2017 College Football All-America Team
Twenty-seven players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2017, 14 of them being unanimous. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*).


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship
The 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship was a bowl game that was used to determine a national champion of college football in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the 2016 season. The game was played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on January 9, 2017. It was the culminating game of the 2016–17 bowl season. This was the 3rd year of the playoff era in College Football.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship
The game was played between the winners of two pre-designated bowl games played on December 31, 2016: the Clemson Tigers, who defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Fiesta Bowl, and the Alabama Crimson Tide, who defeated the Washington Huskies in the Peach Bowl. Having met in the previous year's championship game, the resulting title game between Clemson and Alabama became college football's first rematch between #1 and #2 in national championship game history.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship
The Tigers won the game 35–31 on a go-ahead touchdown with one second left, having come back from a 14–0 deficit earlier in the game. Watson threw to WR Hunter Renfrow on an out route for the game winner. Clemson quarterback and Heisman Finalist Deshaun Watson set the record for most passing yards in a championship game with 420, breaking his own record of 405 yards set in the 2016 national championship game. Deshaun Watson and Ben Boulware were named the Offensive and Defensive Most Valuable Players, respectively.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Background
Competing bids were placed to host the championship game by Tampa, Jacksonville, Minneapolis, San Antonio, San Francisco, and South Florida. Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, was announced as the host site for the third College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship game on December 17, 2013. It became the first CFP championship game to not be held at the site of one of the "New Year's Six" bowls. It also was the first CFP championship game to be played outdoors as Raymond James Stadium does not have a retractable roof. This championship game is part of the third annual CFP, constituted by four teams playing to decide the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The four teams were originally selected by a 13 member-committee.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Teams
The championship game was a rematch of the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship, where Alabama defeated Clemson, 45–40. Overall, the championship game marked the 17th meeting between the two schools; however, prior to the previous championship game, the programs had only met once in the regular season since 1975.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Teams, Alabama
Alabama was led by head coach Nick Saban. The Crimson Tide were undefeated in the regular season and played the Washington Huskies in the 2016 Peach Bowl, winning 24–7.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Teams, Alabama
Alabama's defense was ranked first in the nation in points allowed (11.8) and yards per game (248). The defense was led by defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick, who had six interceptions and 62 total tackles.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Teams, Alabama
Jalen Hurts attempted to become the first true freshman quarterback since 1985 and only the second ever to win the National Championship.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Teams, Alabama
Alabama had four AP First-Team All-Americans on its roster and entered the game as a 6.5-point favorite over Clemson.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Teams, Clemson
Clemson was led by head coach Dabo Swinney. The Tigers entered the game with a 13–1 record, with their only loss being to Pittsburgh. Clemson played the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl and won, 31–0.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Teams, Clemson
On offense, the Tigers were led by quarterback Deshaun Watson, who threw for 4,173 yards, 38 touchdowns and 17 interceptions on the season. Watson was also Clemson's second-leading rusher, rushing for 586 yards and 8 touchdowns.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Teams, Clemson
Clemson had two Associated Press Second-Team All-Americans and three AP Third-Team All-Americans. Clemson's cornerback Cordrea Tankersley and defensive end Christian Wilkins were First-team All-Americans with USA Today and the Football Writers Association (FWAA), respectively.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary
Alabama opened the game with a three-and-out, and Clemson failed to capitalize, turning the ball over on downs after failing to convert a 4th & 1. On Alabama's ensuing drive, Bo Scarbrough opened the game's scoring with a 25-yard rushing touchdown. The first quarter ended with Alabama leading Clemson, 7–0. Scarbrough scored again in the second quarter, on a 37-yard rush to increase Alabama's lead to 14–0. Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson scored the Tigers' first touchdown of the game on an eight–yard run with six minutes left in the second quarter. The game went to halftime with Alabama leading, 14–7.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary
The Tigers turned the ball over on their first drive in the second half; their fumble was recovered by Ryan Anderson and returned to Clemson's 16 yard line – the Tide increased their lead to 10 after converting a 27-yard field goal. Clemson cut the lead to three with seven minutes left in the third quarter after Watson found Hunter Renfrow over the middle for a 24-yard touchdown pass.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary
After an injury to Scarbrough, the Tide came out and scored on a 68-yard pass from Jalen Hurts to O. J. Howard on the next play; this put Alabama back up by ten points with 1:53 left in the third quarter, which ended with Alabama leading Clemson, 24–14. Clemson scored just three plays into the final quarter as Watson threw a touchdown pass to Mike Williams; this cut the lead down to 24–21.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary
With 4:38 to go in the game, Clemson took their first lead in the game after Wayne Gallman scored on a one-yard touchdown rush; Alabama got the ball back on their own 32 yard line with 4:38 remaining in the game. The drive came to a 3rd & 16, on which Jalen Hurts found ArDarius Stewart for a 15-yard pass to set up a 4th & 1, which the Tide converted via a Damien Harris 5-yard rush. Hurts found the end zone on a 30-yard rush just a few plays later to give Alabama the lead back, 31–28.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary
Clemson took possession of the ball with 2:01 on the clock and the ball on their own 36 yard line. After another long catch by Mike Williams, the drive came to a 3rd & 3 on the Alabama 32 yard line, which was converted on a pass to Renfrow to the Alabama 26 yard line with 0:19 left. The next play saw Watson find Jordan Leggett on a pass down to the Tide 9 yard line with 0:14 left. Watson threw to the end zone on 1st & goal; the pass was overthrown and the clock stopped with 0:09.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary
On 2nd & goal, Watson targeted Mike Williams, who was tripped in the end zone. The resulting pass interference call gave the Tigers 1st & goal with the ball placed on the 2-yard line with 0:06 left. On the next play, Watson threw a touchdown pass to Renfrow with 0:01 left; putting Clemson back in the lead, 35–31. After Clemson recovered an onside kick attempting to run out the clock, the game ended with a kneel-down and Clemson won the National Championship Game.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary
Watson, who went 36-for-56 (64%) on pass attempts for 420 yards with three passing touchdowns, and ran for 43 yards and one rushing touchdown, was named the game's Offensive Most Valuable Player. Ben Boulware, who recorded six tackles, including one for loss of yards, was named the Defensive Most Valuable Player.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Broadcasting
The game was broadcast in the United States by ESPN, ESPN Deportes (Spanish), and ESPN Radio. In Brazil, the game was broadcast on ESPN Brazil by Everaldo Marques (play by play) and Antony Curti (color commentator). As in past years, ESPN provided Megacast coverage of the game, which supplemented coverage with analysis and additional perspectives of the game on different ESPN channels and platforms. A 30-second commercial cost up to $1 million to air.


2017 College Football Playoff National Championship, Broadcasting
The game had a total of 26.03 million viewers, and earned a 15.3 overnight Nielsen rating, a 4% increase from the 2016 championship game. ESPN reported that the game set records in online streaming with a 710,000 average audience, 2.41 million unique viewers, and 182.5 million overall minutes watched. However, according to USA Today "the combined overnight rating fell well short of the record for a College Football Playoff title." This became the third-highest watched game by streaming on ESPN, after two games from the FIFA World Cup.


2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
The 2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 26 NCAA Division I basketball teams. The tournament was played March 13–31, 2017.


2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Participants who belonged to "mid-major" conferences and who were not invited to the 2017 NCAA Tournament or the National Invitation Tournament make up the field.


2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
After all 26 teams played in the first round, the top-three highest rated teams based on the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings regular season rating automatically advanced to the quarterfinals.


2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Saint Peter's beat Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 62–61 in the championship game.


2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Participating teams
The following teams received an invitation to the 2017 CIT:


2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Format
The CIT uses the old NIT model in which there is no set bracket. Future round opponents are determined by the results of the previous round. After all 26 teams played in the first round, the top-three highest rated teams based on the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings regular season rating automatically advanced to the quarterfinals.


2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Format, Postseason classics
In 2016, the CIT introduced the Coach John McLendon Classic as the first "Classic" game to ever be played during postseason tournament. For 2017, the CIT introduced three more "Classic" games, for a total of four, all to be played in the first round.


2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Format, Postseason classics
Coach John McLendon ClassicHugh Durham ClassicLou Henson ClassicRiley Wallace Classic


2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Format, Postseason classics
The winners of each Classic received a trophy and advanced to the second round or quarterfinals if they received a second round bye.


2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Bracket
Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.


2017 Collegiate Basketball Awards
The 2017 Collegiate Basketball Awards was an awarding ceremony organized by the UAAP-NCAA Press Corps, a group of sports journalists who are covering the men's basketball tournaments of the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). UAAP Press Corps is currently headed by Reuben Terrado of Sports Interactive Network Philippines, while the NCAA Press Corps is headed by Cedelf P. Tupas of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.


