truex to take the lead. Busch suffered a left-rear tire blowout, spun out and rear-ended the wall in Turn 1 on lap 96, bringing out the fifth caution. Busch said he "got loose on a restart" and it was his "bad as a driver. We had good speed in our car and just couldn’t finish. You can’t make mistakes out here and we did.”


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, First stage
The race returned to green on lap 104 and Truex won the first stage, bringing out the sixth caution on lap 120 for the end of the stage. Larson opted not to pit and took the lead. Trevor Bayne restarted from the tail-end of the field on the following restart for speeding on pit road.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, Second stage
When the race resumed on lap 128, Larson started pulling away from the field. By lap 134, he was two seconds ahead of Matt Kenseth in second. By lap 140, that lead grew to 3.6 seconds. Danica Patrick brought out the seventh caution on lap 144 when she spun out in Turn 4. Michael McDowell took the lead after opting not to pit.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, Second stage
Larson retook the lead with ease on the lap 150 restart. Unlike the short-run, caution-filled first stage, the second stage settled into a green flag lull with 43 straight laps of green flag racing. Larson pulled to a lead of roughly three seconds and held there until caution flew for the eighth time on lap 193 when Joey Logano's right-front tire went flat and he slammed the wall in Turn 3.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, Second stage
Larson spun the tires on the lap 198 restart, but maintained the lead over Truex. As opposed to the last run, Larson drove away from the field, Truex caught Larson on lap 209 and passed him in Turn 1 to take the lead on lap 212. Caution flew for the ninth time on lap 219 when Landon Cassill's right-front tire went flat and his car slammed the wall in Turn 2. Truex exited pit road with the race lead, while Larson exited 19th.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, Second stage
The race resumed on lap 222 and Truex won the second stage, and caution flew for the 10th time for the conclusion of the stage. Larson took just right-side tires and exited pit road with the race lead. Ryan Blaney broke a rear axle on the pit stop and took his car to the garage. He returned to the race two laps down.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, Final stage
Two laps after the lap 248 restart, Truex got loose and lost second to Jimmie Johnson. Debris on the frontstretch brought out the 11th caution on lap 263.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, Final stage
Resuming green flag conditions with 132 laps to go, the race remained green long enough for a cycle of green flag pit stops with 75 to go. Larson pitted from the lead the following lap, handing it to Johnson. Regan Smith, driving in place of the injured Aric Almirola, slammed the wall in Turn 2 after his right-front tire went flat bringing out the 12th caution. Ty Dillon exited pit road with the race lead.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, Final stage
The race returned to green with 65 to go. Exiting Turn 2 with 58 to go, Chris Buescher got loose and into Paul Menard, sending him into the inside wall on the backstretch, bringing out the 13th caution.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 52 to go. Larson powered by Johnson on his outside in Turn 1 to take second with 42 to go, and passed Dillon on the high-side to take the lead with 39 to go. Johnson passed Dillon to take second and cut Larson's lead to just around a second. But as the laps started to wind down, Larson increased the gap and had the race in check.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, Final stage
The lead he built up evaporated when David Ragan suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in Turn 2 with four laps to go, bringing out the 14th caution and set up an overtime finish. Ragan's wreck laid oil all down the backstretch and NASCAR had to apply speedy-dry to clean it up.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Race, Final stage, Overtime
The race restarted in overtime with two to go. Johnson achieved a superior restart to Larson and took the lead. Dillon got loose exiting Turn 2 and came down across the nose of Ryan Newman. His car turned back up track and was t-boned by Erik Jones, triggering a multi-car wreck on the backstretch and bringing out the final caution. Johnson had crossed the overtime line, located on the backstretch at the R of Dover, and was in Turn 3 when the caution ended the race and was declared the winner.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their 17th race at the Dover International Speedway. Mike Joy, five-time Dover winner Jeff Gordon and two-time Dover winner Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.


2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2017 AAA Texas 500
The 2017 AAA Texas 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race which was held on November 5, 2017, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the 34th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, eighth race of the Playoffs, and second race of the Round of 8.


2017 AAA Texas 500, Report, Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.


2017 AAA Texas 500, First practice
Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.009 seconds and a speed of 199.933 mph (321.761 km/h).


2017 AAA Texas 500, Qualifying
Kurt Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 26.877 and a speed of 200.915 mph (323.341 km/h).


2017 AAA Texas 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Kurt Busch was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.159 seconds and a speed of 191.768 mph (308.621 km/h).


2017 AAA Texas 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.203 seconds and a speed of 191.469 mph (308.139 km/h).


2017 AAA Texas 500, Media, Television
NBCSN covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen and Dale Jarrett had the call in the regular booth for the race. Two–time Texas winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the NBC's Stock Car Smarts Booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2017 AAA Texas 500, Media, Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2017 ABA League Playoffs
The 2017 ABA League Playoffs is the play-off tournament that decides the winner of the 2016–17 ABA League season. The playoffs started on March 18, 2017 and ended on April 13, 2017. The winner of the play-offs qualifies for the 2017–18 EuroLeague.


2017 ABA League Supercup
The 2017 ABA League Supercup was the inaugural tournament of the ABA League Supercup, featuring teams from the Adriatic League First Division. The tournament took place in Bar, Montenegro.


2017 ABA League Supercup, Participants
Based on the results in the 2016–17 ABA League season there was 8 participants at the 2017 Supercup.


2017 ABA League Supercup, Participants
Crvena zvezda canceled their participation at the Supercup, due to their previously scheduled Euroleague tournament, which was held on the same period. The 9th placed team, the FMP, is invited for replacement.


