2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally de Portugal
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia took their second victory of the season at the Rally of Portugal, matching Markku Alén and Ilkka Kivimäki's record of five wins in Portugal. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul finished second, scoring enough points to take second place from Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila in the championship. The opening leg of the rally saw the lead change five times in seven stages, with Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja emerging at the eventual leaders.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally de Portugal
Both Latvala and Anttila and Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle briefly held the lead before crashing out of contention; Latvala, battling a fever and back injury suffered a low-speed roll-over and was able to continue, while Meeke broke his suspension after sliding off the road and he retired from the leg. The second day saw the lead between Tänak and second-placed Ogier fluctuate until Tänak ran wide and damaged his car. Ogier inherited a twenty-second lead over Neuville and started pulling away until the Hyundai driver made set-up changes for the afternoon stages and started closing the deficit.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally de Portugal
However, Ogier was able to maintain his pace and went on to win by fifteen seconds. Dani Sordo and Marc Martí completed the podium in third, while Tänak and Järveoja recovered to fourth, picking up an extra five points for winning the Power Stage. Craig Breen and Scott Martin were the leading Citroën in fifth, having won a rally-long fight with Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt. Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindstrom matched their best result of the season with seventh, having driven conservatively to account for their inexperience in Portugal. Mads Østberg and Ola Flœne finished eighth in a privateer Fiesta WRC, beating Latvala and Anttila, while in the third Toyota, Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm scored points on their début.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Italia Sardegna
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja claimed their maiden World Rally Championship victory in Sardegna, finishing ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila, with Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul in third. The rally was run in difficult conditions, with high temperatures across the weekend while a lack of wind caused further problems as dust from the surface lingered in the forest stages, reducing visibility. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle took the lead on the first day before suffering a roll-over—their fourth in three rallies—that damaged their rollcage and forced them into retirement.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Italia Sardegna
Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall inherited the lead while further down the order Craig Breen and Scott Martin cracked their gearbox casing after landing heavily on a rock, Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt slid into a tree, and Dani Sordo and Marc Martí struggled with an intermittent turbo failure. Neuville and Gilsoul challenged for the lead until their brakes failed and they lost a minute to Paddon and Marshall. The lead changed again when Paddon and Marshall clipped and embankment and tore a suspension upright out of the car.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Italia Sardegna
Tänak and Järveoja inherited the lead themselves while Latvala and Anttila recovered from a slow start to be second at the end of the day. Both crews made errors throughout the final day, but Tänak and Järveoja held a twenty-eight second lead ahead of the power stage and held on to secure first place overall. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm finished fourth and scored an extra five points for winning the power stage, while Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were fifth.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Italia Sardegna
Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström matched their career-best result with sixth ahead of Mads Østberg and Øla Flœne, who damaged their suspension on the final stage. Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger scored points on début for Citroën. The points-scoring positions were completed by Eric Camilli and Benjamin Veillas in a Ford Fiesta R5 in ninth, and World Rally Championship-2 class winners Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dressler.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Poland
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul took their third win of the season in Poland to further close in on the championship lead. Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall finished second in their best result of the season, with Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia completing the podium in third. Heavy rains in the region the week before the rally meant that the normally loose, sandy surface became very slippery, with deep ruts being carved into the surface for the second pass over the stages.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Poland
The four crews leading the championship—Ogier and Ingrassia, Neuville and Gilsoul, Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja, and Jari-Matti Latvala and Miika Anttila—set the early pace, with the lead changing hands several times on the first morning of competition. Ogier and Ingrassia struggled to stay with the leaders during the afternoon's running as their road position meant that they were the first to encounter the ruts, while Latvala and Anttila later retired with a terminal engine fault. Neuville and Gilsoul lead the rally at the end of the first day.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Poland
Tänak and Järveoja reclaimed the lead on the second day, only to lose their rear wing late in the afternoon; however, Neuville and Gilsoul were unable to build on their newfound lead as they suffered a puncture shortly thereafter. Tänak and Järveoja pushed early on the final day and briefly took the lead again, but clipped a tree stump on the next stage that spun them into an embankment, crushing their intercooler and radiator. Their retirement handed the lead to Neuville and Gilsoul, who won the rally by over a minute.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Poland
Dani Sordo and Marc Martí were fourth, putting all three Hyundais in the top four, while Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau were fifth after missing the Rally of Italy. Partnered with Mikko Markkula, Teemu Suninen scored points on his World Rally Championship début in sixth. Mads Østberg and Ola Flœne were seventh ahead of Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt. Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger—substituting for Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle—were ninth in an upgraded C3 WRC, with Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström completing the points in tenth. Re -entering the event under Rally-2 regulations, Latvala and Anttila won the Power Stage to take third position in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships from Tänak and Järveoja.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Finland
Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm won Rally Finland in their fourth start in the sport's premier class. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt finished second, claiming the position from Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström on the final stage. The rally saw a change in the championship lead as Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul secured enough points to match Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia; having won three rallies compared to Ogier's two, Neuville was considered the championship leader. Ogier's rally came to an early end when he damaged his suspension after landing heavily off a jump.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Finland
Distracted by the change in his car's handling, Ogier misheard a pace note and slid into a tree. Although M-Sport were able to repair the car to re-enter the rally, Ingrassia was diagnosed with a concussion and the team elected against continuing on medical advice. The battle for the rally lead was waged between the three Toyotas—the Yaris WRC having been extensively tested on the roads around Jyväskylä during its initial development phase—and the privately entered Fiesta of Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Finland
Finnish crews occupied the top four positions until an electrical fault paralysed Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila's Toyota, forcing them to retire and handing a fifty-second lead to Lappi and Ferm. Suninen crashed on the final day and fell from second to fourth, while Craig Breen secured another fifth-place finish for Citroën. Neuville and Gilsoul were sixth after struggling with the undulating roads on the opening day. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja recovered to seventh after suffering a puncture on the opening day, finishing ahead of Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle, who finished eighth on their return to the sport. Dani Sordo and Marc Martí finished ninth, with Mads Østberg completing the points in tenth with new co-driver Torstein Eriksen.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rallye Deutschland
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja took their second win of the season in Germany ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia reclaimed the championship lead in third as Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul failed to score points when they retired with broken suspension. Tänak and Järveoja controlled the rally for most of the event by managing their tyres across the variety of surfaces that made up the route, benefiting from errors made by other drivers.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rallye Deutschland
In taking victory Tänak and Järveoja secured M-Sport's first win in Germany, which prior to the rally had been the only calendar event that M-Sport had not won. Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström were the highest-placed Toyota crew in fourth as Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila struggled with mechanical issues and Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm retired after hitting a wall. Craig Breen and Scott Martin finished fifth, taking the place from Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt on the final stage.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rallye Deutschland
Latvala and Anttila recovered from their engine problems to finish seventh, while Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall experienced several punctures on their way to eighth. Local privateers Armin Kremer and Pirmin Winklhofer finished ninth in a 2017-specification Fiesta WRC, and WRC-2 entrants Eric Camilli and Benjamin Veillas completed the points in tenth. Pre -event favourites Dani Sordo and Marc Martí crashed out on the opening day, but re-entered under Rally-2 regulations and went on to score five points for winning the Power Stage. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle retired on the first stage after Meeke misjudged a corner and hit a barricade the broke his steering arm.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Catalunya
Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle took the first tarmac win of their career in Catalunya, while Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia extended their championship lead. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja finished third, passing Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul in the championship standings after Neuville and Gilsoul retired with damaged suspension.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Catalunya
Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger took an early lead on début for Hyundai, but fell behind during the tarmac stages. Mikkelsen acknowledged that his lack of experience with the i20 Coupe WRC on tarmac limited his ability to get the most out of it. They retired and re-entered under Rally 2 regulations when they struck a culvert and damages their suspension, as did Dani Sordo and Marc Martí in the sister Hyundai.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Catalunya
Meeke and Nagle assumed the lead as Ogier and Ingrassia became embroiled in a fight with Tänak and Järveoja, who were forced to use a gravel-specification gearbox on tarmac when their tarmac gearbox failed. Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström finished fourth, the only Toyota to complete the event after Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm crashed out, and Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikka Anttila retired with an electrical fault. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen finished fifth, with Østberg attributing the result to the 2017 generation of cars, which he found easier to drive on tarmac.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Catalunya
Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau finished sixth on their return to competition, ahead of Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt, who struggled with a lack of grip on tarmac. World Rally Championship entrants Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula finished eighth, with Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dressler in ninth and Ole Christian Veiby and Stig Rune Skjærmoen completing the points in tenth.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Wales Rally GB
Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt became the seventh different crew to win a rally in 2017 when they won the Wales Rally GB. The event saw Ogier and Ingrassia secure their fifth consecutive World Championship titles, becoming the first Ford crew to win the World Championship since Ari Vatanen and David Richards in 1981.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Wales Rally GB
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul finished the rally second overall despite incurring an early penalty and sliding into a ditch on the opening day. Ogier and Ingrassia finished third after nursing a puncture and broken brake disc during the foggy night stages, while a late push from Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger was enough to secure fourth position. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were fifth, having struggled to match the leaders' pace early in the rally until the night stages where successive stage wins saw them climb several places in the overall standings.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Wales Rally GB
Conversely, Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja ran as high as second through the opening legs, but struggled with low visibility in the fog and slipped to sixth. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle struggled with a lack of pace after making several unforced errors to finish seventh ahead of Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm finished ninth while Dani Sordo and Marc Martí completed the points in tenth position.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Australia
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul claimed their fourth win of the year in Australia, with the result securing second place in the championship. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were second, while Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall finished in third—their first podium finish of the season—when Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttilla crashed out on the final stage.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Australia
The rally saw variable conditions across the three days of competition, ranging from dry heat to humidity and heavy rain. Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger established an early lead as the front-runners were forced to sweep the loose, heavy gravel from the road surface. They maintained their pace into the second day until they struck an embankment and punctured two tyres, but with only one spare they were not permitted to start the next stage.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Australia
Neuville and Gilsoul climbed from fourth place to the lead as others suffered their own misfortunes; Craig Breen and Scott Martin damaged a wheel, while Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle damaged their rear suspension on a bridge. Citroën elected to retire the car, concerned that the suspension would fail completely on an upcoming stage, only for the stage to be cancelled. Sitting in second, Latvala and Anttilla began catching Neuville and Gilsoul in the dry, but fell back in the wet before crashing out.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Australia
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia finished fourth and won the Power Stage for an additional five championship points. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt were fifth ahead of Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm, who lost time on the first day with a power steering failure. Having re-entered under Rally-2 regulations, Meeke and Nagle took advantage of attrition on the final day—that saw the sister Citroëns of Breen and Martin and Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau retire—to finish seventh ahead of local privateers Nathan Quinn and John Allen. Jourdan Serderidis and Frédéric Miclotte finished eleventh overall, but were classified ninth in the points standings as the crew the finished ninth were ineligible to score points. Similarly, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen finished in twelfth but were classified in tenth.


