2017 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match which was played at Croke Park on 17 March 2017 to determine the winners of the 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 47th edition of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Cuala of Dublin and Ballyea of Clare, with Cuala winning by 2-19 to 1-10.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Cuala and Ballyea was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams. Both teams were also appearing in their first All-Ireland final.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Ballyea struggled in the opening half as their star player, Tony Kelly, found it difficult to adjust to the pace of the game. His difficulties began after seven minutes when he hit the post with a point attempt and he blasted a wide soon after. Cuala positioned wing-back John Sheanon at midfield to mark Kelly and the ploy paid off with Kelly eventually slapping across the body of Seán Treacy in frustration for a 27th minute booking. Ballyea scored just two first-half points from play with free-taker Niall Deasy converting the other two and trailed by 1-07 to 0-04.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
A clear turning point arrived two minutes into the second-half when Lillis was through on goal for Ballyea but released a weak shot that was saved when a goal seemed a certainty. A goal would have cut the gap to three at that stage and Cuala responded with three points themselves, from Treacy and Con O'Callaghan, to open up a commanding 1-10 to 0-04 lead. Ballyea's best period of the game came between the 37th and 51st minutes when they outscored Cuala by 1-06 to 0-04, including a 51st minute Deasy goal, to cut the gap to just four points. But Cuala's second goal from Malone in the 54th minute, after being released by Con O'Callaghan, set the seal on a famous win for the south Dubliners. Substitute Colum Sheanon glossed the scoreline with back to back injury-time points.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Cuala's All-Ireland victory was their first ever and a first for a Dublin club. They became the 26th club to win the All-Ireland title.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 130th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Thirty-three teams took part – thirty-one of the thirty-two Counties of Ireland (Kilkenny, as in previous years, do not enter), London and New York.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Dublin won their third championship in a row, defeating Mayo in the final on 17 September 2017 by 1–17 to 1-16.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Format, Provincial Championships format
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. All teams who lose a match in their provincial championship (with the exception of New York) enter the All-Ireland qualifiers. All provincial matches are knock-out.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Format, Qualifiers format
Twenty eight of the twenty nine teams beaten in the provincial championships enter the All-Ireland qualifiers, which are knockout. Sixteen of the seventeen teams (New York do not enter the qualifiers) eliminated before their provincial semi-finals play eight matches in round 1, with the winners of these games playing the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists in round 2. The eight winning teams from round 2 play-off against each other in round 3, with the four winning teams facing the four beaten provincial finalists in round 4 to complete the double-elimination format. Further details of the format are included with each qualifier round listed below.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Format, All-Ireland format
The four provincial champions play the four winners of round 4 of the qualifiers in the quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. All matches are knock-out. If a game ends in a draw it is replayed. If a replay ends in a draw, two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way. If extra time ends in a draw, the match is replayed for a third time.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Changes from 2016
On 1 January 2017 the 'mark' was introduced. It is defined as -


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Changes from 2016
When a player catches the ball cleanly from a kick-out without it touching the ground, on or past the 45 metre line nearest the kick out point, he shall be awarded a ‘mark’ by the referee. The player awarded a ‘mark’ shall have the options of (a) taking a free kick or (b) playing on immediately.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Senior Football Championship
The four teams who won the quarter-finals in the previous year are given byes to this year's quarter-finals.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Senior Football Championship
The two teams who won the semi-finals in the previous year are given byes to this year's semi-finals.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Senior Football Championship
The Munster championship differs from the other provincial championships with regard to which teams are designated A or B in the qualifiers -


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Senior Football Championship
An un-seeded draw determines the fixtures for all nine teams.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, A and B Teams
An A and B system for the qualifier draws was introduced in 2014 and has been retained. The teams are designated as A or B depending on which half of their provincial championships they play in. Although some teams receive byes in the early provincial rounds, their position in the round in which they enter the competition is usually determined by the provincial draw, resulting in most teams being designated as A or B randomly. For example, each of the four provinces has two semi-finals – one between two teams designated A and one between two teams designated B – and the beaten semi-finalists in each province will always be one A team and one B team.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, A and B Teams
In all qualifier rounds A teams play A teams and B teams play B teams. Usually the A teams play their provincial games before the B teams which allows the A qualifier games to be scheduled a week before the B qualifier games. The A and B system attempts to ensure that teams beaten in the provincial championships get a least two weeks before playing their subsequent qualifier match though this is not always possible.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 1
In the first round of the qualifiers sixteen of the seventeen teams beaten in the preliminary rounds or quarter-finals of the provincial championships compete. New York does not enter the qualifiers. Four A teams play four A teams and four B teams play four B teams. The round 1 draw is unrestricted − if two teams have played each other in a provincial match they can be drawn to meet again with the winner of the provincial match receiving home advantage. The eight round 1 winners play the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists in round 2 of the qualifiers.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 1
Laois (A) Longford (A) Louth (A) Wicklow (A) Carlow (B) Offaly (B) Wexford (B)


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 1
Antrim (A)  Derry (A)  Armagh (B) Cavan (B) Fermanagh (B)


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 2
In the second round of the qualifiers the eight winning teams from Round 1A and Round 1B play the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists. The round 2 draw is unrestricted − if two teams have played each other in a provincial match they can be drawn to meet again with the winner of the provincial match receiving home advantage. The eight winners of these matches play each other in Round 3.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 3
In the third round of the qualifiers winning teams from round 2A  play against winning teams from round 2A and winning teams from round 2B play against winning teams from round 2B. Round 3 draw rules do not allow two teams that have played each other in a provincial match to meet again if such a pairing can be avoided. The four winners of these matches play the four beaten provincial finalists in round 4.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 4
In the fourth round of the qualifiers, the four winning teams from round 3 play the four beaten provincial finalists. Round 4 draw rules do not allow two teams that have played each other in a provincial match to meet again if such a pairing can be avoided. The matches are normally held in neutral venues. The four winners of these matches play the provincial champions in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals
The four provincial champions play the four winners from round 4 of the qualifiers. Draw rules 1) Two teams who met in a provincial final cannot meet again 2) If one of the provincial champions has already met one of the qualifiers in an earlier match then those two teams cannot be drawn together if such a pairing can be avoided.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals
This was the final year of the knock-out quarter-finals which began with the introduction of the All-Ireland qualifiers in 2001. Following a vote at the GAA congress on Saturday 25 February 2017, the last eight teams in 2018 competed in two groups of four with the winners and runners-up in each group progressing to the semi-finals.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Semi-Finals
There is no draw for the semi-finals as the fixtures are pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensures that a provinces champions play the champions of the other three provinces once every three years in the semi-finals if they each win their quarter-finals and prevents the champions from the same two provinces meeting in the semi-finals in successive years. If a qualifier team beats a provincial winner in a quarter-final, the qualifier team takes that provincial winner's place in the semi-final.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Referees Panel
Cormac Reilly (Meath) returned after missing 2016, while Eddie Kinsella (Laois) retired at the end of 2016.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Broadcast Rights
Matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ and Sky Sports under a new five-year contract that was agreed in December 2016. In the United Kingdom, matches were shown on Sky Sports and worldwide coverage was provided on GAAGO. RTÉ Radio 1 also had full radio rights to all championship games which were previously shared with Newstalk.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Broadcast Rights
RTÉ coverage was shown on RTÉ Two on The Sunday Game Live presented by Michael Lyster in high definition. Des Cahill presented The Sunday Game highlights and analysis show on Sunday evening.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Broadcast Rights, Live Gaelic Football On TV
RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland, provide the majority of the live television coverage of the football championship in the first year of a five-year deal running from 2017 until 2021. Sky Sports also broadcast a number of matches and have exclusive rights to some games including two All-Ireland football quarter-finals. BBC Northern Ireland broadcast all games from the Ulster Championship which are shown live on RTÉ, with full deferred coverage later in the evening of those games not shown live.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards, Sunday Game Team of the Year
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 17 September, the night of the final. Dublin's James McCarthy was named as the Sunday Game player of the year.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards, All Star Team Of The Year
Nominations were revealed on 21 September 2017. The football All Stars were revealed on 3 November 2017. Andy Moran was announced as player of the year and Con O'Callaghan as young player of the year.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards, All Star Team Of The Year
Jack McCaffrey, Cian O’Sullivan, Michael Fitzsimons, Philip McMahon, John Small, Jonny Cooper (Dublin), Keith Higgins, Lee Keegan, Chris Barrett, Colm Boyle, Brendan Harrison (Mayo), Pádraig Hampsey, Tiernan McCann (Tyrone), Paul Murphy, Tadhg Morley (Kerry), Conor Devanney (Roscommon), Caolan Mooney (Down), Fintan Kelly (Monaghan).


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards, All Star Team Of The Year
James McCarthy, Brian Fenton (Dublin), Tom Parsons (Mayo), Colm Cavanagh (Tyrone), Enda Smith (Roscommon), Kevin Feely (Kildare).