2017 ABC Supply 500
The 2017 ABC Supply 500 was the 14th round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on August 20 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Takuma Sato qualified on pole for the race, while Will Power managed to take victory despite being over a lap down at one point.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 19. Despite being the last driver on track, Takuma Sato qualified on pole position with a two lap time of 1:21.9526 (219.639 mph), besting Simon Pagenaud, Charlie Kimball, Tony Kanaan, and Will Power. It was Sato's second pole of the season.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Qualifying
The session was marred by two major crashes. Hélio Castroneves crashed heavily in turn one during his qualifying attempt, relegating him to a 20th place start. Later in the session, Ryan Hunter-Reay crashed heavily in turn three, then made further contact with the inside wall on the front stretch. Hunter-Reay suffered hip and leg injuries in the incident and was transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital for examination. He was cleared to drive the following day, but was forced to start in 21st due to his incident.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Qualifying
Ed Carpenter made no attempt to qualifying after suffering damage to his car in a crash during the morning practice session.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Race
The race was held on Sunday, August 20. The start of the race saw Tony Kanaan launch into the lead with Alexander Rossi taking up second place behind. Takuma Sato, despite his pole start, began to quickly drop through the field. Several drivers who started farther back in the field, including Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden, and Hélio Castroneves, began to work their way forward quickly in the opening laps as well. At the front of the field, the lead changed on lap 12, as Rossi managed to pass Kanaan.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Race
On lap 23, the first of the race's caution periods came out after Esteban Gutiérrez made contact with the turn 3 wall, causing parts of his rear wing to break off and land on the track. Gutiérrez would be forced to retire from the race from the damage sustained in the incident. During the caution, teams took the opportunity to make their first round of pit stops, with Rossi retaining the lead, but now with Will Power running second, Kanaan third, and Dixon fourth. During the stops, Max Chilton lost several laps after suffering from turbo-wastegate issues that required repair by his crew.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Race
The restart came at lap 27, with Kanaan managing to sweep back into the lead while Power moved into second. Rossi struggled on the restart and by the end of two laps had fallen down to sixth place. On lap 30, the lead of the race changed hands again, as Dixon managed to move to the front of the field. By roughly 50 laps in, Dixon remained the leader, but the order behind continued to shuffle as Rossi moved up to second and James Hinchcliffe and Josef Newgarden moved into the top five.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Race
Green flag pit stops came around lap 55, but the top five remained largely unchanged. On lap 60, Rossi briefly took over the lead, before being re-passed by Dixon five laps later. Behind them, Power began to plummet down the order as the snap-adjuster on his front wing broke. Power eventually had to stop to have this fixed, placing him one lap down.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Race
Up front, the battle for the lead became saw Hinchcliffe add his name to contention, as he, Dixon, and Rossi exchanged the lead several times over the next several laps. Another round of green flag pit stops came and went, but Hinchcliffe dropped well down the order after overshooting his pit stall. Replacing him in the battle for the lead was Ryan Hunter-Reay, despite his injuries sustained during qualifying. This battle continued to lap 116, when green flag pit stops came again. However, midway through the cycle, Sebastián Saavedra made contact with the turn two wall, bringing out another caution.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Race
Several drivers, including Newgarden and Castroneves, were caught out by the caution and forced to pit when everyone else had already stopped. After the stops, Hunter-Reay led Graham Rahal, Kanaan, Dixon, and Rossi. During the yellow flag, Power was able to get back onto the lead lap by not pitting during the caution.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Race
Racing resumed on lap 122, with both Rahal and Kanaan passing Hunter-Reay, moving Rahal into the lead, the next lap, Kanaan took the lead. Behind them, the caution came again as Hinchcliffe and J. R. Hildebrand tangled in turn 1. During the caution, Power pitted again, partly to repair damage sustained while attempting to avoid the incident, and partly to top off on fuel. Kanaan and Rahal continued out front.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Race
Racing resumed again on lap 132, with Rahal moving back around Kanaan for the lead. This began a battle between the two that saw them exchange the lead nearly every lap through lap 150. Many of the leaders pitted at this point, putting Will Power into the lead. Even after his pit stop on lap 161, Power maintained his lead over the field. One more round of pit stops remained, which Power emerged back out in front, while Newgarden and Rossi became the closest pursuers.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Race
However, Rossi suffered a broken fuel-nob, forcing him to remain in full-savings mode while Power and Newgarden went on ahead. In the closing laps, Newgarden managed to catch up to Power an attempt to make a pass, but eventually ran out of time, allowing Power to take his second consecutive win at Pocono. Rossi managed to hold onto third place, while the top five was rounded up by Simon Pagenaud and Tony Kanaan. Scott Dixon, who led the most laps of the race, finished sixth.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Race
Power's victory moved him up to 8th in all time American open-wheel victories, while also allowing him to remain in championship contention. Newgarden, however, managed to extend his lead over everyone else thanks to his second-place finish, extending his point's lead to 18 points.


2017 ABC Supply 500, Race
After the race, it was revealed that relations between Chip Ganassi Racing and its drivers had become heated after Max Chilton was parked by the team after completing only 129 laps of the race. While the car was three laps down, Chilton expressed extreme displeasure over the radio, saying, "[Whoever gave me] this instruction is brain dead. It's the first time I've had a decent car in a while. Why can't we learn, or are we a quitting team? Good riddance, [I] can't wait for next year."


2017 ABC Supply 500, Results, Race
Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2017 ABL Playoffs
The 2017 ABL Playoffs is the postseason tournament concluding the 2016–17 ABL season of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). The top four teams that had the best regular season records qualified. The semifinals are a best-of-three series, while the Finals is a best-of-five series. The higher-seed team holds the home court advantage, hosting Games 1 and 3 in the semifinals, and Games 1, 2 and 5 in the Finals.


2017 ABL Playoffs
The Eastern Sports Club and Alab Pilipinas qualified to the playoffs in their first year in the league. Last season's losing finalists, the Singapore Slingers, and the Saigon Heat, also qualified. Defending champions Westports Malaysia Dragons missed the playoffs for the first time in league history.


2017 ABL Playoffs
The best team from the Southeast Asia Basketball Association (SEABA) qualify for the 2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup as SEABA's representative. As the Singapore Slingers are the only SEABA team in the Finals, they will be taking SEABA's berth; Hong Kong Eastern are from the East Asia Basketball Association.


2017 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2017 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (or Rotterdam Open) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, between 13 and 19 February 2017. It was the 44th edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour.


2017 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2017 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Nicolas Mahut and Vasek Pospisil were the defending champions, but Pospisil chose not to participate this year. Mahut played alongside Pierre-Hugues Herbert, but lost in the semifinals to Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers.


2017 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Dodig and Granollers went on to win the title, defeating Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–3.


2017 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Martin Kližan was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tomáš Berdych.


2017 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the title, defeating David Goffin in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.


2017 ACB Playoffs
The 2017 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2017 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, was the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2016–17 season, which began September 30, 2016. The playoffs started on 20 May 2017, and ended on 16 June 2017 with the Finals.


2017 ACB Playoffs
Real Madrid was the defending champion, but lost the title to Valencia Basket in the finals, who won its first league ever.