2017 World Rally Championship, Results and standings, Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. In the manufacturers' championship, points are only awarded to the top two classified finishers representing a manufacturer and driving a 2017-specification World Rally Car. There are also five bonus points awarded to the winners of the Power Stage, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Power Stage points are only awarded in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships.


2017 World Rally Championship-2
The 2017 FIA World Rally Championship-2 is the fifth season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013. The Championship is open to cars complying with R4, R5, and Super 2000 regulations. Esapekka Lappi did not return to defend his 2016 title as left Škoda Motorsport for the top WRC category to become third driver of Toyota GAZOO Racing. However Škoda Motorsport retained the title thanks to Pontus Tidemand who won the championship after Rallye Deutschland.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar
The season was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes
The FIA re-organised the calendar for the 2017 season to include a greater variation in surfaces between events, bringing the Tour de Corse forward from October to April. The decision was made after concerns were expressed about the 2016 calendar, which originally contained six consecutive gravel events followed by four tarmac rallies.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Rally of China was removed from the calendar. The event had been included on the 2016 calendar before storm damage to the proposed route forced its cancellation. The round was removed from the 2017 calendar to give event organisers more time to prepare for a future bid to rejoin the calendar.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes
Similarly, the FIA put the Rallies of Argentina and Poland on notice regarding safety concerns, threatening to rescind their World Championship status for the 2017 season unless safety standards were improved in 2016, with drivers citing a lack of safety marshalls and expressing concerns over spectators getting too close to the cars as the main areas to be addressed. Both events were subsequently included on the calendar.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Rallies of Sweden and Germany changed their headquarters. The Rally of Sweden stayed within Värmland County, but relocated from Karlstad to Torsby. The Rally of Germany moved from Trier in Rhineland-Palatine to Saarbrücken in the neighbouring state of Saarland.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes
The Rallye Monte-Carlo introduced a heavily revised itinerary, with eighty-five percent of the route used in 2016 being revised for the 2017 event, which saw the competitive distance increase from 337.59 km to 382.65 km and included the Col de Turini as part of the Power Stage. Rally Sweden adjusted its route to remove the emphasis on purpose-built stages that had filled out the event itinerary in previous years. The new route raised the average speed of the rally and introduced more competitive mileage in Hedmark County in neighbouring Norway.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes
Rally Mexico also featured route revisions, with the eighty-kilometre Guanajuato stage—the longest in the championship in 2016—removed from the schedule; however, the addition of new stages and further changes to existing ones meant that the overall competitive distance of the 2017 rally was only six kilometres shorter than the route used in the 2016 event. The rally started in Mexico City with a spectator-friendly stage before moving to its traditional headquarters in León.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes
The Tour de Corse shortened its route by seventy-four kilometres, from 390.92 km in 2016 down to 316.76 km in 2017, with most of the changes coming from shortening each of the individual stages used in 2016. Rally Portugal shortened its route by twenty kilometres, reintroducing stages that had not been used for several years and reconfiguring stages from the 2016 event. Rally Poland also revised its route, introducing a series of brand-new stages close to the Russian border. The changes saw the crews compete on a wider ranges of surfaces—including tarmac and cobblestones—within individual stages, although the rally was still officially classified as a gravel surface event.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes
Following the cancellation of stages in Rally Sweden when the front-running cars exceeded the maximum average speed mandated by the FIA, Rally Finland was forced to revise its route to find ways of keeping the average stage speed down—with some estimates predicting that the 2017 generation of cars could exceed 140 km/h (87.0 mph)—to avoid stage cancellations.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes
This was achieved by installing artificial chicanes into all but two of the stages, which proved to be controversial as drivers complained that they were too narrow and thus had the potential to damage cars, and were poorly-positioned with little regulatory oversight from rally organisers. With Rallye Deutschland moving to a new headquarters, the rally routed was revised. The vineyard and military proving ground stages in the Baumholder region were retained, but the final leg of the route was changed to introduce high-speed stages based on country lanes.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes
Rally Catalunya introduced several new and returning stages to its route, focusing on the tarmac legs of the event. Organisers of the Wales Rally GB retained the event route used in 2016, but revised the itinerary to increase its difficulty, with the route featuring earlier start times, later finishes and the reintroduction of night stages. Rally Australia underwent route revisions, introducing a new loop of stages north of the rally headquarters in Coffs Harbour. The new stages were designed to be faster and more technical than in previous events.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Season report
The championship started with Andreas Mikkelsen, in a one-off outing with Škoda Motorsport after losing his WRC drive because of the Volkswagen Motorsport withdrawal from the sport, winning the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo by more than 3 minutes from teammate Jan Kopecký. Mikkelsen won 10 out of 15 stages, and led from start to end. The podium was completed by Monte veteran and previous winner Bryan Bouffier. Eric Camilli finished fourth in his first outing with the M-Sport World Rally Team after being demoted from the team's WRC drivers line up.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Season report
Ole Christian Veiby was the early leader of the Rally Sweden, winning the first two stages of the rally, but a push by Pontus Tidemand in which he won five of the remaining six stages of the leg 1, made him the Leader of the rally, a position he would maintain for the rest of the legs. Tidemand's victory give Škoda Motorsport the second victory of the season in a row. The Podium was completed by M-Sport World Rally Team's Teemu Suninen and Veiby.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Season report
Rally Mexico was a two-way fight between Camilli and Tidemand. By the end of Leg 2, Tidemand was on top by just 2 seconds. Nevertheless, Camilli choose wet tires for the last leg, and could not match the times of Tidemand, thus the Sweden won his second rally in a row, and give Škoda Motorsport the third out of three win in the season. The podium was completed by local and former Production World Rally Champion Benito Guerra.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Season report
Andreas Mikkelsen returned to the Škoda Motorsport's team for the Tour de Corse, and dominated the event, leading from start to finish. Teemu Suninen finished second, taking the position after his teammate Eric Camilli hit trouble in the first leg. The podium was completed by local Yohan Rossel. Mikkelsen's win was his second in as many outings.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Season report
Pontus Tidemand won the Rally Argentina by more than 10 minutes from local Juan Carlos Alonso to continue  Škoda Motorsport's winning streak. Tidemand found a trouble-free weekend in one of the roughest events of the year were only five WRC-2 Crews finished the event. Benito Guerra completed the podium.


