2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn
Four play later, Stidham near midfield, ran up the middle for a 6-yard gain. But the ball was punched out of his hands and bounced into the hands of Knights defender Tre Neal. Tightroping down the sidelines, Neal returned the ball 36 yards to the Auburn 21 yard line. Two plays later, McKenzie Milton scored the game's first touchdown, on an 18-yard quarterback run. Milton's passing numbers were thus far unimpressive, finishing the first half only 3-of-17 for 30 yards. But Milton's 83 yards rushing, coupled with five first half sacks by the Knights defense, gave UCF a 13–6 halftime lead.


2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn
The third quarter belonged to the Tigers, as Noah Igbinoghene took the second half kickoff back 72 yards to the UCF 26 yard line. Jarrett Stidham threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Will Hastings, then Kerryon Johnson had a rushing touchdown on the next possession. The Tigers flipped the scoreboard, now leading by the score of 20–13. McKenzie Milton and the Knights offense finally revved into high gear. Facing 3rd down & 8 at their own 37, Milton connected with Jordan Akins for a 26-yard pass completion to the Auburn 37.


2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn
Milton followed it up with a 12-yard screen pass to running back Otis Anderson. Hit at the 2 yard line, Anderson dragged two defenders into the endzone for the Knights' second touchdown. The UCF defense forced a three-and-out, and at the start of the fourth quarter, Milton and the Knights took over at their own 41. After two long completions, Milton quickly drove the Knights to the 8 yard line. Under pressure and scrambling, Milton found Dredrick Snelson at the back of the endzone for a leaping touchdown catch and a 27–20 UCF lead.


2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn
The Tigers went three-and-out for a second time, and Milton slowly began wearing down the Tigers defense. The Knights drove to the Auburn 8 line, but a Matthew Wright field goal attempt was tipped and blocked. At the 40 yard line with just over 6 minutes remaining in regulation, Jarrett Stidham's pass was intercepted by Chequan Burkett, who returned the ball 45 yards for a UCF touchdown. With the Knights now leading 34–20 with under six minutes to go, Auburn fans began heading for the exits, and the UCF side of the stadium turned into a frenzy. Auburn managed a quick touchdown on their next drive, and trimmed the score to 34–27 with 4:12 to play.


2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn
Looking to run out the clock, and ice the game, the Knights drove to the Auburn 21, where they faced 4th down & 7 with 2:18 left in regulation. Wright's field goal attempt sailed wide left, and the game shockingly continued. With one last chance to tie the game and potentially force overtime, the Tigers drove to the UCF 21 yard line. They had converted on a 4th & 8, and the Knights defense was bending but did not break. With 33 seconds to go, Stidham was under pressure by Shaquem Griffin, and threw up a desperation pass. With no receivers in the area, the ball was easily intercepted in the endzone by Antwan Collier. The Knights took a knee, and secured the victory, and a 13–0 undefeated season.


2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn
McKenzie Milton was selected as the offensive MVP with 245 yards passing, two touchdown passes, no interceptions, 116 yards rushing, and one rushing touchdown. Auburn narrowly edged UCF in total yards (421 to 411), but the Tigers had three turnovers compared to only one for the Knights. Shaquem Griffin had 12 tackles and 1.5 sacks, and pressured Stidham all game. Griffin was voted defensive MVP, in his final game for the Knights. Following the game, the school claimed a national championship. A few days later, UCF was ranked number 1 by the Colley Matrix, an NCAA-designated major selector of football national championships. The NCAA does not officially select a national champion in FBS football.


2017 UCI Africa Tour
The 2017 UCI Africa Tour is the 13th season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 28 October 2016 with the Tour du Faso and will end on 17 September 2017.


2017 UCI Africa Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey.


2017 UCI Africa Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2017 UCI America Tour
The 2017 UCI America Tour is the thirteenth season of the UCI America Tour. The season began on October 24, 2016 with the Vuelta a Guatemala and will end on October 7, 2017.


2017 UCI America Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI America Tour cycling jersey. Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2017 UCI America Tour
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2017 UCI Asia Tour
The 2017 UCI Asia Tour is the 13th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 22 October 2016 with the Tour of Hainan and will end on 7 October 2017.


2017 UCI Asia Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey.


2017 UCI Asia Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2017 UCI Asia Tour
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2017 UCI BMX World Championships
The 2017 UCI BMX World Championships was the 22nd edition of the UCI BMX World Championships, and took place at the Novant Health BMX Supercross Track in Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States from July 25 to 29, 2017.


2017 UCI BMX World Championships
In contrast to the 2016 edition, only four medal events were held.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The 2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were the World Championship for cyclo-cross for the season 2016–17. It was held in Bieles in Luxembourg on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 January 2017. The championships featured five events; men's races for elite, under-23 and junior riders, and women's races for elite and under-23 riders.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race
This event was held on 29 January 2017 as part of the 2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Belvaux, Luxembourg. Participants must be men born in 1994 or before. It was won by Wout van Aert of Belgium.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Race report
Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel were the big favourites before the race, having dominated the whole season and dividing the majority of races between them.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Race report
In contrast to the previous races, snow and ice were much less and the track had become much more muddy and therefore slower. As a result, several rocks surfaced which were barely visible and often covered in small pools of water. The race would turn out to become tough on the material, with especially flat tyres playing a deciding role.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Race report
Just after the start, Belgian Tom Meeusen broke his bicycle at the first obstacle and was forced to retire immediately. Meanwhile, van der Poel immediately raced away from the pack with only Kevin Pauwels able to follow. A chase group involved van Aert, Tim Merlier, Michael Vanthourenhout, Corné van Kessel, Stan Godrie, Clément Venturini and Lars van der Haar already 15 seconds back after the first lap. A puncture by Pauwels caused him to drop back, leaving van der Poel going solo from lap two. In the chasing group several riders also suffered multiple punctures and dropped back, with only van Aert able to remain about ten seconds behind.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Race report
Van der Poel suffered successive punctures on laps 2, 3 and 4 but each time closely before the pit lane, not losing much time but allowing van Aert to close the gap each lap, finally getting back together on lap 4. Behind the two leaders the gap kept widening, however the first chaser changed often as punctures caused many riders to drop back from a good position. Several riders suffered several punctures and some riders even dropped out of the race as they ran out of spare tyres, including 2008 World Champion Lars Boom.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Race report
The two leaders remained together until lap 6 when disaster struck for van der Poel as he suffered a puncture a long distance from the pits, causing him to lose 30 seconds on van Aert. Van Aert now only needed to avoid punctures in the last three laps to win his second consecutive world title, in which he succeeded. As the other riders were already over a minute back, van der Poel had no problem securing second but was visibly disappointed with his second place and eventually finished in tears 44 seconds behind van Aert.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Race report
In the fight for third, over two minutes behind van Aert, Pauwels was able to overtake van der Haar on the final lap to take his fifth bronze medal at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships following earlier third places in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2016.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's junior race
The Men's junior race at the 2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships was held on 28 January 2017 in Bieles, Luxembourg. Contenders had to be male and born in 1999 or 2000. It was won by one of the race favourites Tom Pidcock of Great Britain ahead of two compatriots.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's junior race, Race report
The weeks before the race temperatures had been below zero causing the soil to be frozen and slight rain the night and morning before the race caused the track to be extremely icy and slippery. This was evident right at the start as several riders took a tumble in the first turn, holding up about half the pack.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's junior race, Race report
The first lap saw Maxime Bonsergent of France take an early lead, chased by a small group involving Jelle Camps, Toon Vandebosch, Ben Turner, Antoine Benoist and pre-race favorite Tom Pidcock. Pidcock was the only one succeeding to bridge the gap to Bonsergent and together they built up a lead while the rest of the pack quickly spread out and most riders were cycling alone. Already at the end of the second lap, Pidcock had broken away and built up a gap of more than 20 seconds over Bonsergent who had been caught by Ben Turner. Timo Kielich was also in the chasing group but fell hard and dropped outside the top 10. This left the group of Antoine Benoist, Loris Rouiller and Dan Tulett racing for fourth place, another 20 seconds behind Turner and Bonsergent.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's junior race, Race report
Pidcock maintained and extended his lead during the race, never coming in real trouble an easily taking the victory. In the battle for the medals, Bonsergent dropped out as he fell several times and eventually after breaking his derailleur gears and losing a shoe he had to run back to the pits and would eventually finish in 20th place. Tulett caught Turner by the end of lap three and they battled it out for the remaining two medals with Tulett taking the silver in the end. Louis Rouiller came close to both British riders on the final lap but finally came eight seconds short of bronze.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Women's elite race
This event was held on 28 January 2017 as a part of the 2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Bieles, Luxembourg. Participants must be women born in 2000 or before. The race was won by Sanne Cant of Belgium, winning her first title.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Women's elite race, Race report
The fastest starter was Ellen Van Loy who took the head start but did not manage to get away from the bunch. At the end of the first lap, eight riders were still within 6 seconds: Eva Lechner, Marianne Vos, Sanne Cant, Kateřina Nash, Lucinda Brand, home rider Christine Majerus, surprise Maghalie Rochette and Van Loy.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Women's elite race, Race report
Vos, Cant and Brand opened up a gap and separated as a group; Vos tried several times to break away but Cant each time managed to close the gap with Brand trailing slightly. On the fourth of five laps, Cant slipped and lost about ten seconds, therefore Vos went into the final lap with eight seconds advantage. Meanwhile, Nash had come back from behind and was leading Brand by a few seconds for third place.