2017 ACB Playoffs, Format
At the end of the regular season, the eight teams with the most wins qualify for the playoffs. The seedings are based on each team's record.


2017 ACB Playoffs, Format
The bracket is fixed; there is no reseeding. The quarterfinals are best-of-three series; the team that has two wins advances to the next round. This round is in a 1–1–1 format. From the semifinals onward, the rounds are best-of-five series; the team that has three wins advances to the next round. These rounds, including the Finals, are in a 2–2–1 format. Home court advantage in any round belong to the higher-seeded team.


2017 ACB Playoffs, Playoff qualifying
On 9 April 2017, Real Madrid became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.


2017 ACB Playoffs, Bracket
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game.


2017 ACB Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Real Madrid v MoraBanc Andorra
This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Real Madrid and MoraBanc Andorra.


2017 ACB Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Baskonia v Herbalife Gran Canaria
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Baskonia winning three of the four meetings.


2017 ACB Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Valencia Basket v FC Barcelona Lassa
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with FC Barcelona Lassa winning the previous four meetings.


2017 ACB Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Unicaja v Iberostar Tenerife
This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Unicaja and Iberostar Tenerife.


2017 ACB Playoffs, Semifinals, Real Madrid v Unicaja
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning two of the three meetings


2017 ACB Playoffs, Semifinals, Baskonia v Valencia Basket
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Baskonia winning the previous three meetings.


2017 ACB Playoffs, Finals
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous four meetings.


2017 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship
The 2017 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 22 April to 28 April 2017 in Doha, Qatar. It was the 33rd edition of the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.


2017 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship
The tournament was won by the number 2 seed Lyu Haotian of China who defeated Pankaj Advani 6–3 in the final to win the championship, as a result Lyu was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons.


2017 ACC Championship Game
The 2017 ACC Championship Game was played on December 2, 2017. It was the 13th annual ACC Football Conference Championship Game to determine the 2017 champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game was held at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clemson emerged victorious and became the 2017 ACC champions, beating Miami 38-3.


2017 ACC Championship Game, History
The 2017 Championship Game was the 13th in the Atlantic Coast Conference's 65-year history. Last season, the ACC Championship Game featured the Clemson Tigers, champions of the Atlantic Division, and the Virginia Tech Hokies, champions of the Coastal Division. Clemson won the game 42–35, and went on to win the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship.


2017 ACC Championship Game, History, Site selection
The championship game had been hosted in Charlotte, North Carolina from 2010 to 2015, and had been slated to host through at least 2019. However, in response to North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act (HB2), the ACC voted in September 2016 to move the 2016 championship out of North Carolina. Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida was chosen as a replacement site for the 2016 game. ACC Commissioner John Swofford delayed the decision on where to hold the 2017 football Championship Game due to the ongoing controversy. On April 19, 2017, the ACC announced that the football championship game and other neutral site conference events would return to Charlotte in 2017.


2017 ACC Championship Game, Teams, #7 Miami Hurricanes
Miami secured its spot in the game by winning the Coastal Division. This is the first ACC divisional title and first appearance in the ACC Championship Game for the Hurricanes.


2017 ACC Championship Game, Teams, #1 Clemson Tigers
Clemson qualified for the game by winning the Atlantic Division with a 7–1 record. Their only loss was to Syracuse, while the Tigers defeated: Louisville, Boston College, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, NC State, and Florida State. This is the Tiger's third straight appearance in the ACC Championship game.


2017 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
The 2017 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the second edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup held in Bangladesh. Eight teams participated in the tournament including four under-23 age level teams of Test nations and four top associate teams from Asia. This Competition was organized by ACC (Asian Cricket Council).


2017 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York from March 7 to 11, 2017. Duke became the first team in history to win four straight games in the ACC Tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament with a 75–69 win over Notre Dame.


2017 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 15 ACC teams participated in the tournament. The top nine teams receive first-round byes and the top four teams received double-byes to the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 31st edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The final was played at MUSC Health Stadium in Charleston, SC


2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
All twelve teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The top 4 seeds receive first round byes and will host the winner of a first round game. All rounds, with the exception of the final are held at the higher seed's home field. Seeding is determined by regular season conference record. Ties are broken by overall winning percentage.


2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, Bracket
*Note: Home team listed first. Rankings shown are ACC Tournament Seeds.


2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, All-Tournament Team
Diego Campos, Clemson Justin Malou, Clemson Jeff Farina, Notre Dame Jon Gallagher, Notre Dame Jeff Caldwell, Virginia Pablo Aguilar, Virginia Jean-Christophe Koffi, Virginia Jon Bakero, Wake Forest Michael DeShields, Wake Forest Mark McKenzie, Wake Forest Andreu Cases Mundet, Wake Forest


2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup
The 2017 Under-19 Asia Cup was an international cricket tournament was held in Malaysia from 10 to 19 November 2017. It was originally scheduled to be held in India, but it was moved after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) refused to travel to India.


2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, Matches, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, Matches, Most runs
The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.


2017 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference was held from March 1 to 5, 2017, in Conway, South Carolina, at the HTC Center. It was originally scheduled to be played in Greensboro, North Carolina, but was moved due to HB2 law. Notre Dame won their 4th straight ACC tournament title to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.


2017 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeding
Tournament seeds are determined by teams' regular season conference record with tiebreakers determined by ACC tiebreaking rules.


2017 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference. The defending champions were the Florida State Seminoles, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 2–1 quarterfinal loss at North Carolina. North Carolina won the tournament with a 1–0 win over Duke in the final. The title was the 21st for the North Carolina women's soccer program, all of which have come under the direction of head coach Anson Dorrance.


2017 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
The top eight teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The quarterfinal round was held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at MUSC Health Stadium in Charleston, SC. Six of the eight teams in the tournament were ranked in the United Soccer Coaches poll prior to the beginning of the tournament.


2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship
The 2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship was the third season of the ADAC Formula 4. It began on 29 April at Oschersleben and finished on 24 September at Hockenheim after seven triple header rounds.


2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, Teams and drivers
In December 2016, ten teams and twenty eight cars were confirmed for the 2017 season:


2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, Race calendar and results
All rounds, except the second Oschersleben round were part of ADAC GT Masters weekends.


2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.


