2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
The elite round must be played by the end of March 2017.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
Times up to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the seven best second-placed teams from the elite round which qualify for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Top goalscorers
The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:


2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
The following is a list of squads for each national team that competed at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Croatia. Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players born on or after 1 January 2000.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (66th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Georgia, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1998 eligible to participate.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
In the final, which was played on 15 July, England defeated Portugal 2–1.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification
All 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Georgia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven 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-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The final draw was held in 13 April 2017, 14:00 GET (UTC+4), at the Ballroom of Hotels & Preference Hualing in Tbilisi, Georgia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Georgia were assigned to position A1 in the draw.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Venues
The final tournament matches were held in four stadium venues located in two cities:


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Squads
Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 24 April 2017.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 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-19 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage
On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board (IFAB)'s trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time. On 1 June 2017, it was also announced 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-19 Championship qualification
The 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Georgia in the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
A total of 53 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to participate.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 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-19 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2015, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
Each group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B. For political reasons, 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-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups
The qualifying round must be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:


2017 UEFA European Under-19 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-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups, Group 11
The Poland v Northern Ireland match was completed with a 1–0 scoreline before a default victory was awarded.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the best third-placed team 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-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The draw for the elite round was held on 13 December 2016, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Spain, 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 team (Belarus) could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
The elite round must be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
Times up to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Top goalscorers
The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Each national team has to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Players in boldface have been capped at full international level since the tournament.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Ages are as of the start of the tournament, 2 July 2017.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group A, Sweden
On 16 June 2017, Sweden named their squad. On 28 June 2017, defender Dennis Hadžikadunić, midfielder Mattias Svanberg and midfielder Svante Ingelsson left the squad, being replaced by Anel Ahmedhodžić, Teddy Bergqvist and Joseph Ceesay.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group A, Portugal
On 25 June 2017, Portugal announced their final squad. On 28 June, Madi Queta replaced injured José Gomes.


2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group B, Germany
On 25 June 2017, Germany announced their final squad. Maxime Awoudja replaced Salih Özcan.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2017) was the 21st edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, a biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe. The final tournament was hosted in Poland for the first time, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 26 January 2015 in Nyon, Switzerland. The tournament took place from 16–30 June 2017. Players born on or after 1 January 1994 were eligible for the tournament.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
In March 2012, UEFA announced that the competition would take place in even numbered years from 2016 onwards. In September 2013, UEFA announced its intention to continue holding the final tournament in odd numbered years following a request from its member national football associations. On 24 January 2014, UEFA confirmed that the final tournament would be held in 2017 and that it would be expanded from 8 teams to 12.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Hosts
The hosts were announced at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Nyon on 26 January 2015. In late April 2014, the Polish Football Association very strongly indicated the country has high chances to host the tournament. Bidding to welcome Europe's best youth teams was one of the reasons for Poland's withdrawal from the UEFA Euro 2020 race.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualification
A total of 53 UEFA nations entered the competition (Gibraltar did not enter), and with the hosts Poland qualifying automatically, the other 52 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 11 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition, which took place from March 2015 to November 2016, consisted of two rounds:


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-21 era (since 1978).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The final draw was held on 1 December 2016, 18:00 CET (UTC+1), at the ICE Congress Centre in Kraków. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking following the end of the qualifying play-offs, with the hosts Poland assigned to position A1 in the draw. Each group contained either the hosts or one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, and two teams from Pot 3.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Venues
On 7 June 2016, Polish Football Association selected six venues:


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Match officials
In February 2017, UEFA selected nine referees and their teams for this tournament.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers. If a player was injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Group stage
The group winners and the best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Group stage
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 18.01 and 18.02):


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Group stage, Ranking of second-placed teams
The match-ups of the semi-finals depended on which runner-up qualified (Regulations Article 17.02):


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Knockout stage
On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Goalscorers
There were 65 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Awards, Team of the tournament
After the tournament, the Under-21 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observers.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final
The 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final was a football match that took place on 30 June 2017 at the Stadion Cracovia in Kraków, Poland, to determine the winners of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The match was contested by Germany and Spain, the winners of the semi-finals.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final
Germany won the final 1–0 for their second UEFA European Under-21 Championship title.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Frédéric Haquette (France)Hicham Zakrani (France)Fourth official:Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)Additional assistant referees:Benoît Millot (France)Jérôme Miguelgorry (France)


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
The 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-21 football competition that determined the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Poland in the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
A total of 52 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, with Gibraltar as the only absentee. Players born on or after 1 January 1994 are eligible to participate.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 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 group, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 14.01):


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
To determine the four best runners-up from the qualifying group stage, the results against the teams in sixth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 14.02):


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
In the play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.02).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Schedule
The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying group stage, Draw
The draw for the qualifying group stage was held on 5 February 2015, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying group stage, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying group stage, Draw
Groups 1–7 each contained one team from each of Pots A–F, while Group 8–9 each contained one team from each of Pots A–E. For political reasons, Azerbaijan and Armenia (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-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying group stage, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the four best second-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which advance to the play-offs, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the sixth-placed team (for groups with six teams) are not included. As a result, eight matches played by each second-placed team will count for the purposes of determining the ranking.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Play-offs, Draw
The draw for the play-offs was held on 14 October 2016, 13:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1
Group 1 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Czech Republic, Belgium, Montenegro, Moldova, Latvia, and Malta. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1, Matches
Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2
Group 2 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Lithuania, and Andorra. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2, Matches
Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3
Group 3 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: France, Ukraine, Scotland, Iceland, Macedonia, and Northern Ireland. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3, Matches
Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4
Group 4 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Portugal, Israel, Greece, Hungary, Albania, and Liechtenstein. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4, Matches
Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5
Group 5 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Denmark, Romania, Armenia, Wales, Bulgaria, and Luxembourg. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5, Matches
Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6
Group 6 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Spain, Sweden, Croatia, Georgia, Estonia, and San Marino. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6, Matches
Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7
Group 7 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Germany, Russia, Austria, Finland, Azerbaijan, and Faroe Islands. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7, Matches
Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8
Group 8 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of five teams: Netherlands, Slovakia, Turkey, Belarus, and Cyprus. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8, Matches
Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9
Group 9 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of five teams: England, Switzerland, Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kazakhstan. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9, Matches
Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs
The play-offs of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition involve the four runners-up with the best records among all nine groups in the qualifying group stage: Austria, Norway, Serbia, and Spain. The draw for the play-offs was held on 14 October 2016.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs
The play-offs are played in home-and-away two-legged format. The two play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the four best second-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which advance to the play-offs, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the sixth-placed team (for groups with six teams) are not included. As a result, eight matches played by each second-placed team will count for the purposes of determining the ranking.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
The following is a list of squads for all twelve national teams that competed at the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Each national team had to submit a final squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Players in boldface were capped at full international level prior to the start of the tournament.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Age, caps, goals and club as of 16 June 2017.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads, Group A, Poland
Poland named their final squad on 2 June 2017. Head coach: Marcin Dorna