2017 Collegiate Basketball Awards
The awarding will be held at the Montgomery Place Social Hall, E. Rodriguez Avenue, Quezon City on January 26, 2017. The awards ceremony was hosted by Ganiel Krishnan.


2017 Collegiate Rugby Championship
The 2017 Collegiate Rugby Championship was a college rugby sevens tournament played June 3–4 at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. It was the eighth annual Collegiate Rugby Championship, and the seventh consecutive year that the tournament was at Talen Energy Stadium (formerly known as PPL Park). The 2017 championship broke the event's two-day attendance record with 37,518 on hand. It also set the tournament record for a one-day attendance with 14,973 on Saturday. The event was broadcast on NBC and NBCSN. California won the championship.


2017 Collingwood Football Club season
The 2017 Collingwood Football Club season was the club's 121st season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the VFL, and a women's team in the inaugural AFL Women's competition.


2017 Colombian Women's Football League
The 2017 Colombian Women's Football League season (officially known as the 2017 Liga Águila Femenina season for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of Colombia's top-flight women's football league. The season started on 17 February and concluded on 24 June 2017.


2017 Colombian Women's Football League
The two-legged final was played between Atlético Huila and Santa Fe. Santa Fe were the champions after beating Atlético Huila 2–1 in the first leg and 1–0 in the second leg for a 3–1 win on aggregate score, and qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina.


2017 Colombian Women's Football League, Format
The 18 teams competed in three round-robin regional hexagonals. The top two teams in each hexagonal along with the two best third-placed teams moved on to the quarterfinals, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The winners of each semifinal played the finals, which determined the first champions of the Women's League. All rounds in the knockout stage were played on a home-and-away basis.


2017 Colombian Women's Football League, Teams
18 teams took part in the competition. The teams are affiliated with DIMAYOR affiliate clubs.


2017 Colombian Women's Football League, Teams, Stadia and locations
a: Played home games at El Carmen de Bolívar. b: Played home games at Zipaquirá. c: Played home games at Cali.


2017 Colombian Women's Football League, First stage
The First stage began on 17 February and consisted of three round-robin hexagonals.


2017 Colombian Women's Football League, First stage, Ranking of third-placed teams
The two best teams among those ranked third qualified for the knockout stage.


2017 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
The 2017 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Brooks Field in Wilmington, NC from May 24 through May 27, 2017. Fourth-seeded Delaware won the tournament for the first time and earned the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2017 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
Entering the event, UNC Wilmington had won the most championships among active teams, with four. James Madison and William & Mary had claimed two titles, while Towson and fourth-year member College of Charleston each had one. Former member East Carolina won 7 titles during their tenure in the conference.


2017 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
Continuing the format adopted in 2012, the top six finishers from the regular season competed in the double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds earning first round byes.


2017 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Jeremy Ake was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Ake was a shortstop for Delaware.


2017 Colonial Athletic Association football season
The 2017 Colonial Athletic Association football season was the 11th season of football for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and part of the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season.


2017 Colonial Athletic Association football season, Regular season
Rankings reflect that of the STATS FCS poll for that week.


2017 Colonial Square Ladies Classic
The 2017 Colonial Square Ladies Classic was held from September 22 to 25 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, as part of the 2017–18 World Curling Tour. The event was in a Triple Knockout format.


2017 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 2017 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Buffaloes were led by fifth-year head coach Mike MacIntyre, and played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder. They competed as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 2–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place in the South Division.


2017 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Previous season
In 2016, the Buffaloes were a surprise team in the Pac-12, winning the South division for the first time after having finished last in each of the previous five seasons. After losing to Washington in the Pac-12 Championship Game, they were invited to play in the Alamo Bowl, where they lost to Oklahoma State, 8–38. Their final record was 10–4, 8–1 in Pac-12 conference play. Head coach Mike MacIntyre was awarded the AP Coach of the Year Award for his team's turnaround and success.


2017 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Schedule
Colorado announced their 2017 football schedule on January 18, 2017. In Pac-12 conference play, they did not play cross-divisional foes Oregon and Stanford.


2017 Colorado Classic
The 2017 Colorado Classic was a four-stage 2.HC event on the 2017 UCI America Tour.


2017 Colorado Classic, Teams
Sixteen teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:


2017 Colorado Classic, Final standings, Mountains classification
The mountain classification was won by Serghei Tvetcov (where he was also named best Colorado rider).


2017 Colorado Crush season
The 2017 Colorado Crush season was the eleventh season for the professional indoor football franchise and ninth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). It was the second season of the franchise being labeled the Crush after playing nine seasons under the Ice moniker. The Crush were one of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2017 season. The Crush were members of the Intense Conference.


2017 Colorado Crush season
Led by first-year head coach Jose Jefferson for the first ten weeks and then interim head coach Marvin Jones, the Crush played their home games at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado.


2017 Colorado Crush season
On October 19, 2016, it was announced that Project FANchise had purchased the Crush.


2017 Colorado Crush season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 1, 201725 Active, 10 Inactive


2017 Colorado Mammoth season
The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2017 season was the 31st in franchise history and 15th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).


2017 Colorado Mammoth season, Final standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2017 Colorado Mammoth season, Transactions, Entry Draft
The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016. The Mammoth made the following selections:


2017 Colorado Rapids season
The 2017 Colorado Rapids season was the club's 22nd season of existence, and their 22nd season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid.


2017 Colorado Rapids season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of February 6, 2016.


2017 Colorado Rapids season, Player movement, In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2017 Colorado Rapids season, Player movement, Loans
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2017 Colorado Rockies season
The 2017 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 25th in Major League Baseball. It was the 23rd season the Rockies played their home games at Coors Field. Bud Black became the new Rockies Manager after the resignation of Walt Weiss. Black in his first season was a finalist for the Manager of the Year award. The Rockies finished the season 87–75 in third place in the National League West Division, 17 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. They did, however, receive the second wild card spot in the National League and advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 2009. In the Wild Card Game, they lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks.


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Offseason and spring training
For their pre-season spring training, the Rockies participated in the Cactus League, finishing with a 16–15 win–loss record. In addition, two of their games finished tied and are not included in the standings.


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Summary
The Rockies won their Opening Day game on April 3, defeating the Milwaukee Brewers, 7−5. Relief pitcher Greg Holland, making his Rockies debut, earned the save, his first save since September 17, 2015.


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Summary
Holland won the National League Reliever of the Month Award for April.


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Summary
On Mother's Day, Holland broke the franchise record of converting 16 consecutive saves to start a season, formerly held by José Jiménez, which he had set in 2002.


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Summary
For the month of May, Charlie Blackmon won his first MLB Player of the Month Award, for the National League. He led the NL in hits (42) and triples (five), was second in batting average (.359), fourth in runs scored (24), tied for fifth in RBI (22), and tied for seventh with a 1.037 OPS. Holland won his second consecutive NL Reliever of the Month Award, going for 20-for-20 in save opportunities, a 1.31 ERA and 0.82 WHIP through May.


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Summary
On June 18, 2017, Nolan Arenado hit for the cycle versus the San Francisco Giants. The home run was a walk off, securing a 7−5 win off Giants closer Mark Melancon. The 288th cycle in MLB history, it was the eighth by a Rockies player, and the 17th overall accomplished at Coors Field. It was only the sixth time in MLB history that a cycle included a walk-off home run; Carlos González did the same on July 31, 2010, versus the Chicago Cubs.


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Summary
During the June 28 game versus the Giants, Arenado knocked down a line drive batted by pitcher Ty Blach as he was facing third base, spun on his stomach, and, without getting up on his feet, threw out Blach at first base.


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Summary
Arenado set career-highs with three home runs and five hits, while tying a career-high seven RBI in an 18–4 rout of the San Diego Padres on July 19. He tied the franchise record held by Jeff Cirillo and Todd Walker for the number of total bases in a single game with 14, and became the first player in Rockies history to reach both three home runs and five hits in a single game. He also became the first player in the majors to reach 80 RBI.


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Summary
Named NL Player of the Week for the fourth time of his career on July 23, Arenado hit .458/.480/1.000 with four home runs and 13 RBI in five games. He later won NL Player of the Month Award for July, his second career monthly award, after hitting .389/.423/.744 with eight home runs, 35 hits, 15 extra base hits, 30 RBIs and 18 runs scored in 22 games.


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Summary
With a two-run home run versus José Ureña of the Miami Marlins on August 11, Arenado became the first major leaguer of 2017 to reach 100 RBI, doing so in 112 games. He had batted .441 and 77 RBI with runners in scoring position (RISP).