2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
For the second race in Nürburgring, only half points were awarded because of a red flag finish that was less than half of the race distance after Cedric Piro's crash.


2017 ADAC GT Masters
The 2017 ADAC GT Masters was the eleventh season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. The season started on 29 April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and ended on 24 September at Hockenheim after seven double-header meetings.


2017 ADAC GT Masters, Race calendar and results
The seven-event calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 23 November 2016. It was held along with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz.


2017 ADAC GT Masters, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2017 ADAC Opel Rallye Cup
The 2017 ADAC Opel Rallye Cup season is the fifth season of the one-make series for Opel Adam rally cars.


2017 ADAC Opel Rallye Cup, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 20 finishers on the basis below:


2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship
The 2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship was the second season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominately in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria and the Netherlands.


2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship
Josh Files successfully managed to defend his title, beating Mike Halder in Race 1 of the Hockenheim.


2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results
The 2017 schedule was announced on 23 November 2016, with two events scheduled to be held outside Germany. The second Oschersleben round will support the International Series along with ADAC Formula 4, while the rest of the rounds will be part of the ADAC GT Masters weekends.


2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
The 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place between 4–11 March 2017 in Malaysia. The tournament was originally scheduled for 21–29 January 2017, but was postponed. The top three teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas.


2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, Participating teams and draw
The following 14 teams entered the tournament. Myanmar initially entered but decided to withdraw prior to the draw.


2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, Participating teams and draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 10 January 2017, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 13 teams were drawn into one group of five teams and two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their results in the 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship.


2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, Group stage
Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The winners from each group and the best runner-up advance to the semi-finals.


2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, Group stage
Uzbekistan withdrew in the days prior to the start of the group stage.


2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, Group stage, Ranking of second-placed teams
To ensure equality in comparing the group runners-up, the matches against the fourth-placed and fifth-placed teams in Group A and the match against the fourth-placed team in Group C are discarded.


2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, Knockout stage, Bracket
The semi-final matchups are determined by the identity of the best runner-up:


2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, Awards, Individual awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, Summary, Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.


2017 AFC Champions League
The 2017 AFC Champions League was the 36th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 15th under the current AFC Champions League title.


2017 AFC Champions League
Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Al-Hilal in the final to win their second AFC Champions League title, and qualified as the AFC representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.


2017 AFC Champions League
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors were the defending champions, but they were excluded from the 2017 season due to a bribery scandal in the domestic K League Classic. Jeonbuk appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but their request for provisional measures was rejected on 3 February.


2017 AFC Champions League, Association team allocation
The AFC Competitions Committee proposed a revamp of the AFC club competitions on 25 January 2014, which was ratified by the AFC Executive Committee on 16 April 2014. The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) are ranked based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2017 and 2018 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2016 AFC rankings (Entry Manual Article 2.2):


2017 AFC Champions League, Association team allocation
For the 2017 AFC Champions League, the associations were allocated slots according to their association ranking published on 30 November 2016, which takes into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings, during the period between 2013 and 2016.


2017 AFC Champions League, Association team allocation
The slot allocation was announced on 7 December 2016, with India and Maldives returning to the West Region. The final slot allocation, after unused slots were redistributed, was announced on 12 December 2016.


2017 AFC Champions League, Teams
The following 47 teams from 19 associations entered the competition.


2017 AFC Champions League, Teams
In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count only those since the 2002–03 season (including qualifying rounds), when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League.


2017 AFC Champions League, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Starting from 2017, matches in the West Region were played on Mondays and Tuesdays instead of Tuesdays and Wednesdays.


2017 AFC Champions League, Qualifying play-offs
In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2). The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage.


2017 AFC Champions League, Qualifying play-offs
The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same play-off.


2017 AFC Champions League, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 13 December 2016, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the Hilton Petaling Jaya in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A–D) and the East Region (Groups E–H). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage.


2017 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).


2017 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 6 June 2017, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2017 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Round of 16
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group from the same region, with the matchups determined by the group stage draw, and the group winners hosting the second leg.


2017 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 6 June 2017. In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Region played in two ties, and the four teams from the East Region played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding or country protection.


2017 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Region played each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Region played each other, with the order of legs determined by the quarter-final draw.


2017 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs (first leg hosted by team from the West Region, second leg hosted by team from the East Region) reversed from the previous season's final.


2017 AFC Champions League, Top scorers
Note: Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4).


2017 AFC Champions League Final
The 2017 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2017 AFC Champions League, the 36th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 15th under the current AFC Champions League title.


2017 AFC Champions League Final
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Saudi Arabian team Al-Hilal and Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds. This was the first AFC Champions League final involving a Japanese club since Gamba Osaka in 2008. The first leg was hosted by Al-Hilal at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh on 18 November 2017, while the second leg was hosted by Urawa Red Diamonds at the Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama on 25 November 2017. The winner earned the right to represent the AFC at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the second round.


2017 AFC Champions League Final
After the first leg ended in a 1–1 draw, Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Al-Hilal 1–0 in the second leg to win 2–1 on aggregate, and were crowned AFC Champions League champions for the second time.


2017 AFC Champions League Final, Teams
In the following table, finals until 2002 were in the Asian Club Championship era, since 2003 were in the AFC Champions League era.


2017 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
This was the fourth time that an Asian club final was played in the King Fahd International Stadium, with the previous finals being 1995, 2000, and 2014 (second leg).


2017 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
This was the second time that an Asian club final was played in the Saitama Stadium 2002, with the previous final being 2007 (second leg).


2017 AFC Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2017 AFC Champions League Final, Format
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs (first leg hosted by team from the West Region, second leg hosted by team from the East Region) reversed from the previous season's final. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations, Section 3. 11.2 & 11.3).


2017 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, First leg
Urawa Red Diamonds took the lead in the seventh minute after Rafael Silva intercepted a clearance of Salman Al-Faraj and converted from close range. Omar Kharbin scored for Al-Hilal in the 37th minute striking a close-range effort through the legs of Urawa Red Diamonds goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa.


2017 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Ahmad Al-Roalle (Jordan)Issa Al-Amawi (Jordan)Fourth official:Yousef Al-Jararwah (Jordan)Additional assistant referees:Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)


2017 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg
Carlos Eduardo (Al-Hilal) tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during first leg and was ruled out from second leg. Urawa Red Diamonds scored the only goal in the 88th minute when Rafael Silva scored from the right of the penalty area, shooting high to the net with his right foot.