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads, Group A, Sweden
Sweden named their final squad on 30 May 2017. On 6 June 2017, defender Pa Konate was ruled out of the tournament after a thigh injury, and was replaced by defender Egzon Binaku.


2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads, Group C, Germany
Jonathan Tah withdrew from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Waldemar Anton.


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup
The 2017 UEFA Regions' Cup was the 10th edition of the UEFA Regions' Cup, a football competition for amateur teams in Europe organized by UEFA.


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup
Zagreb, which lost to Leinster/Munster (Eastern Region) in the previous edition's final, defeated Munster/Connacht (Region 2), also from the Republic of Ireland, in this edition's final to become the first team from Croatia to win the UEFA Regions' Cup.


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Teams
A total of 38 teams entered the tournament. Each of the 54 UEFA member associations could enter a regional amateur representative team which qualified through a national qualifying competition, or when applicable, their national amateur representative team.


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Teams
Teams were ranked according to their UEFA coefficients, computed based on results of the last three seasons, to decide on the round they entered. The top 30 teams entered the intermediate round, and the bottom 8 teams (ranked 31–38) entered the preliminary round.


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Teams
The draws for the preliminary round and intermediate round were held on 3 December 2015, 14:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Format
In the preliminary round and intermediate round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw.


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Format
In the final tournament, the eight qualified teams play a group stage (two groups of four) followed by the final between the group winners, at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams.


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Format, Tiebreakers
In the preliminary round, intermediate round, and group stage of the final tournament, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (regulations Articles 14.01, 14.02, 16.01 and 16.02):


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Preliminary round
The two group winners advance to the intermediate round to join the 30 teams which receive byes to the intermediate round. Matches must be played between 1 May and 31 July 2016.


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Intermediate round
The eight group winners advance to the final tournament. Matches must be played between 15 August and 15 December 2016.


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Intermediate round
Times up to 29 October 2016 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament
The hosts of the final tournament was selected by UEFA from the eight qualified teams, with UEFA announcing on 21 December 2016 that it would be hosted in Istanbul, Turkey between 1 and 9 July 2017.


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament
The draw for the final tournament was held on 2 March 2017, 17:00 TRT (UTC+3), at the Turkish Football Federation headquarters in Istanbul. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four without any seeding, except that the hosts were assigned to position A1 in the draw. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, teams from Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn into the same group. The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 4 May 2017.


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament
The two group winners advance to the final, while the two group runners-up receive bronze medals. In the final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.


2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament
All times are CEST (UTC+2); local times, TRT (UTC+3), are in parentheses.


2017 UEFA Super Cup
The 2017 UEFA Super Cup was the 42nd edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match featured Spanish side Real Madrid, the title holders and winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, and English side Manchester United, the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. The match was played at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Macedonia, on 8 August 2017, and was the first UEFA final staged in the country.


2017 UEFA Super Cup
Real Madrid won the match 2–1 for their second consecutive and fourth overall UEFA Super Cup title.


2017 UEFA Super Cup, Teams
While the two teams had never met in the Super Cup, they had met 10 times in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League; Real Madrid had the advantage in the teams' previous meetings, with four wins, four draws and two losses.


2017 UEFA Super Cup, Venue
The Philip II Arena 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 Super Cup, Pre-match, Ticketing
With a stadium capacity of 30,500 for the match, a total number of 23,000 tickets were available to fans and the general public, being available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 13 June to 4 July 2017 in three price categories: €50, €30, and €15. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters.


2017 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Officials
Italian referee Gianluca Rocchi was announced as the referee by UEFA on 20 July 2017.


2017 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary
In the 16th minute, Casemiro headed against the bar after a corner from the left-hand side by Toni Kroos, before opening the scoring eight minutes later with a left-footed strike after a pass into the box from Dani Carvajal. Isco made it 2–0 in the 52nd minute when he side-footed the ball into the bottom corner of the net from six yards after a pass from Gareth Bale. In the 61st minute, Bale hit the bar with a shot from the right of the penalty area. Romelu Lukaku pulled a goal back for Manchester United a minute later when he followed up on an initial shot from Nemanja Matić, which was parried back into his path by Keylor Navas.


2017 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Details
The Champions League winners were designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.


2017 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)Mauro Tonolini (Italy)Fourth official:Clément Turpin (France)Additional assistant referees:Davide Massa (Italy)Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Reserve assistant referee:Riccardo Di Fiore (Italy)


2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
The 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 16th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was played at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on 1 June 2017, between two French sides Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain.


2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
Lyon won the final 7–6 on penalties after a goalless draw, giving them their fourth title, equalling Frankfurt's record, and became the first team to retain the title twice.


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


2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Venue
The Cardiff City Stadium was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czech Republic to award the men's and women's Champions League finals to Cardiff.


2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Background
The final was the first all-French final and the first featuring teams from the same country since two German teams met in the 2006 final, as well as the first not to feature German teams since the 2007 final and the first ever not to feature either German or Swedish teams.


2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Background
This was Lyon's sixth final after winning in 2011, 2012 and 2016 and losing in 2010 and 2013, while this was Paris Saint-Germain's second final after losing in 2015.


2017 UEFA Women's 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 Women's Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador
The ambassador for the final was former Welsh international player Jayne Ludlow, who won the UEFA Women's Cup in 2007 with Arsenal.