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Summary
On September 16 versus the Padres, Arenado drove in his 125th run of the season, becoming the first third baseman and first Rockies player to do so in three consecutive seasons. Later that September, he became the 11th player in major league history to drive in 130 or more runs in three successive seasons. Writing for The Sporting News, Joe Rivera noted that per Fangraphs Arenado was the fourth player in history to net at least 100 defensive runs saved within his first five seasons (103).


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Summary
On September 29, 2017, Blackmon homered versus Hyun-Jin Ryu of the Los Angeles Dodgers to reach 102 RBI, surpassing Darin Erstad in 2000 for the major league record of RBI by a leadoff hitter in one season.


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2017 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2017 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season
The 2017 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season was the club's third year of existence, and their third season in the Western Conference of the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. On February 14, 2017 the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC officially announced Weidner Apartment Homes had acquired the naming rights to the Switchbacks Stadium which has been rebranded as "Weidner Field". The team's mascot is Ziggy, who is a mountain goat.


2017 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
The Switchbacks beat FC Tucson 2-0 in the second round of the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. The Switchbacks' goals were scored by Jun Gyeong Park and Kevaughn Frater.


2017 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
The Switchbacks lost to OKC Energy FC 2-1 in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. The Switchbacks' goal was scored by Jordan Burt.


2017 Colorado State Rams football team
The 2017 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rams were led by third-year head coach Mike Bobo and played their home games at the newly built Sonny Lubick Field at Colorado State Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Marshall.


2017 Colorado State Rams football team, Previous season
The Rams finished the 2016 season 7–6, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl where they lost to Idaho.


2017 Colorado State Rams football team, Preseason
In the preseason media poll that was revealed at the Mountain West Media Summit on July 25, 2017, the Rams were picked to finish second in the Mountain Division behind Boise State. WR Michael Gallup and OL Jake Bennett Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team.


2017 Colorado State Rams football team, Schedule
Colorado State announced their 2017 football schedule on March 2, 2017.


2017 Columbia Lions football team
The 2017 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2, 5–2 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for second place.


2017 Columbia Lions football team, Schedule
The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Lions hosted Ivy League foes Penn, Harvard, and Brown, and traveled to Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Cornell. Homecoming coincided with the game against Penn on October 14.


2017 Columbia Lions football team, Schedule
In 2017, Columbia's non-conference opponents were Wagner of the Northeast Conference, Georgetown of the Patriot League, and Marist of the Pioneer Football League.


2017 Columbia Lions football team, Game summaries, Wagner
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York City, NY


2017 Columbia Lions football team, Game summaries, Georgetown
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York City, NY


2017 Columbia Lions football team, Game summaries, Penn
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York City, NY


2017 Columbia Lions football team, Game summaries, Harvard
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York City, NY


2017 Columbia Lions football team, Game summaries, Brown
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York City, NY


2017 Columbus Challenger
The 2017 Columbus Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Columbus, United States between 18 and 24 September 2017.


2017 Columbus Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards:


2017 Columbus Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:


2017 Columbus Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2017 Columbus Challenger – Doubles
David O'Hare and Joe Salisbury were the defending champions but chose to defend their title with different partners. O'Hare partnered Luke Bambridge but lost in the final to Dominik Köpfer and Denis Kudla. Salisbury partnered Brydan Klein but lost in the semifinals to Bambridge and O'Hare.


2017 Columbus Challenger – Doubles
Köpfer and Kudla won the title after defeating Bambridge and O'Hare 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3) in the final.


2017 Columbus Challenger – Singles
Stefan Kozlov was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 Columbus Challenger – Singles
Ante Pavić won the title after defeating Alexander Ward 6–7(11–13), 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2017 Columbus Crew SC season
The 2017 Columbus Crew SC season was the club's twenty-second season of existence, and their twenty-second consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. Columbus also competed in the U.S. Open Cup, and took part in the Carolina Challenge Cup during preseason. The season covered the period from October 24, 2016 to the start of the 2018 Major League Soccer season.


2017 Columbus Crew SC season
Crew SC won the Carolina Challenge Cup by going 2–1–0, defeating Seattle Sounders FC in the final game to clinch the title. On August 26, the club won the Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup with a 2–1 victory over FC Dallas, their second straight year claiming the series and third time in five seasons.


2017 Columbus Crew SC season
Columbus finished fifth in the Eastern Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the 14th time in club history. Crew SC eliminated Atlanta United and New York City FC, but fell 1–0 on aggregate to Toronto FC in the conference finals.


2017 Columbus Crew SC season, Competitive, MLS, Results summary
Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2017 Columbus Lions season
The 2017 Columbus Lions season was the eleventh season for the professional indoor football franchise and first in the National Arena League (NAL). The Lions were one of eight teams that competed in the NAL for its inaugural 2017 season.


2017 Columbus Lions season
Led by head coach Jason Gibson, the Lions played their home games at the Columbus Civic Center.


2017 Columbus Lions season, Schedule, Regular season
The 2017 regular season schedule was released on December 9, 2016


2017 Columbus Lions season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated July 5, 201724 Active, 4 Inactive


2017 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
Elections to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the third one using the nine wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward elected three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system: a form of proportional representation. A total of 31 Councillors were elected.


2017 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
In the previous election in 2012, Independent Councillors retained a large majority of the seats on the Council, and retained control of the administration.


2017 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, Previous election result
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes compare with the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. These figures may differ from other published sources showing gains/losses in comparison with the seats held at the dissolution of the council in 2012.


2017 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, Changes Since 2017
On 23 July 2020, Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas Nan Loch Independent Councillor Finlay Cunningham stepped down from the Council. A by election to replace him was held on 8 October 2020 and was won by Independent candidate Grant Fulton.


2017 Commonwealth Shooting Championships
The 2017 Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championships was held at the Belmont Shooting Complex in Brisbane, Australia from 28 October to 8 November 2017. It was held in tandem with that year's Oceania Shooting Championships and served as a test event for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.


2017 Commonwealth Youth Games
The 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games was the sixth edition of the  Commonwealth Youth Games which started in 2000. The games were held from 19 to 23 July 2017  64 nations participated at the games. The Bahamas 2017 was the largest international sporting event ever to be hosted in The Bahamas, and the largest-ever edition of the Youth Games, with up to 1300 athletes. During the opening ceremony the Prime Minister of the Bahamas Hubert Minnis declared the games officially open.


2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, Host selection
They were planned to be held in Castries, the capital of Saint Lucia, but Saint Lucia withdrew in 2015, citing financial difficulties. Canada and Scotland both offered to host the games if no other nation was willing to bid.


2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, Host selection
In 2016, Nassau, Bahamas, was selected to host the 2017 edition.


2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, The Games
It was the second edition of the Youth Games to be held on a Small Island Developing State, following the hugely successful Samoa 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in September 2015. It was also be the first Commonwealth Games event to be held in the Caribbean for over 50 years, with Commonwealth athletes last participating in the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.


2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, The Games
The Games were coordinated by the Bahamas Commonwealth Games Association and the Bahamas' Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. The sports contested at the Bahamas 2017 were athletics, swimming, beach soccer, boxing, cycling (road), judo, rugby sevens, tennis, and beach volleyball. It was the first time judo, beach soccer, and beach volleyball have been presented at a Commonwealth Youth Games.


2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, Participating nations
There were 64 participating nations at the Games. The following countries did not send any athletes: Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Seychelles and Swaziland. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.


2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, Sports
The 2017 Games featured nine sports and introduced three new sports—beach soccer, judo and beach volleyball—whilst dropping archery, lawn bowls, weightlifting, and squash. cycling also made a return during these Games.


2017 Comoros Premier League
The 2017 Comoros Premier League is the top level football competition in the Comoros.


2017 Comoros Premier League, Foreign players
29 foreign players from different countries in Africa competed with Comorian clubs in 2017.


2017 Comoros Premier League, Teams
The champions of the three regional leagues of each island will take part in the final tournament to determinate the overall champions.


2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament will be held from May 24 through May 28 at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. The tournament champion will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Rice has won the most championships, with six.


2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. The tournament will use a double elimination format.


2017 Conference USA Football Championship Game
The 2017 Conference USA Championship Game was played on Saturday, December 2, 2017, at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida, and determined the 2017 football champion of Conference USA (C-USA). The game was played between Florida Atlantic, the East Division champion, and North Texas, the West Division champion. The title sponsor was Dynacraft BSC.


2017 Conference USA Football Championship Game
In the 2016 championship game, hosted by WKU, the Hilltoppers had defeated Louisiana Tech 58–44. The 2017 championship game was the 13th game in the championship series and was won by Florida Atlantic, 41–17.