2017 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan)Fourth official:Mamur Saidkasimov (Uzbekistan)Additional assistant referees:Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)


2017 AFC Champions League group stage
The 2017 AFC Champions League group stage was played from 20 February to 10 May 2017. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout stage of the 2017 AFC Champions League.


2017 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 13 December 2016, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the Hilton Petaling Jaya in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A–D) and the East Region (Groups E–H). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.


2017 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw
The seeding of each team in the draw was determined by their association and their qualifying position within their association. The mechanism of the draw was as follows:


2017 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw
The following 32 teams entered into the group stage draw, which included the 24 direct entrants and the eight winners of the play-off round of the qualifying play-offs, whose identity were not known at the time of the draw.


2017 AFC Champions League group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage.


2017 AFC Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):


2017 AFC Champions League group stage, Schedule
The schedule of each matchday was as follows. Matches in the West Region were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the East Region were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.


2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage
The 2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 22 May to 25 November 2017. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2017 AFC Champions League.


2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16, with both West Region (Groups A–D) and East Region (Groups E–H) having eight qualified teams.


2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Format
In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).


2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Schedule
The schedule of each round was as follows. Matches in the West Region were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the East Region were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.


2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:


2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 6 June 2017, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Round of 16
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group from the same region, with the matchups determined by the group stage draw, and the group winners hosting the second leg.


2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 6 June 2017. In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Region played in two ties, and the four teams from the East Region played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding or country protection.


2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Region played each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Region played each other, with the order of legs determined by the quarter-final draw.


2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs (first leg hosted by team from the West Region, second leg hosted by team from the East Region) reversed from the previous season's final.


2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
The 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs were played from 24 January to 8 February 2017. A total of 23 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide eight of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2017 AFC Champions League.


2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Teams
The following 23 teams, split into two regions (West Region and East Region), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of three rounds:


2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Format
In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2). The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage.


2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Bracket
The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same play-off.


2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Preliminary round 1
A total of 2 teams played in the preliminary round 1.


2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Preliminary round 2
A total of 12 teams played in the preliminary round 2: 11 teams which entered in this round, and 1 winner of the preliminary round 1.


2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Play-off round
A total of 16 teams played in the play-off round: 10 teams which entered in this round, and 6 winners of the preliminary round 2.


2017 AFC Cup
The 2017 AFC Cup was the 14th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).


2017 AFC Cup
Defending champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Istiklol in the final to win their second AFC Cup title.


2017 AFC Cup, Association team allocation
The AFC Competitions Committee recommended a new format for the AFC Cup starting from 2017 which is played in the AFC's five zones: West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, ASEAN, and East Asia, with the winner of the West Asia Zone and the winner of an inter-zone play-off between the other four zones playing in the final, hosted on a rotational basis at venues in the East and West.


2017 AFC Cup, Association team allocation
The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) are ranked based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2017 and 2018 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2016 AFC rankings (Entry Manual Article 2.2):


2017 AFC Cup, Association team allocation
For the 2017 AFC Cup, the associations were allocated slots according to their association ranking published on 30 November 2016, which takes into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings, during the period between 2013 and 2016.


2017 AFC Cup, Association team allocation
The slot allocation was announced on 7 December 2016. The final slot allocation, after unused slots were redistributed, was announced on 12 December 2016.


2017 AFC Cup, Teams
The following 47 teams from 27 associations entered the competition proper. Only 43 teams from 25 associations competed after the withdrawal of four teams.


2017 AFC Cup, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone; E: East Asia Zone). Starting from 2017, matches in the West Asia Zone were played on Mondays and Tuesdays instead of Tuesdays and Wednesdays.


2017 AFC Cup, Qualifying round
The following nine teams from nine associations entered the qualifying round. Teams were not split into zones for the qualifying round.


2017 AFC Cup, Qualifying round
In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count all those since the 2004 season (including both competition proper and qualifying rounds).


2017 AFC Cup, Qualifying round
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 17 June 2016, 11:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The nine teams were drawn into three groups of three.


2017 AFC Cup, Qualifying round
In the qualifying round, each group was played on a single round-robin basis at the pre-selected hosts. The winners of each group advanced to the qualifying play-offs.


2017 AFC Cup, Qualifying play-offs
In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.3). The five winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 29 direct entrants.


2017 AFC Cup, Qualifying play-offs
The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association in the ASEAN Zone could not be placed into the same play-off.


2017 AFC Cup, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 13 December 2016, 14:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the Hilton Petaling Jaya in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The 36 teams were drawn into nine groups of four: three groups each in the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H), and one group each in the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the South Asia Zone (Group E), and the East Asia Zone (Group I). Teams from the same association in the West Asia Zone and ASEAN Zone could not be drawn into the same group.


2017 AFC Cup, Group stage
Due to the withdrawal of teams in the ASEAN Zone and the East Asia Zone after the draw, only 34 teams competed in the group stage, with Groups H and I having only three teams. In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The following teams advanced to the knockout stage:


2017 AFC Cup, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the 11 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the five zones until the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, except the final which was played as a single match. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).


2017 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 6 June 2017, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2017 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Zonal semi-finals
In the Zonal semi-finals, the four qualified teams from the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) played in two ties, and the four qualified teams from the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H) played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs determined by the group stage draw and identity of the best runner-up.


2017 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Zonal finals
The draw for the Zonal finals was held on 6 June 2017. In the Zonal finals, the two winners of West Asia Zonal semi-finals played each other, and the two winners of ASEAN Zonal semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs decided by draw. The winner of the West Asia Zonal final advanced to the final, while the winner of the ASEAN Zonal final advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.


2017 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
The draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 6 June 2017. In the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, the four zonal winners other than the West Asia Zone played in two ties, i.e., the winner of the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the winner of the South Asia Zone (Group E), the winner of the East Asia Zone (Group I), and the winner of the ASEAN Zonal final (whose identity was not known at the time of the draw), with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding.


2017 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Inter-zone play-off final
In the Inter-zone play-off final, the two winners of the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs determined by the Inter-zone play-off semi-final draw. The winner of the Inter-zone play-off final advanced to the final.


2017 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Final
The draw for the final was held on 6 June 2017. In the final, the winner of the West Asia Zonal final and the winner of the Inter-zone play-off final played each other, with the host team decided by draw.