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards, All Star Team Of The Year
Andy Moran, Kevin McLoughlin, Aidan O’Shea, Jason Doherty, Cillian O’Connor (Mayo), Ciarán Kilkenny, Con O’Callaghan, Paul Mannion, Dean Rock (Dublin), Paul Geaney, Kieran Donaghy, James O’Donoghue (Kerry), Peter Harte, Niall Sludden (Tyrone), Connaire Harrison (Down), Patrick McBrearty (Donegal), Jamie Clarke (Armagh), Daniel Fly


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Stadia and locations
Each team has a nominal home stadium, though not all teams are guaranteed a home game over the course of the Championship. In addition, games may be played at a neutral or alternate venue. For example, Dublin have not played a Championship game in Parnell Park, their nominal home, since the 2004 Championship.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, the 130th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 17 September 2017.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The final was the fourth occasion that the two counties met in the final, following matches in 1921, 2013 and 2016. Prior to the game, Dublin were seeking their third consecutive All-Ireland title, while Mayo were aiming for their first All-Ireland since 1951. The same two counties played in the ladies' All-Ireland final. This was only the second time that the final pairing had been the same in the men's and ladies' championships; the first time was in 1982, when Kerry played Offaly in the men's and ladies' finals. It was the second consecutive year that a team qualified under the system of second chances introduced in 2001; Mayo played despite defeat in its provincial championship.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Dublin won the final by a point on a 1–17 to 1–16 scoreline to claim their third title in a row, the first time this has happened since 1921–23.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The final was played before a capacity attendance of 82,243 people. The match drew a peak audience of 1.3 million, which made it the most watched RTÉ broadcast of 2017, surpassing the hurling final. The following year, Martin Breheny listed this as the fourth greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The game was televised nationally on RTÉ Two as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Joe Brolly, Pat Spillane, and Colm O'Rourke. Match commentary was provided by Ger Canning with analysis by Dessie Dolan. The game was also televised internationally by Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final
The two teams had widely varying paths to the final. Whereas Mayo struggled (losing to Galway, needing extra time to beat Derry and Cork and replays to beat Roscommon and Kerry), Dublin breezed to the final, winning their five games by 12, 31, 9, 10 and 12 points respectively.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Jubilee team
The Donegal team that won the 1992 All-Ireland Final were presented to the crowd before the match to mark 25 years.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
Demand for tickets was extremely high in both counties with Dublin and Mayo receiving around 32,000 tickets between them. Stand tickets were priced at €80 with terrace at €40.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Related events
The 2017 All-Ireland Minor Football Final was played between Kerry and Derry as a curtain-raiser to the senior final, with Kerry winning by 6–17 to 1–8.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Officials
On 4 September, Cavan's Joe McQuillan was confirmed as the referee for the final. It was McQuilllan's third All Ireland final having previously been in charge in 2011 and 2013. Cork's Conor Lane was the standby referee, the other linesman was Padraig O’Sullivan from Kerry and the Sideline official was Niall Cullen.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Build-up
The All-Ireland final was played between Dublin and Mayo, the second consecutive meeting of the teams in the decisive match. The reigning champions, Dublin, had defeated Mayo following a replay, and were looking to claim their third consecutive title. Dublin were favourites to win prior to throw-in. Pre -match discussion in the media revolved around the Mayo curse, a superstition held among GAA fans that Mayo will not win the All-Ireland until every member of the victorious 1951 team had died. The curse allegedly arose after a priest punished the team for celebrating rapturously in front of a funeral procession.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Build-up
The game attracted additional international information as association football pundits Jeff Stelling and Chris Kamara made their commentary debut at a GAA game, alongside legendary GAA commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Team news
Dublin and Mayo both named the same fifteen players that played in the semi-final wins for the final. Prior to the start of the match, Eoghan O'Gara was named to start for Dublin instead of Niall Scully, with Paddy Durcan also starting instead of Diarmuid O'Connor for Mayo.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
The game took place in Croke Park before a capacity audience of 82,000. After 90 seconds of play, Dublin took a definitive lead as Con O'Callaghan scored a goal when he ran at the Mayo defence before shooting low along the ground to the corner of the net at the hill 16 end. However, despite this early three-point lead, Mayo played dominantly throughout the opening 35 minutes, scoring seven points from play to take a one-point lead in at half-time, 0–9 to 1–05. Andy Moran was responsible for three of these points, and his first-half performance was praised by pundits.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
However, after the second half began, the game took on a different complexion as Dublin seized the lead by scoring three consecutive points. However, Mayo reclaimed the lead early into the half as Lee Keegan scored a goal to put his team one point ahead. The talking point of the match occurred in the 48th minute, as Dublin's John Small, who had previously received a yellow card in the first half, was sent off for a foul on Colm Boyle. However, Donal Vaughan of Mayo was also sent off after striking Small in the face in retaliation for the foul.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
This left both teams reduced to fourteen men for the remaining duration of the game. After seventy minutes of the game had elapsed, the teams were tied at 1–16 apiece, and it appeared that the game was destined for a draw and replay. In the seventy-first minute, Mayo were awarded a kickable free and an opportunity to go ahead. Cillian O'Connor, who had missed a free under a similar scenario in the previous final, took the kick, and missed, having it strike the post and rebound away from goal.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Then, with a mere minute of the six additional minutes remaining, Diarmuid Connolly was fouled approximately forty-five metres from the Mayo goal, leaving Dublin with a kick to win the game. Dean Rock, the son of Barney Rock, one of the most famous Gaelic footballers from the capital, took the free. Lee Keegan controversially threw a GPS device at Rock as he took the free, yet the Dubliner was undeterred and converted. This left the defending champions one point ahead. Ciarán Kilkenny was then given a black card as Dublin looked to win the Mayo kickout.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
With Dublin now down to 13 men, they reclaiming possession as David Clarke kicked the ball over the Cusack stand sideline. Dublin maintained possession for approximately 90 seconds until the final whistle was blown. Stephen Cluxton, the Dublin captain, then lifted the Sam Maguire Cup for the fifth time in seven years.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Trophy presentation
Dublin captain Stephen Cluxton accepted the Sam Maguire Cup from GAA president Aogan O' Fearghail in the Hogan Stand. Cluxton was making a record 91st championship appearances and lifted the cup for a record fourth time. He was one of 12 Dublin players who collected their fifth senior All-Ireland winners medal. The 12 Dublin players are the only men outside of Kerry to win five senior All-Ireland winners medals in Gaelic Football.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Reaction
Highlights of the final were shown on The Sunday Game programme which aired at 9:30 pm that night on RTÉ Two and was presented by Des Cahill. James McCarthy, Dean Rock and Chris Barrett were shortlisted for the Man of the Match award. The winner was James McCarthy with GAA president Aogan O' Fearghail presenting the award at the Dublin post match function, held in the Gibson hotel.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Celebrations
The Dublin team had a homecoming celebration the day after the final at Smithfield in Dublin which started at 6:30 pm. The night before, players and their management team celebrated their win at The Gibson Hotel.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 130th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 23 April 2017 and ended on 3 September 2017. The draw for the championship was held on 13 October 2016 and was broadcast live on RTÉ2.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary, the 2016 champions, were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final. Meath fielded a team in the championship for the first time since 2004.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
On 3 September 2017 Galway won the championship following a 0-26 to 2-17 defeat of Waterford in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title and their first in 29 championship seasons.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was a double-elimination tournament based on the Leinster and Munster provincial championships and the Christy Ring Cup. Fifteen teams took part.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
The 2017 championship was the last to feature mostly knock-out Leinster and Munster championships. On 30 September 2017, the Special Congress held at Croke Park voted by 62% to restructure the Leinster and Munster championships as two provincial groups of five teams who compete on a round-robin basis.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Leinster and Munster Championship Formats
Seven of the twelve Leinster counties compete. Galway and Kerry, though not in Leinster, also participate. The competition begins with a qualifier group consisting of the four weakest teams. Two teams from the qualifier group progress and the remainder of the competition is knock-out. Most of the beaten teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers – the two bottom teams in the Leinster qualifier group do not.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Leinster and Munster Championship Formats
In 2017 the bottom team in the Leinster qualifier group will be relegated to next year's Christy Ring Cup (2nd tier). Their place in next year's Leinster qualifier group will be taken by the winner of 2017's Christy Ring Cup.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Leinster and Munster Championship Formats
Meath qualified for this year's Leinster Championship by winning the 2016 Christy Ring Cup.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Leinster and Munster Championship Formats
Five of the six Munster counties compete. Kerry participates in The Leinster Hurling Championship (see above). The competition has a knock-out format. All of the beaten teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Qualifiers Format
The eight teams beaten in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Leinster and Munster Hurling Championships enter the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers. The GAA congress held in February 2017 voted to allow the winners of the 2017 Christy Ring cup to enter the 2017 qualifiers in a new preliminary round. The qualifiers are knock-out and eventually result in two teams who progress to the two All-Ireland quarter-finals.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, All-Ireland Format
The beaten finalists in the Leinster and Munster championships play the two winning teams from round two of the qualifiers in the two All-Ireland quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, the Leinster and Munster champions play the winners of the two quarter finals. The final normally takes place on the first Sunday in September.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Non-participating Provincial Championships
Connacht and Ulster teams can compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (tier 1) by gaining promotion through the tiers of hurling – the Christy Ring Cup (tier 2), the Nicky Rackard Cup (tier 3) and the Lory Meagher Cup (tier 4).


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Non-participating Provincial Championships
This competition is no longer organised. Galway represent Connacht and participate in the Leinster Championship.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format, Non-participating Provincial Championships
Although this competition takes place, it is not part of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Currently no Ulster teams qualify to play in this year's Leinster championship which means that winning the Christy Ring cup is their only route into this year's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Format
Nine counties compete - seven from Leinster plus Galway and Kerry. Last year's Leinster champions receive a bye into the semi-final. The championship begins with a qualifier group involving the four weakest teams. The group winners and runners-up join four of the five strongest teams in the three Leinster quarter finals as the competition continues in a knock-out format. Two semi-finals and a final follow.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Qualifier Group
Red background (row 4) are relegated and play in the Christy Ring Cup next year. The winners of this year's Christy Ring Cup are promoted in their place to the qualifier group of next year's Leinster Championship.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Qualifier Group
As Westmeath, Kerry and Meath all finished on two group points, they are ranked according to score difference.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Qualifier Group, Leinster Knockout Stage
Last year's Leinster champions receive a bye into the semi-finals. The remaining six teams (four seeded teams plus the qualifier group winners and runners-up) play in three quarter-finals. An informal system of promotion or relegation operates in this round; if a team from the qualifier group wins their quarter-final, they will be seeded in next year's Leinster championship and the beaten seeded team will compete in next year's Leinster qualifier group.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Qualifier Group, Leinster Semi-Finals
Last year's Leinster champions receive a bye into the semi-finals. They are joined by the winners of the three quarter-finals.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster Format
Five of the six Munster counties participate. Kerry compete in the qualifier group of the Leinster championship. The competition is entirely knock-out.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Overall Format
A total of nine teams enter the qualifiers – five of the seven teams eliminated in Leinster before the final (three losing quarter-finalists and two losing semi-finalists), all three teams knocked-out in Munster before the final and the winners of 2017's Christy Ring Cup.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Overall Format
The fixtures are decided by draws which are detailed in the sections below. All qualifier matches are knock-out and eventually result in two teams who progress to the two All-Ireland quarter-finals.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Preliminary Round, Qualifiers Preliminary Round Format
The GAA congress held in Feb 2017 voted to allow the winners of the 2017 Christy Ring cup to enter the 2017 qualifiers in a new preliminary round. The Christy Ring cup winners play the losers of one of the three Leinster quarter finals.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 1, Qualifiers Round 1 Format
After the qualifiers preliminary round, the eight remaining qualifier teams play in four matches. A draw is made such that the three Munster teams are paired with three teams beaten in the Leinster championship. Teams who have already met in the Leinster championship cannot be drawn to meet again if such a pairing can be avoided. The draw was made on the morning of the 26 June.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 2, Qualifiers Round 2 Format
The four winners of round 1 play in two matches. Teams who have already met in the Leinster or Munster championships cannot be drawn to meet again if such a pairing can be avoided.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals
The beaten finalists from the Leinster and Munster championships play the winners of round 2 of the qualifiers in the two quarter-finals. Teams who have already met in the Leinster or Munster championships cannot be drawn to meet again if such a pairing can be avoided.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Semi-Finals
The Leinster and Munster champions play the winners of the two quarter-finals. Teams who have already met in the Leinster or Munster championships cannot be drawn to meet again if such a pairing can be avoided.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Semi-Finals
This year, as Cork had met both Tipperary and Waterford in the Munster championship, a repeat pairing could not be avoided. The draw took place on 24 July to decide the fixtures.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Broadcast Rights
Matches will be broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ and Sky Sports under a new five-year contract that was agreed in December 2016. In the United Kingdom, matches will be shown on Sky Sports and worldwide coverage will be provided on GAAGO. RTÉ Radio 1 will also have full radio rights to all championship games which were previously shared with Newstalk.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Broadcast Rights
RTÉ coverage will be shown on RTÉ One on The Sunday Game Live presented by Michael Lyster in high definition. Des Cahill will present The Sunday Game highlights and analysis show on Sunday evening.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Broadcast Rights, Live Hurling On TV
RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland, will provide the majority of the live television coverage of the championship in the first year of a five-year deal running from 2017 until 2021. Sky Sports will also broadcast a number of matches and will have exclusive rights to some games.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 3 September, which was the night of the final. The panel consisting of Brendan Cummins, Michael Duignan, Tomás Mulcahy, Jackie Tyrrell, Anthony Daly, Eddie Brennan and Cyril Farrell unanimously selected Galway's Gearóid McInerney as the Sunday game player of the year.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
On 2 November, the 2017 PwC All-Stars winners were announced. On 3 November 2017 at the presentation of the All-Star awards, Joe Canning was named as the All Stars Hurler of the Year with Conor Whelan named the All Stars Young Hurler of the Year.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the 130th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 3 September 2017.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The final was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ Two as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Liam Sheedy, Henry Shefflin and Ger Loughnane. Match commentary was provided by Marty Morrissey with analysis by Michael Duignan. The game was also shown live on Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
Galway won their fifth All-Ireland title, winning by three points, it was their first title since 1988.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The match drew a peak audience of 1.1 million which made it the most watched RTÉ broadcast of 2017 up to then before being overtaken by the football final, it had an average audience of 901,500.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
The match was the 11th championship meeting between Galway and Waterford, the first in 1938 with the most recent in 2011. Galway had never beaten Waterford in the championship.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
Galway were looking to win their fifth All-Ireland title after winning in 1923, 1980, 1987, and 1988. Waterford were looking for a third title after winning in 1948 and 1959.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Jubilee team
The Kilkenny team that won the 1992 All-Ireland Final were presented to the crowd before the match to mark 25 years.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
With a stadium capacity of 82,300, the 32 individual county boards received 60,000 tickets. Schools and third level colleges got 2,500 tickets, while season ticket holders were entitled to 5,500 tickets. 1,000 tickets were given to overseas clubs. The Camogie, Ladies' Football, Handball and Rounders Associations were each allocated about 200 tickets, as were the jubilee teams and mini-7s which play at half-time. Demand for tickets was very high in both counties with Galway and Waterford having receiving around 32,000 tickets between. Stand tickets were priced at €80 with terrace at €40.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Related events
The 2017 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final was played between Galway and Cork as a curtain-raiser to the senior final, with Galway winning by 2-17 to 2-15.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Officials
On 17 August 2017 the officials were chosen for the final by the GAA, with Tipperary's Fergal Horgan being named as the referee in what will be his first senior final. Cork’s Colm Lyons was named as linesman and standby referee with Paud O’Dwyer of Carlow on the other line. The sideline official were Johnny Murphy from Limerick. The umpires were John Ryan, Paul Ryan, Mick Butler, and Sean Bradshaw.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Team news
During Galway's win in the semi-final, Adrian Tuohy was involved in an incident where the helmet of Tipperary player Bonner Maher was pulled off. It was confirmed a few days later that he would face no sanction arising from the incident and would be free to play in the final.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Team news
During the semi-final win against Cork, Waterford's Austin Gleeson in a similar incident to Adrian Tuohy's pulled Luke Meade’s helmet off his head in the first half. It was confirmed on 15 August that he would also escape punishment from the CCCC for the incident and would be free to play in the final. It was confirmed on 22 August that Waterford's Conor Gleeson would miss the final after being handed a one-match ban after receiving a straight red card in the semi-final win against Cork.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Team news
Jonathan Glynn was named in the starting line-up for Galway for the first time in two years, replacing Niall Burke in the half-forward line. Tadhg de Búrca returned to the Waterford line-up after being suspended for the semi-final, replacing the banned Conor Gleeson.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
Galway thundered into Waterford from the beginning giving na Déise very little room to breathe. Playing into the Davin end, Joe Canning  opened the scoring for Galway after 18 seconds with a point from out on the left which he hit over his left shoulder. Further points from Johnny Coen, Joseph Cooney, and Cathal Mannion gave Galway a four points to no score lead after four minutes.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
In the fifth minute, Kevin Moran scored Waterford's first score, a goal when he ran in on goal after collecting a pass from Michael Walsh to finish low to the left of the net. Kevin Moran got a point in the 11th minute to make the score 0-6 to 1-2. David Burke got his second point in the 21st minute to make it 0-10 to 1-4.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
In the 22nd minute, a high ball in from Kieran Bennett went all the way into the net after a mistake by Galway goalkeeper Colm Callanan when he tried to catch the ball after it bounced, this made the score 0-10 to 2-4. Galway had a one-point lead at half-time on a 0-14 to 2-7 scoreline.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
In the second-half Pauric Mahony got the first point from a free to level the match after three minutes. Waterford had a one-point lead in the 43rd minute after another free from Pauric Mahony. Joe Canning leveled the match a minute later from a free. After fifty minutes Galway had a two pint lead on a 0-20 to 2-12 scoreline, and with ten minutes to play the Galway lead was one point. With five minutes to go the lead was four for Galway after a point from Jason Flynn.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
Joe Canning got Galway's last point in the last minute from another free to make it 0-26 to 2-16 with the final score of the match coming from another Pauric Mahony free in the first minute of the four minutes which were added on. Despite attempts by Waterford to score a goal and level the match, Galway held on to win by three points, 0-26 to 2-17.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Trophy presentation
Galway captain David Burke accepted the Liam MacCarthy Cup from GAA president Aogan O' Fearghail in the Hogan Stand. During his speech Burke paid tribute to the late Tony Keady and Niall Donoghue. The Galway team then did a victory lap around Croke Park with the trophy.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Highlights of the final were shown on The Sunday Game programme which aired at 9:30pm that night on RTÉ Two and was presented by Des Cahill with match analysis from Brendan Cummins, Eddie Brennan, and Anthony Daly. On the man of the match award shortlist were David Burke, Gearóid McInerney and Jamie Barron, with David Burke winning the award which was presented by GAA president Aogan O' Fearghail at the City West hotel in Dublin where the post match Galway function was being held.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Celebrations
The Galway teams returned home on the 4 September were the homecoming event was held at Pearse Stadium, with the team arriving around 7:30pm, a crowd of around 20,000 turned put to greet the team. Before that the team stopped on the way at the Fairgreen in Ballinasloe at 3pm where almost 15,000 people turned out.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 44th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic Football tournament. It is known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
As well as live games on TG4, this season was the first to see live-streaming of championship games via YouTube.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Format
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise their provincial championship. Each province determines the format for deciding their champions and it may be league, group, knock-out, double-elimination, etc. or a combination. For clarity, the format is explained in the provincial sections below.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Format
All teams except the provincial champions enter the All-Ireland qualifiers. The final four winners from the qualifiers re-enter the All-Ireland championship at the quarter-final stage. All matches are knock-out.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Format
The four provincial champions play the four winners from the qualifiers in the All-Ireland quarter-finals with the winners progressing to the semi-finals. The final is normally played on the fourth Sunday in September. All matches are knock-out.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Format
This was the first year that Hawkeye was used in Ladies Gaelic Football but was limited to televised matches.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Connacht Championship, Connacht Format
As only two teams enter, a knock-out final is played.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Championship, Leinster Format
Three of the four Leinster teams (Kildare, Laois and Westmeath) compete in an initial group stage. Each team plays all the other teams once in three rounds.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Championship, Leinster Format
The group winner advances to the final. The group runner-up plays Dublin in the semi-final.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Championship, Munster Format
The three Munster teams (Cork, Kerry and Waterford) compete in an initial group stage. The top two teams advance to the final.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Championship, Ulster Format
Four teams compete in two semi-finals and a final. All matches are knockout.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Qualifiers, Qualifiers Format
All the teams except the provincial champions enter the qualifiers. All matches are knock-out.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Qualifiers, Qualifiers Format
A preliminary round is held to reduce the number of teams to eight who then play four matches. The four winners play the four provincial champions in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals
The four provincial champions play the four remaining teams from the qualifiers.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Dublin and Mayo. Dublin also played Mayo in the 2017 men's All-Ireland final. This was only the second time that the two finals featured teams representing the same two counties; the first time was in 1982, when Kerry played Offaly in both the men's and ladies' finals.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
Dublin ended their losing streak in All-Ireland finals with a dominant display of attacking football against Mayo. There was some drama in the first-half when in the 24th minute the Mayo goalkeeper, Yvonne Byrne, dragged down Sinéad Aherne. The referee, Seamus Mulvihill, awarded a penalty and sin-binned Byrne. However Mayo's substitute goalkeeper, Aisling Tarpey, subsequently saved the penalty taken by Aherne. The Dublin forwards were in top form. Despite missing the penalty, Aherne went on to score nine points. Niamh McEvoy and Carla Rowe scored 1–1 each and Noëlle Healy was named player of the match. Strong performances in defence by Sinéad Goldrick and Niamh Collins limited the impact of Cora Staunton. However despite this Mayo remained in contention until the last ten minutes. Three late goals, two from substitute Sarah McCaffrey and one from Carla Rowe, eventually put the result beyond doubt.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Route to the Final
In the semi-finals, Mayo ended Cork's six year reign as All-Ireland champions when they defeated Cork 3–11 to 0–18. Dublin's route to the final was featured in a behind-the-scenes documentary, Blues Sisters, broadcast on RTÉ One on 28 November 2017.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Attendance record
The attendance of 46,286 was a record for an All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final. It was also the best attended women's sports final of 2017. The second best attended final was the 2017 FA Women's Cup Final which had an attendance of 35,271. It was also the best attended women's sporting event in Europe during 2017. A BBC Northern Ireland report declared it was "the highest attended women's sporting event in the world in 2017", describing the 2017 Solheim Cup, which was attended by 125,000, as a "tournament...held over three days".


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, TV audience
In addition to breaking attendance records, the 2017 final also set a new TV audience record for TG4. An average of 303,800 people watched the final – the highest figure since the station started broadcasting women's finals in 2001. Viewing peaked at 5.24pm when 409,700 people were watching and the broadcast reached 563,000 viewers in total, accounting for 40% of the viewing public in the Republic of Ireland.


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Ciara Trant2 Martha Byrne3 Sinéad Finnegan4 Rachel Ruddy5 Sinéad Goldrick6 Niamh Collins 7 Leah Caffrey8 Lauren Magee9 Olwen Carey10 Carla Rowe11 Lyndsey Davey12 Nicole Owens 13 Sinéad Aherne (c)14 Niamh McEvoy15 Noëlle Healy


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:Deirdre Murphy for Finnegan (18)Fiona Hudson for Byrne (43)Sarah McCaffrey for Owens (50)Molly Lamb for McEvoy (53)


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Yvonne Byrne2 Orla Conlon3 Sarah Tierney (c)4 Martha Carter5 Rachel Kearns6 Marie Corbett 7 Fiona Doherty8 Aileen Gilroy9 Fiona McHale10 Doireann Hughes11 Niamh Kelly12 Ciara Whyte 13 Sarah Rowe14 Cora Staunton15 Grace Kelly


2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:Aisling Tarpey for Yvonne Byrne (24)Amy Dowling for Niamh Kelly (41)Shauna Howley for Grace Kelly (57)


2017 All-Ireland Under-17 Hurling Championship
The 2017 All-Ireland Under-17 Hurling Championship was the first and only staging of the All-Ireland Under-17 Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's primary inter-county hurling championship for boys under the age of seventeen. The championship began on 11 April 2017 and ended on 6 August 2017.


2017 All-Ireland Under-17 Hurling Championship
On 6 August 2017, Cork won the championship following a 1–19 to 1–17 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final.


2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The 2017 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship was an inter-county gaelic football competition between 31 of the 32 counties of Ireland (Kilkenny did not participate). Provincial championships were held in Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster with the winners progressing to the All-Ireland semi-finals.


2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
This was the final year of the Under 21 football championship. Beginning in 2018, it was replaced by an Under 20 championship following a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016.


2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Dublin beat Galway by 2-13 to 2-7 in the final on 29 April.


2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The competition was sponsored for the third time by EirGrid.


2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The 2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 54th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. The championship began on 24 May 2017 and ended on 9 September 2017.


2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
Waterford entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the Munster semi-final. Meath fielded a team in the championship for the first time in several seasons.


2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
On 9 September 2017, Limerick won the championship following a 0-17 to 0-11 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title overall and their first in two championship seasons.


2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The 2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Semple Stadium, Thurles on 9 September 2017 to determine the winners of the 2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 55th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Kilkenny of Leinster and Limerick of Munster, with Limerick winning on a scoreline of 0-17 to 0-11.


2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Kilkenny and Limerick was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams. Kilkenny were appearing in their first final in five years, while Limerick were lining out in their second final in three seasons.


2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final, Summary
Limerick failed to settle early on and Shane Walsh wasted little time in pointing Kilkenny into an early lead. Limerick found the pace of the game and a string of points from Aaron Gillane, Barry Nash, Ronan Lynch and Peter Casey gave the Munster champions a 0-7 to 0-1 lead after 16 minutes. The teams went point for point for a spell, however, Gillane and Ronan Lynch pointed to give Limerick an 0-11 to 0-4 half-time cushion.


2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final, Summary
Kilkenny struggled to cut into that seven-point advantage after the interval. Liam Blanchfield finally hit point number five for Kilkenny in the 43rd minute, but the response was immediate from Limerick when Casey pointed from the left. Alan Murphy took over the Kilkenny free-taking duties and fired three points for his side as Kilkenny closed the deficit to 0-14 to 0-8 with 11 minutes remaining. John Donnelly reduced the deficit to five points before a couple of quick points from placed balls from Murphy put Limerick under pressure. Gillane settled Limerick with a great score from the left before substitute Oisín O'Reilly clinched victory with a battling score after he was twice hooked in the build up.


2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final, Summary
Limerick's All-Ireland victory was their first since 2015. The win gave them their sixth All-Ireland title over all and cemented their place in fifth position on the all-time roll of honour. Limerick also retained their 100% record of never losing a final.


2017 All-Pro Team
The 2017 All-Pro teams were named by the Associated Press (AP), Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA), and Sporting News (SN) for performance in the 2017 NFL season. While none of the All-Pro teams have the official imprimatur of the NFL (whose official recognition is nomination to the 2018 Pro Bowl), they are included in the NFL Record and Fact Book and also part of the language of the 2011 NFLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement. Any player selected to the first-team of any of the teams can be described as an "All-Pro."


2017 All-Pro Team
The AP team, with first-team and second-team selections, was chosen by a national panel of fifty NFL writers and broadcasters. The Sporting News All-NFL team is voted on by NFL players and executives and will be released at a later date. The PFWA team is selected by its more than 300 national members who are accredited media members covering the NFL.


2017 All-Pro Team, Key
AP-2t = Tied for second-team All-Pro in the AP vote


2017 All-Pro Team, Key
PFWA did not separate the tackles and guards into more specific positions as the AP did.


2017 All-SEC football team
The 2017 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 2017 Southeastern Conference football season.


2017 All-SEC football team
Georgia won the conference, in a rematch, beating Auburn 28–7 in the SEC Championship.


2017 All-SEC football team
Auburn running back Kerryon Johnson was voted the AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Georgia linebacker Roquan Smith was voted the AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.


2017 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP


2017 Allan Cup
The 2017 Allan Cup was the 2017 Canadian Grand National Championship of Senior ice hockey and the 109th year the trophy was awarded. The tournament was played at the J.K. Irving Centre in Bouctouche, New Brunswick from April 10 to 15, 2017 and won by the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts.


2017 Allan Cup, Information
Kenora, Ontario was originally named the host city for the 2017 national championship. Following the dissolution of the Kenora Thistles senior hockey club in 2016, Hockey Canada awarded hosting duties to the community of Bouctouche and the Bouctouche Dodge Rams JCs.


2017 Allan Cup, Information
Former professional hockey players competing in this year's Allan Cup were: Aaron Asham (Bouctouche), Ryan Bonni (South East), Steve Christie (South East), Ryan O'Marra (Stoney Creek), Terry Yake (South East), and Tyler Sloan (Grand Falls-Windsor).


2017 Allentown mayoral election
The 2017 mayoral election in Allentown, Pennsylvania was held on November 7, 2017, and resulted in the incumbent mayor Ed Pawlowski, a member of the Democratic Party, being re-elected to a fourth term over Republican Party candidate Nat Hyman.


2017 Allentown mayoral election, Campaign
The Republican nominee was Nat Hyman, a jeweler and real estate developer. Hyman was the first Republican candidate to make an Allentown mayoral election competitive in a decade. Common Sense Independent Party candidate John Richard Ingram, also a real estate developer, and Solomon Tembo, the candidate of the King Solomon Tembo party, were also on the ballot. Ray O'Connell, the president of the Allentown City Council, also ran as a write-in candidate. O'Connell; Siobhan "Sam" Bennett, a bed and breakfast owner; Lehigh County Commissioner David Jones; Joshua Siegel; Charlie Thiel, a member of the Allentown school board; and Nathan Woodring also sought the Democratic Party nomination. Luiz Garcia also sought the Republican nomination.


2017 Allentown mayoral election, Campaign
No debates were held during the election; instead the candidates engaged in retail politics. Pawlowski worked to increase turnout among Allentown's Hispanic and Syrian populations.


2017 Allentown mayoral election, Campaign
In July 2017 Pawlowski was the subject of a 54-count indictment that alleged that he conspired to provide municipal contracts in return for campaign contributions, dinners and tickets to sports events.


2017 Allentown mayoral election, Aftermath
Pawlowski resigned in March 2018 following his conviction on corruption charges. The City Council selected O'Connell to succeed Pawlowski later that month.


2017 Allsvenskan
The 2017 Allsvenskan, part of the 2017 Swedish football season, is the 93rd season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The season began on 1 April 2017 and ended on 5 November the same year. Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 9 December 2016. A total of 16 teams participated.


2017 Allsvenskan
Malmö FF were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season. Malmö FF won the Swedish championship this season, their 23rd Allsvenskan title and 20th Swedish championship overall, in the 27th round on 16 October 2017 when they won 3–1 in the away fixture against IFK Norrköping at Östgötaporten.


2017 Allsvenskan, Summary, Allsvenskans stora pris
For the fifth year running, the broadcaster of Allsvenskan, C More Entertainment, hosted an award ceremony where they presented seven awards and two special awards to the players and staff of the 16 Allsvenskan clubs, the award ceremony was held on 7 November 2017. The nominations for the 2017 season were officially announced on 3 November 2017. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text. Malmö FF and Djurgårdens IF received the most nominations with six nominations each, while Östersunds FK received three nominations, IFK Göteborg received two nominations, and AIK, BK Häcken, GIF Sundsvall, and IFK Norrköping each received one nomination.


2017 Allsvenskan, Suspended matches, IFK Göteborg vs. AIK
The match at Gamla Ullevi between IFK Göteborg and AIK on 18 May 2017 was postponed, following reports of attempted match fixing. The match was rescheduled for 10 August 2017.


2017 Allsvenskan, Teams
A total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including thirteen sides from the previous season, two promoted teams from the 2016 Superettan and one team from the 2016 Allsvenskan play-offs.


2017 Allsvenskan, Teams
Gefle IF and Falkenbergs FF were relegated at the end of the 2016 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2016 Superettan champions IK Sirius and runners-up AFC United. IK Sirius returned to Allsvenskan after 42 years' absence, having been relegated at the end of the 1974 season. This is IK Sirius' fourth season in the league. AFC United are participating in the league for the first time in the club's history; they are the third new club in the last four Allsvenskan seasons (following Falkenbergs FF in 2014 and Östersunds FK in 2016).


2017 Allsvenskan, Teams
The final spot will be taken by the 2016 Allsvenskan play-offs winner; Halmstads BK, third-placed team in 2016 Superettan.


2017 Allsvenskan, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring
All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor Svenska Spel as well as the Allsvenskan logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.


2017 Allsvenskan, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Allsvenskan, Play-offs
The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets the third-placed team from 2017 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.


2017 Almaty Challenger
The 2017 Almaty Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan between 2 October and 7 October 2017.


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


2017 Almaty Challenger – Doubles
Timur Khabibulin and Aleksandr Nedovyesov won the title after defeating Ivan Gakhov and Nino Serdarušić 1–6, 6–3, [10–3] in the final.


2017 Almaty Challenger – Singles
Filip Krajinović won the title after defeating Laslo Đere 6–0, 6–3 in the final.


2017 Alps Tour
The 2017 Alps Tour was the 17th season of the Alps Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour.


2017 Alps Tour, Graduates
The top five players (not otherwise exempt) on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2018. Since the first-place finisher earned Challenge Tour status in a higher category by making the cut in the final stage of Q School, the sixth-place finisher received the fifth card.


2017 Alwar mob lynching
The 2017 Alwar mob lynching was the attack and murder of Pehlu Khan, a dairy farmer from Nuh district of Haryana, allegedly by a group of 200 cow vigilantes affiliated with right-wing Hindutva groups in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. Six others who were with Pehlu Khan were also beaten by the cow vigilantes.


2017 Alwar mob lynching, Background
The Supreme Court has issued notices to Rajasthan along with four other Indian states (Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Karnataka) and to the central government asking for a ban on such groups. During the attack, Rajasthan and the neighboring state of Haryana were ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, and cow vigilante groups were active in those states.


2017 Alwar mob lynching, Incident
The victim was Pehlu Khan, a 55-year old resident Jaisinghpur village, in Nuh tehsil of Mewat. On 31 March, he left his village for Jaipur to purchase dairy cattle. Khan was one of only 10 dairy farmers in his village, and he was hoping to increase milk production for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan.


2017 Alwar mob lynching, Incident
On 1 April, Khan, along with six others, was returning from Jaipur to his village in Nuh, Haryana, carrying cows and calves. They were allegedly stopped near Jaguwas crossing at Jaipur-Delhi national highway by 200 cow vigilantes. Khan showed a Jaipur civic document as proof the cows had been bought for milk. According to Irshad, the son of Pehlu Khan who with him, "We had all the relevant papers to show that we were carrying the cows for dairy farming. We showed them the receipt of sale and purchase. But they were in no mood to listen to us. They tore our documents and attacked my father in front of my eyes."


2017 Alwar mob lynching, Incident
Despite the documentation, Khan and others were dragged out of their vehicles. The mob beat them with rods and sticks. Pehlu Khan later died from his injuries, whilst others, though seriously injured, survived.


2017 Alwar mob lynching, Incident
The perpetrators also reportedly robbed the victims of their cellphones and wallets (the victims said they lost Rs. 110,000).


2017 Alwar mob lynching, Arrests
Police have arrested three people; Kalu Ram aged 44 of Ratanpura,  Vipin Yadav aged 19, and Ravindra Yadav aged 30 from Behror. Home Minister Rajnath Singh has assured justice for the lynching incident.


2017 Alwar mob lynching, Response
The incident was widely condemned, and many called for the government to crack down on cow-protection vigilante groups.


2017 Alwar mob lynching, Response, Government
Rajasthan's Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria defended the cow vigilantes, describing their deed as "alright" and blaming the victims for illegally transporting animals though the victims had documents from Jaipur Municipal Corporation for the purchase of cows. Initially, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also denied the incident and stated "Alwar gau rakshak attack did not happen", but later admitted the incident and tried to clarify his earlier remark.


2017 Alwar mob lynching, Response, Other
Sadhvi Kamal Didi praised the vigilantes accused of carrying out the lynching. Kamal Didi is the president of Rasthriya Mahila Gau Rakshak Dal, a cow-protection group. She equated the accused to popular historical Indian figures like Bhagat Singh and Chandra Shekhar Azad, saying the vigilantes of today will "be known as heroes in the future".


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack
On 10 July 2017, the first Monday of the month of Shraavana, 8 Hindu civilian pilgrims on the way from Amarnath Temple in Kashmir Valley, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, were killed in a terror attack. The pilgrims mostly belonged to the Indian state of Gujarat. Seven people were killed and at least 18 people were injured in the attack.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Background
The 48-day July–August annual Hindu pilgrimage, undertaken by up to 600,000 or more pilgrims to the 130 feet (40 m)-high glacial Amarnath cave shrine of iced stalagmite Shiv linga at 12,756 feet (3,888 m) in Himalayas, is called Amarnath Yatra. It begins with a 43 kilometres (27 mi) mountainous trek from the Nunwan and Chandanwari base camps at Pahalgam and reaches the cave-shrine after night halts at Sheshnag Lake and Panchtarni camps.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Background
The yatra is both a way of earning revenue by the state government by imposing tax on pilgrims, and a way of making a living for the local Shia Muslim Bakarwal-Gujjars by taking a portion of the revenue and by offering services to the Hindu pilgrims, and this source of income has been threatened by the Islamist Kashmiri Sunni militant groups who have banned and attacked the yatra numerous times, as well as by recent massacres of at least 59 people prior to July 2017 on this yatra, causing deaths of mostly Hindu pilgrims, in addition to at least 10 Muslim civilians, and several more Muslims among security forces.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Background, Previous incidents
Prior to this incident, terrorists have attacked the Amaranath yatra at least 3 times, in 2000, 2001 and 2002, killing at least 54 Hindu pilgrims and injuring at least another 105 people, all unarmed, and at least 10 Muslim civilian support service providers, and at least 6 security personnel.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Background, Previous incidents
On 2 August 2000, Hizbul Mujahideen (designated a terrorist organisation by India, European Union and United States,) massacred at least 32 Hindu pilgrims and injured at least 60 people in a two-hour long indiscriminate shoot out at Nunwan base camp in Anantnag district, causing the death of 21 unarmed Hindu pilgrims and 7 unarmed Muslim shopkeepers, and 3 security force officers. This attack on Amarnath yatra was part of the larger 1 and 2 August 2000 Kashmir massacre in 5 separate coordinated terrorist attacks that killed at least 89 (official count) to 105 people (as reported by PTI), and injured at least 62 more.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Background, Previous incidents
On 20 July 2001, a terrorist threw two grenades and fired indiscriminately on a pilgrim night camp at Sheshnag Lake en route Amarnath shrine, killing at least 13 and injured another 15 people. Those killed included 5 unarmed Hindu male pilgrims, 3 unarmed Hindu female pilgrims, 3 unarmed Muslim civilians providing support services to pilgrims, and 2 security officials.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Background, Previous incidents
On 6 August 2002, terrorists from al-Mansuriyan, a front group of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, massacred 9 pilgrims and injured 30 near Nunwan pilgrimage base camp.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Background, Previous incidents
On 7 July 2017, terrorists attacked a civilian bus that was on the Baltal-Jammu route where movement of vehicles is not allowed after 7 p.m. due to the militants' threats. A tyre of the bus was punctured, taking two to two and a half hours to repair. Pilgrims are not allowed to travel on the route without road-opening parties and security escorts which were withdrawn at around 7:30 p.m. The bus was also not registered with the Amarnath shrine board.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Attack
After arrests of three locals, described as "co-conspirators" in August 2017 who had provided logistical support to the attackers, Munir Khan, IGP (Kashmir), stated that four Lashkar-e-Taiba militants were involved in it. He said they had planned to carry out an attack a day earlier but there was no movement of CRPF or Amarnath pilgrim vehicle in isolation. He stated it was purely an act of terrorism carried out with the motive of spreading fear.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Attack
He added that a pilgrim vehicle was there on the day of the attack so they attacked it, had it been a CRPF vehicle, they would have attacked it as well. He further clarified that the attack was first aimed at the police post in the area but unfortunately the bus also came under attack.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Attack
The security agencies had earlier investigated whether the bus was the target or was it incidental. Earlier according to IGP of Kashmir range Munir Khan and a statement by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the gunmen had first attacked a police bunker in Botengo which was retaliated, without any casualties being caused in the exchange of fire. Munir added that the gunmen later attacked a police post at Khanabal with the fire being returned and the bus carrying the pilgrims being caught in the crossfire, with seven pilgrims being killed.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Attack
According to the CRPF, the gunmen had first fired at a combined picket of CRPF and state police, after which they attacked the bus and later fired upon a camp at Arwani. The investigative report of the state police's CID contradicted this, suggesting that the bus was attacked by two sets of terrorists, first at a petrol pump in Batingu at 8:17 p.m and again a few minutes later after which the bus was escorted by a police patrol van to police lines in Anantnag.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Attack
The white coloured bus number plated (GJ09Z9979) at which the firing took place carried about 50 pilgrims. It was reported by the Indian media that the attack was carried out by 3-5 terrorists at the location of Khanabal. Though the bus contained more than 50 people, a larger number of casualties was prevented to a great extent due to the actions of the bus driver named "Saleem Mirza". Despite the bus being fired on by the bullets in all directions, the bus driver continued driving the bus in a calm manner for about 1 km before stopping at an intersection.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Attack
The Inspector General of CRPF in Kashmir, Muneer Khan, said that Lashkar-e-Taiba, allegedly founded by Hafiz Saeed was behind the attack.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Attack
Seven pilgrims from Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Telangana, including six women were killed in the attack. Another pilgrim succumbed to her injuries on 16 July.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Aftermath
The bodies of the seven Amarnath pilgrims killed in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir were brought to Gujarat's Surat airport along with the injured and their family members in an Indian Air Force plane. The Government of Gujarat announced a compensation of ₹600,000 (US$8,400) for the relatives of every killed victims and ₹200,000 (US$2,800) for the injured victims. Subsequently, the Government of India announced compensation of ₹700,000 (US$9,800) for the killed victims and ₹100,000 (US$1,400) for the injured victims.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Aftermath
Jammu and Kashmir State Chief Minister paid a visit to the injured victims of the attack at the hospital. During her visit she spoke to Indian media she said the attack is a "Blot on all Muslims and Kashmiri" and the "Head of every Kashmiri hangs in shame over the incident". She further said that she have no words to condemn the terror attack.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Aftermath
Bus driver "Saleem Mirza" who was hailed as a hero due to his act of bravery spoke to Indian media and said "God gave me strength to save lives of people". The Government of Gujarat's Chief Minister Vijay Rupani thanked Mirza as he saved lives despite heavy firing. Rupani informed the Indian media that the Government of Gujarat will nominate Mirza for the bravery award with the Government of India.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Aftermath
Police officials stated, that the attack was carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba and the attack was masterminded by a Pakistani terrorist named Abu Ismail, a local LeT commander who is also thought to be the future successor of Abu Dujana, Lashkar's chief commander in Kashmir. He was also assisted by some Kashmiri militants. A manhunt was launched by security forces to capture Ismail.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Aftermath, Security forces' action
Security forces, including J&K Police and Central Paramilitary forces of India, jointly intensified the cordon and search grid-based ongoing "Operation Hunt Down" to track and kill the LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists placed on the identified "hit list", and had already killed 102 terrorists from 1 January to 14 July 2017, including the extermination of terrorists responsible for the killing of seven J&K Police cops and the lynching of DSP Ayub Pandith, while a colossal hunt was on for mastermind of terrorist attack on Amarnath Yatra, LeT commander Abu Ismail.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Aftermath, Security forces' action
All over ground workers who had provided logistic support to the terrorists had been identified by 24 July. All of them had been arrested by 27 July.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Aftermath, Security forces' action
Abu Ismail, the main accused, was killed along with an associate Abu Kassim on 14 September by security forces in Nowgam. Yawar Basir, Furqan and Abu Maviya were killed on 5 December.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Reactions
"Rediff" reported the attack as the worst attack carried out on the annual pilgrimage since 2001.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Reactions
The attack was condemned by many including Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister of India Rajnath Singh, Chief Minister of J&K Mehbooba Mufti, National Conference party leader Omar Abdullah. Several Organisations, such as J&K National Conference (JKNC), Indian National Congress, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, National Panthers Party, etc. condemned the attack and called for a strike in Jammu Valley in protest against the attack. Also, Mobile and Internet services were suspended in Jammu region in view of the attack as a measure to prevent any kind of rumour mongering.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Reactions
Locally, the political party Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President G A Mir condemned the attack and described it as shocking and highly shameful. More than 200 activists of the JKPCC thronged the Rehari belt of Jammu city and held protests against the killing of pilgrims. They raised anti-government and anti-BJP slogans and demanded that the government should be sacked.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Reactions
The protestors in the Jammu Division burnt Pakistani flags in protest of the terrorist attack. They expressed a lack of confidence in the Mehbooba Mufti government and demanded the imposition of Governor's Rule in the State.


2017 Amarnath Yatra attack, Reactions
After being blamed for the attack by the police, a LeT spokesman condemned the attack and termed it un-Islamic. They denied they were involved in the attack, blaming it instead on the Indian intelligence agencies.


2017 Amazonas gubernatorial special election
The 2017 Amazonas gubernatorial special election was summoned by the Superior Electoral Court after the sentence that removed the Governor and Vice Governor of Amazonas from office, under the accusation of vote pairing. After that, the President of the Legislative Assembly of Amazonas assumed as Acting Governor until a new election could decide who would be the new head of Rio Negro Palace. Altogether, nine candidacies were registered for the voting. As none of them held more than 50% of the valid votes, a second round was held on 27 August with the two most voted candidates: Amazonino Mendes and Eduardo Braga. According to the Constitution, the new head of the state should complete the period commenced by his predecessor.


2017 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2017 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 to 27, 2017. All six eligible participants out of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Edward A. LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Massachusetts, the home park of UMass Lowell and the minor league Lowell Spinners. UMBC won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2017 America East Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
All six eligible participants from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds received a first-round bye. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament. UMass Lowell, despite hosting the event, was not eligible to participate as it was transitioning from Division II. The River Hawks are expected to complete this transition and be eligible for championships in the 2017–18 academic year.


2017 America East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 America East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the America East Conference held from October 26 through November 5, 2017. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Albany Great Danes, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 2–1 loss in the quarterfinals to the Vermont Catamounts. The Stony Brook Seawolves won the tournament with a 2–1 victory over the Vermont Catamounts in the final. The conference tournament title was the second for the Stony Brook women's soccer program and the first for head coach Brendan Faherty.


2017 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 America East Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference, which was held on March 1, 6, and 11, 2017. All games of the tournament were played on campus sites hosted by the higher-seeded school. Vermont, the No. 1 seed in the tournament defeated Albany in the championship game to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2017 America East Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Only eight of the nine conference teams were eligible for the tournament (UMass Lowell was ineligible due to its transition to Division I). The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2017 America East Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket and results
Teams will reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.


2017 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 America East Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the America East Conference. It was held from March 4 through March 10, 2017. The quarterfinals and semifinals were held at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, ME, with the finals being held at the SEFCU Arena in Albany, NY. Albany won their 6th straight American East tournament title to earn an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.


2017 America East Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2017 America East Women's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:


2017 America's Cup
The 2017 America's Cup was the 35th staging of the America's Cup yacht race. The challenger, Emirates Team New Zealand, won by a score of 7 to 1 over the defender, Oracle Team USA. It was held on the Great Sound in Bermuda from June 17 to June 26. The races were conducted using hydrofoiling AC50 America's Cup Class yachts, which are slightly larger than the AC45F yachts used in the 2015–16 America's Cup World Series.


2017 America's Cup
It was Oracle's second defence of the America's Cup, four years after its first successful defence. Emirates Team New Zealand defended the cup in the 36th America's Cup. The format was changed since the last Cup, to the current best-of-13.


2017 America's Cup, Venue
The 2017 America's Cup course was on the Great Sound in Bermuda, the venue at the Royal Naval Dockyard.


2017 America's Cup, Venue
In June 2014, media reported the venue of the 34th America's Cup, San Francisco, was no longer in consideration to host the 35th edition. San Diego, Chicago and Bermuda were listed as being still in the running. In July 2014, americascup.com reported that Chicago was dropped from the running, and finally on 2 December 2014, Bermuda was announced as the host of the 2017 America's Cup. The Premier of Bermuda, Michael Dunkley, welcomed the teams, sponsors, and spectators at a press conference in New York.


2017 America's Cup, Venue
The financial package included in the bid by Bermuda was worth approximately US$77 million, including a $15 million sponsorship fee, $25 million for infrastructure improvements, $12 million operating costs and a $25 million guarantee against commercial sponsorships. Dr. Grant Gibbons, Bermuda's Minister for Economic Development, stated that the America's Cup had a possibility of generating revenue of up to US$250 million in Bermuda.


2017 America's Cup, Venue
Security arrangements at the Dockyard were assumed by HM's Royal Bermuda Regiment after termination of contract between the local security provider and the AC35.


2017 America's Cup, Challenger of Record
On 1 October 2013, Australia's Hamilton Island Yacht Club was confirmed as the "Challenger of Record" for the 35th America's Cup, after submitting their paperwork only moments after the win by Oracle Team USA. The HIYC challenge was accepted by the Golden Gate Yacht Club, who was the Defender and Trustee of the America's Cup. Australian businessman Bob Oatley, founder of Rosemount and owner of famed super maxi yacht Wild Oats XI, was confirmed to be the main financial backer of the Hamilton Island Yacht Club challenge.


2017 America's Cup, Challenger of Record
On 19 July 2014 Russell Coutts, Director of the America's Cup Event Authority (ACEA), announced that the Hamilton Island Yacht club had withdrawn Team Australia from the 35th America's Cup. Team Australia claimed that the entry fee rules agreed to in the official protocol created too much risk due to the uncertainty of the then unknown venue and schedule of the event.


2017 America's Cup, Challenger of Record
The Challenger of Record Committee (CORC) represents all of the challengers' interests and negotiates with Oracle over mutual concerns. Luna Rossa replaced HIYC as the challenger of record. In April 2015, Luna Rossa withdrew its challenge bid, pulling out of the 2017 America's Cup in protest at rule changes reducing the size of the boats.


2017 America's Cup, Rule changes
On 5 June 2014, it was announced that the regatta would be sailed in 62-foot-long (18.9 m) foiling catamarans, the AC62. The entry fee was $3 million. Each challenging team could build only one boat while Oracle Team USA could build two. A nationality rule was agreed, requiring 25 percent of the crew to be from the entry's country. This nationality rule had been lifted prior to the 2003 America's Cup. The rules specified the combined weight of the crew could not exceed 525 kg. The neutral International adjudicating yachting panel was dropped in favour of a three-man panel appointed by the defender.


2017 America's Cup, Rule changes
In March 2015, the teams voted to reduce the size of the boats to the 45- to 50-foot range, leading to the withdrawal in protest of Luna Rossa. This in turn led to a joint statement from four teams attacking Team New Zealand which had supported Luna Rossa.


2017 America's Cup, Teams
The America's Cup was contested by its defender Oracle Team USA, who represent the Golden Gate Yacht Club. The challenger was Emirates Team New Zealand, for Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, who had defeated the other four challengers to win the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoffs trophy.


2017 America's Cup, Technical development
Teams were allowed to take one-design AC45s out of measurement by modifying crossbeams, wings and rudders, adding hydraulic systems, as well as produce a maximum of six custom daggerboards to test on the existing platform ahead of building their race boat.


2017 America's Cup, Technical development
All teams took advantage of this opportunity: Oracle Racing modified three AC45s, selling their first development boat to SoftBank Team Japan as part of their technology-sharing agreement and subsequently conducted a two-boat testing program with their last two boats; Land Rover BAR modified three AC45s and conducted a two-boat testing program with their last two boats; Artemis Racing modified two AC45s and conducted a two-boat testing program with them. Groupama Team France, Luna Rossa and Emirates Team New Zealand modified one AC45 each. Luna Rossa later gifted their boat to Team New Zealand.


2017 America's Cup, Technical development
The winning Emirates Team New Zealand yacht design team, led by Technical Director Dan Bernasconi, also modified SL33 foiling wingsail catamarans to try new ideas for its race boat, in which they produced a number of distinct features absent from other boats in the fleet: two four-handed grinding pedestals on their development AC45 were replaced by four cycling stations; Peter Burling was the only helmsman to be relieved of daggerboard controls in order to focus on steering only; instead "cyclor" Blair Tuke undertook daggerboard deployment, trim and overall responsibility of pitch angle and ride height; Daggerboards were lengthier than those of other teams by virtue of a distinct dihedral bend in the middle of the hydrofoil tip.


2017 America's Cup, Technical development
The rise in foiling catamarans encouraged competing teams to enter into technical partnerships with companies specializing in aerospace technologies. Land Rover BAR allied with Red Bull Advanced Technologies, headed by ten-time Formula 1 World Constructor's Championship car designer Adrian Newey. Oracle Team USA entered a technical partnership with Airbus. Artemis Racing allied with high performance engineering giant Cosworth. Luna Rossa Challenge had partnered with Lenovo to analyze and predict race simulations, assisting in the design of their boat.


2017 America's Cup, Qualifying events
The America's Cup World Series was won by Land Rover BAR, earning two points to take into the 2017 Louis Vuitton America's Cup Qualifiers Round. The runner up was Oracle Team USA, earning one point to take into the Qualifiers Round.


2017 America's Cup, Qualifying events
Oracle Team USA won the 2017 Louis Vuitton America's Cup Qualifiers Round, earning one point to take into the 2017 America's Cup competition. Emirates Team New Zealand, Land Rover BAR, Artemis Racing and SoftBank Team Japan advanced from the 2017 Louis Vuitton America's Cup Qualifiers Round to the Challenger Playoffs Semi-finals, while Groupama Team France was eliminated from further competition.


2017 America's Cup, Qualifying events
Emirates Team New Zealand eliminated Land Rover BAR in the 2017 Louis Vuitton America's Cup Challenger Playoffs Semi-finals, advancing to the Challenger Playoffs against Artemis Racing who had eliminated SoftBank Team Japan in the other semi-final.


2017 America's Cup, Qualifying events
Emirates Team New Zealand won the 2017 Louis Vuitton America's Cup Challenger Playoffs Final against Artemis, 5–2, advancing to face Oracle Team USA in the 2017 America's Cup.


2017 America's Cup, Cup Match
Races were held from 17 June. The first team to seven points wins and becomes the Defender of the America's Cup. Due to Oracle Team USA's win in the America's Cup Qualifiers, Emirates Team New Zealand started the match with a score of −1.


2017 America's Cup, Cup Match
The first race of the day is scheduled each time at 2:00 pm ADT. The race data were published on the official noticeboard.


2017 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2017 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida from May 23 through May 28. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determines the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2017 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2017 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
All eight baseball teams in The American will be seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament will use a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
The 2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game was held on Saturday, December 2, 2017. This was the third year that the AAC Championship game is played. The game was a rematch of the September 30 matchup, which UCF won 40-13.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Teams, Memphis
The Memphis Tigers football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its West Division. They represented the West Division in the American Athletic Conference Championship Game. The Tigers entered the game 10–1 (7–1 in The American), their only loss coming at the hands of UCF back in September. Memphis was the second-highest scoring team in Division I FBS, second only to UCF. Memphis was seeking its second AAC championship title. The Tigers were co-champions of the AAC in 2014.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Teams, UCF
The UCF Knights football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its East Division. They represented the East Division in the American Athletic Conference Championship Game. The Knights were the highest-scoring offense in Division I FBS, and ranked in the top ten in the nation in total yards per game, and passing yards per game. The Knights completed their football program's first undefeated regular season (11–0). The Knights were seeking their third AAC title. UCF were AAC champions in 2013, and co-champions in 2014.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter
Memphis won the coin toss and elected to receive. On the fifth play from scrimmage, Darrell Henderson fumbled at the UCF 45 yard line, and it was recovered by Shaquem Griffin of UCF. McKenzie Milton threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Dredrick Snelson, and the Knights took a 7–0 lead. After a 3-and-out by Memphis, UCF added a field goal for a 10–0 lead. On the next possession, the Tigers drove 75 yards, all rushing plays, and it was capped off by a 3-yard touchdown run by Patrick Taylor. McKenzie Milton answered with consecutive pass completions to Jordan Akins of 20 yards and 49 yards, respectively, the second of which Akins broke away ran untouched for the touchdown.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter
Memphis dominated most of the second quarter, highlighted by miscues by the Knights, particularly on offense. Tigers quarterback Riley Ferguson threw two touchdown passes, including a 68-yard bomb to a wide open Anthony Miller. The Knights committed three turnovers in the second quarter, a fumble by Dredrick Snelson, and two red zone interceptions by McKenzie Milton. In the final two minutes, the Tigers drove to the UCF 9 yard line. Riley Patterson kicked a 27-yard field goal as time expired in the first half. Memphis led at halftime 31–24.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter
UCF bounced back in the third quarter. Memphis tried to capitalize on their momentum from the second quarter, and opened the half with a surprise onside kick. However, the onside kick attempt failed. McKenzie Milton had two touchdown runs, and threw for another touchdown. Memphis managed only a field goal in the quarter. The Knights were back in the lead by the score of 45–34.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Memphis was driving into Knights territory as the fourth quarter began. With 13:34 remaining in regular, Riley Patterson missed a 46-yard field goal attempt. The Knights managed to burn nearly four minutes off the clock with a 10-play, 57-yard drive, resulting in a field goal. Trailing by 14, the Tigers answered quickly. Running back Tony Pollard took a hand off 66 yards down the sidelines for a touchdown, and the score was now 48–41. Memphis tied the game 48–48 with just over 4 minutes left in regulation. Ferguson threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Miller in the left side of the endzone.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter
The Tigers defense held the Knights to a three-and-out, and forced a punt. Mac Loudermilk's punt went only 31 yards, and a Fair Catch Interference penalty advanced the Tigers to the 43 yard line. The Tigers drove to the UCF 34 yard line, and with 33 seconds remaining in regulation, lined up for a potential game-winning 46-yard field goal attempt. The field goal attempt was blocked and recovered by the Knights, but not before the Tigers were called for Delay of Game. The penalty gave the Tigers a second chance at a game-winning field goal attempt. Riley Patterson's 51-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter
The Knights took over at the 34 yard line, but Knights quarterback McKenzie Milton threw an interception, his third of the day. With 14 seconds to go, Memphis quarterback Riley Ferguson was sacked by Titus Davis, and the clock expired.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, First overtime
UCF won the coin toss and elected to go on defense first during the first overtime period. Memphis committed a Delay of Game penalty, and an Offensive Holding penalty, pushing them back to the 40 yard line. On the next play, UCF was called for Pass Interference, and the Tigers got a first down. Riley Ferguson threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to a wide open Anthony Miller and Memphis was ahead 55–48.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, First overtime
UCF went on offense and tied the game. Adrian Killins scored a 2-yard touchdown pass, running to the left, just inside the pylon for the score. The game was tied 55–55.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Second overtime
In the second overtime period, UCF was on offense first. On 1st down, McKenzie Milton threw a 10-yard completion to Marlon Williams, and Memphis was called for Roughing the Passer, advancing the Knights to the Memphis 10 yard line. Milton ran the ball 9 yards down to the 1 yard line, and on the next play, Otis Anderson punched the ball in to the endzone for the touchdown. UCF led 62–55.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Second overtime
Memphis took over on offense. The Tigers faced a 4th down & 7 at the UCF 22, a stop by the Knights would have ended the game. Riley Ferguson threw a clutch 17-yard pass to Anthony Miller, who made the catch at the UCF 5 yard line.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Second overtime
Facing 2nd down & Goal at the UCF 9 yard line, Riley Ferguson dropped back to pass, but was pressured by Shaquem Griffin. Ferguson's pass was intercepted by Tre Neal at the 4 yard line to end the game.


2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Second overtime
The two teams combined for 1,479 yard of offense, and 117 points. It was the highest-scoring conference championship game in the history of FBS. UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton threw for 494 yards, and 5 touchdown passes. Memphis quarterback Riley Ferguson threw for 471 yards, and 4 touchdowns, while two Memphis running backs (Henderson and Taylor) each rushed for over 100 yards.


2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference tournament for the American Athletic Conference during the 2016-17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 9–12, 2017 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.