2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Women's elite race, Race report
On the final lap, Vos' chain dropped, forcing her to step off the bike and manually put it back in place which allowed Cant to close the gap. The two battled it out on the slippery last half lap, overtaking each other several times. At the final real obstacle, a steep descent, Cant was able to overtake Vos and kept the lead onto the final straight, outsprinting Vos to take her first world title. Twenty seconds later, Nash outsprinted Brand for third place.


2017 UCI Europe Tour
The 2017 UCI Europe Tour was the thirteenth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2017 season began on 26 January 2017 with the Trofeo Santanyí-Ses Salines-Campos and ended on 17 October 2017 with the Nationale Sluitingsprijs.


2017 UCI Europe Tour
Belgian rider Baptiste Planckaert (Wallonie-Bruxelles–Group Protect), who scored 1,605 points in the 2016 edition, was the defending champion of the UCI Europe Tour.


2017 UCI Europe Tour
Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) won the overall standings for the second time in three years; Wanty–Groupe Gobert won the team classification, while France won both the overall nations' title and the under-23 equivalent.


2017 UCI Europe Tour, Race structure
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2017 UCI Europe Tour, Race structure
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2017 UCI Europe Tour, Final standings
For the 2017 season, the standings are calculated based upon the UCI World Ranking, with the ranking period being the previous 52 weeks.


2017 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
The 2017 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships was the annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held at the Velodromo Fassa Bortolo in Montichiari, Italy from 23 to 27 August 2017.


2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
The 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships was the 28th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. As in 2016, the championships in the various disciplines were held at separate events. The world championships in four-cross were held at Val di Sole, Italy, on 24 and 25 August 2017, alongside UCI World Cup events in cross-country and downhill. The world championships in cross-country and downhill were held in Cairns, Australia, from 5 to 10 September 2017.


2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
The UCI world championships in trials, which had been held alongside the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships since 2000, were run as part of the newly created UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in 2017. The Urban Cycling World Championships also included the UCI world championships in cross-country eliminator, which had been part of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships since 2012, and in BMX freestyle.


2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
The Cairns event marked the second time the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships had been held in Cairns and the third time the event was held in Australia, following the 1996 edition in Cairns and the 2009 edition in Canberra. This was the third consecutive year that the UCI World Championships in four-cross were held in Val di Sole.


2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
The 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup was a series of races in Olympic Cross-Country (XCO), Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE), and Downhill (DHI). Each discipline had an Elite Men and an Elite Women category. There were also men's and women's under-23 categories in the XCO and junior men's and women's categories in the DHI. The cross-country series had six rounds and the downhill series had seven rounds.


2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
The Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE) was included as a UCI World Cup discipline for the first time since 2014. The XCE schedule for 2017 had six rounds. The XCE World Cup events had previously been held alongside the XCO and DHI races, but in 2017 they were held as separate events.


2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
The Junior Women's Downhill category was included as a World Cup discipline for the first time in 2017.


2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
New regulations were introduced in 2017 to reduce the numbers of competitors in the UCI World Cup downhill events. The minimum number of UCI points required to compete in a World Cup was increased from 30 to 40. The field sizes for the downhill finals were reduced from 20 to 15 (plus protected riders) for the Elite Women and from 30 to 20 for the Junior Men.


2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Cross-country, Elite
Nino Schurter was the first Cross-country mountain biker to accomplish a Perfect season. Additionally he won at the World Championships the gold medal at the single and at the mixed race and the Cape Epic.


2017 UCI Oceania Tour
The 2017 UCI Oceania Tour is the 13th season of the UCI Oceania Tour. The season began on 22 January 2017 with the New Zealand Cycle Classic and finished on 4 March 2017 with the Continental Championships.


2017 UCI Oceania Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Oceania Tour cycling jersey. Sean Lake from Australia is the defending 2016 UCI Oceania Tour champion.


2017 UCI Oceania Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
The 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships is the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place on the roads of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa from 31 August to 3 September 2017.


2017 UCI Road World Championships
The 2017 UCI Road World Championships were held in 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 90th UCI Road World Championships and the second to be held in Norway, after the 1993 world championships in Oslo. Chantal Blaak of the Netherlands won the women's road race and Peter Sagan of Slovakia won the men's road race. Sagan became the first man to win three successive world road race championships.


2017 UCI Road World Championships, Bidding process
It was announced on 25 September 2014 following a two-day meeting held in conjunction with the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain, that Bergen was elected to host the Championships in 2017. The city was chosen over Innsbruck (Austria), Melbourne (Australia) and Bogotá (Colombia).


2017 UCI Road World Championships, Bidding process
Bergen sent in their application by 1 January 2014. By that time they had put eighteen months of planning into the event. The total budget for the event is said to be 156 million Norwegian kroner. Of this, 58 million kroner are earmarked to be paid to the UCI as an organising fee. The Norwegian federation president Harald Tiedemann Hansen ruled out paying more than that. Norway had unsuccessfully bid for the 2016 World Championships.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The Men's road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 84th edition of the championship, and Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the two times defending champion.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
After a late move from France's Julian Alaphilippe was brought back within the final kilometres, Sagan outsprinted his rivals to win a third consecutive world title, the first male rider to do so. As well as this, he became the fifth man – after Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen, Eddy Merckx and Óscar Freire – to win three elite road world championship titles. European champion Alexander Kristoff from Norway took the silver medal, while the bronze medal went to Australian Michael Matthews.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Course
The race started in Rong and traversed 39.5 kilometres (24.5 miles) before reaching the finishing circuit in Bergen. After a further 17.9 kilometres (11.1 miles), the riders crossed the finish line on the Festplassen for the first time, with the riders completing eleven full laps of the circuit 19.1 kilometres (11.9 miles) in length. The main feature of the circuit was the climb of Salmon Hill, about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) into the lap; the climb was 1.5 kilometres (0.93 miles) long at an average gradient of 6.4%. At 267.5 kilometres (166.2 miles), the 2017 men's road race was the longest in the championships since 272.26 kilometres (169.17 miles) were covered in 2013.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Qualification
Qualification were based on performances on the UCI World Ranking on August 15, 2017.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Qualification, Additional places
Ukraine,  Iran,  Venezuela,  Turkey,  Ecuador,  Croatia,  Brazil,  South Korea,  Algeria,  Tunisia and  China have chosen not to use (all of their) quota places. Latvia,  Argentina,  Sweden,  Greece,  Hong Kong,  Finland and  Albania have received additional quota places.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Qualification, Participating nations
196 cyclists from 44 nations were entered in the men's road race, however Irish representative Damien Shaw did not start the race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Final classification
Of the race's 196 entrants, 132 riders completed the full distance of 267.5 kilometres (166.2 miles).


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial
The Men's team time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 17 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 33rd edition of the championship, and the 6th since its reintroduction for trade teams in 2012. Belgian team Quick-Step Floors were the defending champions, having won in 2016. 17 teams and 102 riders entered the competition.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial
After the women's Sunweb team won their team time trial earlier in the day, the men repeated the feat, with the German-registered outfit finishing 8.29 seconds clear of the BMC Racing Team from the United States. The podium was completed by Team Sky of Great Britain, 22.35 seconds behind the time Team Sunweb. Defending champions Quick-Step Floors finished fourth, 35.20 seconds down on the winners, and missed the medals for the first time since the race was reintroduced.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial, Course
The race started at Askøy and finished in the centre of Bergen. It was 42.5 kilometres (26.4 miles)-long and featured two climbs: Loddefjord, a 600-metre (2,000 ft)-long climb at an average gradient of 10% and the Birkelundsbakken, a climb 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) in length, at an average of 6%.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial, Prevention of UCI WorldTeams boycott
Just as in 2016, the event had been due to award points towards the team rankings of the 2017 UCI World Tour. In August 2017, the Association International des Groupes Cyclistes Professionels (AIGCP) agreed a deal with the UCI to avoid a boycott of the race, but no points would be awarded towards the World Tour rankings.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
The Men's time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships is a cycling event that took place on 20 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 24th edition of the championship; Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands won his first title.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, Qualification
All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, Qualification, Participating nations
65 cyclists from 41 nations were entered in the men's time trial, although Guyana's sole representative Jermaine Burrowes failed to start. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race
The Men's under-23 road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 22 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 22nd edition of the event, for which Norwegian rider Kristoffer Halvorsen was the defending champion, having won in 2016. The race was won by French rider Benoît Cosnefroy, who outsprinted German rider Lennard Kämna. 178 riders from 56 nations entered the competition.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race, Qualification
Qualification was based mainly on the UCI Under-23 Continental Rankings by nations as of 12 August 2018, with varying number on qualifications depending on the continent. In addition to this number, any rider within the top placings of the continent's elite tour ranking that was not already qualified, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race, Qualification, Continental champions
The European champion Casper Pedersen, was not directly eligible, as Denmark had already reached the cap of six qualified riders.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race, Final classification
Of the race's 178 entrants, 121 riders completed the full distance of 191 kilometres (119 miles).


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial
The Men's under-23 time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships took place in Bergen, Norway on 18 September 2017. The course of the race was 37.2 km (23.1 mi). It was won by Mikkel Bjerg of Denmark, who finished 1' 05" faster than American rider Brandon McNulty.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
The Women's road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships is a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was won by Chantal Blaak of the Netherlands, ahead of Australian Katrin Garfoot and the defending champion, Amalie Dideriksen of Denmark.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Course
The race started and finished on the Festplassen in Bergen, with the riders completing eight laps of a circuit 19.1 kilometres (11.9 miles) in length. The main feature of the circuit was the climb of Salmon Hill, about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) into the lap; the climb was 1.5 kilometres (0.93 miles) long at an average gradient of 6.4%. At 152.8 kilometres (94.9 miles), the 2017 women's road race was the longest in the championships' history, surpassing the previous record of 140.05 kilometres (87.02 miles) in 2013.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Qualification
Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 15 August 2017. The first five nations in this classification qualified seven riders to start, the next ten nations qualified six riders to start and the next five nations qualified five riders to start. All other nations had the possibility to send three riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Qualification, Participating nations
153 cyclists from 47 nations were entered in the women's road race, however Cuba's sole representative Marlies Mejias did not start the race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Final classification
Of the race's 153 entrants, 77 riders completed the full distance of 152.8 kilometres (94.9 miles).


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial
The Women's team time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 17 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. Nine teams and a total of fifty-four riders contested the event, the opening race of the Road World Championships.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial
Team Sunweb from the Netherlands won the world title for the first time, completing the race at an average speed of 45.786 kilometres per hour (28.450 mph), 12.43 seconds faster than another Dutch team Boels–Dolmans, the defending world champions. The bronze medal went to Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling from Germany, 28 seconds behind Boels–Dolmans.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial
Amongst the winning riders for Team Sunweb, Ellen van Dijk won her fourth team time trial world championships, having won in 2012 and 2013 for Specialized–lululemon and 2016 for Boels–Dolmans. The five remaining riders won their first world title, in a result described as an "upset", as it was the squad's first team time trial win of 2017.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
The Women's time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 19 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands won the event.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Qualification
All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.