2017 AFC Cup, Top scorers
Note: Goals scored in the qualifying round and qualifying play-offs are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4).


2017 AFC Cup Final
The 2017 AFC Cup Final was the final match of the 2017 AFC Cup, the 14th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).


2017 AFC Cup Final
The final was contested as a single match between Tajik team Istiklol and Iraqi team Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. The match was hosted by Istiklol at the Hisor Central Stadium in Hisor on 4 November 2017.


2017 AFC Cup Final
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Istiklol 1–0 and were crowned AFC Cup champions for the second consecutive year.


2017 AFC Cup Final, Venue
Hisor Central Stadium, in Hisor, Tajikistan, hosted the match. This was the second time that an AFC Cup final was played in Tajikistan, with the previous final being 2015.


2017 AFC Cup Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2017 AFC Cup Final, Format
The final was played as a single match, with the host team (winner of the Inter-zone play-off final) decided by draw, which was held on 6 June 2017. If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.


2017 AFC Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees: Mohamed Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)Hasan Al-Mahri (United Arab Emirates)Fourth official: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)Fifth official: Sabet Al-Ali  (United Arab Emirates)


2017 AFC Cup group stage
The 2017 AFC Cup group stage was played from 20 February to 31 May 2017. A total of 34 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 11 places in the knockout stage of the 2017 AFC Cup.


2017 AFC Cup group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 13 December 2016, 14:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the Hilton Petaling Jaya in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The 36 teams were drawn into nine groups of four: three groups each in the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H), and one group each in the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the South Asia Zone (Group E), and the East Asia Zone (Group I). Teams from the same association in the West Asia Zone and ASEAN Zone could not be drawn into the same group.


2017 AFC Cup group stage, Draw
Due to the withdrawal of teams in the ASEAN Zone and the East Asia Zone after the draw, only 34 teams competed in the group stage, with Groups H and I having only three teams.


2017 AFC Cup group stage, Draw
The seeding of each team in the draw was determined by their association and their qualifying position within their association. The mechanism of the draw was as follows:


2017 AFC Cup group stage, Draw
The following 34 teams entered into the group stage draw, which included the 29 direct entrants and the five winners of the play-off round of the qualifying play-offs, whose identity were not known at the time of the draw. Originally there were 30 direct entrants and six winners of the play-off round, but there were one fewer direct entrant in the ASEAN Zone due to the withdrawal of one team, and the East Asia Zone qualifying play-offs were not played due to the withdrawal of three teams.


2017 AFC Cup group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The following teams advanced to the knockout stage:


2017 AFC Cup group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):


2017 AFC Cup group stage, Schedule
The schedule of each matchday was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone; E: East Asia Zone). Matches in the West Asia Zone were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, the ASEAN Zone, and the East Asia Zone were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.


2017 AFC Cup knockout stage
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2017 AFC Cup knockout stage
The 2017 AFC Cup knockout stage was played from 16 May to 4 November 2017. A total of 11 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2017 AFC Cup.


2017 AFC Cup knockout stage, Format
In the knockout stage, the 11 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the five zones until the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, except the final which was played as a single match. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).


2017 AFC Cup knockout stage, Schedule
The schedule of each round was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone). Matches in the West Asia Zone were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the ASEAN Zone and the Inter-zone play-offs were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.


2017 AFC Cup knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:


2017 AFC Cup knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 6 June 2017, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2017 AFC Cup knockout stage, Zonal semi-finals
In the Zonal semi-finals, the four qualified teams from the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) played in two ties, and the four qualified teams from the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H) played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs determined by the group stage draw and identity of the best runner-up.


2017 AFC Cup knockout stage, Zonal finals
The draw for the Zonal finals was held on 6 June 2017. In the Zonal finals, the two winners of West Asia Zonal semi-finals played each other, and the two winners of ASEAN Zonal semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs decided by draw. The winner of the West Asia Zonal final advanced to the final, while the winner of the ASEAN Zonal final advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.


2017 AFC Cup knockout stage, Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
The draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 6 June 2017. In the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, the four zonal winners other than the West Asia Zone played in two ties, i.e., the winner of the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the winner of the South Asia Zone (Group E), the winner of the East Asia Zone (Group I), and the winner of the ASEAN Zonal final (whose identity was not known at the time of the draw), with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding.


2017 AFC Cup knockout stage, Inter-zone play-off final
In the Inter-zone play-off final, the two winners of the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs determined by the Inter-zone play-off semi-final draw. The winner of the Inter-zone play-off final advanced to the final.


2017 AFC Cup knockout stage, Final
The draw for the final was held on 6 June 2017. In the final, the winner of the West Asia Zonal final and the winner of the Inter-zone play-off final played each other, with the host team decided by draw.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
The 2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs were played from 30 January to 28 February 2017. A total of 14 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide five of the 34 places in the group stage of the 2017 AFC Cup.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Teams
The following 14 teams, split into five zones (West Asia Zone, Central Asia Zone, South Asia Zone, ASEAN Zone, East Asia Zone), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of two rounds:


2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Teams
Originally 17 teams entered the qualifying play-offs (10 entered in the preliminary round, 7 entered in the play-off round) before the withdrawal of teams in the East Asia Zone.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Format
In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.3). The five winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 29 direct entrants.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Schedule
The schedule of each round was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone).


2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Bracket
The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association in the ASEAN Zone could not be placed into the same play-off.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Bracket, Play-off East Asia
The East Asia Zone qualifying play-offs were not played due to the withdrawal of teams.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Preliminary round
A total of 8 teams played in the preliminary round.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Play-off round
A total of 10 teams played in the play-off round: 6 teams which entered in this round, and 4 winners of the preliminary round.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying round
The 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round was played from 19 to 25 August 2016. A total of nine teams competed in the qualifying round to decide three places in the qualifying play-offs of the 2017 AFC Cup.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying round, Teams
The following nine teams from nine associations entered the qualifying round. Teams were not split into zones for the qualifying round.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying round, Teams
In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count all those since the 2004 season (including both competition proper and qualifying rounds).


2017 AFC Cup qualifying round, Teams
Rovers were the first team from Guam to play in an AFC club competition.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying round, Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 17 June 2016, 11:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The nine teams were drawn into three groups of three.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying round, Draw
For the draw, the pre-selected hosts were placed in their own pot, while the remaining teams were seeded according to the performance of their association in the 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round, with associations participating ranked and associations not participating unranked.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying round, Format
In the qualifying round, each group was played on a single round-robin basis at the pre-selected hosts. The winners of each group advanced to the qualifying play-offs.