2017 World Rally Championship-2, Season report
Mikkelsen returned for the Rally de Portugal and looked set to take another dominant win, only to roll his car on the very last stage of the rally whilst holding a 3 minute lead. This subsequently handed Tidemand his fourth win from six rallies, with the podium being completed by Teemu Suninen and reigning Junior WRC champion Simone Tempestini.


2017 World Rally Championship-3
The 2017 FIA World Rally Championship-3 was the fifth season of the World Rally Championship-3, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013.


2017 World Rally Championship-3
Drivers and teams had to nominate a maximum of seven events, the best six results counted towards the championship.


2017 World Rally Championship-3
Simone Tempestini did not return to defend the 2016 title as he competed in the 2017 World Rally Championship-2. Nil Solans won the title with a Ford Fiesta R2T.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar
The season was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes
The FIA re-organised the calendar for the 2017 season to include a greater variation in surfaces between events, bringing the Tour de Corse forward from October to April. The decision was made after concerns were expressed about the 2016 calendar, which originally contained six consecutive gravel events followed by four tarmac rallies.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Rally of China was removed from the calendar. The event had been included on the 2016 calendar before storm damage to the proposed route forced its cancellation. The round was removed from the 2017 calendar to give event organisers more time to prepare for a future bid to rejoin the calendar.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes
Similarly, the FIA put the Rallies of Argentina and Poland on notice regarding safety concerns, threatening to rescind their World Championship status for the 2017 season unless safety standards were improved in 2016, with drivers citing a lack of safety marshalls and expressing concerns over spectators getting too close to the cars as the main areas to be addressed. Both events were subsequently included on the calendar.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Rallies of Sweden and Germany changed their headquarters. The Rally of Sweden stayed within Värmland County, but relocated from Karlstad to Torsby. The Rally of Germany moved from Trier in Rhineland-Palatine to Saarbrücken in the neighbouring state of Saarland.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Route changes
The Rallye Monte-Carlo introduced a heavily revised itinerary, with eighty-five percent of the route used in 2016 being revised for the 2017 event, which saw the competitive distance increase from 337.59 km to 382.65 km and included the Col de Turini as part of the Power Stage. Rally Sweden adjusted its route to remove the emphasis on purpose-built stages that had filled out the event itinerary in previous years. The new route raised the average speed of the rally and introduced more competitive mileage in Hedmark County in neighbouring Norway.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Route changes
Rally Mexico also featured route revisions, with the eighty-kilometre Guanajuato stage—the longest in the championship in 2016—removed from the schedule; however, the addition of new stages and further changes to existing ones meant that the overall competitive distance of the 2017 rally was only six kilometres shorter than the route used in the 2016 event. The rally started in Mexico City with a spectator-friendly stage before moving to its traditional headquarters in León.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Route changes
The Tour de Corse shortened its route by seventy-four kilometres, from 390.92 km in 2016 down to 316.76 km in 2017, with most of the changes coming from shortening each of the individual stages used in 2016. Rally Portugal shortened its route by twenty kilometres, reintroducing stages that had not been used for several years and reconfiguring stages from the 2016 event. Rally Poland also revised its route, introducing a series of brand-new stages close to the Russian border. The changes saw the crews compete on a wider ranges of surfaces—including tarmac and cobblestones—within individual stages, although the rally was still officially classified as a gravel surface event.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Route changes
Following the cancellation of stages in Rally Sweden when the front-running cars exceeded the maximum average speed mandated by the FIA, Rally Finland was forced to revise its route to find ways of keeping the average stage speed down—with some estimates predicting that the 2017 generation of cars could exceed 140 km/h (87.0 mph)—to avoid stage cancellations.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Route changes
This was achieved by installing artificial chicanes into all but two of the stages, which proved to be controversial as drivers complained that they were too narrow and thus had the potential to damage cars, and were poorly-positioned with little regulatory oversight from rally organisers. With Rallye Deutschland moving to a new headquarters, the rally routed was revised. The vineyard and military proving ground stages in the Baumholder region were retained, but the final leg of the route was changed to introduce high-speed stages based on country lanes.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Route changes
Rally Catalunya introduced several new and returning stages to its route, focusing on the tarmac legs of the event. Organisers of the Wales Rally GB retained the event route used in 2016, but revised the itinerary to increase its difficulty, with the route featuring earlier start times, later finishes and the reintroduction of night stages. Rally Australia underwent route revisions, introducing a new loop of stages north of the rally headquarters in Coffs Harbour. The new stages were designed to be faster and more technical than in previous events.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Season report
The season started with the Rallye Monte Carlo. In the category, there were six entries, including four by Renault Sport. The rally was won from start to end by Raphaël Astier, winning by more than nine minutes over the rest of the crews. The podium was completed by Renault's Luca Panzani and Charles Martin.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Season report
Louise Cook was the sole entrant for Rally Sweden in the category. She had to retire after losing the bumper of her car before the Colin's Crest jump during the second pass over the Vargåsen stage. She was able to re-assemble the car, but an homologation problem in the spare seat brackets, made her unable to start the final leg of the rally, leaving the category with no winner.