2017 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Teams, North Texas Mean Green
North Texas claimed its place in the title game on November 11 with a 45–10 win over UTEP.


2017 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Teams, Florida Atlantic Owls
Florida Atlantic clinched the East division on November 18 after defeating rivals FIU 52-24 in the Shula Bowl. The win also ensured that the Owls would host the championship game. At the time, FAU was 7–0 in C-USA play to North Texas' 6–1, with each team having one conference game to play. Although an FAU loss and North Texas win would have left the teams tied, the Owls held the tiebreaker with a head-to-head win over the Mean Green during the season.


2017 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Aftermath
North Texas went on to play in the 2017 New Orleans Bowl, losing to Troy. Florida Atlantic went on to play in the 2017 Boca Raton Bowl, defeating Akron.


2017 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Aftermath
If the winner of the C-USA Championship Game was one of the highest in the rankings of the "Group of Five" conferences, the team could have been placed in the College Football Playoff or a "New Year's Six" bowl. Otherwise, the conference champion would supposedly choose which game to attend, from those with ties to the conference. However, FAU athletic director Pat Chun said that FAU did not choose the Boca Raton Bowl, but that FAU was told where to go by the conference.


2017 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11, 2017, in Birmingham, Alabama, at Legacy Arena. Middle Tennessee received the conference automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament with an 83-72 win over Marshall in the finals.


2017 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Only 12 conference teams are eligible for the tournament. As a result, the top 4 teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament.


2017 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2017 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the 23rd edition of the tournament. It determined Conference USA's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2017 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2nd-seeded Old Dominion Monarchs won the CUSA title on their home field, for their second CUSA championship. The Monarchs defeated Charlotte in the championship, 1–0.


2017 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament, Awards
Niko Klosterhalfen, Old Dominion – OffensiveMercan Akar, Old Dominion – DefensiveSebastien Hauret, Old DominionFox Slotemaker, Old DominionMarco Sunol-Rojas, CharlotteTommy Madden, CharlotteTeddy Chaouche, CharlottePaul Marie, FIUMarvin Hezel, FIUNate Himes, MarshallDion Stergiotis, Marshall


2017 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA was held from March 8–11, 2017 in Birmingham, Alabama. The first two rounds took place at Bartow Arena while the semifinals and championship took place at Legacy Arena. WKU won their 2nd C-USA tournament title and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.


2017 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The top twelve teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2017 Conference USA Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Conference USA Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for Conference USA held from November 1 through 5, 2017. The seven-match tournament took place at FAU Soccer Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Charlotte 49ers, but they failed to defend their title after losing the penalty shoot-out tiebreaking procedure in the final following a tie with the North Texas Mean Green. The conference championship was the second for the North Texas women's soccer program, both of which have come under the direction of head coach John Hedlund.


2017 Conference USA football season
The 2017 Conference USA football season was the 22nd season of Conference USA football and part of the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 26 with Rice facing Stanford in Sydney, Australia. This season was the third season for C-USA under realignment that took place in 2014, which added the 14th member Charlotte from the Atlantic 10 Conference. C-USA is a "Group of Five" conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the American Athletic Conference, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference.


2017 Conference USA football season
C-USA consists of 14 members: Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB, UTEP, UTSA, and Western Kentucky; and is divided into the East and West divisions. UAB will begin play for the first time since 2014, after the Blazer football program was dropped from competition.


2017 Conference USA football season, Preseason, Media predictions
The 2017 preseason media football poll was released on July 18. Western Kentucky was picked to win its third straight East Division title, while Louisiana Tech was picked to repeat as West Division champion.


2017 Conference USA football season, Preseason, Preseason awards
The conference preseason awards were released on July 17. WKU senior QB Mike White was selected as the C-USA Offensive Player of the Year. Rice senior LB Emmanuel Ellerbee was selected the Defensive Player of the Year, and WKU senior KR Kylen Towner was selected Special Teams Player of the Year honors


2017 Conference USA football season, Head coaches
Three Conference USA teams hired new head coaches for the 2017 season. All three were in the East Division, and all three were replacing coaches who had spent at least three seasons at their respective schools.


2017 Conference USA football season, Head coaches
Note: All stats shown are before the beginning of the season.


2017 Conference USA men's soccer season
The 2017 Conference USA men's soccer season was the 23rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 25 and concluded on November 12.


2017 Conference USA men's soccer season
The regular season was won by FIU, while the tournament was won by Old Dominion. Both school's were the conference's bids into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. There, the two programs reached the round of 32 before being eliminated.


2017 Conference USA men's soccer season
Niko Klosterhalfenm and Mercan Akar were named the conference's offensive and defensive most valuable players, respectively. Paul Marie and Alex Bumpus were drafted in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft following the end of the season. Jason Beaulieu and Aaron Herrera signed homegrown contracts with their parent MLS clubs.


2017 Conference USA men's soccer season, Background, Head coaches
Three programs had first-year head coaches heading into the 2017 season. Former University of Charleston head coach, Chris Grassie was hired as the head coach for Marshall. Former Orlando City SC scout, Kevin Nylen was named the head coach for FIU. Finally, former South Carolina assistant coach, Joey Worthen, was named head coach for Florida Atlantic.


2017 Conference USA men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason poll
The preseason poll was announced on August 11, 2017. Charlotte was voted to win the Conference USA regular season. New Mexico, FIU and UAB received first place votes.


2017 Conference USA men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason team
*Preseason Offensive Player of the Year^Preseason Defensive Player of the Year


2017 Conference USA men's soccer season, Regular season, Early season tournaments
Three programs participated in early season tournaments. FIU and New Mexico finished undefeated in their respective tournaments, while ODU finished in third place.


2017 Conference USA men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-C-USA awards and teams
F: Luca Mayr, South CarolinaF: Santiago Patino, FIUF: Daniel Bruce, CharlotteMF: Paul Marie, FIUMF: Joris Ahlinvi, FIUMF: Tommy Madden, CharlotteD: Aaron Herrera, New MexicoD: Alex Bumpus, KentuckyD: Callum Montgomery, CharlotteGK: Mertcan Akar, Old DominionGK: Enrique Facusse, Kentucky


2017 Conference USA men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-C-USA awards and teams
F: Brandon Perdue, Old DominionF: Lewis Knight, MarshallMF: Niko Klosterhalfen, Old DominionMF: David Valverde, UABMF: Massimo Ferrin, UABD: Chris Wallander-Ianev, South CarolinaD: Tom Smart, New MexicoD: Fox Slotemaker, Old DominionD: Carlos Diaz-Salcedo, MarshallD: Marvin Hezel, FIUD: Mathieu Laurent, UABGK: Jason Beaulieu, New Mexico


2017 Conference USA men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-C-USA awards and teams
F: JJ Williams, KentuckyF: Max Wilschrey, Old DominionF: Sam Gleadle, New MexicoMF: Sebastien Hauret, Old DominionMF: Aaron Scott, New MexicoMF: Kevin Barajas, KentuckyMF: Teddy Chaouche, CharlotteMF: Donald Tomlinson, FIUD: Leon Jones, KentuckyGK: Hugo Fauroux, FIU


2017 Conference USA men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-C-USA awards and teams
Enrique Facusse, KentuckyLewis Knight, MarshallAlessandro Campoy, FIUJustin Sukow, South CarolinaBrandon Perdue, Old DominionJoe Brito, CharlotteBilly Jones, New MexicoFerdinand Solberg, Florida AtlanticLeon Jones, KentuckyMatias Barraza, FIUAime Mabika, KentuckyHans Kroschwitz, Old DominionNick Barreiro, New Mexico


2017 Conference USA men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-Americans
Three players in the conference were named All-Americans by CollegeSoccerNews.com.


2017 Conference USA men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-Americans
One player in the conference were named All-Americans by United Soccer Coaches.


2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 118th installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Defending champions from 2016, Galway were dethroned by Roscommon, who won their first Connacht title since 2010.


2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship, Teams
The Connacht championship is contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht plus London and New York.


2017 Connecticut Open
The 2017 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2017 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 49th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 20 through August 26. It was the last event of the 2017 US Open Series before the 2017 US Open.


2017 Connecticut Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Connecticut Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2017 Connecticut Open – Doubles
Sania Mirza and Monica Niculescu were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Nicole Melichar and Anna Smith.


2017 Connecticut Open – Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan won the title, defeating Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua in the final, 3–6, 6–3, [10–8].


2017 Connecticut Open – Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Daria Gavrilova.


2017 Connecticut Open – Singles
Gavrilova went on to win her first WTA Tour title, defeating Dominika Cibulková in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4.