2017 AFC Cup qualifying round, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.4):


2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship
The 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship, an annual international futsal club tournament in Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 20 to 30 July 2017.


2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship
The tournament was won by Chonburi Bluewave from Thailand after defeating Giti Pasand Isfahan from Iran 3–2 in the final. The win was Chonburi Bluewave's second Asian title, following after they won the 2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship four years ago.


2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship
Nagoya Oceans from Japan were the defending champions, but they failed to qualify from the 2016–17 season of Japanese futsal league following their loss to Shriker Osaka for the Japanese champions.


2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Qualified teams
A total of 14 teams from the 14 of the 47 AFC member associations entered the tournament, which included first-time entrants from Tajikistan. Kyrgyzstan returned after a one-year absence, while Indonesia entered a team for the first time since 2011. From the associations participating in 2016, only Chinese Taipei did not enter the tournament.


2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Qualified teams
For teams entering the tournament, they were assigned a seeding position according to their 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship ranking for the respective draw and the hosts associations.


2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Venue
The all matches was held at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City.


2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 30 May 2017, 15:00 ICT (UTC+7), at the Grand Hotel Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City. The 14 teams were drawn into two groups of four teams (Groups A and B) and two groups of three teams (Groups C and D), with the representatives from hosts Vietnam automatically assigned to position A1 in the draw. The teams were seeded according to the performances of their association's representatives in the 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship.


2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Squads
Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 30.1 and 30.2).


2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Match officials
The following referees were chosen for the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship.


2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.


2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Group stage
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 10.5):


2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 14.1 and 15.1).


2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Tournament team rankings
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
The 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-16 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Thailand between 10 and 23 September 2017, with a total of eight teams competing.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the AFC representatives.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, Qualification
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016. Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2015 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining four spots (Thailand also participated in qualifying despite already qualified as hosts). The qualifiers were held from 25 August to 5 September 2016.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, Venues
The tournament was held in Chonburi, Chonburi Province, at the Chonburi Stadium and the IPE Chonburi Stadium.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 28 April 2017, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, Squads
Players born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 16 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 29.4 and 29.5).


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, Group stage
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification
The 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-16 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification
A total of 24 teams entered the qualification tournament, which decided four of the eight participating teams in the final tournament held in Thailand.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification, Draw
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 27 teams entered the competition, with North Korea, Japan, China and the host nation Thailand automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top four teams of the 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship and thus did not participate in the qualifying competition, except for Thailand which decided to also participate in the qualifying competition.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification, Draw
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six teams.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification. The following restrictions were also applied:


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification, Player eligibility
Players born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003 were eligible to compete in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification, Format
In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The four group winners qualified for the final tournament. If Thailand won their group, the runner-up of their group also qualified for the final tournament.


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):


2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification, Groups
The matches were scheduled for 25 August – 5 September 2016.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in China for the third consecutive edition between 15–28 October 2017, with a total of eight teams competing.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the AFC representatives.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Qualification
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016. Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2015 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining four spots. The qualifiers were held from 27 October to 6 November 2016, with Group C postponed to 20–24 December 2016 due to the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Venues
The tournament was held in Nanjing, at the Jiangning Sports Center and the Jiangsu Training Base Stadium.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 28 April 2017, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts China automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Match officials
A total of 8 referees and 10 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Squads
Players born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 31.4 and 31.5).


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Group stage
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification
The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-19 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification
A total of 18 teams entered the qualification tournament, which decided four of the eight participating teams in the final tournament held in China.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, Draw
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 22 teams entered the competition, with Japan, North Korea, South Korea and the host nation China PR automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top four teams of the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship and thus did not participate in the qualifying competition.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, Draw
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 18 teams were drawn into four groups: two groups of five teams and two groups of four teams.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification. The following restrictions were also applied:


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, Player eligibility
Players born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2001 were eligible to compete in the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, Format
In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The four group winners qualified for the final tournament.


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):


2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, Groups
The matches were scheduled for 27 October – 6 November 2016. Group C was postponed to 20–24 December 2016 due to the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.


2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship
The 2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship was the first edition of the AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's youth national teams of Asia. The tournament was hosted by Thailand between 16 and 26 May 2017. Iran and Thailand had signaled their intent to host the inaugural competition.


2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship
A total of 21 teams participated in the tournament. The 21 teams were divided into four groups (one with six teams and three with five teams), with the group winners and runners-up advancing to the quarter-finals.


2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship
The tournament served as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, with the winner and the runner-up qualifying for the boys' tournament, to be represented by their under-18 representative teams.


2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, Qualified teams
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 22 teams entered the competition. There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament. Saudi Arabia initially entered but decided to withdraw prior to the draw.


2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, Venues
The matches were played at the Bangkok Arena and Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok.


2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, Draw
The draw for the final tournament was held on 30 March 2017, 15:00 ICT (UTC+7), at the Grand Fourwings Convention Hotel in Bangkok. The 21 teams were drawn into one group of six teams (Group A) and three groups of five teams (Groups B, C and D), with the hosts Thailand automatically assigned to position A1 in the draw. As there were no previous editions, the teams were seeded according to the performances of their senior teams in the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship.


2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, Squads
Players born after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 27.1 and 27.2).


2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.


2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, Group stage
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 10.5):


2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 14.1 and 15.1).


2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
Winners qualified for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament, to be represented by their under-18 representative teams.


2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, Qualified teams for Youth Olympics
The following two teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.


2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:


2017 AFF Futsal Championship
The 2017 AFF Futsal Championship will be the 14th edition of the tournament. The tournament will be second AFF Futsal Championship to be held in 2017, with the first one originally meant to be hosted in 2016 to be held in early 2017. The tournament is served as qualifiers for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship.


2017 AFF Futsal Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 17 February 2017 during the AFF Council Meeting at the Novotel Yangon Max Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar. A redraw was held in September 2017 due to the withdrawal of Australia.


2017 AFF Futsal Championship, Venue
The all matches was held at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City.