2017 World Rally Championship-3, Season report
After there were no entries in Rally Mexico, the action continued Tour de Corse, which also featured the first round of the Junior championship. Raphaël Astier lead the event from start to finish, winning the event by almost a minute and a half from Junior entrant Nil Solans. The podium was completed by local Nicolas Ciamin, who claimed to that position after a driveshaft problem prevented fellow Frenchman Terry Folb the means to finish in the podium.


2017 World Rowing Championships
The 2017 World Rowing Championships were the 47th edition of the World Rowing Championships that were held from 24 September to 1 October 2017 in Sarasota, Florida.


2017 World Rowing Championships, Host selection
During 2013, Plovdiv and Sarasota, Florida both applied to host the 2017 World Rowing Championships. In April 2013, a committee of International Rowing Federation (FISA) officials visited Sarasota and then Plovdiv the following month. It was then noted that Plovdiv had hosted the 2012 World Rowing Championships and bid documentation for 2017 had not been finalized. Before the next FISA congress, the bid from Plovdiv was changed to apply for the 2018 hosting rights. At the FISA Congress held on 2 September 2013, hosting rights were assigned by unanimous decision for World Rowing Championships to Sarasota for 2017, Plovdiv for 2018, and Plovdiv for the 2015 World Rowing U23 Championships.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxed pair
The men's coxed pair competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxed pair, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxed pair, Results, Repechage
The four fastest boats advanced to the final. The remaining boat took no further part in the competition.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four
The men's coxless four competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four, Results, Heats
The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four, Results, Repechage
The three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four, Results, Semifinals
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair
The men's coxless pair competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair, Results, Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair, Results, Repechages
The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair, Results, Semifinals
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls
The men's double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls, Results, Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's eight
The men's eight competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's eight, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's eight, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's eight, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless four
The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless four, Results, Exhibition race
With fewer than seven entries in this event, boats contested a race for lanes before the final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair
The men's lightweight coxless pair competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair, Results, Repechage
The four fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls
The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls
The men's lightweight quadruple sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Repechages
The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Semifinals
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls
The men's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Heats
The four fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Repechage
The four fastest boats advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Quarterfinals
The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's quadruple sculls
The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's quadruple sculls, Results, Heats
The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's quadruple sculls, Results, Repechage
The three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's quadruple sculls, Results, Semifinals
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's quadruple sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls
The men's single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E/F/G semifinals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Quarterfinals
The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Semifinals E/F/G
The two fastest were sent to the E final. The next two fastest were sent to the F final. Any remaining boats were sent to the G final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR1 Men's single sculls
The PR1 men's single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR1 Men's single sculls, Results, Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR1 Men's single sculls, Results, Repechages
The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR1 Men's single sculls, Results, Semifinals
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR1 Men's single sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR1 Women's single sculls
The PR1 women's single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR1 Women's single sculls, Results, Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR1 Women's single sculls, Results, Repechage
The two fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR1 Women's single sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR2 Mixed double sculls
The PR2 mixed double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR2 Mixed double sculls, Results, Exhibition race
With fewer than seven entries in this event, boats contested a race for lanes before the final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR3 Mixed coxed four
The PR3 mixed coxed four competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR3 Mixed coxed four, Results, Exhibition race
With fewer than seven entries in this event, boats contested a race for lanes before the final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR3 Mixed double sculls
The PR3 mixed double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – PR3 Mixed double sculls, Results, Exhibition race
With fewer than seven entries in this event, boats contested a race for lanes before the final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless four
The women's coxless four competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless four, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless four, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless four, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless pair
The women's coxless pair competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless pair, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless pair, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless pair, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls
The women's double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls, Results, Heats
The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls, Results, Repechage
The three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls, Results, Semifinals
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's eight
The women's eight competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's eight, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's eight, Results, Repechage
The four fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's eight, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls
The women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls, Results, Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls, Results, Repechages
The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls, Results, Semifinals
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight quadruple sculls
The women's lightweight quadruple sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Repechage
The two fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls
The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls, Results, Heats
The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls, Results, Repechage
The three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls, Results, Semifinals
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's quadruple sculls
The women's quadruple sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's quadruple sculls, Results, Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's quadruple sculls, Results, Repechage
The two fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's quadruple sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's single sculls
The women's single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's single sculls, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's single sculls, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's single sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's single sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's single sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2017 World Rowing Junior Championships
The 51st World Rowing Junior Championships were held from 2 to 6 August 2017 at the Trakai Rowing Centre in Trakai, Lithuania.


2017 World Rowing U23 Championships
The 13th World Rowing U23 Championships was the 13th edition of the World Rowing U23 Championships and was held from 19 to 23 July 2017 at the Complex Greben Kanal in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.


2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
The 2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the second tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo.


2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge, Format
With six teams in the tournament and a limitation of three matches per team, a "split pool" format was used. The field was split into two pools, with teams in one pool only playing the teams in the other. The competing teams were:


2017 World Rugby Nations Cup
The 2017 World Rugby Nations Cup was the twelfth edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup rugby union tournament, created by World Rugby. It was the first ever tournament to be played outside of Romania and without their national team, with Uruguay hosting the competition.


2017 World Rugby Nations Cup
Like in 2016, the tournament featured six teams split in two pools of three, where the three European teams; Emerging Italy, Russia and Spain played the other three teams; Argentina XV, Namibia and Uruguay.


2017 World Rugby Nations Cup
Hosts Uruguay won the tournament, the first time they had done so in five previous attempts. It is the third year in a row where the hosts capitalized on the home advantage to claim the title, with previous hosts Romania winning in 2015 and 2016.


2017 World Rugby Nations Cup, Teams
Below are the competing teams with their World Rugby Rankings as of the first tournament date (10 June 2017):


2017 World Rugby Pacific Challenge
The 2017 Pacific Challenge was the twelfth World Rugby Pacific Challenge. Four teams featured in the tournament which was hosted in Fiji. The format was a round-robin competition without additional finals play-off matches. The hosts Fiji Warriors finished the tournament undefeated to claim the title, with Junior Japan as runner-up.


2017 World Rugby Pacific Challenge, Closed law trials
In accordance with World Rugby's global law trials, which began on 1 January 2017 in the southern hemisphere, several variations to the laws of the game focused around the scrum and ruck areas were adopted for the tournament.


2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
The 2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup was the twelfth edition of the Pacific Nations Cup annual international rugby union tournament. The 2017 title was contested solely by the Pacific nations of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.


2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
Teams competing in previous years, Canada, Japan and the United States were not scheduled to participate in the tournament for 2017 or 2016 due to the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying format. The top two teams on aggregate across the 2016 and 2017 Pacific Nations Cups for Japan 2019, with the team finishing third scheduled to enter the repechage for qualification.


2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
Having not hosted a test match since playing Fiji in June 2009, Tonga was given the go-ahead to host a test match with World Rugby's approval of the revamped Teufaiva Sport Stadium.


2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
Fiji retained their title to win for the third consecutive year.


2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Fixtures
The full match schedule was announced on 23 March 2017.