2017 Connecticut Open – Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2017 Connecticut Sun season
The 2017 WNBA season was the 19th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the WNBA. It was the 15th season for the franchise in Connecticut. The season tipped off on May 13. The Sun started the season slowly, posting a 1–5 record in May. However, they quickly turned this around going a combined 13–4 in June and July. A 7–2 record in August saw the Sun near the top of the Eastern Conference standings.


2017 Connecticut Sun season
The Sun finished in second place in the East, just one game back of the New York Liberty after going 0–2 in their final games in September. The Sun earned the 4th seed in the WNBA Playoffs, and a bye into the second round. In the Second Round, they lost to the Phoenix Mercury.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
The 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election was held on May 27, 2017. Party members chose Andrew Scheer as leader, replacing Stephen Harper, who led the Conservative Party of Canada as its leader from 2004 following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties. Harper led the party through five federal elections: the party increased its seat count in the House of Commons in 2004, formed two minority governments in 2006, and 2008, and then a majority government in 2011.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
Following the defeat of the party in the 2015 federal election on October 19, Harper tendered his resignation as party leader. In a statement, Conservative Party President John Walsh said he had spoken to Harper, "and he has instructed me to reach out to the newly elected parliamentary caucus to appoint an interim Leader and to implement the leadership selection process."


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
259,010 party members were eligible to vote in the leadership contest. 141,000 members cast a vote. According to raw voting figures, Scheer received 62,593 votes on the final ballot compared to 55,544 votes for Bernier with 23,000 voters who had voted in the first round ranking neither Scheer or Bernier in their ranked ballot. Votes were apportioned among ridings so that each riding was allocated 100 points, regardless of the number of voters, resulting in 17,222.20 points (50.95%) for Scheer and 16,577.80 points (49.05%) for Bernier.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
Subsequent to the election, fourth placed candidate Brad Trost and his campaign were fined $50,000 by the Conservative Party of Canada for allegedly leaking the party's membership list to the National Firearms Association. Trost denied that he or any of his staff leaked the list. On February 11, 2019, the Conservative Party released a statement from its Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC) which concluded: "In short, LEOC does not believe there is evidence that the Trost Campaign was responsible for leaking of the membership list...." The fine was therefore removed from the Brad Trost Campaign. Trost went on to lose renomination as the party candidate for his riding during the 43rd Federal election on March 10, 2018 to Corey Tochor, former speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislature.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
Criticism has been raised about how the party memberships were handled, with some prominent members saying they never received a ballot, even after contacting the party about it.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
In addition, the result of the leadership race and party handling was questioned by some supporters of such as runner-up Maxime Bernier and  fifth place candidate Kellie Leitch due to discrepancies in the final ballot count, specifically a gap between the number of ballots cast and the announced result - a 7,466 vote discrepancy, which is greater than Andrew Scheer's 7,049 votes margin of victory in the final round.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
There was criticism over the exact role of the accounting firm Deloitte during the voting process - a deal revealed that Deloitte was not specifically tasked with auditing the vote but "observe" the counting process. It was also reported that some of  Brad Trost's supporters contravened the Elections Act and party membership rules by offering incentives to vote. Dimitri Soudas, a former Stephen Harper aide, pointed out that it violated election rules and it benefited Scheer's campaign but the ballots have been destroyed so the results stood.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
Many considered Scheer's victory as an upset, given Bernier's consistent frontrunner status in the polls.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Interim leadership
Conservative Party president John Walsh's letter to caucus stated that only Members of Parliament (MPs) would vote for the interim leader, but Conservative Senators pointed out that the party constitution states that the entire parliamentary caucus votes. The caucus allowed Senators to vote, declining to adopt the provisions of the Reform Act that would have only allowed MPs to vote.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Interim leadership
The caucus chose Rona Ambrose, MP for Sturgeon River—Parkland, Alberta and former Minister of Health, as interim leader at its first meeting on November 5, 2015, in a vote by preferential ballot. Ambrose, as the interim leader, also served as Leader of the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada until a permanent leader was chosen. She defeated Candice Bergen, Diane Finley, Mike Lake, Rob Nicholson, Erin O'Toole, and the joint ticket of Denis Lebel and Michelle Rempel in the caucus vote.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Interim leadership
Under the party's constitution, Ambrose, as the interim leader, could not run for the permanent position.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Leadership election timing
Following Harper's resignation, debate emerged within the Conservative Party regarding the timing of the leadership election. Some members of the party's national council called for a leadership convention as early as May 2016 according to Maclean's magazine. However, interim leader Rona Ambrose has said there is a consensus among the party's caucus that the leadership election shouldn't be rushed and should be held sometime in 2017. In a December 2015 interview, Ambrose said the party would take its time allowing all members, including those not already involved in politics, to build a strong candidacy. "If we take a little extra time, that will mean we'll have a better leadership race."


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Leadership election timing
The Conservative Party's Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC) met at Toronto's Albany Club January 15–17, 2016 to discuss the process for the Party to elect its next leader. Among its decisions, LEOC selected May 27, 2017, for Conservative Party members to elect their next leader.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Rules and voting system
Only party members in good standing at 5pm Eastern Time on March 28, 2017, were allowed to vote. The fee for a party membership was raised from $15 to $25, an increase that was reversed on April 23, 2016, after criticisms that the move was "elitist". Membership fees could only be paid via personal cheque or credit card. Cash payments were not permitted.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Rules and voting system
This new requirement was intended to prevent the election being dominated by new members, and to prevent anyone other than the individual member, such as a candidate's campaign, from signing up scores of members and paying the membership fees in cash out of campaign funds. Despite this, the Conservative Party confirmed irregularities with 1,351 memberships connected to prepaid credit cards that it subsequently struck from its membership roll.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Rules and voting system
Voting was on a one member one vote basis using a ranked ballot; however votes were calculated so that each electoral district had equal weight with each electoral district allocated 100 points. Candidates were assigned a point total based on his or her percentage of the vote in each electoral district. To win, a candidate must receive at least 16,901 points which would be a majority.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Rules and voting system
A party committee reviewed the candidate's nomination form and may disqualify a potential candidate. Candidates are allowed to spend a maximum of $5 million on their campaigns.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates
Candidates who have paid their entrance fee and compliance deposit and filed their nomination papers:


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Chris Alexander
Chris Alexander, 53, is the former Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2013–2015), Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of National Defence (2011– 2013) and the former MP for Ajax—Pickering, Ontario (2011–2015). Prior to entering politics, he served as a member of Canada's foreign diplomatic service, most notably in the Canadian Embassy in Moscow and as the Canadian Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005. From 2005 to 2009 he held the post of Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Afghanistan. In addition to English, he is fluent in both French and Russian languages.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Chris Alexander
Chris Alexander has 40 detailed published policies that fall into three main categories: New Economy, New Country and New Role. These policies include how Canada should approach: employment, taxation, innovation, families, education, competitiveness, energy self-reliance, cities, agriculture, poverty, homelessness, First Nations peoples, the Métis, refugees, the Monarchy, justice, health care, protecting wilderness, forestry, mining, international diplomacy, terrorism, democratic reform, cyber-security, Canadian culture, northern development, and national defence.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Chris Alexander
He believes that immigration is the key to "economic growth." Is proposing to increase immigration to 400,000 a year including 40,000 refugees and calling for doubling defence spending and "for an accelerated push to settle all outstanding land claims and to sign treaties with First Nations communities that would empower them to govern themselves". Was prominent in the Conservative government's handling of the Syrian refugee crisis and in the government's promise during the 2015 election to create a telephone tip line to report so-called "barbaric cultural practices." As minister, he was criticized over delays in meeting the government's commitment to resettle Syrian refugees.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Maxime Bernier
Maxime Bernier, 58, was the MP for Beauce, Quebec (2006–2019) and was the Shadow Minister of Innovation (2015—2016). He served in the Harper government as Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism (2011–2015), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2008), and Minister of Industry (2006–2007), Bernier is considered an advocate of limited government and has been compared to a Libertarian. He has been nicknamed "Mad Max", the "Bloc-buster", or the "Albertan from Quebec" by his Ottawa colleagues. Prior to entering federal politics in 2006, Bernier, a lawyer by training, was vice-president of the Standard Life of Canada Insurance company, MEI, and manager of corporate and international relations at the Commission des valeurs mobilières du Québec.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Steven Blaney
Steven Blaney, 56, was the Shadow Minister of Public Works and Government Services (2015–2016) for the Conservative Opposition, and is the former Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (2013–2015), Minister of Veterans Affairs (2011–2013). He is the MP for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, Quebec (2015–present) and Lévis—Bellechasse, Quebec (2006–2015).