2017 AFF Futsal Championship, Group stage
All matches are to be played in Vietnam. Times listed are UTC+7.


2017 AFF Futsal Championship, Group stage
In the event the Philippines, Timor Leste or both finish among the top two teams in their group the next best team/s qualify for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship instead since both countries did not submit their entries for the said continental tournament.


2017 AFF Futsal Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, excluding the third place match.


2017 AFF Futsal Club Championship
2017 AFF Invitational Futsal Club Championship is the third edition of AFF Futsal Club Championship. The tournament will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 3 to 9 July 2017. The futsal clubs from AFF member countries will be invited to compete in this tournament. Thai Port (men) and Jaya Kencana Angels Futsal Club (women) are the title holders from the previous edition. For this edition, only the men's division is being contested.


2017 AFF U-15 Championship
The 2017 AFF U-15 Championship was the twelfth edition of the AFF U-16 Championship (first edition of the under-15 era), the annual international youth association football championship organised by the ASEAN Football Federation for men's under-15 national teams of Southeast Asia. It had reverted from an under-16 competition to an under-15 competition in preparation for the AFC U-16 Championship 2018 qualifiers. Thailand, which were selected to host the tournament, returning for the first time since the cancelled 2009 AFF U-16 Youth Championship. Vietnam won the tournament after beating Thailand 4–2 on penalties in the final.


2017 AFF U-15 Championship
A total of 12 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes.


2017 AFF U-15 Championship, Qualified teams
There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament. The following 12 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered the tournament.


2017 AFF U-15 Championship, Venues
The competition was played at two venues in Chonburi, Chonburi Province: Chonburi Campus Stadium and Chonburi Stadium (in Mueang Chonburi).


2017 AFF U-15 Championship, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


2017 AFF U-15 Championship, Group stage
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2017 AFF U-15 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-outs are used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).


2017 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship
The 2017 AFF U-15 Girls' Championship was the 2nd edition of the AFF U-15 Girls' Championship, an international women's football tournament organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The tournament was hosted by Laos in Vientiane from 8 to 20 May 2017.All matches were played at the New Laos National Stadium. The defending champion is Australia but they didn't participate in this edition.


2017 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-outs are used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).


2017 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship, Knockout stage, Final
Note: All matches had been played for 80 minutes, i.e., each 40 minutes for both first half & second half.


2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship
The 2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It was hosted by Myanmar during September 2017. Eleven out of the twelve member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation took part in the tournament featuring two groups of five and six teams.


2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship
Thailand beat Malaysia 2–0 in the final to secure their fifth regional title.


2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship, Participant teams
All of 12 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation are eligible for the tournament. The reigning ASEAN U-19 champions − Australia did not enter the tournament. At the 9th meeting of the AFF Council, New Zealand were interested to be an invited guest for the AFF U-18 Championship 2017. Official draw were also conducted to decide on the match-ups of the competitions and New Zealand were in Group B. However, New Zealand withdrew from the tournament, based on the latest schedule. A total of 11 teams from 11 member associations enter the tournament, listed below:


2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary.


2017 AFL Grand Final
The 2017 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Adelaide Football Club and the Richmond Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 30 September 2017. It was the 121st annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League) staged to determine the premiers for the 2017 AFL season. The match, attended by 100,021 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 48 points, marking the club's eleventh VFL/AFL premiership and first since 1980. Richmond's Dustin Martin was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Background
Adelaide claimed the minor premiership for the second time in their history, finishing on top of the 2017 AFL ladder with 15 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, edging out Geelong via a better percentage. The Crows recorded two dominant wins in the finals series, defeating Greater Western Sydney by 36 points in the qualifying final and then overwhelming Geelong to win the preliminary final by 61 points.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Background
The Tigers improved immensely from their 13th-place finish in 2016, ending the home-and-away season with 15 wins and 7 losses, placing them third on the AFL ladder, their percentage giving them the edge over fourth-place Greater Western Sydney. Like Adelaide, Richmond faced tough opposition in the finals series but emerged with convincing victories.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Background
After a close first half, they ran away in the last quarter to defeat the higher ranked Geelong by 51 points in a tough away qualifying final, which earnt them a week's break and a home preliminary final against Greater Western Sydney, which they won by 36 points. Both were played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before crowds in excess of 90,000.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Background
This was Richmond's first grand final appearance in 35 years since 1982,  the club having last won a premiership in 1980; and it was Adelaide's third appearance in the grand final, the club having won its previous two grand finals in 1997 and 1998. The clubs' normal guernseys were deemed to be clashing; so, as the lower-ranked team, Richmond was required to wear its away guernsey, yellow with a black sash.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Background
The two teams met only once in the home-and-away season in 2017, in Round 6, with Adelaide recording a 76-point win at the Adelaide Oval. Bookmakers installed Adelaide as the favourites to win the grand final, with the Crows regarded by Sportsbet as $1.72 favourites compared to Richmond valued at $2.15 for the win.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Media coverage
The match was televised by the Seven Network. The match commentary line-up included Bruce McAvaney and Brian Taylor as play-by-play commentators, Wayne Carey and Cameron Ling were the analysts, while Tim Watson and Matthew Richardson were on the sideline as boundary riders. Hamish McLachlan and Basil Zempilas rotated hosting duties and Leigh Matthews, Nick Riewoldt and Daisy Pearce provided punditry as part of the pre-game panel.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Media coverage
This was the first grand final commentated by Brian Taylor on television, replacing veteran broadcaster Dennis Cometti who retired from television duties at the end of the 2016 season. McAvaney called his seventeenth grand final. It was also the first grand final in which Daisy Pearce was a member of the broadcast team.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Media coverage
Fox Footy also had pregame and postgame coverage by a panel including host Eddie McGuire, Dermott Brereton, Jonathan Brown, David King and Gerard Healy.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Media coverage
The grand final was the most watched television program in Australia for the 2017 calendar year, for the fourth year running, with 2.72 million viewers in the five largest Australian metropolitan cities.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Entertainment
As has become custom in recent grand finals, the 2017 AFL Grand Final featured both pre-match and post-match entertainment on the ground. Several weeks before the match, the AFL announced that American rock band the Killers would headline the entertainment line-up and would be joined by  Australian football singer Mike Brady. A former Australian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest, Dami Im, sang the national anthem. The Killers' pre-match and post-match performance was praised highly by several news and entertainment outlets, some of whom described their sets as "the best ever" performed at a grand final.