2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads
Note: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 1 July 2017 – the tournament's opening day, pre first tournament match.


2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Fiji
On 9 May, John McKee named an extended squad ahead of Fiji's 2017 June tests against Australia, Italy and Scotland and their Rugby Pacific Nations Cup / 2019 RWC Oceania qualification campaign in July.


2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Samoa
On 29 May, Alama Ieremia named a 35-man squad ahead of Samoa's 2017 June tests against New Zealand and Wales and their Pacific Nations Cup / 2019 RWC Oceania qualification campaign in July.


2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Tonga
On 9 June, Tonga named a 35-man extended squad for their 2017 June test against Wales and their Pacific Nations Cup / 2019 RWC Oceania qualification campaign in July.


2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
The 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the tenth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in Georgia by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations played in the tournament, which was held in Tbilisi and Kutaisi from 31 May to 18 June.


2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, Teams
The following teams participated in the 2017 World Rugby U20 Championship:


2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, Pool stage
Points were awarded in the Pool Stage via the standard points system:


2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, Pool stage
If at completion of the Pool Stage two or more teams were level on points, the following tiebreakers were applied:


2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy was the tenth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship.


2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The event was held at the Estadio Charrúa and Estadio Domingo Burgueño in Montevideo, Uruguay from 29 August until 10 September and was organized by rugby's governing body, World Rugby.


2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy, Qualified teams
A total of 8 teams played in the tournament. The host (Uruguay) and the Junior World Cup relegation country (Japan) qualified automatically. The remaining six countries competed through a qualification process in regional competitions (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania).


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship
The 2017 World Draughts-64 Championship held in Saint Peterburg, Russia. 64 players from Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America competed in the tournament, which started on October 20, 2017, and will end on October 28, 2017. Tournament played in hotel «Moscow». The winning prize for the tournament was about 52,000 $ (three million rubles). At the same time the Women's World Draughts Championship was held. Championship played in classic (at the Russian draughts), rapid (at the Brazilian draughts) and blitz (at the Russian draughts) formats.


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Classic program, Rules and regulations
In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 8 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Buchholz system. The first 16 participated in the final. The final was in the play-off form. For the victory was given - 2 points for a draw – one point, for loss – 0 points. Players from 17 to 64 played additionally Swiss-system tournament with 2 rounds.


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Classic program, Rules and regulations
The final classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Classic program, Rules and regulations
1. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Classic program, Rules and regulations
2. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced  Solkof coefficient)


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Classic program, Rules and regulations
3. Match up to the first victory with a shorter time controls: a classic game — 5’+3” till the end of the game for each participant.


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Rapid program
In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds at Brazilian version draughts. The first 4 participated in the semifinal and final.


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Rapid program
The classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Rapid program
1. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced  Solkof coefficient)


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Rapid program
2. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Rapid program
Time control: 7’+5” till the end of the game for each  participant.


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Blitz program
In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds at Russian version draughts. The first 4 participated in the semifinal and final.


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Blitz program
The classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Blitz program
1. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Blitz program
2. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced  Solkof coefficient)


2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Blitz program
Time control: 3’+2” till the end of the game for each  participant.


2017 World Senior Curling Championships
The 2017 World Senior Curling Championships was held from April 22 to 29 at the Lethbridge Curling Club in Lethbridge, Alberta. The event was held in conjunction with the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.


2017 World Seniors Championship
The 2017 World Seniors Championship was an invitational senior snooker tournament, that took place at the Baths Hall in Scunthorpe, England, from 22 to 24 March 2017. Qualifying for the tournament was open to non-tour players, who were aged 40 and over on 1 January 2017.


2017 World Seniors Championship
In addition to the winner's cheque the champion received a place in the qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Professional Snooker Championship in Sheffield.


2017 World Seniors Championship
Mark Davis was the prior champion. However he was not eligible for this year's edition, as it was exclusively for non-tour players.


2017 World Seniors Championship
Snooker Legends organised the event for the first time having replaced the WPBSA who previously sanctioned the event.


2017 World Seniors Championship
Peter Lines won the tournament without losing a single frame. He beat John Parrott 4–0 in the final.


2017 World Seniors Championship, Field, Seeded players
Players were seeded based on the titles won during their professional careers:


2017 World Seniors Championship, Field, Seeded players
Steve Davis, Ray Reardon, Terry Griffiths, Tony Meo and Doug Mountjoy were invited to take part, but declined.


2017 World Seniors Championship, Field, Qualifying
Four qualifying events took place during February and March 2017:


2017 World Seniors Championship, Field, Qualifying
Each qualifier took their place alongside the eight invited players in the main draw of the championship.


2017 World Series
The 2017 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2017 season. The 113th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros. The series was played between October 24 and November 1.


2017 World Series
The Astros defeated the Dodgers, four games to three, to win their first World Series in franchise history, also becoming the first team from Texas to do so. It was the first time since 2001–2002 when two consecutive World Series went to seven games. Both teams set a World Series record with a combined total of 25 home runs throughout the entire series, including a team record 15 home runs by the Astros, and hit a combined total of eight home runs in Game 2 to set the single game World Series mark. Houston outfielder George Springer was named the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) after hitting five home runs in the series to tie a World Series record with Reggie Jackson in 1977 and Chase Utley in 2009.


2017 World Series
This was the first World Series in which home-field advantage was decided by the regular season record of the two pennant winners. From 1903 to 2002, home-field advantage had been determined by coin flips and by alternating between the AL and NL. From 2003 to 2016, it was determined by results from that season's All-Star Game, when it was awarded to the team from the winning league. The Dodgers earned home-field advantage over the Astros. The series was played in a 2–3–2 format, with the Dodgers hosting Games 1, 2, 6, and 7; and the Astros hosting Games 3, 4, and 5.


2017 World Series
The Astros' victory became controversial when MLB determined in 2019 that they had been illegally using technology to steal signs from opposing teams during their championship season, in addition to during the following season. As a result, the Astros were fined $5 million and docked several top draft picks, while Astros manager A. J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were suspended for one year; both were subsequently fired. However, Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred opted against punishing any of the players involved or revoking the Astros' World Series title. ESPN writer Sam Miller opined that although hard-fought and memorable, the 2017 World Series "produced a champion we all regret having felt happy for".


2017 World Series, Background
This was the first World Series matchup, and second postseason meeting overall, between the Astros and Dodgers. Los Angeles defeated Houston in five games in the 1981 National League Division Series, en route to first their World Series championship since 1965. The teams also met in the 1980 National League West tie-breaker game, won by the Astros at Dodger Stadium. This was the first Fall Classic since 1970, and the eighth overall, in which both participants had 100 or more wins during the regular season.


2017 World Series, Background
The two teams did not meet in interleague play during the regular season.


2017 World Series, Background, Los Angeles Dodgers
The Dodgers held a 91–36 record through August 25 and ended the season with a 104–58 record. They won their fifth consecutive National League West title and home field advantage throughout the playoffs as the overall #1 seed. In the postseason, the Dodgers swept the 4th-seeded Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Division Series and then defeated the number 3 seed and defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs in the previous year's rematch of the National League Championship Series in five games, leading to the fourth time since 2000 that two teams played each other in consecutive League Championship Series. This was the first appearance in the Fall Classic for the Dodgers since 1988, the tenth since the franchise moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958, and the 19th overall.


2017 World Series, Background, Los Angeles Dodgers
Entering the 2017 World Series, the Dodgers bullpen had thrown 23 consecutive scoreless innings, a postseason record for a bullpen. Additionally, by outscoring the Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago Cubs by a combined 48–19 margin, the Dodgers entered the World Series with the third-best run differential of any pennant winner since the playoff structure was expanded in 1995.


2017 World Series, Background, Los Angeles Dodgers
All-Star shortstop Corey Seager, who was out for the entire National League Championship Series with a back injury, was included on the Dodgers' World Series roster. Manager Dave Roberts became first manager of Asian heritage ever in the World Series, as well as the fourth African-American manager. The Dodgers had their second consecutive Rookie of the Year, Cody Bellinger, who hit 39 home runs in 2017. Clayton Kershaw finished second in Cy Young award voting, and closer Kenley Jansen finished fifth. The Dodgers had six NL All-Stars in Bellinger, Seager, Justin Turner, Kershaw, Alex Wood, and Jansen.


2017 World Series, Background, Houston Astros
With a 101–61 regular season record, the team won its first American League West title, their first division title since 2001, and the #2 seed in the AL. In the American League Division Series, they defeated the 3rd-seeded Boston Red Sox in four games and then defeated the 4th-seeded New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series (ALCS) in seven games.


2017 World Series, Background, Houston Astros
This was their second World Series appearance, first since 2005, when they were swept in four games by the Chicago White Sox and first appearance as a member of the American League (which the team joined in 2013), as they became the first team in history to make it to the World Series as members of both National and American Leagues.


2017 World Series, Background, Houston Astros
The city of Houston in August 2017 suffered record flooding from Hurricane Harvey. The team began to wear patches which had the logo of the team with the word "Strong" on the bottom of the patch, as well as promoting the hashtag Houston Strong. Manager A. J. Hinch has stated in an interview that the team wasn't just playing for a title, but to help boost moral support for the city.