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Michael Chong
Michael Chong, 49, is the MP for Wellington—Halton Hills, Ontario (2004–present) and was the Deputy Shadow Minister of the Environment (2015–2016). He was Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth (2006) and Minister of Sport (2006). Chong resigned from the Harper cabinet in 2006 to protest the government's recognition of the Québécois as a nation within Canada.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Michael Chong
As a backbench MP he advocated democratic reforms in Parliament to limit the power of the Prime Minister's Office and party leaders over their caucuses and individual MPs and introduced the Reform Act to give caucuses the option of the power to remove party leaders, elect caucus chairs, and expel or readmit MPs, and elect interim leaders. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party at the time of the merger.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Kellie Leitch
Kellie Leitch, 51, was the MP for Simcoe—Grey, Ontario (2011–2019) and Shadow Minister of Health (2015–2016). In the Harper cabinet, she was Minister of Labour and the Status of Women (2013–2015). She is an orthopaedic pediatric surgeon at SickKids Hospital and an associate professor at the University of Toronto.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Pierre Lemieux
Pierre Lemieux, 58, is the former MP for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, Ontario (2006–2015). In the Harper government he was the Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages (2007–2008), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture (2008–2015), and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs (2015).


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Deepak Obhrai
Deepak Obhrai, 71, was the MP for Calgary Forest Lawn, Alberta (2015–2019), and represented Calgary East, Alberta (1997–2015), was Shadow Minister of International Development (2015–2016), and was the Dean of the Conservative Caucus. In the Harper government he was the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs (2006–2015). Obhrai was a member of the Canadian Alliance at the time of the merger.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Erin O'Toole
Erin O'Toole, 48, is the MP for Durham, Ontario (2012–present) and was Shadow Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (2015–2016) for the Conservative Party in Opposition. Previously, he served as Minister of Veterans Affairs (2015).


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Erin O'Toole
O'Toole policies wants to give tax credits for youth underemployment and student debt. He wants to restructure temporary foreign worker and provincial nominee programs.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Rick Peterson
Rick Peterson, 61, is a venture capitalist, party fundraiser, the principal of Peterson Capital, and a former candidate for leadership of the British Columbia Conservative Party. He was a member of the Progressive Conservatives at the time of the merger.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Lisa Raitt
Lisa Raitt, 53, was the MP for Milton, Ontario (2015–2019), previously Halton, Ontario (2008–2015) and the former Shadow Minister of Finance (2015–2016), Minister of Transport (2013–2015), Minister of Labour (2010–2013), Minister of Natural Resources (2008–2010), President and CEO of the Toronto Port Authority (2002–2008). Stepped down from shadow cabinet on October 14, 2016, to prepare for leadership bid.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Andrew Saxton
Andrew Saxton, 57, is the former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance (2013–2015), Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board and for Western Economic Diversification (2011–2013), MP for North Vancouver (2008–2015), former chief executive officer of King George Financial Corporation.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Andrew Saxton
Saxton's campaign is an economic platform. He plans on lowering taxes and balancing the budget.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Andrew Scheer
Andrew Scheer, 42, Opposition House Leader (2015–2016), MP for Regina—Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan (2004–present), Speaker of the House of Commons (2011–2015). Scheer was a member of the Canadian Alliance at the time of the merger.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Andrew Scheer
Running as an "unapologetic" Conservative who can unite all wings of the party. He is "committed" to lower taxes, fiscal responsibility, and "compassion". Scheer believes that there should be a "more robust screening process." Scheer is pro-life, but doesn't intend to bring any legislation on the topic. Scheer advocates for immigration based process, economic indicators, and "what our society needs."


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Registered candidates, Brad Trost
Brad Trost, 47, was the MP for Saskatoon—University, (2015–2019) and Saskatoon—Humboldt (2004–2015) previously. He was appointed Official Opposition Critic for Canada-U.S. Relations (2015–2016) following the 2015 election. Prior to election, Trost worked as an exploration geophysicist (prospector) in natural resources extraction in the north. He was also an active participant in his family's mixed grain, oilseeds and beef cattle farm operation. In his first Parliament, he founded the Conservative Party Energy Caucus and pushed for the re-creation of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources. He has served on the Standing Committees on International Trade and on Industry, and was elected vice-chair of the Canada-U.S. Parliamentary Association.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Tony Clement
Tony Clement, 60, is the MP for Parry Sound—Muskoka, Ontario (2006–2019) and has been Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs (2015–2016), President of the Treasury Board (2011–2015), Minister of Industry (2008–2011), Minister of Health (2006–2008), and a 2004 leadership candidate, placing third. He was an MPP in the Ontario legislature (1995–2003) and a provincial cabinet minister (1997–2003) under Premiers Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. Clement also ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in 2002, placing third.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Daniel Lindsay
Daniel Lindsay, 60, president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba, radiologist, has done five tours as a civilian medical specialist with the Canadian Armed Forces, including in Kandahar, Afghanistan.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Kevin O'Leary
Kevin O'Leary, 67, is a businessman, investor, journalist, writer, financial commentator and Emmy award-winning television personality.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Kevin O'Leary
O'Leary supported using a "big stick" federally in order to bring provincial governments in-line with federal policies, cutting waste in military spending, supports a peacekeeping role for the military, cutting carbon emissions through criminal sanctions rather than a carbon tax, supports current immigration policy but also wishes to "fast-track" the citizenship applications of skilled immigrants, asserted he would support LGBTQI people, legalize marijuana and defend reproductive rights.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Adrienne Snow
Adrienne Snow, 49, Toronto-based communications consultant, former director of policy for National Foundation for Family Research and Education. Former executive director of Centre for the Study of Civic Renewal. Announced on August 23, 2016, that she intended to be a candidate but failed to register and announced in January that she was ending her campaign.


2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Opinion polling
Some of the polls below were conducted before nominations for the leadership closed and therefore include potential candidates for the leadership race. Rona Ambrose, as interim leader, is ineligible to run for the permanent leadership unless there is a change to the party's constitution.


2017 Constituent National Assembly
The Constituent National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional Constituyente; ANC) was a constituent assembly elected in 2017 to draft a new constitution for Venezuela. Its members were elected in a special 2017 election that was condemned by over forty mostly Latin American and Western states. The Democratic Unity Roundtable—the opposition to the incumbent ruling party—also boycotted the election claiming that the Constituent Assembly was "a trick to keep [the incumbent ruling party] in power." Since the opposition did not participate in the election, the incumbent Great Patriotic Pole, dominated by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, won almost all seats in the assembly by default.


2017 Constituent National Assembly
After the assembly was elected, the body convened for the first time on 4 August 2017, despite criticism from the aforementioned parties and from the regional trade bloc Mercosur. As part of it first acts, the assembly elected former Foreign Minister and Minister of Communication Delcy Rodríguez as its president, though she was appointed Vice President of Venezuela on 14 June 2018, leaving the position vacant. Former Vice Presidents of the Republic Aristobulo Isturiz and Isaías Rodríguez as its vice-presidents.


2017 Constituent National Assembly
On 8 August 2017, the Constituent Assembly declared itself to be the government branch with supreme power in Venezuela, banning the opposition-led National Assembly from performing actions that would interfere with the assembly while continuing to pass measures in "support and solidarity" with President Maduro. On 18 August 2017, the Constituent Assembly gave itself the power to pass legislation and override the National Assembly on issues concerning "preservation of peace, security, sovereignty, the socio-economic and financial system" and then stripped the National Assembly of its legislative powers the following day. The opposition-led National Assembly responded, stating it would not recognize the Constituent Assembly.


2017 Constituent National Assembly
As of May 2019, the Constituent Assembly mandate was expected to expire on 31 December 2020. On 15 December 2020, President of the Assembly Diosdado Cabello set a dissolution date for three days later on 18 December, arguing that the assembly had met all of its objectives except for that of creating a new Constitution. On 18 December 2020, Maduro declared that the Constituent Assembly would close at the end of the year.


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Actions
Prior to assembling at the Federal Legislative Palace, members of the National Constituent Assembly carried large portraits of Hugo Chávez and Simón Bolívar, placing them in the palace to show support for the Bolivarian government. Assembly President Delcy Rodríguez also declared that the new assembly would commence work on 5 August 2017.


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Actions, Removal of government opposition
The Assembly voted on its first day of work to remove the nation's Chief Prosecutor Luisa Ortega Díaz and named Tarek William Saab as her replacement.


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Actions, Removal of government opposition
On 8 August 2017, the Constituent Assembly declared itself to be the government branch with supreme power in Venezuela, banning the opposition-led National Assembly from performing actions that would interfere with the assembly while continuing to pass measures in "support and solidarity" with President Maduro.