2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Qualification, Participating nations
54 cyclists from 34 nations took part in the women's time trial. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2017. They took place in Hong Kong in the Hong Kong Velodrome from 12 to 16 April 2017. The last time the championships took place in Asia was at the 1990 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Japan at the Green Dome Maebashi.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bidding
Turkmenistan showed their interest in hosting the championships at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Council of Asia General Assembly in September 2015. The Central Asian country's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed his intention in which he reiterated his aim to use sport to raise the profile of the nation. Berdimuhamedov described the proposal as "fully in accord" with the plans of the nation, adding that the country has "all the necessary conditions". Igor Makarov, the Ashgabat-born president of the Russian Cycling Federation, outlined the attractions of the Ashgabat Sports Complex Velodrome. The velodrome is among the largest velodromes in the world with room for 6000 spectators. He appealed directly to the president to consider bidding for the event. The championships would represent the largest-profile sporting event ever held in Turkmenistan.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bidding, Announcement
UCI president Brian Cookson announced that Hong Kong would host the championships at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He praised Hong Kong for their organisation of the final round of 2015-2016 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, which took place at the end of January 2016.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 km time trial
The Men's 1 km time trial competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 16 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit
The Men's individual pursuit competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 14 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit, Results, Qualifying
The first two racers will race for gold, the third and fourth fastest rider will race for the bronze medal.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
The Men's keirin competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 13 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin, Results, First round
The first two riders in each heat qualified to the second round, all other riders advanced to the first round repechages.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin, Results, First round repechage
The winner of each heat qualified to the second round.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin, Results, Second round
The first three riders in each heat qualify to final 1-6, all other riders advance to final 7-12.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison
The Men's madison competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 16 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium
The Men's omnium competition at the 2017 World Championships will be held on 15 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium, Results, Tempo race
36 sprints were held, each awarding a point to the winner; in addition, 20 points were added/subtracted for a lap gain/loss respectively.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium, Results, Elimination race
Sprints were held every two laps; the last rider in each sprint was eliminated.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium, Results, Points race and final standings
Riders' points from the previous 3 events were carried into the points race (consisting of 100 laps (25km)), in which the final standings were decided.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race
The Men's points race competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 14 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch
The Men's scratch competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 13 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch, Results
First rider across the line without a net lap loss wins.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
The Men's sprint event of the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 14 and 15 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Qualifying
The top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 final.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Quarterfinals
Matches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the semifinals.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Semifinals
Winners proceeded to the gold medal final; losers proceeded to the bronze medal final.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit
The Men's team pursuit competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 12 and 13 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit, Results, Qualifying
The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit, Results, First round
First round heats are held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastestHeat 2: 5th v 8th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastestHeat 4: 1st v 4th fastest


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit, Results, First round
The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceeded to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint
The Men's team sprint competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 12 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastestHeat 2: 3rd v 6th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 7th fastestHeat 4: 1st v 8th fastest


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint, Results, First round
The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeding to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceeding to the bronze medal final.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
The Women's 500 m time trial competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 15 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
The Women's individual pursuit competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 15 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit, Results, Qualifying
The first two racers raced for gold, the third and fourth fastest rider raced for the bronze medal.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
The Women's keirin competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 16 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin, Results, First round
The first two riders in each heat qualified to the second round, all other riders advanced to the first round repechages.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin, Results, First round repechage
The winner of each heat qualified to the second round.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin, Results, Second round
The first three riders in each heat qualified to the final, all other riders advanced to final 7–12.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's madison
The Women's madison competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 15 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium
The Women's omnium competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 14 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium, Results, Tempo race
27 sprints were held, each awarding a point to the winner; in addition, 20 points were added/subtracted for a lap gain/loss respectively.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium, Results, Elimination race
Sprints were held every two laps; the last rider in each sprint was eliminated.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium, Results, Points race and final standings
Riders' points from the previous 3 events were carried into the points race (consisting of 80 laps (20km)), in which the final standings were decided.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race
The Women's points race competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 16 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
The Women's scratch competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 12 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch, Results
First rider across the line without a net lap loss wins.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint
The Women's sprint competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 13 and 14 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Qualifying
The top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 final.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Quarterfinals
Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Semifinals
Winners proceeded to the gold medal final; losers proceeded to the bronze medal final.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit
The Women's team pursuit competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 12 and 13 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit, Results, Qualifying
The fastest eight teams qualified for the first round, from which the top four remained in contention for the gold medal final and the other four for the bronze medal final.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastestHeat 2: 5th v 8th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastestHeat 4: 1st v 4th fastest


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit, Results, First round
The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceeded to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint
The Women's team sprint competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 12 April 2017.


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastestHeat 2: 3rd v 6th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 7th fastestHeat 4: 1st v 8th fastest


2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint, Results, First round
The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.


2017 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships
The 2017 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships was the first edition of the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships and was held from 6 to 12 November 2017 in Chengdu, China.


2017 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships
The event comprised the 2017 UCI World Championships in BMX freestyle, cross-country eliminator, and trials. Prior to 2017, the UCI World Championships in cross-country eliminator and trials were held as part of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. There were no previous UCI World Championships in BMX freestyle.


2017 UCI Women's World Tour
The 2017 UCI Women's World Tour was the second edition of the UCI Women's World Tour. For the 2017 season, the calendar consisted of 20 races, up from 17 in 2016. Two one-day races – the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, to complete an Ardennes classics week – were added along with the Ladies Tour of Norway and the Holland Ladies Tour; all 2016 races returned for the 2017 calendar, with the exception of the cancelled Philadelphia International Cycling Classic.


2017 UCI Women's World Tour
The individual classification was won by Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen, riding for the Boels–Dolmans team. Van der Breggen took the lead of the standings after winning the Tour of California, and after losing the lead to Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma (WM3 Pro Cycling) after the Women's Tour, van der Breggen regained the lead after victory at the Giro d'Italia Femminile.


2017 UCI Women's World Tour
Van der Breggen, who won five races during 2017 – including all three Ardennes classics – maintained her lead throughout the remainder of the season, ultimately winning the overall classification by 27 points from compatriot Annemiek van Vleuten from the Orica–Scott team. Van Vleuten closed the gap in points over the second half of the season, finishing third at the Giro d'Italia Femminile before victories at La Course by Le Tour de France, and the Holland Ladies Tour. Third place in the standings went to Niewiadoma, who took podium finishes in all three Ardennes classics and a second place at Strade Bianche, alongside her Women's Tour victory.


2017 UCI Women's World Tour
In the other classifications, Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling rider Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig from Denmark was the winner of the youth classification for riders under the age of 23. Uttrup Ludwig took seven victories in the classification, and finished with over three times as many points compared to her nearest challengers. Boels–Dolmans were the winners of the teams classification, taking eight wins during the season. Team Sunweb, and their American rider Coryn Rivera, took three victories as they finished as runners-up in the standings.


2017 UCI Women's World Tour, Events
The Philadelphia International Cycling Classic was scheduled to be held on 4 June, but was cancelled on 27 January due to "difficulty attracting sponsor financial support".


2017 UCI Women's World Tour, Final points standings, Individual
Riders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.


2017 UCI Women's World Tour, Final points standings, Youth
The top three riders in the final results of each World Tour event's young rider classification received points towards the standings. Six points were awarded to first place, four points to second place and two points to third place.


2017 UCI Women's World Tour, Final points standings, Team
Team rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of the top four riders of a team in each race, plus points gained in the Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour TTT.


2017 UCI World Championships
There are several 2017 UCI World Championships. The International Cycling Union (UCI) holds World Championships every year. For 2017, this includes:


2017 UCI World Tour
The 2017 UCI World Tour was a competition that included thirty-seven road cycling events throughout the 2017 men's cycling season. It was the ninth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The competition started with the opening stage of the Tour Down Under on 17 January and concluded with the final stage of the Tour of Guangxi on 24 October. Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the defending champion. The 2017 edition featured ten new events.


2017 UCI World Tour
Sagan was unable to defend his World Tour title, winning just one race overall at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec in September, as he finished fourth in the points rankings; he finished one point behind third-placed Tom Dumoulin. The rankings were topped for the first time by Belgian rider Greg Van Avermaet, riding for the BMC Racing Team, who amassed 3,582 points with the newly-enlarged points-scoring system over the course of the season.


2017 UCI World Tour
Van Avermaet led the standings for the majority of the season, winning four races overall; three on home soil at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, E3 Harelbeke, and Gent–Wevelgem, with a single win in France at Paris–Roubaix. Van Avermaet finished 130 points clear of Great Britain's Chris Froome, riding for Team Sky. Froome won two of the three Grand Tours to be held in 2017, winning his fourth Tour de France, before taking a first Vuelta a España success, the first Tour–Vuelta double in 39 years. The success gave him the World Tour points lead for several hours before Van Avermaet surpassed him with a seventh-place finish at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal.


2017 UCI World Tour
In the concurrent teams' standings, Team Sky prevailed with 12,806 points, as Froome's victories were added to by Michał Kwiatkowski (Strade Bianche, Milan–San Remo and Clásica de San Sebastián), Sergio Henao (Paris–Nice) and Elia Viviani (EuroEyes Cyclassics and Bretagne Classic Ouest–France). 154 points behind in second place were Quick-Step Floors, who took 30 victories on World Tour races (including 16 Grand Tour stages) during the 2017 season, with overall victories for Yves Lampaert (Dwars door Vlaanderen) and Philippe Gilbert (Tour of Flanders and Amstel Gold Race). With 10,961 points, BMC Racing Team finished in third place primarily down to Van Avermaet's performances, with further wins to Richie Porte (Tour Down Under and Tour de Romandie) and Dylan Teuns at the Tour de Pologne.


2017 UCI World Tour, Events
All events from the 2016 UCI World Tour were included, although some events were scheduled on different dates than previous editions. Ten new events were also added to the calendar. An eleventh event, the Tour of Qatar, was originally added to the calendar in October 2016, but it was cancelled in December 2016 due to lack of sponsorship support. Another new-for-2017 World Tour event, the Presidential Tour of Turkey, was postponed from its initial dates of 18–23 April, in February. In March, following a meeting of the UCI Professional Cycling Council, the race was rescheduled for 10–15 October.


2017 UCI World Tour, Events
A new points ranking was also introduced for the 2017 season, based upon the points scales for the UCI World Ranking. Therefore, up to 60 riders – up from a maximum of 20 riders at the Grand Tours – would be able to score points in all races. As well as the new points rankings, the previous ranking by nations was also removed.


2017 UCI World Tour, Events
Just as in 2016, the team time trial at the UCI World Championships, scheduled to be held on 17 September, had been due to award points towards the team rankings. In August 2017, the Association International des Groupes Cyclistes Professionels (AIGCP) agreed a deal with the UCI to avoid a boycott of the race, but no points would be awarded towards the World Tour rankings.


2017 UCI World Tour, Final points standings, Individual
Riders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.


2017 UCI World Tour, Final points standings, Team
Team rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of all the riders of a team in the table.


2017 UCLA Bruins baseball team
The 2017 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. The team was coached by John Savage and played their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium.


2017 UCLA Bruins baseball team, Previous season
The Bruins finished 25–31 overall, and 12–18 in the conference. The Bruins were not invited to the NCAA Division I tournament.


2017 UCLA Bruins baseball team, Previous season, MLB Draft Selections
The Bruins had six individuals selected in the 2016 MLB draft.


2017 UCLA Bruins football team
The 2017 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bruins  played its home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. They began the season coached by sixth-year head coach Jim L. Mora. They competed as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.


2017 UCLA Bruins football team
On November 19, one day after UCLA lost its third consecutive match-up against its crosstown rival USC, Jim Mora was fired. He finished the season 5–6, with a 3–5 record in Pac-12 play. Following Mora's dismissal, offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch was chosen to serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.


2017 UCLA Bruins football team
The Bruins won all six of their home games and lost all six of their road games during the regular season. In all, they were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 476 to 422.


2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M
Josh Rosen completed 35 of 59 passes for 491 yards and four touchdowns to rally UCLA to a 45–44 win over Texas A&M. The Bruins overcame a 34-point deficit, the largest comeback in school history and the second-most ever in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Michigan State had a 35-point comeback win over Northwestern in 2006.


2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Hawaii
Rosen threw a career-high five touchdowns, including three to Darren Andrews, in a 56–23 win over Hawaii. The quarterback completed 22 of 25 passes for 329 yards. It was the 12th 300-yard game of his career, breaking the school record of 11 set previously by Cade McNown. The Bruins raced out to a 14–0 lead after the first quarter and 35–7 at halftime. Theo Howard finished the game with a career-high seven receptions for 110 yards with a touchdown.


2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Memphis
UCLA rallied from a 10-point deficit in the third quarter before falling 48–45 to Memphis. Rosen finished with 463 yards and four touchdowns, but also threw his first two interceptions of the season. The first was by the Tigers' linebacker Tim Hart, who returned it for a 60-yard touchdown to put Memphis ahead 41–31. UCLA had entered the national rankings that week at No. 25.


2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona
The Bruins surrendered 457 yards rushing to Arizona and were outgained 605–409 in total yards in a 47–30 loss, the first defeat to the Wildcats in UCLA coach Jim Mora's tenure. Rosen was 20-for-34 passing for 219 yards with no touchdowns and a career-high three interceptions. It was his first time in the season he was held under 300 yards, ending a streak of seven games dating back to 2016.


2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
After being out the previous week with a concussion, Rosen returned to the lineup and threw for 381 yards with one touchdown and also scored on a 1-yard run in a 44–37 win over the Arizona State Sun Devils. He connected with Jordan Lasley on a 22-yard score on the first play of the fourth quarter, as the Bruins outscored the Sun Devils 10–3 in the final quarter to pull away. Starting slowly, Rosen was just 10-for-25 at halftime, but was 15-of-20 for 225 yards in the second half.


2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
In his first matchup against USC quarterback Sam Darnold, Rosen was 32 of 52 passing for 421 yards along with three touchdowns and an interception in a 28–23 loss to the Trojans. The two passers were among the top prospects for the 2018 NFL draft.


2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
With their loss to USC, the Bruins finished the regular season with a winless 0–6 record on the road and extended their overall road losing streak to 10 games. Additionally, this was head coach Jim Mora's final game at UCLA, as he was fired the following morning.


2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California
In the regular season finale against California, the Bruins won 30–27 to become bowl-eligible. Rosen led the Bruins to a 17–9 lead at the half, but was held out the rest of the game for precautionary reasons after he suffered three sacks, including one late in the second quarter when he was slow to get up after being thrown to the ground. He finished 13-of-18 passing for 202 yards and two touchdowns. UCLA finished undefeated at home for the first time since 2005.


2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Kansas State–Cactus Bowl
Officials: Jer. Magallanes (Referee); Johnnie Forte (Umpire); Matt Fitzgerald(Linesman); Tim Graham (Line Judge); Rob Luklan (Back Judge); Wayne Rundell (Field Judge); George Liotus (Side Judge).


2017 UConn Huskies football team
The 2017 UConn Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They played their home games at Rentschler Field. They were led by head coach Randy Edsall in his first year of his second stint and thirteenth year overall. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in AAC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the East Division.


2017 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Holy Cross
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2017 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, East Carolina
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2017 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Memphis
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2017 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2017 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Missouri
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2017 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, South Florida
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2017 UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships
The 2017 UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships is the European Championship for cyclo-cross for the season 2017–18. It is holds in Tábor in Czech Republic on Sunday 5 November 2017. The championships featured five events; men's races for elite, under-23 and junior riders, and women's races for elite and under-23 riders.


2017 UEC European Track Championships
The 2017 UEC European Track Championships is the eight edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and will take place at the Velodrom in Berlin, Germany, between 19 and 22 October 2017. The event is organised by the European Cycling Union. All European champions are awarded the UEC European Champion jersey which may be worn by the champion throughout the year when competing in the same event at other competitions.


2017 UEC European Track Championships
The 12 Olympic events (sprint, team sprint, team pursuit, keirin, madison and omnium for men and women), as well as 11 other events are on the program for these European Championships.


2017 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)
The 2017 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) was the 17th continental championships for European under-23 and junior track cyclists, and the 8th since the event was renamed following the reorganisation of European track cycling in 2010. The event took place at the Sangalhos Velodrome in Sangalhos, Portugal from 19 to 23 July 2017.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's 1 km time trial
The Men's 1 km time trial was held on 21 October 2017.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's elimination race
The Men's elimination race was held on 20 October 2017.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit
The Men's individual pursuit was held on 21 October 2017.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin, Results, First round
Heat winners qualified directly for the semi-finals; the remainder went to the first round repechage.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin, Results, Semi-finals
First three riders in each semi qualified for the final; the remainder went to the small final (for places 7-12).


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison
The Men's madison was held on 22 October 2017. 18 teams participated over a distance of 50 km (200 laps), with sprints every 10 laps awarding 5, 3, 2 or 1 point to the first four (double in the final sprint); 20 points are also awarded/withdrawn for each lap gained/lost respectively.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium
The Men's omnium was held on 20 October 2017. 25 riders were entered, of which 20 qualified and went on to compete across four events.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium, Results, Qualifying
The top 10 riders in each heat qualified for the final.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium, Results, Points race and final standings
Riders' points from the previous 3 events were carried into the points race, in which the final standings were decided.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race
The Men's points race was held on 21 October 2017. 24 riders participated over a distance of 40 km (160 laps), with sprints every 10 laps awarding 5, 3, 2 or 1 point to the first four (double in the final sprint); 20 points are also awarded/withdrawn for each lap gained/lost respectively.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Qualifying
The top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 finals.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Quarter-finals
One-on-one matches are extended to a 'best of three' format hereon. Winners proceed to the semi-finals.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Semi-finals
Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's stayer
The Men's stayer was held on 21 October 2017. 7 riders were motor-paced by their pilots over a distance of 50 km (200 laps)


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit
The Men's team pursuit was held on 18 and 19 October 2017.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit, Results, Qualifying
The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit, Results, First round
First round heats are held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th qualifierHeat 2: 5th v 8th qualifierHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd qualifierHeat 4: 1st v 4th qualifier


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit, Results, First round
The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceed to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams are ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint
The Men's team sprint was held on 19 October 2017.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint, Results, First round
First round heats are held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th qualifierHeat 2: 3rd v 6th qualifierHeat 3: 2nd v 7th qualifierHeat 4: 1st v 8th qualifier


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint, Results, First round
The heat winners are ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
The Women's 500 m time trial was held on 20 October 2017.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's elimination race
The Women's elimination race was held on 19 October 2017.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit
The Women's individual pursuit was held on 20 October 2017.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin, Results, First round
Top two in each heat qualified directly for the semi-finals; the remainder went to the first round repechage.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin, Results, Semi-finals
First three riders in each semi qualified for the final; the remainder went to the small final (for places 7-12).


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's madison
The Women's madison was held on 22 October 2017. 14 teams participated over a distance of 30 km (120 laps), with sprints every 10 laps awarding 5, 3, 2 or 1 point to the first four (double in the final sprint); 20 points are also awarded/withdrawn for each lap gained/lost respectively.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's omnium
The Women's omnium was held on 21 October 2017; 20 riders competed across four events.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's omnium, Results, Points race and final standings
Riders' points from the previous 3 events were carried into the points race, in which the final standings were decided.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's points race
The Women's points race was held on 20 October 2017. 18 riders participated over a distance of 25 km (100 laps), with sprints every 10 laps awarding 5, 3, 2 or 1 point to the first four (double in the final sprint); 20 points are also awarded/withdrawn for each lap gained/lost respectively.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Qualifying
The top twelve riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 13 to 20 advanced to the 1/16 finals.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Quarter-finals
One-on-one matches are extended to a 'best of three' format hereon. Winners proceed to the semi-finals.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Semi-finals
Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit
The Women's team pursuit was held on 18 and 19 October 2017.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit, Results, Qualifying
All 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit, Results, First round
First round heats are held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th qualifierHeat 2: 5th v 8th qualifierHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd qualifierHeat 4: 1st v 4th qualifier


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit, Results, First round
The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceed to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams are ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team sprint
The Women's team sprint was held on 19 October 2017.


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team sprint, Results, First round
First round heats are held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th qualifierHeat 2: 3rd v 6th qualifierHeat 3: 2nd v 7th qualifierHeat 4: 1st v 8th qualifier


2017 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team sprint, Results, First round
The heat winners are ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2017 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the 62nd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 25th season since it was renamed from the European Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on 3 June 2017, between Italian side Juventus and Spanish side and title holders Real Madrid, in a repeat of the 1998 final. It would also be the first European Cup final held under a closed roof.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final
Real Madrid won the match 4–1 to secure their 12th title in this competition. With this victory, as the defending champions, Real Madrid became the first team to successfully defend their title in the Champions League era, and the first to do so since Milan in 1990. On the other hand, Juventus lost a fifth final in a row and a seventh in nine finals reached.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final
Real Madrid qualified as the UEFA representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Manchester United, in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup, triumphing in both competitions.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Teams
In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
The Millennium Stadium was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czech Republic. The stadium entered into a naming rights deal with the Principality Building Society in 2016 that saw it renamed as the "Principality Stadium"; however, due to UEFA regulations regarding the use of names of non-tournament sponsors, they continue to use the name "Millennium Stadium" in official literature, while the name "National Stadium of Wales" was used for the final itself.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
Shortly before the final date of 3 June 2017, it was announced that for security reasons the retractable roof would . This marked the first and so far only time that the UEFA Champions League final was held indoors.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
The match was a repeat of the 1998 final, making it the eighth repeated final pairing. Real Madrid won the 1998 final 1–0. The 2017 final was the first time since the two teams met in 1998 that both finalists had won either their domestic league or the Champions League the previous season.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Juventus reached their ninth final after a 4–1 aggregate win against Monaco to maintain their undefeated record in this season's competition. Juventus also entered the final with the best defensive record in the 2016–17 Champions League, having conceded only three times. Previously Juventus won finals in 1985 and 1996, and lost a record six in 1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003 and 2015. This was also their 14th final in all seasonal UEFA competitions, having also played in one Cup Winners' Cup final (winning in 1984) and four UEFA Cup finals (winning in 1977, 1990 and 1993, and losing in 1995). If they were to lose, Juventus would tie Benfica's record of five consecutive finals lost.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Title holders Real Madrid reached a record 15th final after a 4–2 aggregate win against city rivals Atlético Madrid, knocking them out of the competition for the fourth consecutive season. Real Madrid went into the final as top scorers of the 2016–17 Champions League, having scored 32 goals. This final was their third since 2014, and gave Real a chance to win a record 12th title. Previously they won finals in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014 and 2016, and lost in 1962, 1964 and 1981.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
This was also their 19th final in all seasonal UEFA competitions, having also played in two Cup Winners' Cup finals (losing in 1971 and 1983) and two UEFA Cup finals (winning in 1985 and 1986). Real Madrid were looking to be the first team in the Champions League era (since 1993) to win two consecutive finals. Four times prior the previous champions had advanced to the final (Milan in 1995, Ajax in 1996, Juventus in 1997, and Manchester United in 2009), but on all occasions the title holders lost.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
The two sides had previously met eighteen times in European competitions, all in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, with a record of eight wins each and two draws. The first meeting between the two sides took place in the 1961–62 European Cup quarter-finals, where Real Madrid beat Juventus 3–1 in a play-off after the two sides exchanged 1–0 away wins. The most recent meeting between the clubs had taken place in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, where Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate to advance to the 2015 final.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Juventus entered the final chasing their first treble of domestic league, domestic cup, and Champions League titles, bidding to become the ninth team to win it. They won the 2016–17 Coppa Italia after defeating Lazio in the final on 17 May, and clinched the 2016–17 Serie A title on 21 May. Real Madrid were chasing the double of domestic league and Champions League titles, having won the 2016–17 La Liga on 21 May, the final day of the season.


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


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador
The ambassador for the final was former Wales international Ian Rush, who won the European Cup with Liverpool in 1984, and also played for Juventus from 1987 to 1988.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Logo
UEFA unveiled the brand identity of the final on 25 August 2016 in Monaco during the group stage draw.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
With a stadium capacity of 66,000 for the final, a total of 41,500 tickets were available to fans and the general public; the two finalist teams received 18,000 tickets each and 5,500 tickets were made available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 17 to 28 March 2017 in four price categories: £390, £275, £140, and £60. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony
American hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas performed at the opening ceremony preceding the final. The performance, which included a pyrotechnic display, ran over time and forced the kick-off to be delayed by several minutes. The UEFA Champions League Anthem featured a recording of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli from the previous season's final.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Related events
The 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was held two days prior, on 1 June 2017, at the Cardiff City Stadium, with title holders Lyon beating Paris Saint-Germain 7–6 on penalties, following a 0–0 draw after extra time. The winning penalty was scored by Lyon goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi, immediately after her opposite number, Katarzyna Kiedrzynek, had missed her kick.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Related events
The annual UEFA Champions Festival was held between 1–4 June 2017 at Cardiff Bay.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Officials
In May 2017, German referee Felix Brych was selected to supervise the final. He was joined by fellow German officials Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp as assistant referees, Bastian Dankert and Marco Fritz as additional assistant referees, Rafael Foltyn as reserve assistant referee, and Serbian Milorad Mažić as fourth official.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
Juventus dominated possession in the opening 19 minutes of the match, and had three major chances to score. Gonzalo Higuaín had two shots on goal that were easily saved by Keylor Navas, while Miralem Pjanić had a more dangerous chance that Navas dived to push wide to his right.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
Despite the scoring chances, as well as the closing down of Real Madrid's counterattacks in the midfield, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the first goal of the match in the 20th minute; Dani Carvajal played a one-two on the right with Ronaldo before passing across for him to shoot low to the left corner of the net, which deflected in off the right foot of Leonardo Bonucci. Juventus responded with a goal seven minutes later to bring the score to 1–1.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
Mario Mandžukić chested down a ball from Higuaín and hooked the ball over his shoulder from 15 yards (14 m), which arced over Navas. The goal was heralded as one of the best goals ever scored in a Champions League final and was compared to Zinedine Zidane's goal in the 2002 final for Real Madrid. Juventus remained in control through the end of the first half, while Real Madrid conceded two yellow cards for defenders Sergio Ramos and Dani Carvajal.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
Real Madrid began the second half strongly and in control, though play was stopped several times for fouls and injuries to both sides. Real Madrid took a 2–1 lead in the 61st minute from a long-range strike from Casemiro, which deflected off Sami Khedira and past Gianluigi Buffon to the left corner of the net. Three minutes later, Ronaldo scored Madrid's third goal of the night and his second, finishing in the 6-yard (5.5 m) box from a cut-back from Luka Modrić on the right.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
Juventus, fending off additional attacks from Madrid, picked up three additional yellow cards, including one to newly substituted Juan Cuadrado. Real Madrid replaced striker Karim Benzema with Gareth Bale, a Cardiff native who had not been fit enough to start but was given a homecoming. Cuadrado picked up a second yellow card and was sent off in the 84th minute for a shove on Sergio Ramos, who went down while holding his foot. Marco Asensio scored Madrid's fourth and final goal in the 90th minute, a tap-in from 12 yards (11 m) after a cut-back from Marcelo from the left.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw, which was held on 21 April 2017 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Mark Borsch (Germany)Stefan Lupp (Germany)Fourth official:Milorad Mažić (Serbia)Additional assistant referees:Bastian Dankert (Germany)Marco Fritz (Germany)Reserve assistant referee:Rafael Foltyn (Germany)


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
The trophy presentation returned to the pitch for the first time since 2006 when Barcelona collected the trophy. UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin said "The pitch is the players' stage and it is only fitting that their achievements are celebrated there", The European Cup was then presented to Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos to commemorate the first team to win it the back-to-back.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
With their win, Real Madrid secured a record-extending twelfth title in the European Cup/Champions League and became the first club to win back-to-back titles in the Champions League era. This was the club's third title win in four seasons; a feat that has only occurred thrice before – Real Madrid (1956–60), Ajax (1971–73) and Bayern Munich (1974–76). Real Madrid has not lost a final in the Champions League era, with their last defeat occurring in 1981. The victory also saw Madrid secure their first League – European Cup double since the 1957–58 season.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
Madrid's first goal in the final marked their 500th all-time goal in the competition, becoming the first club to reach the milestone. Cristiano Ronaldo also became the first player to score in three Champions League finals, and ranking second with the European Cup included, only behind Alfredo Di Stéfano's five finals scored in. Twenty-one year old Asensio became the youngest Real Madrid player to score in a European Cup/Champions League final.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
With their loss, Juventus extended their record number of final losses to seven, and tied Benfica's record of five consecutive finals lost.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions
At the post-match press conference, Allegri stated that Juventus had played well in the first-half but failed to make the most of their chances. He felt that his team "let go psychologically" after conceding the second goal. Allegri added, "Even if Real Madrid had a very good second half and have excellent players who can change the game at any moment, that second goal knocked the wind out of our sails.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions
They raised the tempo, as we were the ones pushing Real Madrid back in the first half, but in the second we couldn't play our way out of defence and they kept pushing us back. At that moment, we should've taken out the extra energy to push hard and keep the game open, as we know Real Madrid leave you the chances to score at all times, but we conceded the third goal and that was really damaging." Juventus captain Buffon stated that losing the match was a big disappointment.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions
He felt his side had "an excellent first half, where we caused Real Madrid huge problems" but "in the second half their class, strength and how accustomed they are to winning these games showed through. They won deservedly." If Juventus had won, Buffon would have become the oldest player to win a Champions League surpassing compatriot Paolo Maldini. FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who attended the match, told reporters, "Juventus played a great first half, then in the second Real Madrid were extraordinary. They were two excellent sides and in the end the best team won."


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions
Zidane declared that his players deserved to win the double and become the first team to defend the title in the Champions league era. Zidane stated, "They have made history, for sure. Nobody has done it, and now we have. Today is a historic day for all Madridistas, for the players, for me, for all our family. But saying this, you know how it is. Next year will be much more difficult. We will have to work a lot to try and win again.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions
But today we can say we are a very good team, and we deserved to win La Liga and the Champions League. It was not easy." He also felt that "a lot of hard work" was the reason behind the team's success. Zidane also revealed that he had instructed his players to "keep going, but to play a bit higher up the pitch, and to keep the ball" during the half-time team talk.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions
Ramos said he was proud that Madrid had "kept their date with history" and felt it was because of the harmonious relationship among the players. Madrid's captain said, "We are tremendously proud of this team, and this institution. We had a date with history and were really looking forward to it. For 59 years we had not achieved the double, and nobody had ever won two Champions Leagues in a row. We were able to keep a dressing room without any jealousies and that was key. Success does not come by coincidence.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions
We are a great group, headed by a great coach in Zidane. Three Champions Leagues in four years is crazy." Kroos revealed that he did not believe that Madrid would be able to successfully defend the trophy saying, "I didn't expect it would be possible to defend this title as it's so difficult to win it once. But to do it twice in a row is unbelievable. To win it three times in the last four years means a lot. It means it's not only a good team on the pitch but off the pitch. It's like that and I'm happy to be part of the team." Kroos also pointed out that Juventus had only conceded three goals in their entire Champions League campaign, and that scoring four against them in the final was a sign of Madrid's quality.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions
Modrić said that Madrid's performance in the first half was because they had "dropped back too much". He felt that the team's performance improved in the second half after Zidane instructed them to become "more aggressive" and "to not allow Juve to keep the ball easily". Cardiff native Bale stated that winning the title in his hometown was a "great feeling". He also stated that he had no regrets about not being able to start the match, and was happy to have been able to play.


2017 UEFA Champions League Final, 2017 Turin stampede
During a viewing event for the match at the Piazza San Carlo in Turin, a robbery attempt followed by a loud bang caused panic, and a subsequent stampede killed three people, and at least 1,672 people were injured. On 14 May 2019, the victims of the tragedy were commemorated with a plaque in the piazza.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final
The 2017 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, the 46th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 8th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It was played on 24 May 2017 at the Friends Arena in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, between Dutch side Ajax and English side Manchester United. Manchester United won the match 2–0 to secure their first title in this competition.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final
With this victory, they joined Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Chelsea as the only clubs to have won all three major European trophies (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup); while, with this defeat, Ajax became the fifth club – after Hamburger SV, Fiorentina, Arsenal and Liverpool – to have lost a final in all these competitions.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final
Manchester United earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup. They also entered the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, as the berth reserved for the Champions League title holders was not used. Police of Stockholm took measures against potential terrorist attacks which they described as "the new normality", since two had occurred in Stockholm in 2010 and just a month before the final, and also prepared for potential clashes between supporters.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Teams
In the following table, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Europa League era.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Venue
Friends Arena, located in the Solna Municipality of the Stockholm urban area, was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czech Republic.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
This was Ajax's second final in the UEFA Cup/Europa League, having won in the 1992 UEFA Cup Final over Torino on away goals.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
This was Manchester United's first final in the UEFA Cup/Europa League. They were seeking to join Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Chelsea as the only clubs to have won all three major European trophies (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and the now defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup).


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
The two sides had previously met four times in European competitions, all in the UEFA Cup/Europa League, with a record of two wins each. However, Manchester United had eliminated Ajax on both occasions, 2–1 on aggregate in the 1976–77 UEFA Cup first round, and 3–2 on aggregate in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League round of 32.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Road to the final
Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador
The ambassador for the final was former Swedish international player Patrik Andersson, who won the Champions League with Bayern Munich against Valencia in 2001.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Logo
UEFA unveiled the brand identity of the final on 26 August 2016 in Monaco during the group stage draw.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
With a stadium capacity of 48,000 for the final, a total number of 37,000 tickets were available to fans and the general public, with the two finalist teams receiving 10,000 tickets each and with 17,000 tickets being available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 17 to 28 March 2017 in four price categories: €150, €100, €70 and €45. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony
A minute's silence was observed before the final in memory to victims of the bombing in Manchester which occurred two days before the final; the opening ceremony was thus considerably reduced.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Officials
Slovenian referee Damir Skomina was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 12 May 2017.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Summary
Paul Pogba opened the scoring for Manchester United in the 18th minute when his low left foot shot from just outside the penalty area took a deflection off Davinson Sánchez which wrong footed the goalkeeper before looping over him and into the net. Henrikh Mkhitaryan got the second goal three minutes into the second half when with his back to goal he flicked the ball into the net with his right foot from three yards out after the ball had been knocked down to him by Chris Smalling after a corner from the right by Juan Mata. Wayne Rooney, who entered minutes before the final whistle, took the captain's armband and later led the team to lift the trophy in his final game for United; he would return to Everton less than two months later.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Details
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw, which was held on 21 April 2017 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Ajax as the "home" team played with their new home kit which would be used the following season. United wore their outgoing away (European third) kit.


2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)Robert Vukan (Slovenia)Fourth official:Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)Additional assistant referees:Matej Jug (Slovenia)Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)Reserve assistant referee:Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia)


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (35th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Croatia, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India as the UEFA representatives. This was decreased from the previous six teams, as FIFA decided to give one of the slots originally reserved for UEFA to the Oceania Football Confederation starting from 2017.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Spain won their third title by beating England 4–1 on penalties in the final after a 2–2 draw, and both teams were joined by Germany, Turkey, France as UEFA qualifiers for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Portugal were the defending champions, but failed to qualify.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification
All 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Croatia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The final draw was held on 3 April 2017, 18:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Panorama Zagreb Hotel in Zagreb, Croatia. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
Hosts Croatia were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Venues
At first, it was announced that eight stadiums would host the competition, each of those being in Istria and Primorje. Later, that was changed.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Venues
Rijeka and Kostrena were the only hosts that were planned at first with new hosts being Varaždin, Zaprešić, Velika Gorica and two in Croatian capital Zagreb – in boroughs Sesvete and Lučko. The final would be played in Varaždin.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Match officials
A total of 9 referees, 12 assistant referees and 3 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 7 April 2017.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Group stage
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage
As part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out, a different sequence of taking penalties, known as "ABBA", that mirrors the serving sequence in a tennis tiebreak would be used if a penalty shoot-out was needed (team A kicks first, team B kicks second):


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
Winners qualified for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists entered the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Ranking of losing quarter-finalists
To determine the two best losing quarter-finalists which enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off, the losing quarter-finalists are ranked by the following criteria (Regulations Article 16.06):


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Goalscorers
There were 99 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.09 goals per match.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
The 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-17 football competition that determined the fifteen teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Croatia in the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
A total of 53 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to participate. Each match has a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round and the seven best runners-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 15.01, 15.02 and 15.03):


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2015, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
Each group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B. For political reasons, Spain and Gibraltar (due to the disputed status of Gibraltar), Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups
The qualifying round must be played between 1 July and mid-November 2016.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups
Times up to 29 October 2016 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The draw for the elite round will be held on 13 December 2016, 11:45 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Germany, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams (Montenegro, Ukraine, Belgium, Czech Republic, Armenia) could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group.