2017 Atlético Nacional season
The 2017 Atlético Nacional season was the 70th season in the club's history. During this season, the team took part in four competitions: Categoría Primera A, Copa Colombia, Copa Libertadores, and Recopa Sudamericana.


2017 Atlético Nacional season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Atlético Nacional season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Atlético Nacional season, Competitions, Copa Colombia
Atlético Nacional qualified for the round of 16 after qualifying for the 2017 Copa Libertadores as titleholders.


2017 Atlético Nacional season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 21 January 2018Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2017 Atlético Petróleos de Luanda season
The 2017 season of Atlético Petróleos de Luanda is the club's 36th season in the Girabola, the Angolan Premier football League and 36th consecutive season in the top flight of Angolan football. In 2017,  the club participated in the Girabola and the Angola Cup.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team
The 2017 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers played their home games at Jordan–Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by fifth-year head coach Gus Malzahn. Auburn finished the season 10–4 overall and 7–1 in SEC play to win a share of the Western Division title with Alabama. Due to their head-to-head win over Alabama, they represented the Western Division in the SEC Championship Game where they lost to Georgia. They were invited to the Peach Bowl, where they lost to American Athletic Conference champion UCF.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Schedule
Auburn's 2017 schedule was announced on September 13, 2016. It consisted of 7 home games and 5 away games in the regular season. Auburn hosted SEC opponents Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi State, and Ole Miss, and the Tigers traveled to Arkansas, LSU, Missouri, and Texas A&M. The Tigers hosted three of their four non–conference games: Mercer from the Southern Conference and Georgia Southern and Louisiana–Monroe, both from the Sun Belt Conference. Auburn traveled to Clemson of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Auburn had seven home games during this season because it was playing non-conference Clemson on the road, a return date for Clemson's visit to Jordan–Hare in 2016.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Georgia Southern
Auburn opened the season against Georgia Southern. Prior to this meeting, the two teams had only met once, a 32–17 victory for Auburn in the 1991 season. Auburn suspended QB Sean White, RB Kamryn Pettway, and WR Kyle Davis prior to this game. The Tigers struggled on offense early, turning the ball over 3 times in the first half. However, in the second half the Tigers started to find their rhythm. On defense, however, the Tigers never struggled. The Tigers held the Eagles to 78 yards and no third down conversions on 15 attempts and allowed no points (the only Georgia Southern score was a fumble return). Auburn now leads the all-time series 2–0 and has never lost to a Sun Belt Conference team (26–0).


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Clemson
Auburn had one of their worst offensive performances in recent memory in a 14–6 loss at the defending national champions, Clemson. The Tigers only mustered 117 yards of offense. The offensive line allowed 11 sacks on the night, one short of the Clemson record of 12 in a game. The defense was a bright spot, though, as Auburn held Clemson to its lowest point total since November 15, 2014 and stopped Clemson's run game effectively, though Clemson was able to convert on third down many times due to the passing game. The Tigers' 6 points were the fewest since they were shut out at Alabama in 2012.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Mercer
The third game of the season was against the Mercer Bears. It was Auburn's first game against Mercer since the 1922 season. Many people expected it to be a blowout, but Mercer kept it close throughout the game. Auburn's offense performed much better than the previous game, totaling 510 yards, and quarterback Jarrett Stidham had his best game completing 32 of 37 passes for 364 yards, which was the second most completions thrown by an Auburn quarterback in a game, only behind Patrick Nix against Arkansas in 1995. Turnovers, however, plagued the offense, which committed 5 turnovers, including 4 fumbles (2 of which were in the red zone). The defense once again played well, holding the Bears to just 10 points, just 246 total yards, and only 3.7 yards per play.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Missouri
The fourth game of the season was the first conference game for Auburn. In their most complete performance of the year, the visiting Tigers routed Missouri 51–14. Kerryon Johnson, in his first game back from an injury sustained in the first game, rushed for 5 touchdowns, one off the Auburn single game record of 6 held by Cadillac Williams. Daniel Carlson, after some early season struggles, made 3 field goals, including 2 from longer than 50 yards. It was Auburn's first game ever in the state of Missouri.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Mississippi State
In the fifth game of the season, it was a battle of teams in the top 25 as Auburn came in ranked #13 and Mississippi State was ranked #24. The Tigers dominated from the start, scoring a touchdown on their opening possession. After a Jarrett Stidham fumble, Mississippi State scored a field goal. However, Auburn used the long pass effectively, using it to set up their next touchdown and scoring their 3rd touchdown on a long pass. At halftime, it was Auburn 21, Mississippi State 10.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Mississippi State
Auburn then shut out Mississippi State out in the 2nd half and scored 4 more times, giving them a 49–10 victory. In this game, Mississippi State had 7 false start penalties, which coach Gus Malzahn credited to the nearly 87 thousand fans in attendance. Also in this game, Daniel Carlson set the SEC record for most consecutive extra points made with 162 in a row.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Ole Miss
The sixth game of the season was a home game against Ole Miss. Ole Miss received the opening kickoff. The Rebels drove down the field but the Auburn defense forced them to a field goal attempt which hit the upright and fell no good. The Tigers then drove down the field and scored on their first drive. The Tigers then allowed a field goal, but scored 4 more touchdowns for the 35–3 halftime lead. In the second half, the Tigers played more sloppily, but won going away 44–23. This was the first game of the season that Auburn allowed more than 14 points. Also, Auburn kicker Daniel Carlson became the SEC's all-time leading scorer after scoring his 413th point, breaking the record of 412 held by Georgia's Blair Walsh.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, LSU
After building a 20–0 lead, Auburn was stunned by LSU as they allowed the Fighting Tigers to go on a 27–3 scoring run and fell 27–23. The Auburn Tigers came into the game ranked in the top 10, but the unranked LSU Tigers prevailed. Jarrett Stidham had one of the worst games of his career after a hot start. He had completed 7 of 8 passes to begin the game, he only completed 2 more the remainder of the game, although his receivers had many drops during the game.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, LSU
The key plays for the LSU comeback were a dropped interception by Auburn's Daniel Thomas, which lead to an LSU touchdown later in the drive, and a punt return for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to cut Auburn's lead to 23–21. The Auburn Tigers only had 73 yards of offense the entire second half, which was a big part of the loss.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Arkansas
In the eighth game of the season, Auburn became bowl eligible with their sixth win of the year, a dominating 52–20 victory over Arkansas. The Tigers started fast on offense scoring on their first two drives. The defense started slow, but improved as the game went on, only allowing 13 points, only 6 of which were allowed by the first team (Arkansas scored on a kickoff return for an additional touchdown that was not allowed by the defense). It was only the second time Auburn had won at Arkansas since 2009.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Arkansas
The key play came late in the first half when Arkansas fumbled a punt which was recovered by Auburn. The Tigers scored on the ensuing drive to make their lead 17–3 and shift the momentum of the game. This was the second game of a three-game road stretch for the Tigers, as they preceded this game with a loss at LSU, and a game at Texas A&M after a bye week followed this game. This was the Tigers' fourth SEC victory of the season, as well as the fourth SEC game they won by at least 20 points and the fourth time they scored 40 or more points in an SEC contest.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Texas A&M
After a bye week, Auburn concluded a 3-game road stretch with their final road game of the year, a trip to Texas A&M. The Tigers claimed a 42–27 victory over the Aggies. Kicker Daniel Carlson had unusual struggles, having two kicks blocked, both long attempts (49 and 52 yard attempts). Also, the Tigers blocked a Texas A&M punt and recovered it in the end zone for a touchdown, the first blocked punt for Auburn since 2013, and first blocked punt recovered for a touchdown since 2006. Jarrett Stidham had a great day passing completing 20 of 27 attempts for 268 yards. After Kamryn Pettway was ruled out with a broken bone, Kerryon Johnson had to carry the ball more than usual and gained 145 yards.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Georgia
In the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry, Auburn defeated previously undefeated Georgia handily, winning by a final score of 40–17. The Tigers held the dominant run attack of Georgia to 46 total yards and had 4 sacks of Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm. Kerryon Johnson had 167 rushing yards against a powerful Georgia rush defense, which put him over 1,000 yards for the year. Jarrett Stidham was also impressive, completing 16 of his 23 pass attempts for 214 yards. Daniel Carlson, after going 0 for 2 on field goals last week, had 4 good field goal attempts becoming the SEC's all-time leader in made field goals. This was Auburn's eighth win of the year, and their first victory over Georgia since 2013.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Louisiana–Monroe
The eleventh game of the year was a tune-up game for the following week's Iron Bowl. However, the Tigers struggled early, being tied with ULM for most of the first half and only leading 14–7 at halftime. The Tigers stepped it up in the second half, outscoring the Warhawks in that period 28–7. The Tigers also struggled with injuries with many key players, such as Jeff Holland, Austin Golson, and Tre Williams going down during the game, though some injured players returned. This was Auburn 9th win of the year, their most since 2013 (the Tigers had 8 wins twice since then and 7 wins once). This also assured the following week's Iron Bowl would match up two top ten teams with the SEC Western Division championship on the line.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Alabama
The final game of the regular season was the annual Iron Bowl game against Alabama, with a trip to the SEC Championship on the line. The Tigers struck first as Kerryon Johnson took a direct snap and completed a jump pass to Nate Craig-Myers. The Crimson Tide responded with a long touchdown pass of their own. The Tigers went ahead at the end of the first half with a field goal from Daniel Carlson to go into halftime with a 10–7 lead. Alabama had a long, quick drive to begin the second half and scored to go ahead 14–10.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Alabama
Auburn responded with another field goal to cut it to 14–13. Auburn then scored twice more and stopped Alabama on fourth down three times to win 26–14. Kerryon Johnson suffered a shoulder injury in the fourth quarter, and his backup, Kam Martin, twisted an ankle while playing for him. Ryan Davis also set the Auburn record for receptions in a single season in this game. The Tigers won the SEC West, and advanced to the SEC Championship Game against SEC East winner Georgia, whom Auburn defeated 40–17 earlier this season.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Georgia
The Tigers clinched a berth in the SEC Championship Game with their victory over Alabama. The Tigers played Georgia for the second time this season, after defeating the Bulldogs 40–17 on November 11. It was Auburn's sixth appearance in the SEC Championship, going 3–2 with losses to Tennessee in 1997 and Florida in 2000, and victories over Tennessee in 2004, South Carolina in 2010, and Missouri in 2013. It was also the first SEC Championship Game held in the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium after the Georgia Dome was demolished the week before.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, Georgia
Despite beating #1 Georgia three weeks prior to the SEC championship, Georgia defeated Auburn 28–7, earning them a spot in the CFP Semifinal Rose Bowl at the #3 spot, where they will play #2 Oklahoma. Although they beat Alabama in the Iron Bowl, costing Alabama an undefeated season and a trip to the SEC Championship, Alabama was still selected to play #1 Clemson in the CFP Semifinal in the Sugar Bowl.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, UCF
For their 10 win season, Auburn was chosen by the College Football Playoff committee to play in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. It is Auburn's second appearance in a CFP New Year's Six bowl, after the 2017 Sugar Bowl to follow the 2016 season. It is also Auburn's fourth meeting with UCF, with the Tigers winning the previous three from 1997–1999. Auburn will be making their sixth appearance in the Peach Bowl, and their first since 2011, when they defeated Virginia.


2017 Auburn Tigers football team, Game Notes, UCF
Overall, the Tigers are 4–1 in the Peach Bowl, with victories over Indiana in 1990, Clemson in 1997, Clemson in 2007, and Virginia in 2011. Their only loss came against North Carolina in 2001. It is the 50th anniversary of the Peach Bowl. Coincidentally, Auburn also played in the 50th anniversary games of the Sugar Bowl and Cotton Bowl Classic as well.


2017 Auburn Tigers softball team
The 2017 Auburn Tigers softball team is an American softball team, representing Auburn University for the 2017 NCAA softball season. The Auburn Tigers play their home games at Jane B. Moore Field.


2017 Auburn Tigers softball team
The Tigers 2017 regular season finished in 2nd place within the conference, and received the 2nd seed in the  2017 SEC Softball Tournament.


2017 Auckland Darts Masters
The 2017 Auckland Darts Masters, presented by Burger King & TAB was the third staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, as the fourth entry in the 2017 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players facing eight regional qualifiers) and was held at The Trusts Arena in Auckland, New Zealand between 11–13 August 2017.


2017 Auckland Darts Masters
Gary Anderson was the defending champion after winning the second edition of the tournament, defeating Adrian Lewis 11–7 in the final, but lost in the first round to Australia's Kyle Anderson 6–4.


2017 Auckland Darts Masters
Kyle Anderson went on to win his first televised title after defeating compatriot Corey Cadby 11–10 in the final. He became only the 5th player to win a World Series of Darts event after Michael van Gerwen, Phil Taylor, Gary Anderson and Adrian Lewis, as well as being the first regional qualifier to win an event. The final was also the first World Series of Darts final without an invited player.


2017 Auckland Darts Masters, Qualifiers
The eight invited PDC representatives, sorted according to the World Series Order of Merit, were:


2017 Auckland Nines
The 2017 NRL Auckland Nines was the fourth NRL Auckland Nines competition. It was held on 4–5 February 2017 at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Just like previous tournaments, it was contested by all sixteen National Rugby League teams. The prize money was NZ$2.6 million. The draw for the competition was announced by the NRL on 17 November 2016. The same pool names were used as in the 2015 and 2016 tournaments. The pool names were: Hunua, Waiheke, Rangitoto and Piha.


2017 Auckland Nines
The event included two international women's teams, the Kiwi Ferns and the Jillaroos, who competed in a three-game series won by the Jillaroos for the first time, with a 3-0 clean sweep. The tournament was again sponsored by Downer Group. The Sydney Roosters won the tournament by defeating the Penrith Panthers 10-8 in the final.


2017 Auckland Open (darts)
2017 Auckland Open is a darts tournament that took place in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2017. The 2017 tournament took place over 3 days at the Routley Drive commune in October. The new kid on the block, Kiwi newcomer Craig Wilson, won the first final 4–0 against a jet-lagged Alex Wilson.


2017 Auckland Open (darts)
Move forward 10 months and the old timer Alex "darter" Wilson wins 4–2 against Craig to take the trophy on its first journey to Stewarton Scotland.


2017 Auckland SuperSprint
The 2017 ITM Auckland SuperSprint was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 3 to 5 November 2017. The event was held at Pukekohe Park Raceway near Pukekohe, New Zealand, and consisted of two races, 200 kilometres in length. It was the 13th event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 23 and 24 of the season. It was the twelfth running of the Auckland SuperSprint.


2017 Auckland SuperSprint, Background, Driver changes
Alex Rullo was replaced at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport with Jack Perkins.


2017 Auckland SuperSprint, Report, Race 23, Qualifying
Qualifying for Race 23 was abandoned due to torrential rain. Because of this, the grid was set as per the results of second practice, thereby giving Cameron Waters pole position.


2017 Auckland SuperSprint, Report, Race 23, Qualifying
The following times were set in the second practice, which set the grid for Race 23.


2017 Audi Cup
The 2017 Audi Cup was the fifth edition of the Audi Cup, a two-day association football tournament that featured four teams and be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. The competition featured the hosts and 2015 winners Bayern Munich, Spanish side Atlético Madrid, English side Liverpool, and Italian side Napoli.


2017 Audi Cup
The competition was won by Atlético Madrid, who defeated Liverpool in the final 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw.


2017 Audi Cup, Competition format
The competition had the format of a regular knockout competition. The winners of each of the two matches on the first day competed against each other for the Audi Cup, while the two losing sides played in a third-place match. The trophy was contested over two days, with each day seeing two matches played back-to-back.


2017 Audi Sport TT Cup
The 2017 Audi Sport TT Cup was the third and the final season of the Audi Sport TT Cup. It began on 6 May at Hockenheim and finished on 15 October at Hockenheim after seven double-header meetings, all of which were support events for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and 24 Hours Nürburgring.


2017 Audi Sport TT Cup, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top eighteen classified finishers as follows:


2017 Audi Sport TT Cup, Championship standings, Drivers' championship, Non-Championship 'Legends Race'
At the final round of the championship in Hockenheim, a non-championship "Legends Race" took place in which drivers with 'legendary' connections took over the series regulars' cars for a 12 lap race.


2017 Aussie Racing Car season
The 2017 Aussie Racing Car Series is an Australian motor racing series. The category is made up of Silhouette racing cars which use Yamaha FJ1300 engines and Kumho Tyres. James Duckworth is the defending champion.


2017 Aussie Racing Car season, Race calendar
The series was contested over seven rounds with four races at each round.


2017 Austin Peay Governors football team
The 2017 Austin Peay Governors football team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Governors, led by second-year head coach Will Healy, played their home games at Fortera Stadium and were members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 7–1 in OVC play to finish in second place.


2017 Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours 2017 were announced on 26 January 2017 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Peter Cosgrove.


2017 Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, announced on Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours which are announced on the second Monday in June.


2017 Australia national soccer team season
This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2017.


2017 Australia national soccer team season, Summary
Australia continued qualification for the World Cup starting the second half of the fixtures in third position. Despite remaining undefeated with an away draw to Iraq and home wins over the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, by the middle of the year Australia hadn't improved from third, the position that sends a team into further qualification matches.


2017 Australia national soccer team season, Summary
In June, following a loss in a home friendly against Brazil, the team travelled to Russia to compete in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. Two draws and a loss resulted in Australia finishing third in the group and failing to progress any further.


2017 Australia national soccer team season, Summary
World Cup qualification resumed later in the year and despite Australia sitting third in the group, an away win against Japan would have seen them qualify for the World Cup with a game to spare, however they lost the fixture 2–0. Despite winning the final game against Thailand, Australia finished third (due to Saudi Arabia having a better goal difference) and missed out on automatic qualification to the World Cup, and entered the AFC play-offs against Syria.


2017 Australia national soccer team season, Summary
The first leg of the play-offs against Syria was played in Malacca, Malaysia, due to the Syrian Civil War. The match ended in a draw, with Australia taking the lead in the 1st half and Syria equalising in the 85th minute with a penalty. In the second leg, played in Sydney, Australia won 2–1 after extra-time thanks to a brace by Tim Cahill. With an aggregate score of 3–2, Australia qualified for the inter-confederation play-offs against Honduras (the 4th place team from CONCACAF).


2017 Australia national soccer team season, Summary
The first leg of the inter-confederational play-offs was played in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and ended in a goalless draw. In the second leg at Stadium Australia in Sydney, captain Mile Jedinak scored a hat-trick leading Australia to a 3–1 victory and securing a berth at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.


2017 Australia national soccer team season, Summary
On 22 November, after qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, coach Ange Postecoglou resigned from his position as coach of the team.


2017 Australia national soccer team season, Player statistics
Correct as of 15 November 2017 (v.  Honduras). Numbers are listed by player's number in Confederations Cup, WC Qualification or last friendly played


2017 Australian Baseball League postseason, Preliminary Final Series, Composite Line Score
2017 ABL Preliminary Final Series (2–1): Brisbane Bandits over Adelaide Bite


2017 Australian Baseball League postseason, Championship Series, Composite Line Score
2017 ABL Championship Series (2–0): Brisbane Bandits over Melbourne Aces


2017 Australian Football International Cup
The 2017 Australian Football International Cup was the sixth edition of the Australian Football International Cup, a triennial international Australian rules football competition run by the Australian Football League (AFL).


2017 Australian Football International Cup
It was contested between 5–19 August 2017, with games played in Melbourne. All three previous men's tournament champions (Ireland, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea) participated in the tournament. Previous women's winners (Ireland and Canada) also competed in the tournament.


2017 Australian Football International Cup, Background, Teams
The 2017 AFL International Cup was played in Melbourne from August 5 to 19, with 18 men's teams and eight women's teams competing.


2017 Australian Football International Cup, Background, Teams
The European Crusaders was a combined team made up of women from Britain, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland and Sweden.


2017 Australian Football International Cup, Background, Teams
In the table below, the numbers in parentheses refer to the team's Unofficial World Rankings by World Footy News prior to the competition.


2017 Australian Football International Cup, Background, Format
For the first time, the men's fixture was played across two divisions. Division One played four matches against other teams within the division and were ranked from one to ten, with finals to follow between the top two placed teams on the ladder, the third and fourth placed teams, and so on.


2017 Australian Football International Cup, Background, Format
The men's Division Two competition and the women's competition saw teams split into two pools of four with each team playing matches against the three opponents in their pool before competing in semi-finals and grand finals based on finishing positions within the pool.


2017 Australian Football International Cup, Background, Format
The women's grand final was played at Etihad Stadium as a curtain-raiser to the Round 22 clash between Carlton and Hawthorn. The men's grand final was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as a curtain-raiser to the Round 22 match between Collingwood and Geelong.


2017 Australian Football International Cup, Background, Venues
The majority of the matches were played at Royal Park in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville. The inclusion of a "Community Round" allowed matches to be played as curtain-raisers to local suburban, amateur and country matches. Additionally, the International Cup introduced a "School Round" to be played on 9 August, with games played at suburban and country schools.


2017 Australian Football International Cup, Background, Venues
Fixtures for the tournament were released by the AFL on 18 July 2017.


2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series
The 2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series is an Australian open-wheel racing series for FIA Formula 3 cars constructed and conforming to the regulations before and including 2011. The series begins on the 20th May 2017 at Morgan Park Raceway and will conclude 22 October 2017 at Wakefield Park. One non-championship race weekend was held at Wakefield Park starting 18 February 2017 and ending 19 February 2017.


2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series
The 2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series returns to the Hankook tyres for 2017. Round 1 at Morgan Park Raceway saw Calan Williams break the outright lap record.


2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series, Classes
Classes of the 2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series are as follows:


2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series, Classes, Premier Class
Any F3 car from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2011 is eligible to compete in the Premier class.


2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series, Classes, National Class
Any F3 car from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2007 is eligible to compete in the National class.


2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series, Classes, Trophy Class
Any F3 car built prior to 1 January 2005 is eligible, as are other open-wheel vehicles such as Formula 1000, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Renault, Toyota Racing Series, Formula BMW, etc.


2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series, Teams and drivers
The teams and drivers of the 2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series All teams and drivers were Australian-registered.


2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series, Schedule
The 2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series schedule. All races were held in Australia.


2017 Australian Formula 4 Championship
The 2017 CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship is the third Australian Formula 4 Championship, a motor racing competition for open-wheel racing cars complying with Formula 4 regulations, which were created by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for entry-level open-wheel championships. Teams and drivers are competing in twenty-one races at six venues, starting on 8 April and ending on 22 October.


2017 Australian Formula 4 Championship, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers are scheduled to compete in the 2017 Australian Formula 4 Championship. The following Australian-registered teams and drivers contested the championship.


2017 Australian Formula 4 Championship, Calendar
All rounds will support the Supercars Championship, with the exceptions of rounds one, two and four that will be featured within the Shannons Nationals.


2017 Australian Formula 4 Championship, Championship standings
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.


2017 Australian Formula Ford Series
The 2017 Australian Formula Ford Series was an Australian motor racing series open to Formula Ford and Formula Ford 1600 cars. It was the 48th Australian Formula Ford Series and was sanctioned by the Australian Auto Sport Alliance (AASA).


2017 Australian Formula Ford Series
The series was won by Max Vidau driving a Mygale SJ1019.


2017 Australian Formula Ford Series, Race calendar
The series was contested over six rounds with three races at each round.


2017 Australian Formula Ford Series, Series standings
The series was won by Max Vidau driving a Mygale SJ1019.


2017 Australian GT Championship
The 2017 Australian GT Championship was the 21st running of the Australian GT Championship, a CAMS-sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to FIA GT3 cars and similar cars as approved for the championship. The championship commenced on 2 March 2017 at the Adelaide Street Circuit and concluded on 19 November at Wakefield Park, with two rounds held in New Zealand.


2017 Australian GT Championship
Following the success of the previous year, a second series for GT3 cars, the Australian Endurance Championship was also contested. A third series for older-specification GT3 and GT4 class cars, the CAMS Australian GT Trophy Series, was also held.


2017 Australian GT Championship
The Australian GT Championship events were held in support of five V8 Supercar events. The Australian Endurance Championship shared an event with the Shannons Nationals, another with V8 Supercars, and its final two rounds were staged at Hampton Downs and Highlands Motorsport Park, both owned by series owner Tony Quinn. The Australian GT Trophy Series  was contested exclusively at Shannons Nationals events.


2017 Australian GT Championship
The Australian GT Championship was won by Geoff Emery  driving an Audi R8 LMS.


2017 Australian GT Championship, Series
All competitors are able to enter the Australian GT Championship and the Australian Endurance Championship, and all were eligible to win the championships outright, however only older-specification cars could enter the Australian GT Trophy Series.


2017 Australian GT Championship, Series, Race calendar
The Australian GT Championship is contested over five rounds, the Australian Endurance Championship over four rounds and the Australian GT Trophy Series over five rounds. Each race, with the exception of the Australian Grand Prix round of the Australian GT Championship, includes at least one compulsory timed pit stop.


2017 Australian GT Championship, Australian GT Trophy Series
The Australian GT Trophy Series was won by Steve McLaughlan  driving an Audi R8 LMS Ultra.


2017 Australian Grand Prix
The 2017 Australian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 26 March 2017 in Melbourne. The race was contested over fifty-seven laps of the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and was the first round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race marked the 82nd race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix – which dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928 – and the 22nd time the event was held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. The reigning World Champion Nico Rosberg was the winner of the 2016 race, but he did not defend his win as he retired from the sport after the 2016 season.


2017 Australian Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole, matching Ayrton Senna's record of six pole positions in Australia. Sebastian Vettel won the race, which was his and Ferrari's first win since the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix. Hamilton finished second, with Valtteri Bottas completing the podium in third on his début for Mercedes.


2017 Australian Grand Prix
The race was also Ferrari's first win at the track since the 2007 edition.


2017 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background, Circuit modifications
With the technical regulations undergoing a revision for the 2017 season, the FIA requested that every circuit on the calendar undergo revisions to update safety features. Organisers of the race introduced Tecpro barriers to the run-off areas at the fastest points of the circuit, and re-profiled tyre barriers.


2017 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background, Driver changes
Before the beginning of the third free practice session, Sauber announced that Pascal Wehrlein would not start the race. Wehrlein had sustained a back injury in an accident at the Race of Champions during the winter pre-season. Although Wehrlein was certified as fit to take part in the Grand Prix ahead of the first practice session, he withdrew as a precaution, citing the increased physical demands of the 2017 specification of cars and the lack of sustained running during pre-season testing as compromising his ability to complete a full race distance. He was replaced by Antonio Giovinazzi for the third session, qualifying and the race.


2017 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background, Driver changes
Lance Stroll made his Formula One début with Williams. Giovinazzi and Stroll were the only rookies in the field, with Stoffel Vandoorne at McLaren starting his first full season in the sport after a one-off appearance at the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix and Esteban Ocon at Force India starting his first full season in the sport after starting the last 9 races of the 2016 season.


2017 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background, Tyres
Pirelli supplied the teams with ultrasoft, supersoft and soft tyres. Usually, teams are allowed to choose an individual selection of thirteen different sets for every driver. However, due to the selection deadline falling before the pre-season test when teams were first able to drive with the new compounds, Pirelli allocated every driver the same sets. These were seven sets of ultrasoft, four sets of supersoft and two sets of soft tyres.


2017 Australian Grand Prix, Race
Sebastian Vettel claimed his first win since 2015 after beating both the Mercedes drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, in a straight fight, Hamilton was not helped after he was held up for several laps behind Max Verstappen, the latter revealing he completed the race without a drinks bottle after the Red Bull team forgot to fit it in the car. Daniel Ricciardo's car failed on the way to the grid, eventually he joined the race on the 2nd lap but then retired on lap 26, he said afterwards he was sent out "to have some fun".


2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
The 2017 Individual Speedway Australian Championship is a Motorcycle speedway competition organised by Motorcycling Australia (MA) for the Australian Solo Championship.


2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
The four round series will be held between 4 January and 14 January.


2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
The rounds are scheduled for Gillman Speedway in Adelaide on 4 January, Olympic Park Speedway in Mildura on 7 January, Undera Park Speedway in Undera on 11 January, with the fourth and final round to be held at the Loxford Park Speedway in Kurri Kurri on 14 January.


2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Qualification
The reserves for the series were announced as: James Davies (Vic), Matthew Gilmore (NSW), Dakota Ballantyne (SA) and Alan McDonald (NSW).


2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Points System
Points are standard scoring in Motorcycle speedway of 3 (1st), 2 (2nd), 1 (3rd), 0 (4th) per heat race. A bonus point is added for each position in the "A" Final (meaning even 4th gets a point unless a DNF or exclusion) and no points are scored in the "B" Final. The maximum number of points possible per rider in a single round is 19.


2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Gillman, Gillman "B" Final
1 - Troy Batchelor2 - Rohan Tungate3 - Max Frickee - Sam Masters


2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Gillman, Gillman "A" Final
1 - Davey Watt2 - Justin Sedgmen3 - Troy Batchelor4 - Nick Morris


2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Olympic Park, Olympic Park "B" Final
1 - Justin Sedgmen2 - Brady Kurtz3 - Nick Morris4 - Troy Batchelor


2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Olympic Park, Olympic Park "A" Final
1 - Sam Masters2 - Max Fricke3 - Davey Wattfx - Justin Sedgmen


2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Undera Park, Undera Park "B" Final
1 - Max Fricke2 - Jack Holderr - Brady Kurtzfx - Nick Morris


2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Undera Park, Undera Park "A" Final
1 - Justin Sedgmen2 - Sam Masters3 - Max Fricke4 - Troy Batchelor


2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Loxford Park, Loxford Park "B" Final
1 - Nick Morris2 - Justin Sedgmen3 - Rohan Tungate4 - Davey Watt


2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, Loxford Park, Loxford Park "A" Final
1 - Brady Kurtz2 - Nick Morris3 - Troy Batchelor4 - Sam Masters


2017 Australian Open
The 2017 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 16 and 29 January 2017. It was the 105th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments. As in previous years, the tournament's title sponsor was Kia.


2017 Australian Open
Novak Djokovic and Angelique Kerber were the defending champions and both were unsuccessful in their title defence; they lost to Denis Istomin and Coco Vandeweghe in the second and fourth rounds, respectively. For the first time since the 2004 French Open, both No. 1 seeds lost before the quarterfinals, with both Andy Murray and Kerber defeated in the fourth round.


2017 Australian Open
Roger Federer won his eighteenth men's singles Grand Slam title by defeating Rafael Nadal in a five-set final. It was his first major title since 2012 Wimbledon and a rematch of the 2009 Australian Open final, which Nadal won in five sets. Serena Williams overcame her sister Venus in the women's singles final, surpassing Steffi Graf to become the player with the most major wins in the women's game in the Open Era.


2017 Australian Open, Tournament
The 2017 Australian Open was the 105th edition of the tournament and was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.


2017 Australian Open, Tournament
The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which are part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.


2017 Australian Open, Tournament
The tournament was played on hard courts and took place over a series of 25 courts, including the three main show courts: Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.


2017 Australian Open, Broadcast
In Australia, selected key matches were broadcast live by the Seven Network. The majority of matches was shown on the network's primary channel Channel Seven; however, during news programming nationwide and most night matches in Perth, coverage shifted to either 7Two or 7mate. Additionally, every match was also available to be streamed live through a free 7Tennis mobile app.


2017 Australian Open, Broadcast
Internationally, Eurosport held the rights for Europe, broadcasting matches on Eurosport 1, Eurosport 2 and the Eurosport Player.


2017 Australian Open, Events, Men's Singles
This was a rematch of the 2009 Australian Open final, which Rafael Nadal won to become the first (and to date, only) Spaniard to win the Australian Open title; as of 2021 it remains his only title at the tournament. The final saw the two holding service for six games of the first set, whilst during the seventh game was the pivotal break of serve giving Federer the opening set.


2017 Australian Open, Events, Men's Singles
Nadal quickly broke Federer's serve in the second set racing out to a lead that Federer could not overcome, giving him the second set and levelling the match at one set apiece. The third set was a rather lopsided affair seeing Nadal secure his service game only in the fourth game of the set. The fourth set started off competitively with the two holding serve, until Nadal broke in the fourth game of the set, a lead he would never surrender, evening the match at two sets apiece.


2017 Australian Open, Events, Men's Singles
The decisive fifth set commenced with a break of Federer's serve by Nadal, giving him a lead in the early going; however, Nadal's serve got broken during the sixth game of the set, levelling the match at two sets and three games apiece. Federer won the next three games breaking Nadal's service in the eighth game of the set to allow him to successfully serve out the match in the final ninth game.


2017 Australian Open, Events, Men's Singles
This was Roger Federer's 18th Grand Slam singles title, the most ever by a man in the history of tennis, and it was his fifth Australian Open title, just one shy of the record co-held by Novak Djokovic and Roy Emerson. Federer would go on to equal this record by defending his title successfully the next year.


2017 Australian Open, Events, Women's Singles
This was a rematch of the 2003 Australian Open final, where Serena Williams completed the first "Serena Slam" and her career Grand Slam, whilst Serena won five more Australian Open titles in the interim and her sister Venus had no other final appearances at the event. They each broke the others' serve twice to start the match with Venus finally holding serve in the fifth service game and her sister Serena holding her own serve in the subsequent game.


2017 Australian Open, Events, Women's Singles
The seventh game was the pivotal break of service that Serena Williams got on her sister Venus' serve, costing her the set just a mere three games later. During the second set, the two traded held service games for the first six games to start the set, whilst Venus started serving first. She would get broken again during the seventh game of the set, which eventually surrendered the match to sister Serena. This was Serena Williams' 23 Grand Slam singles title and seventh Australian Open title for her career, both being Open era records, whilst being one shy of Margaret Court's record of 24 in the history of tennis.


2017 Australian Open, Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seeding are arranged according to ATP and WTA rankings on 9 January 2017, while ranking and points before are as of 16 January 2017. The rankings afterwards comes from 30 January 2017.


2017 Australian Open, Singles seeds, Women's singles
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


2017 Australian Open, Main draw qualifier entries
The qualifying competition took place in Melbourne Park on 11 – 14 January 2017.


2017 Australian Open, Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2017 Australian Open, Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries and other reasons.


2017 Australian Open, Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.


2017 Australian Open, Point and prize money distribution, Prize money
The Australian Open total prize money for 2017 was increased by 14% to a tournament record A$50,000,000.


2017 Australian Open, Point and prize money distribution, Prize money
1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money. *per team


2017 Australian Open Series
In tennis, the 2017 Australian Open Series, (sometimes known as the 'Australian Summer of Tennis' which includes a group of hard court tournaments that starts on January 1, 2017 and concludes with the men's singles final at the Australian Open on January 29, 2017.


2017 Australian Open Series, Week 1, WTA – Brisbane International
Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but did not participate due to pregnancy.


2017 Australian Open Series, Week 2, ATP – Apia International (Sydney)
Viktor Troicki was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Gilles Müller.


2017 Australian Open Series, Week 2, ATP – Apia International (Sydney)
Müller went on to win his first ATP title, defeating Daniel Evans in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2.


2017 Australian Open Series, Week 2, WTA – Hobart International
Alizé Cornet was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began due to a back injury.


2017 Australian Open Series, Week 2, WTA – Hobart International
Elise Mertens won her first WTA singles title, defeating Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–3, 6–1. Mertens had come through the qualifying tournament and thus became only the third qualifier to win the Hobart International, following Mona Barthel in 2012 and Garbiñe Muguruza in 2014.


2017 Australian Open Series, Week 3-4, ATP – Australian Open (Melbourne)
Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to the 117th ranked Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan.


2017 Australian Open Series, Week 3-4, ATP – Australian Open (Melbourne)
Roger Federer won his fifth Australian Open title, and 18th Major title overall, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final in five sets. With the win, Federer became the first male player to win at least five titles at three Grand Slam tournaments (five at the Australian Open, seven at Wimbledon and five at the US Open).


2017 Australian Open Series, Week 3-4, ATP – Australian Open (Melbourne)
This was the first Grand Slam tournament in which Andy Murray started as World No. 1 and top seed. Murray retained the top ranking despite losing to Mischa Zverev in the fourth round.


2017 Australian Open Series, Week 3-4, WTA – Australian Open (Melbourne)
Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Coco Vandeweghe.


2017 Australian Open Series, Week 3-4, WTA – Australian Open (Melbourne)
Serena Williams won the title, her 7th Australian title overall and first Australian Open where she did not lose a set during the tournament. She also regained the No. 1 ranking, defeating her sister Venus Williams in the final, 6–4, 6–4. This marks the first time the Williams sisters met in a Grand Slam final since the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and the first time they met in the Australian Open final since 2003.


2017 Australian Open Series, Week 3-4, WTA – Australian Open (Melbourne)
Serena's victory was her 23rd Grand Slam title in singles, surpassing Steffi Graf as the all-time leader in Grand Slam titles in the Open era.


2017 Australian Open – Boys' Doubles
Alex De Minaur and Blake Ellis were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2017 Australian Open – Boys' Doubles
Hsu Yu-hsiou and Zhao Lingxi won the title, defeating Finn Reynolds and Duarte Vale in the final, 6–7(8–10), 6–4, [10–5].


2017 Australian Open – Boys' Singles
Oliver Anderson was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to participate.


2017 Australian Open – Boys' Singles
Zsombor Piros won the title after defeating Yshai Oliel 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2017 Australian Open – Girls' Doubles
Anna Kalinskaya and Tereza Mihalíková were the defending champions, but both players were ineligible to participate.


2017 Australian Open – Girls' Doubles
Bianca Andreescu and Carson Branstine won the title, defeating Maja Chwalińska and Iga Świątek in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–4).


2017 Australian Open – Girls' Singles
Vera Lapko was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to participate.


2017 Australian Open – Girls' Singles
Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk won the title, defeating Rebeka Masarova in the final, 7–5, 1–6, 6–4.


2017 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries
The 2017 Australian Open Wildcard Playoffs and Entries are a group of events and internal selections to choose the eight men and eight women singles wildcard entries for the 2017 Australian Open, as well as seven male and seven female doubles teams plus eight mixed-doubles teams.


2017 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries, US Wildcard Challenge
The US awarded a wildcard to the man and woman that earned the most ranking points across a group of three Challenger/ITF hardcourt events in the United States in October and November 2016. For the men, it was the Charlottesville, Knoxville and Champaign Challengers and for the women, it was Macon, Scottsdale and Waco. Only the best two results from the three challengers were taken into account with the winners being teenagers Michael Mmoh and Kayla Day. These players were announced on 18 November 2016.


2017 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries, Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff
The Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Play-off featured 16-players in the men's and women's singles draws and took place from 28 November to 4 December 2016 at Hengqin International Tennis Centre in Zhuhai, China.


2017 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries, Australian Wildcard Playoff
The December Showdown is held annually for two weeks in December. The Showdown includes age championships for 12/u, 14/u, 16/u and 18/u age categories. It also hosts the 2017 Australian Wildcard Playoff which will be held from 12–18 December 2016 at Melbourne Park. For the first time, a women's doubles playoff will be contested, with the winner receiving a main draw wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open women's doubles. For the second time in a row, the winner of the girls' 18/u championship will be given a main draw wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open.


2017 Australian Open – Men's Doubles
Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Sam Querrey and Donald Young.


2017 Australian Open – Men's Doubles
Henri Kontinen and John Peers won their maiden Grand Slam title, defeating Bob and Mike Bryan in the final, 7–5, 7–5.


2017 Australian Open – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2017 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2017 Australian Open. It was his fifth Australian Open title, and then-record-extending 18th major title overall. The win was Federer's first title in over 12 months, his last being at Basel in November 2015. This was also the first major tournament since the 2002 US Open in which Federer was ranked outside the top-10. He became the oldest man to reach a major final since Ken Rosewall at the 1974 US Open, and the oldest major champion since Rosewall at the 1972 Australian Open. Nadal was attempting to become the first man in the Open Era to achieve a double career Grand Slam.


2017 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion, but he lost in the second round to 117th-ranked Denis Istomin. It was the first time since the 2008 Wimbledon Championships that Djokovic failed to reach the third round of a major and the first time since the 2006 Australian Open that he did so in Melbourne.


2017 Australian Open – Men's Singles
This was the first major in which Andy Murray participated as the world No. 1. Murray retained the top ranking despite losing to Mischa Zverev in the fourth round, as Djokovic did not win the tournament. This was the first time since the 2004 French Open that the top two seeds both failed to reach the quarterfinals of a men's singles major.


2017 Australian Open – Men's Singles
It was the last major singles appearance for 2010 French Open semifinalist and former world No. 8 Jürgen Melzer, who lost in the first round to Federer, and former world No. 8 Radek Štěpánek, who lost to David Goffin in the second round. It was also the first major tournament for future ATP Finals champion and US Open champion Daniil Medvedev, who lost in the first round.


2017 Australian Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2017 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for the men's singles at the 2017 Australian Open.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final
The 2017 Australian Open Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2017 Australian Open. It was contested between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, ranked 17th and 9th in the world respectively. It was their record ninth meeting in a Grand Slam final in their rivalry, and their first meeting in a Grand Slam final since the 2011 French Open.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final
In a rematch of the 2009 Australian Open final, which Nadal won in five sets, Federer won the duel in five sets, beating Nadal for the first time in a Grand Slam since the 2007 Wimbledon final. He also trailed Nadal 3–1 in the final set but won five games in a row to win the title. This ended a six-match losing streak against Nadal in Grand Slam events. Having lost their previous three encounters, this was the first time Federer defeated Nadal at the Australian Open and also marked Federer's first Grand Slam victory over Nadal outside the grass courts of Wimbledon. Federer extended his record of Grand Slam singles titles to 18.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final
Due to their storied rivalry, the advancing age of both players in their respective careers, critical speculation of the match being their last Grand Slam finals contest against one another, the potential tennis history made from either victory and subsequent implications for their respective legacies, and the match's relevance towards popular and critical discussions on either Federer or Nadal being 'the greatest tennis player of all time', the match, referred by the moniker 'Fedal XXXV', was a 'dream final'. Arguably one of the most highly anticipated matches in the history of tennis, the quality of the performances by both players during the match has resulted in it dubbed one of the most important sporting events ever played.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Background
Federer and Nadal's participation in this tournament marked their major returns from their 2016 seasons that saw sidelining injuries. Federer, in particular, had not played a tournament since the 2016 Wimbledon semi-final, having aggravated his surgically repaired knee to the extent that he called off the rest of his 2016 season, including missing out the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio that he was keen to compete in for the singles gold medal that eluded him and also playing the highly anticipated mixed doubles pairing with compatriot and fellow tennis great, Martina Hingis.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Background
Unable to defend his Cincinnati Open and Swiss Basel Indoors titles and his runner up position at the 2015 Wimbledon and US Open, Federer fell from No. 3 to No. 16 at the end of the 2016, dropping out of the top 5 for the first time since March 2014 and dropping out of the top 10 rankings for the first time since 2002. Contrasting Federer's consistent semi-finals and finals appearances in Grand Slams from 2015 Wimbledon onwards, Nadal failed to make a Grand Slam quarter-final since the 2015 French Open.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Background
His last Grand Slam title win was the 2014 French Open, and his last appearance in the Australian Open singles final was against Stan Wawrinka in 2014, which Wawrinka won in four sets. Nadal, however, won the Monte-Carlo Masters title in 2016, while Federer, for the first time since 2000, did not win a tournament title.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Background
Before this tournament, Nadal had reached the quarter-finals of the 2017 Brisbane International, losing to Milos Raonic, while Federer had played in the 2017 Hopman Cup in singles and mixed round robins with Belinda Bencic, winning two and losing one match in both singles and mixed doubles (the Swiss team did not qualify for the final).


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Background
En route to the final, both Federer and Nadal made exceptional campaigns. Federer scored three wins against top-10 seeded players, including a five-set win over Kei Nishikori in the fourth round, which became Federer's 200th win over top-10 players in his career and becoming the first man ever to achieve this feat, and culminating in a gutsy five-set win in the semi-finals over compatriot Stan Wawrinka after surviving several break points in the fifth.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Background
Nadal meanwhile scored two top-10 wins, as well as ending Grigor Dimitrov's unbeaten 2017 win streak of ten matches in the semi-finals in a gruelling five-set match that lasted 4 hours and 56 minutes; during the final set, Nadal was in trouble being down 3–4, 15–40, but managed to recover to defeat the Bulgarian in what up until that point was the best match of the tournament.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Background
When top seeds Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic were surprisingly knocked out early in the draw, a final between Federer and Nadal was anticipated early due to the two men being on opposite sides of the draw. When both players secured their places in the final, this drew immediate attention for being another confrontation between the two perennial arch-rivals and, more importantly, the potential tennis history made from either victory and the subsequent implications upon both players' respective legacies. Both men made a note of the passage of time of their respective careers since their last Grand Slam final meeting and respective struggles, simultaneously acknowledging and embracing the present significance and the magnitude of their upcoming match.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Build-up
Federer's entry in this tournament already drew substantial and critical media attention due to his 6-month layoff from his knee injury, his continued years-long quest for his 18th singles major, and his consistent form and reflected appearances in two semi-finals and two finals in four previous Grand Slam tournaments despite his advancing age.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Build-up
The final between Federer and Nadal further developed from that attention and the match was immediately regarded by fans, fellow tennis contemporaries, pundits and analysts, and the media as a 'dream final' and, more importantly, a match of historical significance for both players, as agreed by many past legends such as Andy Roddick and Pam Shriver as well as renowned tennis analyst Mary Carillo.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Build-up
Due to their respective ages of 35 and 30, the increasing number of years since their last respective Grand Slam title wins, and the perceived declines from their prime years which saw some critics voicing opinions that neither player would ever win a singles major again, it was critically speculated that this tournament final may mark the last time that Federer and Nadal would meet and contest each other in a Grand Slam final.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Build-up
Furthermore, many other pundits and analysts also agreed that this match could very well prove who between Federer and Nadal would be popularly and critically viewed as the "greatest tennis player of all time". Federer held the all-time count of Grand Slam singles titles at 17, while Nadal held the second all-time count of 14 tied with Pete Sampras and a dominant head-to-head 23–11 record against Federer.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Build-up
This final would either see Federer breaking his historic all-time record of 17 Grand Slam singles titles, or Nadal winning his 15th Grand Slam singles title which would break the tie between himself and Sampras' Grand Slam title count and subsequently narrow the Grand Slam title count gap between himself and Federer. Furthermore, should Nadal win, he would become the first man in the Open Era to achieve a double career Grand Slam, winning each of the Grand Slams at least twice in men's singles.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Build-up
Numerous tennis players and legends voiced their opinions on the match and who would win, including Australian Open promotional interviews with Roy Emerson, Fred Stolle, John McEnroe, Lindsay Davenport, and Rod Laver, in addition to other media interviews with John Newcombe, Martina Navratilova, Lleyton Hewitt, Pat Rafter, Michael Chang, Mary Joe Fernández, and Andy Roddick.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Build-up
Federer's age, his last two disappointing four-set losses in Grand Slam tournament finals, his first tournament return from his six-month layoff and the fact that he had played two five set matches in the last 7 days at the age of 35 were all collectively cited against Federer's chances for winning the final, in addition to the popularly cited Nadal's dominant head-to-head record (including 3-0 against Federer in their previous Australian Open matches), and particular match-up against Federer's game.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Build-up
Players remarked that the court speed would favour Federer's game over Nadal's, and the media noted that Federer's game might be further helped by the courts being comparatively faster than the previous year's Australian Open, but this remains disputed.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Build-up
Further adding to Federer's chances to winning were their last encounter ending in Federer's favour at the 2015 Swiss Basel Indoors, the fact that, despite having played two five-set matches in the past week, Federer had had an additional day of rest compared to Nadal who had recently won his intensely contested five-set semi-final match against Grigor Dimitrov which lasted almost five hours, but most importantly, a noticeably improved and more aggressive backhand that might hold up better against Nadal's high-spinning forehand.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Match
The match lasted 3 hours 38 minutes including a medical time-out for Federer after the fourth set. Federer won the first set 6–4 after breaking Nadal in the seventh game. Nadal won the second set 6–3 where he broke Federer twice, and Federer broke back once. The start of the third set saw a crucial momentum swing, where Federer saved three break points in his opening service game, all of which were saved by aces. After holding on to his serve, Federer subsequently broke Nadal twice to take the set 6–1. The fourth set was won by Nadal 6–3, and it came down to a fifth set.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Match
Federer took an off-court medical time-out at the start of the fifth set. Upon resumption of play, Nadal broke Federer in the first game and was leading the final set 3–1. Federer, however, would prove to be too strong for Nadal afterwards. He broke back to level the set at 3–3.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Match
After holding his serve to take the lead 4–3, Federer went on to break Nadal's next service game, which included a 26-shot rally (the longest in the match) at deuce that featured incredible shots from both players that drew a standing ovation from the crowd that lasted nearly a full minute. Whilst serving for the championship at 5–3, Federer had to overcome a 15–40 deficit to reach championship point. On his second championship point, Federer hit a forehand winner that landed on the line of the alley on the deuce side. Nadal challenged the call, but, upon a Hawk-Eye review, the call was upheld, and Federer won the match.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Statistics
The match statistics followed a similar pattern to those at the 2009 Australian Open final, with a few exceptions: Federer had a higher break point conversion rate than Nadal, while Nadal won a higher percentage of points at the net.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Statistics
The most striking difference between this match and past Fedal Slam finals is that Federer hit more than double the number of winners than Nadal, 73 to 35.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Significance
Winning his fifth Australian Open title, Federer extended his all-time record of Grand Slam titles to 18, pulling four ahead of the second all-time count of 14 held by Nadal and Pete Sampras. Federer also became the first man ever to win at least five singles at three different Grand Slams each (Australian Open, Wimbledon, and US Open).


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Significance
In addition to being denied his third effort to win the Australian Open title, Nadal was also denied, for the second time after the 2014 Australian Open final, from becoming the first man to achieve a double career Grand Slam in the Open Era. Furthermore, Federer's victory was his first Grand Slam match win over Nadal since the 2007 Wimbledon final nearly a decade earlier, and also marked Federer's first-ever win over Nadal in a Grand Slam match outside of the grass courts of Wimbledon.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Significance
Most importantly, Federer's victory marked the culmination of his years-long quest since his 2012 Wimbledon win for his 18th Grand Slam singles title, which previously saw three finals appearances and losses all to then-reigning No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the 2014 Wimbledon, 2015 Wimbledon and the 2015 US Open. At 35 years and 174 days of age, Federer became the second-oldest winner of a Grand Slam after Ken Rosewall since 1972.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Significance
Considered altogether along with his return from his six-month injury layoff, his 2017 Australian Open run seeing three five-set match wins over the top ten players, and his Grand Slam match history of losses against Nadal, Federer's victory from being down 1–3 in the final set against Nadal is considered by some to be the biggest win in his career.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Significance
Federer's fifth Australian Open title win marked a tournament-record seven-year-long gap between a player's successive Australian Open titles and also established an Open-era Slam record of a 13+ year-long span of winning men's singles Grand Slam titles since his maiden 2003 Wimbledon title win. Winning another Australian Open title also saw Federer increase his all-time record count of hard court singles majors to ten, two ahead of the second all-time count of eight held by Novak Djokovic. In addition, the match was also Federer's career seventh five-set Grand Slam final match, subsequently breaking the all-time career record tie held with Björn Borg of six Grand Slam five-set finals.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Significance
Federer's winning campaign included defeating four top 10 players, three of which went to a fifth set and two of them were back-to-back: fifth seed Kei Nishikori in the fourth round; fourth seed Stan Wawrinka in the semi-final; and ninth seed Nadal in the final. This particular feat was last achieved 35 years ago by the unseeded 17 year-old Mats Wilander at the 1982 French Open. The 2017 Australian Open final also marked Federer's 100th Australian Open match. The victory catapulted Federer back into the top 10 rankings at No. 10, while Nadal's runner-up position advanced his rank from No. 9 to No. 6.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Significance
Nadal and Federer would continue their resurgent form throughout the season, each winning two of the four majors (Federer winning a record eighth Wimbledon title, Nadal a record 10th French Open and a third US Open) and finishing as world number one and two respectively. Federer, however, won all four matches between the two during the season, including a fourth-round encounter at Indian Wells and two further finals at the Masters 1000 series events in Miami and Shanghai.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Viewership
The match was one of the most-watched tennis matches in history. Eurosport's coverage of the event reached 9.7 million viewers across Europe, becoming its most-watched tennis match of all-time and the second most-watched sports event in Eurosport’s history, averaging 7.2 million viewers through the match's duration and peaking at 8 million viewers during the final set. Eurosport's coverage of the final also broke local records receiving the highest ever amount of average viewers for a Eurosport programme in the Netherlands with 503,000 viewers and in Spain with 610,000 viewers.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Viewership
In Australia, the free-to-air television broadcast on the Seven Network was the highest-rating Australian Open Men's Singles Final in more than a decade, with a combined 2.668 million viewers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth. Including regional viewers (965,000), the figure rose to 3.615 million viewers across Australia. A one-minute period peaked at 4.4 million viewers across Australia. Across the final day of the tournament, 6.5 million Australians watched at least five consecutive minutes of the broadcast. In addition, the match was streamed online in Australia by nearly 190,000 people. The Seven Network had a free-to-air audience share of 54.5% between 6:00 PM and 12:00 AM.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Viewership
In the United States, ESPN said the men’s final drew a record audience since it moved to an overnight time slot in 2005. Starting at 3:30 AM ET Sunday, the five-set match posted a 0.9 overnight rating (~1.05 million households), up 80% from the 2016 final between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. The network said it likely would be the most-watched program at that hour in ESPN history.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Reactions
Joining the social media congratulations and praise from fans, commentators, fellow contemporaries and tennis legends such as Billie Jean King who praised Federer as the greatest of all time, were other sport stars and legends outside of tennis such as Mesut Özil, Ian Thorpe, Alex Morgan, Sachin Tendulkar, Pau Gasol, Luís Figo, Franco Baresi, Karrie Webb, Lin Dan, and Usain Bolt. Golf legend 'Golden Bear' Jack Nicklaus, who holds the all-time record of golf majors at the same number of 18, also offered his congratulations to Federer for winning his 18th major tennis singles win.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Reactions
Commentators contributed their post-match thoughts. Brad Gilbert said to his fellow commentators Chris McKendry and Darren Cahill that he could easily make a case that Federer, being 1-3 down to his archrival Nadal in the final deciding set, would go on to play the best five games in his career, coming up the most clutch that he has ever been, especially in the face of Nadal and everything that was on line in losing this match to him.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Reactions
Patrick McEnroe of ESPN said that Federer 'out-Rafa'd Rafa', noting that, instead of being emotionally and physically depleted from being grounded down by Nadal's persistence and tenacity, Federer this time around was 'the fighter. . . that was defending, that was scrapping, was coming up with shots on the run' that, coupled with his serve, saw him close the gap between himself and Nadal and then go on to win the deciding set of the match.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Reactions
John McEnroe remarked that Nadal's long semi-final and the one day of difference of rest between him and Federer perhaps made themselves felt in the latter stages of the match.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Reactions
But John McEnroe, who himself in the past was one of the critics who judged that Federer would never again win another major after his 2012 Wimbledon title win, remarked that during the match's final set Federer 'showed more heart and will than he ever has in a singles match in his life,' which led to Federer's victory that in John McEnroe's eyes cemented Federer as being the best player of all time unless Nadal can win additional majors to once again close the gap between their respective Grand Slam singles title count.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Reactions
Due to the form shown by both players, both McEnroe brothers say that Federer and Nadal could very well win at their respective most successful Slams of Wimbledon and the French Open ahead. This prediction proved out to be correct, as later in the year Nadal and Federer, won French Open and Wimbledon respectively, both without dropping a set. Nadal also won the US Open later the same year. In 2018, Federer successfully defended his Australian Open title, defeating finalist Marin Čilić in five sets as well as Nadal successfully defended his French Open title, defeating finalist Thiem in three sets.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Reactions
Pat Cash criticized Federer's 'lengthy break' after the 4th set due to a medical time-out, accusing him of "legal" cheating and criticized the tournament for allowing Federer to do so. In response, Federer said that Cash was unfair and exaggerating in his criticism, elaborating that his quad and groin began to hurt through the second and third sets respectively and finally warranted a medical time-out after the end of the fourth set.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Reactions
Further defending his integrity, Federer said that he was the last guy to take a medical time-out, much less abuse it, citing his 20-year career of having not called a medical time-out prior to the 2017 Australian Open. When asked in the post-match conference for his thoughts, Nadal was indifferent, "[having] no opinion and didn't know what was going on". Nadal himself had taken a brief break in which he went to the dressing room and returned to court in fresh clothes.


2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final, Reactions
As precedence, Nadal also took a time-out in the 2014 final against Stan Wawrinka when he was behind, and came back to play better and win the third set in that final following the break. Nadal's uncle and coach, Toni Nadal, also believed that Federer's medical time out was not called to secure an advantage from stopping the match's rhythm and pace. In fact, Nadal broke Federer's serve immediately after the time-out.


2017 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Elena Vesnina and Bruno Soares were the defending champions, but Vesnina chose not to participate this year. Soares played alongside Kateřina Siniaková, but the team withdrew before their second round match against Elina Svitolina and Chris Guccione.


2017 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Abigail Spears and Juan Sebastián Cabal won the title, beating Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2017 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Gustavo Fernández and Alfie Hewett.


2017 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Joachim Gérard and Gordon Reid won the title, defeating Fernández and Hewett in the final, 6–3, 3–6, [10–3].


2017 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Gordon Reid was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Joachim Gérard.


2017 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Gustavo Fernández won the title, defeating Nicolas Peifer in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0.


2017 Australian Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Lucas Sithole and David Wagner were the defending champions. Sithole did not participate this year, as he was ranked outside the world top 3 and did not receive the wildcard. Wagner played alongside Andrew Lapthorne and successfully defended the title, defeating Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2017 Australian Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles
Dylan Alcott was the defending champion and successfully defended his title after defeating Andrew Lapthorne 6–2, 6–2 in the final.


2017 Australian Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles, Draw, Round Robin
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2017 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Marjolein Buis and Yui Kamiji were the defending champions, but they chose not to play together. Buis played alongside Lucy Shuker, but lost in the semifinals to Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot.


2017 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Kamiji played alongside Diede de Groot, but they lost in the final to Griffioen and Van Koot, 3–6, 2–6.


2017 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles
Jiske Griffioen was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Yui Kamiji in the final.


2017 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Hingis played alongside CoCo Vandeweghe, but lost in the second round to Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua. Mirza teamed up with Barbora Strýcová, but lost in the third round to Eri Hozumi and Miyu Kato.


2017 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová won the title, defeating Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai in the final, 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3.


2017 Australian Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
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2017 Australian Open – Women's Legends Doubles
Lindsay Davenport and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions. The tournament is played using Fast4 format.


2017 Australian Open – Women's Legends Doubles
The tournament was not completed as one of the match was not played because the teams chose not to play.


2017 Australian Open – Women's Legends Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus Williams in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2017 Australian Open. It was Serena's 7th Australian Open title and her 23rd major title overall, surpassing Steffi Graf as the Open Era leader in women's singles major titles. Serena won the title without losing a set during the tournament. This marks the first time the Williams sisters met in a major final since the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and the first time they met in the Australian Open final since 2003. With Serena's win, she also regained the WTA singles No. 1 ranking. Serena was roughly 8-weeks pregnant with her first daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., by the end of this tournament. This was also Venus' first major final since the 2009 Wimbledon final.


2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but she lost in the fourth round to unseeded CoCo Vandeweghe.


2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni reached her second major semifinal 18 years after her first at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships.


2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
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2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 2017 Australian Open.


2017 Australian Production Car Series
The 2017 Australian Production Car Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Group 3E Series Production Cars. It was the second Australian Production Car Series following the discontinuation of the Australian Production Car Championship at the end of 2015.


2017 Australian Production Car Series
The series was won by Grant Sherrin & Iain Sherrin  driving a BMW M4.


2017 Australian Super Series
The 2017 Australian Super Series was the sixth Super Series badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Sydney from 20–25 June 2017 with a total purse of $750,000.


2017 Australian aeroplane bomb plot
Four suspects were arrested without charge by Australian Federal Police on 29 July 2017 in Sydney on suspicion of an Islamic State inspired plot to plant a bomb on an Etihad Airways flight departing Sydney on 15 July 2017.


2017 Australian aeroplane bomb plot, Plot
Two Lebanese-Australian brothers, Khaled Khayat (49) and Mahmoud Khayat (32) were charged with "preparing for, or planning, a terrorist attack". The plan was to detonate an improvised explosive device (IED) concealed in a suitcase twenty minutes into an Abu-Dhabi-bound flight with 400 passengers aboard. The plot was prevented at the airport check-in counter when a passenger attempted to check in a bag that was suspiciously heavy. The IEDs were shipped international cargo from ISIS members to the plotters in Australia. The two brothers charged in the case are said to have a brother, Tarek, who is a senior member of the Islamic State in Raqqa. The IEDs inside the luggage were concealed inside a meat grinder and a Barbie doll.


2017 Australian aeroplane bomb plot, Plot
Lebanese Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk said Lebanese authorities had been monitoring the brothers for over a year, and that they coordinated their activities with their Australian counterparts. According to Machnouk, the plot was foiled because the luggage was overweight, and that the plot may have succeeded if the weight limit had not been exceeded. According to Machnouk, the alleged motive was to punish the United Arab Emirates and Australia for being part of the US-led coalition against Islamic State.


2017 Australian aeroplane bomb plot, Plot
On 29 July 2017, the Australian Federal Police conducted raids on five properties in response to suspicion of an Islamist inspired terrorist attack plot on an aeroplane. Four suspects were arrested and authorities sought a court ruling to hold the men for the duration of the property searches before laying any potential charges. A woman in Surry Hills denied that her son or husband had any links to terrorism.


2017 Australian aeroplane bomb plot, Plot
The Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, said the raids were a major joint counter-terrorism operation. Andrew Colvin, the Australian Federal Police Commissioner, told reporters at a news conference: "In recent days, law enforcement has become aware of information that suggested some people in Sydney were planning to commit a terrorist attack using an IED (improvised explosive device)," adding that specific information was not yet available and that the investigation will be "long and protracted". According to Michael Phelan, Federal Police (AFP) Deputy Commissioner, the plan was "one of the most sophisticated plots that has ever been attempted on Australian soil". On 3 August, one suspect was released and three remained detained while property searches continued.


2017 Australian aeroplane bomb plot, Plot
Airport security measures were increased at major airports throughout Australia in response to the possible threat.


2017 Australian aeroplane bomb plot, Plot
Following an announcement by the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton announced in Canberra on 20 February 2018 that the information used to thwart the plot was supplied by Unit 8200, a branch of the military intelligence agency Aman.


2017 Australian aeroplane bomb plot, Sentences
On 17 December 2019 Khaled Khayat was sentenced by Justice Christine Adamson to 40 years in prison (non-parole period of 30 years). Mahmoud Khayat was sentenced to 36 years (non-parole period of 27 years).


2017 Australian aeroplane bomb plot, Sentences
Amer Khayat was the third brother who was to, unknowingly, carry the bomb onto the plane. Amer was arrested overseas and spent two and a half years in a Beirut prison. In September 2019 he was cleared of any involvement by a military tribunal.


2017 Australian federal budget
The 2017 Australian federal budget was the federal budget to fund government services and operations for the 2017–18 financial year. The budget was presented to the House of Representatives by Treasurer Scott Morrison on 9 May 2017. It was the fourth budget to be handed down by the Liberal/National Coalition since their election to government at the 2013 federal election, and the second to be handed down by Morrison and the Turnbull Government.


2017 Australian federal budget, Taxation
The Medicare levy is to increase from 2% to 2.5% of taxable income, with effect on 1 July 2019. The proposed levy increase was scrapped on 25 April 2018.


2017 Australian federal budget, Taxation
A bank levy of 0.06% was imposed on the liabilities (ie., deposits) of the five biggest banks (Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, National Australia Bank, ANZ and Macquarie) and was expected to generate $6.2 billion over four years (ie., $1.5 billion each year). The legislation passed parliament on 19 June and came into effect on 1 July 2017.


2017 Australian federal budget, Taxation
Broadcasting licence fees worth $90 million paid by free-to-air broadcasting networks are to cease.


2017 Australian federal budget, Taxation
The "deficit levy" of 2% on personal incomes over $180,000 will expire on 30 June 2017.


2017 Australian federal budget, Expenditure
Commonwealth funding for schools will increase by $18.6 billion over 10 years from 2017 to 2027. The Australian Government will invest $5.3 billion into the construction of the Second Sydney Airport over 4 years from 2017 to 2021.


2017 Australian federal budget, Education
University funding will be a reduced by 2.5%. University fees will go up by $2,000 to $3,600 for a four-year course, an increase of 1.8% in 2018, and 7.5% by 2022. From 1 July 2018, the income level at which HECS debt repayments start will be reduced, from $55,000 to $42,000.


2017 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2017 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island on 22 October 2017.


2017 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Moto2 race report
Miguel Oliveira took his first victory in the Moto2 class and became the first Portuguese rider to win in the intermediate class. KTM took their first victory in Moto2, the first in the intermediate class since the 250cc 2008 British Grand Prix; this ended Kalex winning streak, which had started at the 2015 Argentine Grand Prix.


2017 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Moto2 race report, Moto3
The race, scheduled to be run for 23 laps, was red-flagged on lap 16 due to a rain shower that fell on certain parts of the track. As the race already went through two-thirds of race distance, the race was stopped and the final results were taken at the end of the 15th lap and full points were awarded.


2017 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race, MotoGP
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.


2017 Austria Open
The 2017 Dynamic Austria Open, was the third Euro Tour 9-Ball pool event in 2017. The event was won by Austria's Mario He who defeated Spain's Francisco Sánchez Ruíz 9–2 in the final.


2017 Austria Open, Tournament format
The event saw a total of 162 players compete, in a double-elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as single elimination.


2017 Austrian Athletics Championships
The 2017 Austrian Athletics Championships (German: Österreichische Staatsmeisterschaften in der Leichtathletik 2017) was the year's national championship in outdoor track and field for Austria. It was held on 8 and 9 July at the Linzer Stadion in Linz. It served as the selection meeting for Austria at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.


2017 Austrian Darts Open
The 2017 Austrian Darts Open was the seventh of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna, Austria between 23–25 June 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.


2017 Austrian Darts Open
Phil Taylor was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 6–4 in the final of the 2016 tournament, but he decided not to participate in the tournament in 2017.


2017 Austrian Darts Open
Michael van Gerwen won the title, defeating Michael Smith 6–5 in the final.


2017 Austrian Darts Open, Qualification and format
The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 May automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.


2017 Austrian Darts Open, Qualification and format
The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Milton Keynes on 19 May), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 31 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 22 June), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 19 May) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 22 June).


2017 Austrian Darts Open, Qualification and format
Adrian Lewis withdrew for health reasons the day before the event, meaning a fifth Host Nation Qualifier will take his place.


2017 Austrian Grand Prix
The 2017 Austrian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Großer Preis von Österreich 2017) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 9 July 2017 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria.


2017 Austrian Grand Prix
The race, which was contested over seventy-one laps, was the ninth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 31st running of the Austrian Grand Prix and the 30th time it had been held as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series inception in 1950, every time at Spielberg using the current or former variations of this circuit.


2017 Austrian Grand Prix
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the round as the championship leader, with a 14-point advantage over Lewis Hamilton, and extended it to 20 points. Mercedes led Ferrari by 24 points in the Constructors' standings at the start of the round, and extended it to 33 points.


2017 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
At the start Valtteri Bottas made a perfect get away to lead Sebastian Vettel into the first corner, behind them there was problems with Daniil Kvyat hitting Fernando Alonso who then in turn hit Max Verstappen, both Alonso and Verstappen retired, Kvyat was given a drive through penalty for causing the accident. Bottas came under investigation for a jump start but the stewards issued no penalty. The rest of the race had little action until towards the end Vettel applied pressure on Bottas for the lead but ultimately he failed to get passed Bottas who won the race. Daniel Ricciardo meanwhile held off Lewis Hamilton for the final podium spot allowing Vettel to extend his championship lead to 20 points.


2017 Austrian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 15 October 2017 to elect the 26th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called when the coalition government between the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) was dissolved in May by the latter party's new leader Sebastian Kurz.


2017 Austrian legislative election
The ÖVP took a strong lead in opinion polls after Kurz's confirmation as leader, and emerged as the largest party in the election, with 31.5% of votes cast and 62 of the 183 seats in the National Council. The SPÖ finished second with 52 seats, just ahead of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), which received 51 seats. NEOS was fourth with 10 seats. The Greens failed to meet the 4% electoral threshold and were ejected from parliament for the first time since entering in 1986, losing all of their 24 seats. The Peter Pilz List, which had split from The Greens at the start of the campaign, won 4.4% and 8 seats.


2017 Austrian legislative election
Sebastian Kurz claimed victory on election night. Incumbent Chancellor and SPÖ leader Christian Kern announced that he was willing to consider a coalition with the FPÖ, though he said that the likelihood of such a coalition was very small. Kurz was formally invited to form a government on 20 October, and began coalition talks with FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache four days later. Negotiation teams on both sides were established to work on a coalition agreement. The talks proved to be successful and led to the formation of the first Kurz government on December 18.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Background
Conservative ÖVP party leader Reinhold Mitterlehner resigned on 10 May. On 14 May Minister for Foreign Affairs and Integration Sebastian Kurz was unanimously elected new leader of the ÖVP by the federal party committee and called a snap election. Kurz announced the creation of an independent (but ÖVP-backed) list for the elections under the name "List Sebastian Kurz - The new People's Party", which would be open to non-ÖVP experts or otherwise-interested people.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Background
Green Party leader Eva Glawischnig resigned from all her offices on 18 May, citing family and health-related reasons but also increasing political pressure over the last months following the expulsion of the Young Greens from the party, as well as the coming challenging election campaign. On 19 May, the Green Party committee unanimously elected current Tyrol state party head Ingrid Felipe as its new party leader. However, MEP Ulrike Lunacek was chosen as the party's candidate for the Chancellorship in the 2017 elections.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Background
On 14 June, the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) announced that it would drop a 30-year ban on coalitions with the far-right FPÖ under certain conditions. The party's "values compass" included a set of requirements that any coalition partner had to fulfil, including having a pro-European policy, a commitment to a minimum wage of €1,500 a month, gender equality and upholding human rights.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Background
On 27 June, Team Stronach announced that they would not contest the elections after founder Frank Stronach decided to stop all financial contributions to the party and stated his intention to leave politics.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Background
On 8 July, independent 2016 presidential candidate Irmgard Griss joined an electoral alliance with NEOS. Although not a member of the party and despite not participating in their primaries, she was given second place on the NEOS list after party leader Matthias Strolz. This measure was approved by a wide margin among delegates at a party meeting in Vienna.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Background
On 14 July, former FPÖ-leader in Salzburg Karl Schnell announced that he would run in the election with a list called "Freie Liste Österreich – Liste Dr. Karl Schnell (FLÖ)". Schnell already has the support of 3 MPs in parliament and won't need to submit 2600 signatures to be on the ballot.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Background
On 17 July, long-time Green Party MP and founding member Peter Pilz decided to leave the parliamentary club. On 25 June, a majority of Green Party delegates at a convention voted not to renew his spot on the party list for the election. Pilz has repeatedly stated interest for running his own list in the election. On 25 July, he presented his new list, Peter Pilz's List, during a press conference. Pilz already has the support of 4 MPs in parliament and won't need to submit 2600 signatures to be on the ballot.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Background
On 14 August, the SPÖ ended their co-operation with Israeli election adviser Tal Silberstein after he was arrested in Israel on suspicion of money-laundering and corruption. For several years, Silberstein worked as an opinion poll and campaign strategy consultant on behalf of the Social Democratic Party.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Background
On 14 August, popular Austrian comedian Roland Düringer announced that his satirical, anti-establishment list My Vote Counts! (G!LT) collected more than 2600 signatures and will appear on the ballot in every state.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Background
On 16 August, the KPÖ+ election alliance between the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) and the Young Greens announced that they collected more than 2600 signatures and will appear on the ballot in every state. Following their expulsion from the Green Party in May, the Young Greens joined the alliance with the Communist Party.