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Actions, Removal of government opposition
Tarek William Saab, the Chief Prosecutor appointed by the Constituent Assembly, announced on 16 August 2017 that former Chief Prosecutor Luisa Ortega Díaz and her husband, German Ferrer, operated an extortion group and a day later, the Constituent Assembly ordered for their arrest with the couple fleeing to Colombia. Ortega and Ferrer fled from Venezuela by speedboat to Aruba and flew into Colombia, with Ortega stating that the Bolivarian government would "deprive me of my life".


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Actions, Removal of government opposition
On 18 August 2017, the Assembly gave itself the power to pass legislation and override the National Assembly on issues concerning "preservation of peace, security, sovereignty, the socio-economic and financial system" and then stripped the National Assembly of its legislative powers the following day. The opposition-led National Assembly responded, stating it would not recognize the Constituent Assembly.


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Actions, Removal of government opposition
In an Al Jazeera interview with President of the Constituent Assembly Delcy Rodriguez, Rodriguez stated "I denied and continue denying that Venezuela has a humanitarian crisis", saying that it would justify international intervention in Venezuela. She also described statements by Venezuelans calling for international assistance as "treasonous".


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Actions, Removal of government opposition
On 11 October 2017, days before the Venezuela's regional elections, President Maduro stated that governors elected will only remain in power if they are subordinate to the ANC, telling voters that "everyone who votes ... recognizes the power of the Constituent National Assembly, because it is what convenes and organizes (the election)".


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Actions, Truth, Justice and Reparations Commission
President Maduro announced on 6 August that the Assembly had created a Truth, Justice and Reparations Commission to investigate the protests, with Delcy Rodríguez presiding over the commission. The panel was set up on 16 August 2017. Rodríguez stated that opposition candidates of the October gubernatorial elections would be investigated to make sure they were not involved in violent protests.


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Actions, Truth, Justice and Reparations Commission
About 268 people had been arrested as political prisoners by the Maduro government by December 2017, according to a non-governmental organisation. Delcy Rodríguez, head of the commission investigating the protests, announced the release of 80 prisoners around the time of Christmas.


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Actions, 2018 presidential elections
The Constituent Assembly barred three of the most influential opposition parties – Justice First, Democratic Action and Popular Will; from participating in the 2018 Presidential Elections. It ruled that the parties who boycotted local elections in December 2017, had lost legitimacy, requiring them to reapply for legal status and potentially barring them from the presidential elections.


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Actions, Stripping of Guaido's parliamentary immunity
The EU condemned the Constituent Assembly stripping of Juan Guaidó's parliamentary immunity, calling the action a "serious violation of the Venezuelan constitution, as well as of the rule of law and separation of power".


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Public opinion
A Hercon survey in August 2017 found that 78.7% of Venezuelans had a negative opinion of the ANC while 16.6% had positive thoughts about the assembly. A November 2017 poll by IVAD showed that the majority of Venezuelans did not recognize the Constituent National Assembly, with 61.4% of respondents agreeing with the phrase that the constitutional body was "illegal and illegitimate".


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Recognition
Over 40 countries stated that they would not recognize the National Constituent Assembly. The European Union and the Holy See have also not recognized the legitimacy of the assembly. Following the establishment of the ANC, Argentina, Colombia, France, Peru, and the United States have characterized the Bolivarian Government of Venezuela as a dictatorship.


2017 Constituent National Assembly, Recognition
President Nicolás Maduro's allies – such as Bolivia, Cuba, China, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Russia and Syria – discouraged foreign intervention in Venezuelan politics and congratulated the president and recognized the results of the election.


2017 Continental Cup of Curling
The 2017 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held from January 12 to 15 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. This marked the third edition of the Continental Cup held outside of Canada. The Continental Cup featured team events, mixed doubles events, and skins competitions, and the brunt of the points was in the skins competitions. TSN broadcast the event, as it had in previous years.


2017 Continental Cup of Curling
North America would go on to win the event 37 points to 23. The total attendance for the event was 57,753, the second highest in event history.


2017 Continental Cup of Curling, Competition format
This edition of the Continental Cup used a similar format as that of the previous year, with the main difference being the elimination of the singles event, which was replaced by an additional mixed doubles event. Out of the sixty total points available, a majority of points was needed to win the cup. The mixed doubles, and team games were worth one point each, and ties were worth one half point each to both teams. The skins games were worth a total of five points. Nine mixed doubles were played, along with eighteen team games and six skins games.


2017 Continental Cup of Curling, Teams
The teams were selected from the top teams in each region. Six teams from each region will compete against each other in the competition. Four teams from Canada earn the right to represent Team North America by virtue of winning certain events, namely the Canada Cup of Curling and the Canadian National Championships (the Brier and the Tournament of Hearts). Two teams from the United States, namely the top point-getters of American teams on the World Curling Tour, were chosen to represent North America, and the teams representing Team World were selected by the World Curling Federation.


2017 Continental Cup of Curling, Teams
The teams in the table below have been announced as representatives of their respective regions.


2017 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge
The 2017 Continental Tire SportsCar Championship is the eighteenth season of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge and the fourth season organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA).


2017 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Classes
The class structure remains unchanged from 2016. However, cars homologated to the FIA-certified Group GT4 regulations are eligible to race in the GS category alongside original GS cars.


2017 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Schedule
The schedule remains unchanged, aside from the dates at Circuit of the Americas and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca switching. Additionally, there are a pair of four-hour endurance races at Daytona International Speedway and Laguna Seca. All other races are approximately two hours in length.


2017 Conwy County Borough Council election
The 2017 Conwy Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Conwy County Borough Council in Wales. It was on the same day as other 2017 Welsh local elections. The previous elections took place on 3 May 2012.


2017 Conwy County Borough Council election
Elections took place in 32 of the 38 wards, with the remaining six wards - Bryn, Caerhun, Eglwysbach, Llansannan, Llysfaen and Pandy - seeing their councillors returned without a contest.


2017 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 2017 Cook Islands Round Cup was the forty-fourth recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 and also in 1986 and 1988–1990 currently unknown. The competition kicked off on 25 August 2017.


2017 Cootamundra state by-election
A by-election was held in the state electoral district of Cootamundra on 14 October 2017. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Katrina Hodgkinson (National). The by-election was won by Steph Cooke for the National Party on preferences. The Nationals suffered a 20% swing on first preference votes and 10% on a two-party basis.


2017 Cootamundra state by-election
The by-election was held on the same day as by-elections in Blacktown and Murray.


2017 Copa América Femenina de Futsal
The 2017 CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina de Futsal was the 6th edition of the Copa América Femenina de Futsal, the international futsal championship under FIFA rules organised by CONMEBOL for the women's national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Las Piedras, Uruguay between 22–29 November 2017.


2017 Copa América Femenina de Futsal, Venues
All matches are played in one venue: Polideportivo de Las Piedras in Las Piedras.


2017 Copa América Femenina de Futsal, Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 1 November 2017, 19:00 UYT (UTC−3), at the headquarters of the Uruguayan Football Association in Montevideo. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Uruguay and the defending champions Colombia were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2015 Copa América Femenina de Futsal (if they did not participate, a statistical ranking of earlier tournaments were used for seeding): Chile–Argentina, Paraguay–Peru, Brazil–Venezuela, Bolivia–Ecuador.


2017 Copa América Femenina de Futsal, Squads
Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).


2017 Copa América Femenina de Futsal, Match officials
A total of 17 referees were appointed for the tournament.


2017 Copa América Femenina de Futsal, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals, while the teams in third, fourth and fifth advance to the fifth place, seventh place, and ninth place play-offs respectively. 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 6.2):


2017 Copa América Femenina de Futsal, Knockout stage
In the semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.


2017 Copa América de Futsal
The 2017 CONMEBOL Copa América de Futsal was the 12th edition of the Copa América de Futsal, the international futsal championship under FIFA rules organised by CONMEBOL for the men's national teams of South America. The tournament was held in San Juan, Argentina between 5–12 April 2017.


2017 Copa América de Futsal, Venues
All matches are played in one venue: Estadio Aldo Cantoni in San Juan.


2017 Copa América de Futsal, Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 30 March 2017, 14:30 ART (UTC−3), at the Sports Secretariat of the city of San Juan. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts and defending champions Argentina and the defending runners-up Paraguay were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2015 Copa América de Futsal: Brazil–Colombia, Chile–Uruguay, Venezuela–Peru, Ecuador–Bolivia.