2017 World Series, Background, Houston Astros
On August 31, just seconds before the midnight deadline, the Astros traded for Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander. Following the trade, including the regular season and postseason to this point, Verlander had posted a 9–0 win–loss record with a 1.23 earned run average. He was named the ALCS MVP.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The temperature at the start of the game was 103 °F (39 °C), which made this the hottest World Series game ever recorded. Clayton Kershaw started Game 1 for the Dodgers, while Dallas Keuchel started for the Astros.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Chris Taylor hit a home run for the Dodgers on Keuchel's first pitch of the game. It was the third home run to leadoff a game in Dodgers postseason history (following Davey Lopes in 1978 World Series and Carl Crawford in 2013 NLDS). Alex Bregman hit a tying home run for the Astros in the fourth inning. In the sixth inning, Justin Turner hit a go-ahead two-run home run for the Dodgers. Turner tied Duke Snider for most career runs batted in (RBIs) in Dodgers postseason history with 26.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Kershaw struck out 11 in seven innings pitched with no walks and only three hits allowed while Keuchel allowed three runs on six hits in 6+2⁄3 innings. Brandon Morrow pitched a scoreless eighth and Kenley Jansen earned the save. The two-hour, 28-minute game was the shortest World Series contest since Game 4 in 1992.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The starting pitchers for Game 2 were Rich Hill for the Dodgers and Justin Verlander for the Astros. The Astros scored first when Bregman drove in Josh Reddick with a hit in the third inning. Hill struck out seven in four innings but was replaced by Kenta Maeda in the fifth. Joc Pederson tied the game with a home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, and the Dodgers took the lead when Corey Seager hit a two-run home run after Taylor walked in the bottom of the sixth inning.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Verlander allowed two hits, both home runs, in his six innings pitched. Carlos Correa drove in the Astros' second run of the game on a single in the eighth, ending the Dodgers bullpen's streak of 28 consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason. Marwin González hit a home run off Jansen in the ninth to tie the game. This was only Jansen's second blown save all season and snapped his streak of converting his first 12 postseason save opportunities, a major league record.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The game went into extra innings. José Altuve and Correa hit back-to-back home runs off Josh Fields in the tenth inning to put the Astros in the lead. Yuli Gurriel doubled after the home run, but Fields was replaced by Tony Cingrani and Gurriel was stranded. In the bottom of the inning, Yasiel Puig hit a solo home run off of Ken Giles and Enrique Hernández drove in Logan Forsythe, who had walked and advanced on a wild pitch, to tie the game, with the latter being the Dodgers' first run that was not driven in by a home run.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
In the next inning, pinch-hitter Cameron Maybin singled and stole second. George Springer hit a two-run home run for the Astros off of Brandon McCarthy to retake the lead. In the bottom of the 11th inning, Charlie Culberson homered off of Chris Devenski, who later struck out Puig to end the game. This was the first ever World Series game in which a team hit home runs in the ninth, tenth and eleventh inning.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The teams set a new record for combined home runs in a single World Series game with eight and this was the first time in MLB history, regular season or postseason, that five home runs were hit in extra innings. The Astros won their first World Series game in franchise history as they had been swept in their previous appearance in 2005.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The starting pitchers for Game 3 were Yu Darvish for the Dodgers and Lance McCullers Jr. for the Astros. The Astros scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning on a home run by Yuli Gurriel and RBIs by González, Brian McCann, and Bregman. Darvish left the game after 1+2⁄3 innings, which was the shortest outing of his career. The Dodgers scored one run in the top of the third inning as Seager grounded into a double play after McCullers loaded the bases with three consecutive walks.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Astros added another run in the fifth on an RBI single by Evan Gattis and the Dodgers added two in the sixth on an RBI groundout by Puig and a wild pitch. McCullers wound up pitching 51⁄3 innings and allowed three runs on four hits. Brad Peacock replaced McCullers, completing the final 3+2⁄3 innings with no hits allowed and four strikeouts to earn his first major league save. It was the longest hitless World Series relief outing since Ron Taylor's four innings in Game 4 of the 1964 Series, and tied Ken Clay for the longest hitless postseason save, first accomplished in the 1978 ALCS.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Gurriel made a racially insensitive gesture in the dugout after his home run. He stretched the sides of his eyes and mouthing the Spanish word chinito, which translates to "little Chinese Boy"; Darvish is from Japan. Gurriel apologized, and said that anyone from Asia is called a chino in Cuba, although he acknowledged knowing that the term was offensive in Japan from having played there. As a result, Rob Manfred, the Commissioner of Baseball, suspended Gurriel for the first five games of the 2018 MLB season without pay, but allowed him to continue playing in the World Series.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The starting pitchers for Game 4 were Alex Wood for the Dodgers and Charlie Morton for the Astros. Springer homered off Wood in the bottom of the sixth for the first run of the ballgame. It was the only hit Wood allowed in 5+2⁄3 innings pitched in the game. Forsythe drove in Cody Bellinger to tie the game in the top of the seventh. Morton struck out seven and only allowed three hits and one run in 61⁄3 innings.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Bellinger then drove in the go-ahead run with a double in the top of the ninth off of Giles and the Dodgers added four more runs on a sacrifice fly by Austin Barnes and a three-run homer by Pederson. Bregman hit a home run off of Jansen in the bottom of the ninth inning, but the Dodgers won the game to even up the series. The Astros had two hits in the game; both were home runs. This was the first game in World Series history where both starting pitchers allowed four or fewer baserunners.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
After Game 4, both teams' pitching coaches, Rick Honeycutt for the Dodgers and Brent Strom for the Astros, commented on how the baseball being used for the World Series is slicker than the baseball used during the regular season. Pitchers on both teams noted that this difference has made it more difficult for them to throw their sliders.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Two years after this game, when MLB sanctioned the Astros for sign stealing during the 2017 season, Alex Wood said he and Austin Barnes changed signs every ten pitches because the Dodgers had suspected the Astros of sign stealing. Wood later said that the team tried to get Clayton Kershaw, Game 5 starter, to follow the same method, but he did not think it was necessary and did not want to disrupt his routine.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Kershaw and Keuchel started Game 5, in a rematch of the opening game of the series. Forsythe singled in two runs off of Keuchel in the first inning to put the Dodgers up early. A third run scored on a throwing error by Gurriel. Barnes singled in the fourth to score Forsythe. Keuchel pitched 3+2⁄3 innings for the Astros, allowing five hits and four runs (three earned). The Astros scored their first run with an RBI double by Correa in the bottom of the fourth inning, followed by a three-run home run by Gurriel to tie the game.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Bellinger hit a three-run home run off of Collin McHugh in the top of the fifth to put the Dodgers back on top only for Altuve to hit his own three-run home run in the bottom of the inning off Maeda to tie it back up. Kershaw pitched 4+2⁄3 innings and allowed six runs on four hits and three walks.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
A triple by Bellinger on a line drive that Springer missed on a dive in the seventh inning off of Peacock scored Hernández from first base. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Springer hit a home run off the first pitch he saw off of Morrow, who was pitching for the third consecutive day, to tie the game. Bregman scored on a double by Altuve to put the Astros ahead for the first time in the game, and then Correa hit a two-run home run to extend the lead.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Seager doubled in a run in the top of the eighth inning, but McCann hit a home run in the bottom of the inning. That was the 21st home run of the series, tying the record set in the 2002 World Series. Puig broke the record with a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning. Down to their last strike, Chris Taylor drove in Barnes to tie the game with a single.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
In the tenth inning, McCann was hit by a pitch to put him on base with two outs. Subsequently, Springer walked on five pitches to move McCann to second base. McCann was then replaced by pinch runner Derek Fisher. On the next pitch, Bregman hit a walk-off single, scoring Fisher with the winning run. The Astros became only the second team to come back twice from three runs down in a World Series game, the other was the Toronto Blue Jays in the 15–14 win during Game 4 of the 1993 World Series.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
The six game-tying home runs in the series to this point is the most for any World Series on record. This World Series set a new record for most players to hit a home run (14 to date in the World Series). With the teams combining to score 25 runs throughout the game, this was the highest scoring World Series game since the Florida Marlins defeated the Cleveland Indians 14–11 in Game 3 of the 1997 World Series. Game 5 lasted five hours and seventeen minutes, making it the second-longest World Series game in history by time.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Game 6 featured the same starting pitchers as the second game: Verlander and Hill. Springer hit a home run off of Hill in the top of the third for the first run of the night. It was Springer's fourth homer of the series, tied for third all-time in a single series and joining Gene Tenace, in 1972, as the only players with four game-tying or go-ahead home runs in a World Series. Springer also joined Hank Bauer in the 1958 World Series and Barry Bonds in the 2002 World Series with four home runs in a series. The Astros loaded the bases in the fifth inning, but did not score. Hill pitched 4+2⁄3 innings, struck out five and allowed four hits and one run.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
In the sixth inning, Taylor tied the game with an RBI double and Seager hit a sacrifice fly to give the Dodgers the lead. Verlander pitched six innings with nine strikeouts and only three hits allowed. Pederson hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning and Jansen pitched two scoreless innings for the save, forcing a winner-take-all game seven. Pederson tied a World Series record with his fifth consecutive game with an extra base hit. Andre Ethier, who appeared in the game as a pinch hitter, set a new Dodgers franchise record with his 50th career postseason game.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7
This was the first World Series Game 7 to be played at Dodger Stadium (and the first postseason Game 7 of any postseason series at the stadium since the 1988 NLCS, and the Dodgers' first World Series Game 7 since 1965 against the Minnesota Twins). It was also the first time since the 1931 World Series that a Game 7 occurred in a Series with both teams having won at least 100 games during the season. Besides, this was the first time since the 2001 World Series and 2002 World Series that back-to-back Fall Classics had a Game 7.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7
The starting pitchers for this game were the same as in the third game: McCullers and Darvish. Springer doubled to open the game and scored the first run on an error by Bellinger, which allowed Bregman to reach second base. Bregman stole third base and scored on an Altuve groundout. McCann scored the next inning on a groundout hit by the pitcher McCullers.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Springer hit a two-run home run, his fifth of the series, tying Reggie Jackson and Chase Utley for most home runs in a single World Series and setting a new record with 29 total bases in any postseason series. As in Game 3, Darvish lasted only 1+2⁄3 innings (tying the shortest outing of his career) and became the third pitcher with two starts of less than two innings in a World Series, and the first since Art Ditmar in the 1960 World Series.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Morrow relieved Darvish and in the process became only the second pitcher to pitch in all seven games of a single World Series, joining Darold Knowles in the 1973 World Series. McCullers lasted only 21⁄3 innings himself; he allowed three hits and hit a World Series record four batters. This was the first Game 7 in World Series history where neither starting pitcher got past the third inning.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7
The Dodgers failed to score a run and left eight men on base through five innings. Andre Ethier hit a pinch-hit RBI single that scored Pederson in the sixth inning for the Dodgers' only run. They only had one hit in 13 chances with runners in scoring position in the game. Kershaw pitched four scoreless innings of relief in the game, and in the process, he broke Orel Hershiser's Dodgers postseason record with his 33rd strikeout.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Morton pitched four innings of relief to earn the win, as Corey Seager grounded out to José Altuve, who threw to Yuli Gurriel to end the game, with the Astros winning their first championship in franchise history, and ending their 56-year drought. Springer won the World Series MVP Award. With the Astros' win, for the first time since 2002, when the Angels beat the Giants in seven games, a franchise won its first World Series title. It was also the first time since 1972 that an American League team won a World Series Game 7 on the road.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7
After Game 7, the trophy presentation, usually taking place in the locker room whenever the visiting team clinches the series, took place on the losing team's field for the first time ever before a small crowd of mostly Astros fans that remained as most Dodgers fans left the stadium. Correa proposed to his girlfriend, 2016 Miss Texas USA winner Daniella Rodríguez, on live television during a postgame interview conducted by Rosenthal. She accepted.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7
More than a month later, a Sports Illustrated article revealed that the Astros had figured out how Darvish was tipping his pitches: "Darvish holds the ball at his side when he gets the sign from the catcher. Whether he re-grips or not as he brings the ball into his glove was the tip-off whether he was going to throw a slider/cutter or a fastball." This unnamed Astros player said the Astros had known about this going into Game 3 which they also won, but that they had an even better game plan for Game 7. After this revelation, 14-year veteran Chase Utley watched the film and later reported to Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman that Darvish was not giving off any pitch-tipping cues.


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Composite line score
2017 World Series (4–3): Houston Astros (AL) beat Los Angeles Dodgers (NL).


2017 World Series, Game summaries, Composite line score
This was the second straight World Series to end with the same number of runs scored by each team.


2017 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
Fox broadcast the series in the United States, with Joe Buck serving as the play-by-play announcer, along with John Smoltz as color commentator and Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci as field reporters. For Fox Deportes, Rolando Nichols provided play-by-play while Carlos Álvarez and Edgar Gonzalez provided color commentary.


2017 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
Kevin Burkhardt hosted the pregame shows, joined by analysts Keith Hernandez, David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez, and Frank Thomas. Outside the United States, MLB International televised the series, with Matt Vasgersian on play-by-play and Buck Martinez doing color commentary.


2017 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
In September 2017, American Spirit Media removed the signals of their Fox affiliates from DirecTV and U-verse systems. As a result, some DirecTV subscribers in portions of the Southeastern United States (as well as those in the Toledo market) were unable to watch the World Series. This dispute would eventually be resolved in January 2018.


2017 World Series, Broadcasting, Television, Ratings
According to Nielsen ratings, this series was the third highest rated since 2005, trailing only the 2009 World Series and the 2016 World Series. For the second straight year, a World Series game, Game 5, beat out NBC Sunday Night Football in ratings.


2017 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio
ESPN Radio broadcast the series nationally in English, with Dan Shulman providing the play-by-play and Aaron Boone serving as color analyst. Tim Kurkjian and Buster Olney served as reporters for the network, while Marc Kestecher hosted the pre-game and post-game coverage along with analyst Chris Singleton. The ESPN Radio coverage was carried on affiliated stations throughout the United States and Canada, as well as online at ESPN.com and via the ESPN mobile app. Spanish-language coverage was provided by ESPN Deportes Radio, with Eduardo Ortega, Renato Bermúdez, José Francisco Rivera, and Orlando Hernández announcing.


2017 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio
Locally, both teams' flagship radio stations broadcast the series with their regular announcers. Sportstalk 790 aired the English-language broadcast for the Houston area, with Robert Ford and Steve Sparks calling the games. In Los Angeles, AM 570 LA Sports aired the English-language broadcast, with Charley Steiner and Rick Monday announcing. In Spanish, Univision America 1020 carried the broadcast, with Jaime Jarrín and Jorge Jarrín on the call. In Korean, Radio Korea 1540 aired the series, with Richard Choi and Chong Ho Yim in the booth.


2017 World Series, Sponsorship
For the first time, MLB sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; the internet television service YouTube TV is the first-ever presenting sponsor of the World Series. The series is officially known as the 2017 World Series Presented by YouTube TV. This sponsorship includes logo branding in-stadium and on official digital properties, as well as commercial inventory during Fox's telecasts of the games.


2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath
This was Houston's first professional sports championship since the Houston Dynamo won the MLS Cup in 2007, and the first in one of the traditional "Big Four" American sports leagues since the Houston Rockets won back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995.


2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath
The Astros earned $30,420,155.57 from postseason pool money to split among team personnel; each share was worth $438,901.57. The Dodgers received $20,280,103.72, with shares of $259,722.14 The sportsbooks in Nevada lost $11.4 million in November 2017, a record for baseball-related betting.


2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath
The city of Houston held a parade for the Astros on November 3, 2017, which Mayor Sylvester Turner proclaimed was "Houston Astros' Day". Schools in Houston were closed for the day. An estimated 750,000 to one million attended the parade. Springer and Altuve appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated's November 13, 2017, issue, with Altuve holding the Commissioner's Trophy and Springer holding a copy of a Sports Illustrated from 2014 that predicted the Astros would win the 2017 World Series. The Astros' win has been seen as a morale boost for the city of Houston, which 9 weeks earlier had suffered tremendous damage due to Hurricane Harvey. According to Manny Fernandez and Paul Debenedetto of the New York Times, "Every city wants a World Series victory. Houston, post-Harvey, needed one."


2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath
After the season, Yu Darvish became a free agent for the first time in his career, and he chose not to re-sign with the Dodgers as there was much fan ire against him for his disappointing World Series outings that many felt had cost the Dodgers the title. Darvish signed with the Cubs and continued to struggle with performance and injury in 2018 and early in the season in 2019, before returning to his pre-2017 World Series form for the second half of 2019.


2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath
The Dodgers would make another World Series appearance the following year in 2018, but lost to the Boston Red Sox in five games, marking the first time the Dodgers lost back-to-back World Series since 1977 and 1978, where they lost both World Series to the New York Yankees. The Astros appeared in the World Series again in 2019, where they lost to the Washington Nationals in seven games. Before the 2019 World Series, several Dodgers reached out to Washington Nationals second baseman Brian Dozier and relief pitcher Daniel Hudson, who had been with Los Angeles the previous year, to warn them that Houston was elaborately stealing signs.


2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath
After the 2019 season, former Houston pitcher Mike Fiers alleged that the 2017 Astros used technology to illicitly steal their opponents' signs and relay it to their hitters. This was later confirmed through numerous citizen sleuths, and it showed the Astros used this method throughout the 2017 season, and part of the 2018 season. MLB and the Astros opened an investigation into this sign stealing allegation. MLB found the Astros used technology to cheat during their 2017 season and suspended Hinch and Astros' general manager Jeff Luhnow for one season; the Astros fired Luhnow and Hinch the same day.


2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath
Alex Cora, who was the Astros bench coach in 2017 and the Red Sox manager from 2018 to 2019, parted ways with the Red Sox after the scandal broke. Carlos Beltran who was hired by the New York Mets who was also part of the 2017 Astros was also fired for his involvement in the cheating scandal before getting the chance to manage the team. Cora would eventually be re-hired back for the 2021 season in Boston, while Hinch was named the Tigers manager a few days after the conclusion of their season long suspensions.


2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath
Besides Beltran, no other Astros players were punished. On November 8, 2020, ex-Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow, sued the Astros, alleging that Astros owner Jim Crane and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred negotiated penalties for the sign-stealing scandal that enabled the team to paint Luhnow as “the scapegoat for the organization and fire its general manager in order to save more than $22 million in guaranteed salary.”


2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath
Long time baseball writer Buster Olney said "front-office staffers around baseball cannot remember a circumstance of such widespread and loud player-to-player condemnation." Angry comments from players increased when spring training began in February. Many players criticized the Astros, especially after their press conference at the beginning of camp. Many of the condemnations came from members of the Dodgers, who the Astros defeated in the 2017 World Series, and the Yankees, who the Astros defeated in the ALCS in both 2017 and 2019. The Dodgers were the only team to release a statement the week the report was released, only to say that they had been ordered by MLB not to comment on the punishments or "any wrongdoing during the 2017 World Series."


2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath
On July 29, 2020, Joe Kelly was issued an eight-game suspension after throwing at Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa of the Houston Astros and inciting the benches to clear after a strikeout of Correa. This was the first meeting between the Astros and Dodgers since MLB handed down penalties to the Astros for sign-stealing. Kelly's pouty face mocking of Correa complaining about the near hit by pitch became an internet meme.


2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Astros played all of their 2020 American League Division Series games at Dodger Stadium against the Athletics, a series they won in four games. There was nearly a World Series re-match between the two clubs in 2020, but Houston would lose to Tampa Bay in a winner-take-all game seven in the 2020 American League Championship Series. Los Angeles won the World Series in 2020, their first since 1988.


2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath
Every World Series from 2017 through 2020 either featured the Astros or the Dodgers. Since 2015, the Dodgers and Astros are also first and second in overall record.