2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
Tickets were available on sale for £6 (adults) and £3 (children 16 and under).


2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Match, Officials
German referee Bibiana Steinhaus was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 12 May 2017.


2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Match, Details
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 25 November 2016 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Christina Biehl (Germany)Katrin Rafalski (Germany)Fourth official:Riem Hussein (Germany)Reserve official:Ella De Vries (Belgium)


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2017) was the 10th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-17 national teams of Europe. The Czech Republic, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
A total of eight 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 Women's Under-17 Championship, Qualification
A total of 46 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Malta who entered for the first time), and with the hosts Czech Republic qualifying automatically, the other 45 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven 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 Women's Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The final draw was held on 7 April 2017, 10:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Park Hotel in Plzeň, Czech Republic. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Czech Republic were assigned to position A1 in the draw.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Squads
Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 11 April 2017.


2017 UEFA Women's 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 Women's 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 Women's 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 Women's Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage
The penalty shoot-out in the semi-final between Germany and Norway was the first ever to implement this new system.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage
There is no third place match for this edition of the tournament as it is not used as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (since expansion to eight teams).


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification
The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-17 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Czech Republic in the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification
A total of 45 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Malta who entered for the first time). 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 Women's 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 Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round and the best runner-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 13 November 2015, 08:40 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


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


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups
The qualifying round must be played between 1 September and 31 October 2016.


2017 UEFA Women's 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 Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the best third-placed team 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 Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The draw for the elite round was held on 11 November 2016, 11:40 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Spain, 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. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
The elite round must be played between 1 February and 2 April 2017.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
Times up to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the best second-placed team from the elite round which qualify for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Top goalscorers
The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (20th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Northern Ireland was selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015 as the host country for the tournament.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1998 eligible to participate.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the UEFA representatives, besides France who qualified automatically as hosts.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualification
A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Northern Ireland qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven 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 Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The final draw was held on 22 June 2017, 15:00 BST (UTC+1), at the Belfast City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Northern Ireland were assigned to position A1 in the draw.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Squads
Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 22 June 2017.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Group stage
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 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 Women's Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage
On 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board (IFAB)'s trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time. On 1 June 2017, it was also announced 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 Women's Under-19 Championship, Goalscorers
Note: Goals scored in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off are included in this list, but are not counted by UEFA for statistical purposes.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, including France which qualified as hosts.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification
The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Northern Ireland in the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification
A total of 47 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to participate.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 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 Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
To determine the ten best runners-up from the qualifying round and the best runner-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 13 November 2015, 09:55 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, 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 Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups
The qualifying round must be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups, Group 4
The Serbia v Scotland match was not played as scheduled due to illness within the Scotland squad. The match was awarded by UEFA as a 3–0 win for Serbia due to Scotland's "refusal to play" the match.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups, Group 9
The Croatia v Czech Republic match was completed with a 0–7 scoreline before a default victory was awarded.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the ten best second-placed teams from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The draw for the elite round was held on 11 November 2016, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. France, England and Germany, which received byes 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. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
The elite round must be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups, Group 1
The Belgium v Russia match was completed with a 3–0 scoreline before a default victory was awarded.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the best second-placed team from the elite round which qualify for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.


2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Top goalscorers
The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:


2017 UEFA Youth League Final
The 2017 UEFA Youth League Final was the final match of the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League, the 4th season of the youth club football tournament. It was played at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland on 24 April 2017, between Portuguese side Benfica and Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg.


2017 UEFA Youth 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 Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament
The 2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament was an international youth futsal competition organised by UEFA as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. Two under-18 national teams each from Europe qualify for the boys' tournament and the girls' tournament.


2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament
Players born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament, which was played in various venues between 1–4 November 2017.


2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Format
The teams were drawn into groups of four teams (four groups for men's, two groups for women's). Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams which were selected as hosts.


2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Men's tournament
The top 16 (out of 55) UEFA members in the UEFA men's futsal rankings were invited to the tournament.


2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Women's tournament
The top eight (out of 55) UEFA members in the UEFA men's futsal rankings were invited to the tournament.


2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Qualified teams for Youth Olympics
The following two teams from UEFA qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.


2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Qualified teams for Youth Olympics
The following two teams from UEFA qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics girls' futsal tournament.


2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The 2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 92nd year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.


2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Wimbledon and Hall Green
The year was best known for the closure of the GRA operated tracks of Wimbledon Stadium and Hall Green Stadium. Wimbledon closed on 25 March. Wimbledon's sister track Hall Green, owned by Euro Property Investments Ltd, closed on 29 July and will be demolished.


2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Towcester Derby
The premier competition of the year, the English Greyhound Derby, was held at Towcester on 1 July, the first time in the competition's history that it was held outside of London. It was won by 28-1 shot Astute Missile; the outsider of the six in the final.


2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Irish protests
In Ireland continuing protests by the DGOBA resulted in a suspension of racing at Shelbourne Park for five months and the cancellation of several major events. The protest was over the February closure of Harold's Cross Stadium. The Irish Derby held in September was won by the Patrick Guilfoyle trained Good News.


2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Streaming Rights & Bookmakers
The industry experienced a battle for broadcasting and streaming rights between Satellite Information Services (SIS) and the Arena Racing Company (ARC). Each signed up various tracks to enable them to produce fixtures for the bookmaking chains, the latter ARC even bought two tracks (Sunderland and Newcastle) from William Hill in May. Ladbrokes and Gala Coral merged to become Ladbrokes Coral.


2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Other News
One of the sports leading events, the Laurels, switched from the GRA and Belle Vue to Newcastle. The move was seen as positive with high hopes that the race could regain some of its former glory and increase its prize fund. Mark Wallis extended his champion trainer trophy record to nine.


2017 UK Championship
The 2017 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 28 November to 10 December 2017 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. The event was the 41st edition of the UK Championship, first held in 1977, organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. It was the eleventh ranking and first Triple Crown event of the 2017/2018 season. The event saw 128 players compete, with no qualification round. The prize fund was a total of £850,000, with £170,000 received by the winner.


2017 UK Championship
Ronnie O'Sullivan equalled Steve Davis's record of six UK titles by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–5 in the final. This was O'Sullivan's 31st ranking and 18th Triple Crown title, also equalling Stephen Hendry's record for most Triple Crown championships. Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he was defeated by Scott Donaldson 3–6 in the last 64. Michael White won the highest break prize, with a 142 made in the second round. The event followed the Northern Ireland Open, and preceded the Scottish Open.


2017 UK Championship, Prize fund
The championship's prize money was identical to that of the previous year's event, with the event winner earning £170,000. The highest break prize of £5,000 was won by Michael White, who completed a 142 break during his second round match with Matthew Selt. The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000, but went unclaimed. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:


2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary
The 2017 UK Championship was the eleventh ranking and first Triple Crown event of the 2017/2018 snooker season. The event saw 128 players from the World Snooker Tour take part, with all matches until the final being played as best of 11 frame matches, with the final being played as best of 19 frame match, held over two sessions. The first round of the competition started on 28 November 2017, with players being seeded according to their world rankings.


2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Early rounds (first–fourth round)
The first round saw few upsets, with most of the highest ranked players progressing. However, Ding Junhui (second seed) was defeated by world number 130 Leo Fernandez 6–5, despite having led 5–1, and having a chance to win the match in frame 7. Fernandez had only recently returned to the professional circuit after serving a 15-month ban for a corruption charge. Elsewhere, Ali Carter (11th seed) lost 6–2 to Jimmy White (118). Despite Carter having been ahead 2–1, White won the next five frames to progress. Another upset saw Lyu Haotian (104) defeat Anthony Hamilton (25) 6–1.


2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Early rounds (first–fourth round)
The second round of the tournament was played from 2–3 December and began with defending champion, and world number one Mark Selby losing to Scott Donaldson (64) 3–6. Donaldson had lost all 10 matches of his season prior to the tournament, won six of the last seven frames to win the match, having trailed 0–2. The remaining top 16 players progressed through the second round, with the lowest ranked player to proceed being Lyu – ranked 104 – who defeated Peter Ebdon 6–3 to reach the third round.


2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Early rounds (first–fourth round)
Round three was played between the remaining 32 players, from 4–5 December 2017, seeing more top 16 players be defeated. Graeme Dott (30) overcame Judd Trump (3) 6–2, despite trailing 2–0. Dott compiled five 50+ breaks, and won the next six frames. Hoatian who had defeated Hamilton and Ebdon in prior round, defeated Marco Fu (8) 6–4. Both Neil Robertson (9) and Mark Williams (16) were also defeated at this stage, 5–6. Robertson was defeated by Mark Joyce (41), and caused him to miss the 2018 Masters, after dropping out of the top 16, thanks to the loss. Sunny Akani (87) whitewashed Barry Hawkins (10) 6–0, with Hawkins commenting after the match that he was "in a state of shock" with the result, commenting on both Akani's performance, and the poor playing conditions. Williams lost to fellow Welshman Ryan Day (17), having been ahead at 4–1.


2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Early rounds (first–fourth round)
Round four saw the remaining sixteen players play from 6–7 December 2017. Only four top 16 seeded players reached the last 16 of the tournament – John Higgins (4), Shaun Murphy (5), Mark Allen (6) and Ronnie O'Sullivan (7). This was the fewest top 16 seeds to reach that stage in the tournament's 40-year history. Higgins played Mark King (21), where he was defeated 5–6. King trailed at both 2–4, and 4–5 but won the match despite making a highest break of just 69. Murphy would defeat Ricky Walden 6–1, with Walden only winning frame four. Mark Allen lost to Joe Perry (22) 6–4. O'Sullivan played Sunny Akani in this round, winning the match 6–5, despite being 4–5 behind. O'Sullivan commented after the match that he felt as though he had "robbed" Akani of the win, describing him as being unlucky.


2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Later stages (quarter-finals–final)
The quarter-finals took place on 8 December 2017 on two tables. Shaun Murphy completed a 6–1 victory over Mark King. Post-match, both Murphy and King commented on the audience, with a man being removed for snoring and a woman for talking during the match. Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Martin Gould 6–3, after leading 5–0.


2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Later stages (quarter-finals–final)
Stephen Maguire defeated Joe Perry 6–3 to set up a semi-final match with O'Sullivan, in a repeat of the 2007 UK Championship final. After beating Maguire in 2007, O'Sullivan commented that Maguire would "dominate for a decade". Reacting to the match from 10 years prior, Maguire stated that O'Sullivan "talks some bollocks", having not dominated the game since that match. Ryan Day also overcame Mark Joyce in a deciding frame 6–5.


2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Later stages (quarter-finals–final)
The semi-finals were played on 9 December 2017. The first semi-final saw O'Sullivan defeat Maguire 6–4. O'Sullivan took a 4–0 lead at the interval, before Maguire won four of the next five frames, with O'Sullivan winning the match in frame ten. The second semi-final saw Shaun Murphy overcome Ryan Day 6–3. Murphy would take a 5–1 lead, before losing the next two frames, and winning the match in frame nine.


2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Later stages (quarter-finals–final)
The final was played as best of 19 frames, over two sessions on 10 December 2017. Both O'Sullivan and Murphy had met in the final of the 2017 Champion of Champions the month prior, with Murphy winning 10–8. Murphy and O'Sullivan would share the first session 4–4, despite Murphy being behind at 2–4. In the second session, O'Sullivan put together six 50+ breaks including two centuries to win six of the next seven frames to win the match 10–5, winning five frames in a row.


2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Later stages (quarter-finals–final)
Post match, pundit John Parrott described O'Sullivan as "a genius of a juggernaut", commenting on the impressiveness of the clinical win. The win would be O'Sullivan's sixth UK Championship victory equalling that achieved by Steve Davis, and his 18th Triple Crown victory overall, equalling the record set by Stephen Hendry.


2017 UK Championship, Main draw
Below is the results for the tournament. Players in bold denote winners of matches. The player's seedings are based on the player's world ranking prior to the tournament.


2017 UK Championship, Century breaks
A total of 99 breaks were made at the event, the highest of which – a 142 – was made by Michael White in the second round.


2017 UK Championship, Sponsorship and broadcasting
The event was sponsored by betting company Betway, sponsors of the UK Championship since 2015. The tournament's broadcasters were dependent on country, with the BBC and Eurosport televising across the United Kingdom and Europe respectively. The event was broadcast in China by Superstars Online, and China Central Television. In Hong Kong, NowTV simulcasted the event with additional commentary.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election
The 2017 UK Independence Party leadership election was called after the resignation of Paul Nuttall as leader of the UK Independence Party on 9 June 2017, following the poor performance of the party in the 2017 general election. Former party chairman Steve Crowther was chosen three days later to serve as interim leader.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election
On 11 August, the party confirmed that eleven candidates had been cleared to stand for the leadership. Subsequently, the number on the ballot fell to seven as four withdrew to support other candidates.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election
The election was won by Henry Bolton with 30.0% of the vote.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Election rules
The leadership contest took place under a first-past-the-post system, where the candidate with the greatest number of votes became leader.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Election rules
According to party rules, candidates had to have been party members for at least two years as of 23 June 2017, and needed the support of one hundred members across at least ten local parties. Candidates paid a £5,000 deposit, half of which was refundable for candidates who received at least 20% of the vote.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign
There was immediate speculation that former leader Nigel Farage MEP might stand for a third period as leader. Bill Etheridge MEP and Thanet District Council leader Chris Wells both indicated they might stand if Farage did not. Farage subsequently announced in early July that he would not be standing. In the event, neither Etheridge nor Wells stood for the leadership; Etheridge became the running mate of John Rees-Evans.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign
A key divide between candidates was between what The Guardian described as "Farage-ist economic libertarians" like Etheridge and the "more hard-right, Islam-focused" Anne Marie Waters and Peter Whittle. Etheridge stated that "whichever side wins, the other side won't have a future in the party". In early July, over a thousand new members had joined the party in only two weeks, leading to accusations of far-right infiltration in support of Waters. Party sources suggested Waters had concluded a deal with Whittle that were he to win, she would become deputy leader, which Whittle denied.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign
Nominations closed on 28 July, with candidates then being approved as candidates by the party's executive. On 21 August the number fell to ten, when David Allen withdrew to support Henry Bolton. The number of candidates fell again on 31 August, to seven, as Ben Walker, David Coburn MEP and Marion Mason all stepped down in order to form a "Victory for the Ukip United" ticket with Jane Collins. The four wanted to see the party reflect Farage's leadership, rather than "banging on about Islam and gay marriage". Were Collins to be elected, Coburn would have become Deputy Leader with Walker as Party Chairman.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign, Controversy
At least 18 of the party's 20 MEPs were reported to be considering resigning and forming a new party if Waters won the leadership or was given a senior role in the party, given her anti-Islam views and support from the far-right. Etheridge publicly said that he would resign if Waters won, and Jonathan Arnott MEP said it would be difficult for him to remain. Etheridge subsequently launched his third leadership bid, having previously declared in both of UKIP's 2016 leadership elections.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign, Controversy
Etheridge withdrew his candidacy on 26 July, two days before close of nominations. He urged candidates from the "libertarian" wing of the party to unite against what he described as fringe candidates using the party "as a vehicle for the views of the EDL and the BNP". He said he would leave the party if Waters or Whittle won the leadership. Jack Buckby, a former parliamentary candidate for Liberty GB who as a former BNP member is barred from joining UKIP, was reported to be helping Waters in her campaign.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign, Controversy
Controversy over Waters continued, with Mike Hookem MEP resigning as the party's deputy whip in the European Parliament in protest at her candidacy and at the chief whip Stuart Agnew's support for her. Hookem described Waters as "far-right". Nathan Gill MEP also said he would leave the party if she won. Waters and Whittle both expressed concern at Sharia councils in the UK.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign, Controversy
LGBT rights defined another split between those who declared as candidates, with three (Whittle, Waters and Coburn) being openly gay, while David Kurten and John Rees-Evans had both said that they oppose same-sex marriage. Kurten faced criticism when he claimed that gay people are more likely to be abused as children. Whittle retorted: "Neither I, nor any of the gay friends and colleagues I have known over 35 years, were sexually abused."


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign, Controversy
In August, Rees-Evans announced a proposal to offer £9,000 and health insurance to Britons with dual nationality, in return for them moving to countries where they have the right to settle. They would be required to start a business and trade with the UK. This would be to help achieve "negative net immigration towards one million a year", and would be funded by cutting the foreign aid budget. He was condemned by rivals Whittle and Collins; both Collins and Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake compared the proposal to the BNP's manifesto.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign, Controversy
On 24 August, Lawrence Webb, UKIP group leader on Havering London Borough Council and former mayoral candidate, tweeted that he "won’t stand for 2018 local elections if Peter Whittle wins". The following day, the Romford Recorder reported that all six of Havering Council’s UKIP councillors "will not stand in next year’s local elections if Peter Whittle is named leader of their party".


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Candidates
UKIP Employment Spokesperson (2014 - 2016)MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber (since 2014)Parliamentary candidate in Rotherham in 2015 and 2012Parliamentary candidate in Barnsley Central in 2011Parliamentary candidate in Scunthorpe in 2010


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Candidates
London-wide Member (AM) of the London Assembly (since 2016)Parliamentary candidate in Castle Point in 2017Parliamentary candidate in Camberwell and Peckham in 2015


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Candidates
UKIP Culture and Communities Spokesperson (since 2014)London-wide Member (AM) of, and Leader of UKIP in, the London Assembly (since 2016)London mayoral candidate in 2016Candidate for European Parliament in 2014Parliamentary candidate for South Basildon and East Thurrock in 2017Parliamentary candidate for Eltham in 2015


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Aftermath
Bolton said that his victory had prevented UKIP from becoming a British version of the Nazi Party, condemning rhetoric of a war with Islam. He went on to be sacked as party leader by a vote at an emergency conference of the party in February 2018.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Aftermath
Waters described the election result as a victory of jihad against truth. Singer Morrissey claimed that the party had rigged the vote in order to prevent Waters from winning.


2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Aftermath
Rees-Evans resigned from UKIP to found a new political party, called Affinity, but instead joined the Democrats and Veterans party and assuming its leadership. Waters set up a new political party, For Britain. Powlesland left UKIP and stood as a local election candidate for the Libertarian Party UK in May 2018.


2017 UK Music Video Awards
The 2017 UK Music Video Awards were held on 26 October 2017 to recognise the best in music videos from United Kingdom and worldwide. The nominations were announced on 21 September 2017.


2017 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories
The Blaze – "Territory"  (Directors: Jonathan and Quillaume Alric (The Blaze))


2017 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories
Father John Misty – "Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution"  (Director: Chris Hopewell)


2017 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories
Charlotte Cardin – "Like It Doesn't Hurt"  (Director: Kristof Brandl)


2017 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories
Lemon Twigs – "I Want To Prove To You"  (Director: Nick Rooney)


2017 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories
Oscar Worldpeace – "Tate Modern, Wary, Pearls"  (Director: Tax Tron Delix)


2017 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and technical categories
Kanye West – "Fade"  (Choreographers: Guapo, Jae Blaze, Derek ‘Bentley’ Watkins)


2017 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and technical categories
Mick Jagger – "Gotta Get a Grip"  (Colourist: Mark Gethin at MPC LA)


2017 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and technical categories
Young Thug – "Wyclef Jean"  (Editors: Ryan Staake & Eric Degliomini)


2017 UK Music Video Awards, Live and interactive categories
Mura Masa ft. Damon Albarn – "Blu (Live)"  (Director: Colin Solal Cardo)


2017 UK Open
The 2017 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the fifteenth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competing in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the fourth time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 3–5 March 2017, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw will be staged after each round until the final.


2017 UK Open
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, but withdrew on the morning of the event with a back injury. Two-time runner-up and top seed Peter Wright won his first PDC major, defeating Gerwyn Price 11–6 in the final.


2017 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, UK Open Qualifiers
There are six qualifying events staged in February 2017 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners are:


2017 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, UK Open Qualifiers
The tournament is featuring 128 players. The results of the six qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit received a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 64 players (without ties in this year's edition) in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but started in the earlier rounds played on the Friday. A further 32 players qualify via regional qualifying tournaments.


2017 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into Third Round)
*Michael van Gerwen withdrew on March 3 due to a back injury and was not replaced; the last player drawn in the third round got a bye.


2017 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, Riley qualifiers (starting in First Round)
32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.


2017 UK Open, Prize money
The prize fund increased from last year's edition prize fund to £350,000.


2017 UK Open Qualifier 1
The 2017 UK Open Qualifier 1 was the first of six UK Open Qualifier events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 3 February. It featured a field of 244 players and £60,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 UK Open Qualifier 2
The 2017 UK Open Qualifier 2 was the second of six UK Open Qualifier events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 4 February. It featured a field of 244 players and £60,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 UK Open Qualifier 3
The 2017 UK Open Qualifier 3 was the third of six UK Open Qualifier events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 5 February. It featured a field of 244 players and £60,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 UK Open Qualifier 4
The 2017 UK Open Qualifier 4 was the fourth of six UK Open Qualifier events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 10 February. It featured a field of 244 players and £60,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 UK Open Qualifier 5
The 2017 UK Open Qualifier 5 was the fifth of six UK Open Qualifier events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 11 February. It featured a field of 244 players and £60,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 UK Open Qualifier 6
The 2017 UK Open Qualifier 6 was the last of six UK Open Qualifier events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 12 February. It featured a field of 244 players and £60,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 UK Seniors Championship
The 2017 UK Seniors Championship was a senior snooker tournament, that took place at the Harlequin Theatre in Redhill, England, from 24 to 26 October 2017. It was a first stage of the newly created World Seniors Tour.


2017 UK Seniors Championship
The Championship was won by Jimmy White who beat Ken Doherty 4–2 in the final.


2017 UMass Minutemen football team
The 2017 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the fourth year of head coach Mark Whipple's second stint at UMass and 10th year overall. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Five home games were played at the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium with their final home game at Fenway Park. This was UMass's second year as an independent. They finished the season 4–8.


2017 UMass Minutemen football team, Schedule
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2017 UMass Minutemen soccer team
The 2017 UMass Minutemen soccer team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 88th season in existence, and their 31st in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Minutemen were led by fourth-year head coach, Fran O'Leary.


2017 UMass Minutemen soccer team
The season proved to be one of the more successful seasons for the Minutemen, as they qualified for the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship for the first time since 2008, and posted their first winning overall record since 2008. The Minutemen won their sixth Atlantic 10 Regular Season championship, and completed the conference double by winning their third ever Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament. It was the program's first time to win both the regular season and tournament in the same season. At the end of the regular season, UMass was ranked in the United Soccer Coaches poll at 24, making it the first time in a decade the Minutemen earned national rankings.


2017 UMass Minutemen soccer team
The Minutemen earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they hosted Colgate. Their spell in the NCAA Tournament was short-lived, as they fell 2–0 to the Raiders at home.


2017 UMass Minutemen soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 UNAF U-15 Tournament
The 2017 UNAF U-15 Tournament was the first edition of the UNAF U-15 Tournament. The tournament took place in Morocco from 20 to 24 August 2017.


2017 UNAF U-17 Tournament
The 2017 UNAF U-17 Tournament is the 14th edition of the UNAF U-17 Tournament. The tournament took place in Rabat from 20 to 24 August 2017.


2017 UNAF U-18 Tournament
The 2017 UNAF U-18 Tournament was the 10th edition of the UNAF U-20 Tournament which was apparently changed from U-20 to U-18. The tournament took place in Tunisia, from 26 April to 2 May 2017. Tunisia won the tournament.


2017 UNCAF U-16 Tournament
The 2017 UNCAF U-16 Tournament was the 7th UNCAF U-16 Tournament, a biennial international football tournament contested by men's under-16 national teams. Organized by UNCAF, the tournament took place in El Salvador between 20 and 25 November 2017.


2017 UNCAF U-16 Tournament
The matches were played at Complejo Deportivo FESFUT. Five Central American teams took part of the tournament, playing each other in a round-robin format. Guatemala did not participate due to their sanction by FIFA and Belize did not send a team.


2017 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship
The 2017 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship (Spanish: 2017 Campeonato Interclubes Femenino de UNCAF) was the second edition of the UNCAF Women's Club Championship, Central America's premier women's club football organized by UNCAF. The tournament was played in Managua, Nicaragua between 4 and 9 September 2017.


2017 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship
In the final, Moravia from Costa Rica defeated UNAN Managua from Nicaragua to win their second consecutive title. All games were 80 minutes in duration.


2017 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship, Teams
A total of six teams from five of the seven UNCAF associations entered the tournament.


2017 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship, Venues
All matches were played at the Nicaragua National Football Stadium in Managua.


2017 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship, Group stage
The six teams were divided into two groups of three. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.


2017 UNLV Rebels football team
The 2017 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels were led by third-year head coach Tony Sanchez and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 5–7 and 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in third place in the West Division. Following the season, head coach Tony Sanchez shook up his staff after releasing Kent Baer (defensive coordinator/linebackers) and Andy LaRussa (special teams/safeties).


2017 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, Howard
UNLV's season-opening loss to Howard represented the largest upset in college football history in terms of point spread. Howard was a 45 point underdog to UNLV and pulled the upset on the back of quarterback Caylin Newton, brother of NFL quarterback Cam Newton, who had 330 total offensive yards in the game.


2017 US Darts Masters
The 2017 partypoker US Darts Masters was the inaugural staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, as a third entry in the 2017 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured eight North American players who faced eight PDC players, which was held at the Tropicana Las Vegas in Las Vegas, United States from 14–15 July 2017.


2017 US Darts Masters
Michael van Gerwen became the champion, defeating Daryl Gurney 8–6 in the final to win his first title in Vegas.


2017 US Darts Masters, Qualifiers
Adrian Lewis and Phil Taylor were both originally scheduled to take part but both withdrew. Lewis was replaced by Gerwyn Price, whilst Taylor was replaced by World Number six James Wade.


2017 US Darts Masters, Qualifiers
The eight invited PDC players, seeded according to the World Series Order of Merit, were:


2017 US Darts Masters, Qualifiers
The top 4 North American Order of Merit qualifiers were:


2017 US Junior Open Squash Championships
The 2017 Men's US Junior Squash Championships is the men's edition of the 2017 US Junior Open squash championship, which is a World Junior Squash Circuit Tier 2 event. The event primarily took place at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut from December 16 to 19. Mexico's Leonel Cárdenas won his third US Junior Open title, defeating Adhitya Raghavan of India in the Boys' Under 19 final. India's Yash Fadte won his first US Junior Open title, defeating Ayush Menon of the United States in the Boys' Under 17 final.


2017 US Open (tennis)
The 2017 US Open was the 137th edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. Experimental rules featured in qualifying for the main draw as well as in the junior, wheelchair and exhibition events.


2017 US Open (tennis)
Stan Wawrinka and Angelique Kerber were the previous year's men's and women's singles champions. Neither managed to defend their title as Wawrinka withdrew before the start of the tournament due to a knee injury that ended his season, while Kerber lost in the first round to Naomi Osaka.


2017 US Open (tennis)
The men's singles tournament concluded with Rafael Nadal defeating Kevin Anderson in the final, while the women's singles tournament concluded with Sloane Stephens defeating Madison Keys in the final.


2017 US Open (tennis), Tournament
The 2017 US Open was the 137th edition of the tournament and took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park of Queens in New York City, New York, United States. The tournament was held on 15 DecoTurf hard courts.


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


2017 US Open (tennis), Tournament
The 2017 tournament saw the USTA try out two experimental rules. Firstly, the USTA introduced a shot clock to combat slow play and to address players going over the allotted time for warm ups and medical time outs. Secondly, coaching was allowed from the side of the court. Whilst a player was at the same end as their box they could verbally communicate, if they were at the opposite end then sign language would be allowed. This meant that coaching incidents involving Victoria Azarenka and Caroline Garcia at Wimbledon would have been allowed. The rules only applied in qualifying matches for the main draw, junior, wheelchair and legends matches.


2017 US Open (tennis), Tournament
The tournament was played on hard courts and took place over a series of 15 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the two existing main showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium and the new Grandstand. Louis Armstrong Stadium, one of the main stadiums used in the previous tournament, was demolished after the 2016 tournament and was replaced for the 2017 edition by a temporary stadium located next to parking lot B near the construction of the previous Louis Armstrong Stadium site.


2017 US Open (tennis), Broadcast
In the United States, the 2017 US Open will be the third year in a row under an 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster holds exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series. This means that the tournament is not available on broadcast television. This also makes ESPN the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for three of the four tennis majors. In Australia, SBS won the rights to broadcast the US Open with the free to air coverage starting from the quarter finals.


2017 US Open (tennis), Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.


2017 US Open (tennis), Point and prize money distribution, Prize money
The total prize-money compensation for the 2017 US Open is $50.4 million, a 3.7% increase on the same total last year. Of that total, a record $3.7 million goes to both the men's and women's singles champions, which is increased to 7.5 percent from last year. This made the US Open the most lucrative and highest paying tennis grand slam in the world, leapfrogging Wimbledon in total prize money fund. Prize money for the US Open qualifying tournament is also up 49.2 percent, to $2.9 million. The total prize money for the wheelchair tennis events was $200,000.


2017 US Open (tennis), Singles seeds
Seeds are based on the ATP and WTA rankings as of August 21, 2017. Rank and points before are as of August 28, 2017.


2017 US Open (tennis), Singles seeds, Men's singles
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


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


2017 US Open (tennis), Wild card entries
The following players were given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.


2017 US Open (tennis), Qualifier entries
The qualifying competitions took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on 22 – 25 August 2017.


2017 US Open (tennis), Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2017 US Open (tennis), Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or for personal reasons.


2017 US Open Series
In tennis, the 2017 US Open Series was the fourteenth edition of the US Open Series, which comprised a group of hard court tournaments that started on July 24, 2017 in Atlanta and concluded in Connecticut for the women and in Winston-Salem for the men on August 26, 2017. This edition consisted of three separate men's tournaments and three women's tournaments, with the Western & Southern Open hosting both a men's and women's event. The series was headlined by two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and two WTA Premier 5 events.


2017 US Open Series, Discontinuation of the Bonus Challenge
The 2017 US Open Series is the first edition of the series not to feature the Bonus Challenge. In previous years, players had been eligible for additional prize money, based on a combination of their finish in the series and their finish in the US Open itself, with the maximum amount of money being awarded to a player who won both.


2017 US Open Series, Week 1, ATP – BB&T Atlanta Open
Nick Kyrgios was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2017 US Open Series, Week 2, WTA – Bank of the West Classic (Stanford)
Johanna Konta was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2017 US Open Series, Week 3, ATP – Rogers Cup (Montreal)
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion but withdrew with an elbow injury before the tournament began. He also announced that he would miss the remainder of the 2017 season, and thereby the entire US Open Series, due to the injury.


2017 US Open Series, Week 3, WTA – Rogers Cup (Toronto)
Simona Halep was the defending champion, but lost to Elina Svitolina in the semifinals.


2017 US Open Series, Week 4, ATP – Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati)
Marin Čilić was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.


2017 US Open Series, Week 4, WTA – Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati)
Karolína Plíšková was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Garbiñe Muguruza.


2017 US Open Series, Week 5, ATP – Winston-Salem Open
Pablo Carreño Busta was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Julien Benneteau.


2017 US Open Series, Week 5, ATP – Winston-Salem Open
Roberto Bautista Agut won the title, defeating Damir Džumhur in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2017 US Open Series, Week 5, WTA – Connecticut Open (New Haven)
Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion but lost to the eventual champion Daria Gavrilova in the semi-finals.


2017 US Open Series, Weeks 6–7, ATP – US Open (New York)
Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion but withdrew with a knee injury before the tournament began having announced he would miss the remainder of the 2017 season.


2017 US Open Series, Weeks 6–7, WTA – US Open (New York)
Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Naomi Osaka.


2017 US Open – Boys' Doubles
Juan Carlos Aguilar and Felipe Meligeni Alves were the defending champions, but both players were ineligible to participate.


2017 US Open – Boys' Doubles
Hsu Yu-hsiou and Wu Yibing won the title, defeating Toru Horie and Yuta Shimizu in the final, 6–4, 5–7, [11–9].


2017 US Open – Boys' Singles
Félix Auger-Aliassime was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2017 US Open – Boys' Singles
Wu Yibing won the title, defeating Axel Geller in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2017 US Open – Day-by-day summaries
This is a list of day-by-day summaries of the 2017 US Open.


2017 US Open – Girls' Doubles
Jada Hart and Ena Shibahara were the defending champions, but both players were ineligible to participate.


2017 US Open – Girls' Doubles
Olga Danilović and Marta Kostyuk won the title, defeating Lea Bošković and Wang Xiyu in the final, 6–1, 7–5.


2017 US Open – Girls' Singles
Kayla Day was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2017 US Open – Girls' Singles
Amanda Anisimova won the title, defeating Coco Gauff in the final, 6–0, 6–2.


2017 US Open – Men's Champions Invitational
Pat Cash and Mark Philippoussis were the two-time defending champions, but Philippoussis did not participate this year. Cash played alongside Henri Leconte, but lost to John and Patrick McEnroe in the final, 2–6, 4–6.


2017 US Open – Men's Doubles
Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău.


2017 US Open – Men's Doubles
Rojer and Tecău went on to win the title, defeating Feliciano López and Marc López in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


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


2017 US Open – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal won his 16th Major title and 3rd US Open title, by defeating Kevin Anderson, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4. Nadal retained the ATP No. 1 singles ranking after Roger Federer lost in the quarterfinals. It was also Nadal's first hard court title since January 2014.


2017 US Open – Men's Singles
Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion, but was unable to defend the title due to a knee injury that ended his season prematurely. Wawrinka's withdrawal ended his streak of 50 consecutive grand slam appearances, dating back to the 2005 French Open. Novak Djokovic withdrew due to an elbow injury that ended his tennis season, ending his streak of 51 consecutive grand slam appearances, dating back to the 2005 Australian Open. Accordingly, this was the first men's singles draw at the US Open since 1971 to include neither finalist from the previous year's tournament. It was also the first Grand Slam since 2004 that did not feature Wawrinka, Djokovic or Murray in the tournament.


2017 US Open – Men's Singles
After the loss of Marin Čilić in the third round, there was a guaranteed first time Grand Slam finalist in the bottom half of the draw. Anderson was the first South African man to reach the US Open singles final since Cliff Drysdale at the 1965 and any Grand Slam singles final since Kevin Curren at the 1984 Australian Open, as well as the lowest-ranked male player to reach the US Open singles final since the ATP rankings began in 1973. Anderson was also the tallest Grand Slam finalist in history, at 6 feet 8 inches.


2017 US Open – Men's Singles
Federer broke the men's singles record for total appearances at Grand Slams with his 71st participation. Also, Andrey Rublev became the youngest man to reach the US Open quarterfinals since Andy Roddick in 2001, and Denis Shapovalov the youngest man to reach the fourth round of the US Open since Michael Chang in 1989. Sam Querrey also became the first American man to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open since John Isner and Andy Roddick in 2011. Also, Pablo Carreño Busta made his first major semifinal appearance, becoming the first Spanish semifinalist since David Ferrer in 2012 other than Nadal.


2017 US Open – Men's Singles
Diego Schwartzman, who lost to Carreño Busta in the quarterfinals, became the shortest man (5'7") to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal since Jaime Yzaga (also 5'7") did so at the 1994 US Open.


2017 US Open – Men's Singles
At the time of this tournament, there were seven active Grand Slam champions and seven active US Open champions; four of the seven participated (2011 and 2015 champion Novak Djokovic, 2012 champion Andy Murray and 2016 champion Stan Wawrinka did not).


2017 US Open – Men's Singles
This was also the last Grand Slam tournament for former World No. 9 Nicolas Almagro.


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