2017 Copa América de Futsal, Squads
Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).


2017 Copa América de Futsal, Match officials
A total of 16 referees were appointed for the tournament.


2017 Copa América de Futsal, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals, while the teams in third, fourth and fifth advance to the fifth place, seventh place, and ninth place play-offs respectively. 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 6.2):


2017 Copa América de Futsal, Knockout stage
In the semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.


2017 Copa Argentina Final
The 2017 Copa Argentina Final was the 133rd. and final match of the 2016–17 Copa Argentina. It was played on December 9, 2017 at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza between River Plate and Atlético Tucumán.


2017 Copa Argentina Final
River Plate defeated Atlético Tucumán 2–1 to win their second tournament title. As champions, they qualified for 2017 Supercopa Argentina.


2017 Copa Argentina Final
Atlético Tucumán, as runners-up, won the right to play in the 2018 Copa Libertadores because River Plate had already qualified as Primera División runners-up.


2017 Copa Argentina Final, Match details
Man of the Match: Enzo Pérez (River Plate)Assistant referees:Sergio ViolaAlejandro MazzaFourth official:Hernán Mastrángelo


2017 Copa Centroamericana
The 2017 Copa Centroamericana (English: 2017 Central American Cup) was the 14th and last edition of the Copa Centroamericana, the biennial international men's football championship of the Central American region organized by the Central American Football Union (UNCAF). The tournament was hosted in Panama between 13–22 January 2017.


2017 Copa Centroamericana
The top four teams qualified for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup, while the fifth-placed team advanced to a play-off against the fifth-placed team from the 2017 Caribbean Cup for the final Gold Cup berth.


2017 Copa Centroamericana
The tournament was played in round-robin format as a result of Guatemala not being able to participate due to FIFA's suspension of the National Football Federation of Guatemala.


2017 Copa Centroamericana, Entrants
Six of the seven UNCAF members were eligible to participate in the tournament.


2017 Copa Centroamericana, Entrants
On 28 October 2016, FIFA suspended the National Football Federation of Guatemala for political interference by the Government of Guatemala. Until the suspension is lifted, Guatemalan teams are not permitted to participate in international competitions. CONCACAF had set the deadline of 9 December 2016 for the suspension to be lifted, otherwise by rule, Guatemala would be disqualified from the 2017 Copa Centroamericana, and any revision to the tournament format would be discussed once the deadline had passed. The suspension was not lifted before the deadline, so Guatemala could not participate in the competition.


2017 Copa Centroamericana, Venue
All matches were played at Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City.


2017 Copa Centroamericana, Original draw
The original format of the competition was to be a group stage (one group of four teams and one group of three teams) followed by a knockout stage (fifth-placed match, semi-finals, third-placed match and final). The draw for the competition with the original format took place on 25 October 2016, 18:00 UTC−5, at the Hotel Sortis in Panama City, Panama.


2017 Copa Centroamericana, Original draw
A change in format was announced on 10 December 2016 following FIFA's decision not to lift the suspension of the National Football Federation of Guatemala.


2017 Copa Centroamericana, Squads
Each team squad had to have a minimum of 18 players and a maximum of 23 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.


2017 Copa Centroamericana, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:


2017 Copa Centroamericana, Qualified teams for CONCACAF Gold Cup
The following five teams qualified for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.


2017 Copa Centroamericana squads, Squads, El Salvador
The final squad was revealed on 10 January 2017. Caps and goals as of September 6, 2016 after the game against Canada.


2017 Copa Centroamericana squads, Squads, Honduras
The final squad was revealed on 12 January 2017. Caps and goals current as of November 15, 2016 after the match against Trinidad and Tobago.


2017 Copa Centroamericana squads, Squads, Nicaragua
The final squad was revealed on 10 January 2017. Caps and goals updated as of December 30, 2016 after the game against Trinidad and Tobago.


2017 Copa Chile
The 2017 Copa Chile, (officially known as Copa Chile MTS 2017 because of its sponsorship), was the 38th edition of the Copa Chile, the country's national cup tournament. The competition started on 9 July 2017 with the First Round and ended on 11 November 2017. Santiago Wanderers were the winners, beating Universidad de Chile 3–1 in the final to win their third title and first since 1961, and qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores.


2017 Copa Chile, Format
The 2017 Copa Chile is based on a system of direct elimination with double-legged ties, similar to the Copa del Rey. All participating teams start the competition in the first round, with the 16 Primera B teams being drawn against the 16 Primera División teams.


2017 Copa Chile, Prizes
The champions of this edition earned the right to compete in the 2018 Copa Libertadores as Chile 3 (qualifying to the second round of the continental tournament). Besides, they also earned the right to play the 2018 Supercopa de Chile. The runners-up would be able to qualify for the 2018 Copa Sudamericana, taking the Chile 4 berth for that tournament, however, since runners-up Universidad de Chile had already qualified for the Copa Libertadores, the Copa Sudamericana berth was passed to the league.


2017 Copa Chile, First round
The first legs were played on 9–22 July, and the second legs will be played on 21–23 July and 2–9 August 2017.


2017 Copa Chile, Round of 16
The draw for the Round of 16 (and subsequent phases) was held on 7 July 2017. Starting from this round, the order of legs in each tie will depend on the number assigned to the first round tie won by each team. The team with the highest number in each tie will host the second leg.


2017 Copa Chile, Quarterfinals
The schedule was released on 7 September. Matches were played from 13 September to 9 October.


2017 Copa Chile, Final
On 26 October 2017, the ANFP announced that the Copa Chile Final would be played on 11 November 2017 in Concepción.


2017 Copa Ciudad de Tigre
The 2017 Copa Ciudad de Tigre was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tigre, Argentina between 14 and 19 March 2017.


2017 Copa Ciudad de Tigre, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Copa Ciudad de Tigre, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2017 Copa Ciudad de Tigre, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2017 Copa Ciudad de Tigre – Doubles
This was the first edition of the 2017 Copa Ciudad de Tigre tournament.


2017 Copa Ciudad de Tigre – Doubles
Máximo González and Andrés Molteni won the title after defeating Guido Andreozzi and Guillermo Durán 6–1, 6–7(6–8), [10–5] in the final.


2017 Copa Ciudad de Tigre – Singles
Taro Daniel won the title after defeating Leonardo Mayer 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2017 Copa Colombia
The 2017 Copa Colombia, officially the 2017 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs of DIMAYOR. The tournament was contested by 36 teams, beginning on 8 March and ending on 8 November. Junior were the champions, winning their second title by beating Independiente Medellín 3–1 on aggregate in the final, and qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores. Atlético Nacional were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Patriotas in the quarterfinals.


2017 Copa Colombia, Format
The competition continued under the format used since the 2015 edition, however, starting from this edition the winner will be entitled to a berth to the next Copa Libertadores instead of the Copa Sudamericana as it had been since 2008. The first stage was played by 32 teams, which were split into eight groups of four teams each on a regional basis, where teams played each other of the teams in their group twice. The 8 group winners plus the best 4 second-placed teams joined four of the teams qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores (Atlético Nacional, Independiente Medellín, Santa Fe, and Millonarios) in the round of 16, from where the cup continued on a home-and-away knockout basis.


2017 Copa Colombia, Group stage, Ranking of second-placed teams
The four best teams among those ranked second qualified for the knockout stage.


2017 Copa Colombia, Knockout stage
Each tie in the knockout stage was played in a home-and-away two-legged format. In each tie, the team which had the better overall record up to that stage hosted the second leg, except in the round of 16 where the group winners automatically hosted the second leg. In case of a tie in aggregate score, neither the away goals rule nor extra time are applied, and the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out. Atlético Nacional, Independiente Medellin, Santa Fe, and Millonarios entered the competition in the Round of 16, being joined there by the eight group winners and the four best second-placed teams.


2017 Copa Colombia, Knockout stage, Round of 16
First legs: July 5, 12 and 13; Second legs: July 26, 27, August 2 and 3. Group winners (Team 2) hosted the second leg.


2017 Copa Colombia, Knockout stage, Quarterfinals
First legs: August 9, 10 and 23; Second legs: August 23, 24 and 30. Team 2 hosted the second leg.


2017 Copa Colombia, Knockout stage, Semifinals
First legs: September 14 and October 8; Second legs: September 27 and October 11. Team 2 hosted the second leg.


2017 Copa Colombia, Knockout stage, Final
First leg: October 18; Second leg: November 8. Team 2 hosted the second leg.


2017 Copa Colsanitas
The 2017 Copa Colsanitas (also known as the 2017 Claro Open Colsanitas) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the Copa Colsanitas, and part of the International category of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Bogotá, Colombia, from April 10 through April 15, 2017.


2017 Copa Colsanitas, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Copa Colsanitas, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: