2017 World Games, Medal table, Medal design
Wrocław's medal design was unveiled in July 2017. The official sports medals were a diameter of eight centimetres, larger than the invitation sports medals which were a diameter of six centimetres. The face of the medals features The World Games logo, while the reverse displays original work by Professor Mateusz Dworski. In the centre of the medal is a globe containing the image of the Wrocław City Hall building. The medals were designed by Dworski, a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, and were produced by the Polish National Mint.


2017 World Games, Medal table, Medal design
This is the table of the medal count of the 2017 World Games, based on the medal count of the International World Games Committee (IWGA). These rankings sort by the number of gold medals, earned by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IWGA Country Code. Although this information is provided by the IWGA, the IWGA itself does not recognize or endorse any ranking system.


2017 World Games, Marketing, Mascots
The official mascots of the 2017 World Games are a boy and a girl named 'Hansel and Gretel', named after the popular fairy tale and townhouses in Wroclaw. The duo were selected from a nationwide voting in February 2015, and were chosen in November 2015. They symbolise Wroclaw as a place of positive meetings.


2017 World Grand Prix
The 2017 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 February 2017 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. It was the third staging of the tournament and the thirteenth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4.


2017 World Grand Prix
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but lost 2–4 in the quarter-finals to Ryan Day, who went on to reach the final. Barry Hawkins beat Day 10–7 to win his third ranking title.


2017 World Grand Prix, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2017 World Grand Prix, Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000.


2017 World Grand Prix, Seeding list
The top 32 players on a one-year ranking list running from the 2016 Riga Masters until the 2017 German Masters qualified for the tournament.


2017 World Grand Prix (darts)
The 2017 Unibet World Grand Prix was the 20th staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 1–7 October 2017 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.


2017 World Grand Prix (darts)
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Gary Anderson 5–2 in the 2016 final, but lost to John Henderson 2–1 in the first round. This was the first time since December 2011 that van Gerwen lost in the first round of a major ranking tournament.


2017 World Grand Prix (darts)
Daryl Gurney won his first major televised title after beating Simon Whitlock 5–4 in the final.


2017 World Grand Prix (darts)
For the first time in PDC history, no English player made the quarter-final stages of a televised tournament. Gurney's success also marked the first time that a televised darts tournament was won by a Northern Irish player.


2017 World Grand Prix (darts), Prize money
The total prize money remained at £400,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:


2017 World Grand Prix (darts), Qualification
The field of 32 players was made up from the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit on September 11 and the top 16 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit. In a change to qualification from recent years, the top two non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland now no longer get an automatic qualification spot. The top eight players were seeded in the tournament.


2017 World Grand Prix (darts), Qualification
Phil Taylor (who would have been the #4 seed) opted not to enter the tournament, moving the rest of the top 16 up a place, thus meaning 17th placed Robert Thornton (the 2015 champion who would not have qualified otherwise) took his place. Number two seed Gary Anderson withdrew shortly before the tournament began due to the impending birth of his child, with Mark Webster, the highest-ranked player from the PDC Order of Merit not to have qualified, replacing him in the draw, with the seedings not being adjusted. Four players, Rob Cross, Ronny Huybrechts, Christian Kist and Richard North made their World Grand Prix debuts.


2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 2017 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, on 13–29 January 2017.


2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship
Paul Foster of Scotland won the open singles to claim his fifth world singles title and Katherine Rednall won her second women's singles crown.


2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship
Jason Greenslade of Wales and Les Gillett of England won the Open Pairs whilst Nick Brett and Claire Johnston won the mixed pairs.


2017 World Judo Championships
The 2017 World Judo Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, between 28 August and 3 September 2017 at László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary. The announcement of the host city took place on 23 March 2015.


2017 World Judo Championships, Notable attendees
Besides Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán, the tournament was visited by President of Russia Vladimir Putin, holder of the eight dan (black belt), and President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga, World Sambo champion and President of the Mongolian Judo Association.


2017 World Judo Championships – Men's +100 kg
The Men's +100 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 2 September 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Men's 100 kg
The Men's 100 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 2 September 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Men's 60 kg
The Men's 60 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 28 August 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Men's 66 kg
The Men's 66 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 29 August 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Men's 73 kg
The Men's 73 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 30 August 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Men's 81 kg
The Men's 81 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 31 August 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Men's 90 kg
The Men's 90 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 1 September 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Mixed team
The Mixed team competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 3 September 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Women's +78 kg
The Women's +78 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 2 September 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Women's 48 kg
The Women's 48 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 28 August 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Women's 52 kg
The Women's 52 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 29 August 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Women's 57 kg
The Women's 57 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 30 August 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Women's 63 kg
The Women's 63 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 31 August 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg
The Women's 70 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 1 September 2017.


2017 World Judo Championships – Women's 78 kg
The Women's 78 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 1 September 2017.


2017 World Judo Open Championships
The 2017 World Judo Open Championships were held in Marrakech, Morocco, 11-12 November, 2017.


2017 World Junior B Curling Championships
The 2017 World Junior B Curling Championships was held from January 3 to 10 at the Östersund Arena in Östersund, Sweden. The top three men’s and women’s teams at the World Junior B Curling Championships would qualify for the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships.


2017 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2017 World Junior Curling Championships (branded as the 2017 VoIP Defender World Junior Curling Championships for sponsorship reasons) was held from February 16 to 26 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea.


2017 World Junior Curling Championships
The tournament has been designated as a test event for curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics.


2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held March 15–19, 2017 in Taipei City, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei). Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event determined the World Junior champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Pair champions Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor became the first skaters representing Australia to win gold at an ISU Figure Skating Championships. The United States received gold in two disciplines, with Vincent Zhou winning the men's singles title and Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons taking the ice dancing title. Russia's Alina Zagitova won the ladies' title in her first appearance at the event.


2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Records
The following new junior records were set during this competition:


2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
Skaters from all ISU member nations were eligible for the competition if they were at least 13 years old but not 19—or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers—before 1 July 2016 in their place of birth. National associations select their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandates that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the World Junior Championships.


2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
The term "Junior" in ISU competition refers to age, not skill level. Skaters may remain age-eligible for Junior Worlds even after competing nationally and internationally at the senior level. At junior events, the ISU requires that all programs conform to junior-specific rules regarding program length, jumping passes, types of elements, etc.


2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2016 World Junior Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline.


2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Entries
Some member nations announced their selections in January or early February 2017. The International Skating Union published the full list of entries on 24 February 2017.


2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men
Vincent Zhou set a new junior world record for the free skating (179.24 points) and for the combined total (258.11 points). Daniel Samohin set a new junior world record for the free skating (165.63 points) but the record was later broken by Zhou.


2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies
Alina Zagitova set a new junior world record for the free skating (138.02 points) and for the combined total (208.60 points).


2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Pairs
Alexandrovskaya/Windsor won Australia's first Junior Worlds medal in 41 years — since 1976, when Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain took the pairs' bronze medal. They also became the first skaters representing Australia to receive gold at an ISU Figure Skating Championships.


2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ice dancing
Rachel and Michael Parsons set a new junior world record for the free dance (97.54 points) and for the combined total (164.83 points). Alla Loboda and Pavel Drozd set a new junior world record for the combined total (164.37 points) but the record was later broken by Parsons/Parsons.


2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:


2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 41st edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC or WM20). The main tournament was co-hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec and the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. This was the twelfth championship that Canada had hosted. Montreal and Toronto also jointly hosted the 2015 edition. The tournament consisted of 30 games between 10 nations.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Group A preliminary games, as well as the medal rounds, were hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal. The Air Canada Centre in Toronto hosted preliminaries in Group B, including the host country of Canada. The tournament also initiated several year-long celebrations, the 375th anniversary of Montreal's founding; the 100th anniversary of the National Hockey League's founding in Montreal; the 100th anniversary of Hockey Canada's origins; the 50th anniversary of Montreal's Expo 67; the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation; and the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs had planned to make the WJHC the centrepiece of their 100th-anniversary celebrations.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The event was organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Québec, Ontario Hockey Federation, Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and Evenko. Montreal and Quebec provided C$1 million and C$2 million in funding, respectively, for both the 2015 and 2017 editions.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
For the first time in the history of the event, the defending champion (Finland) had to compete in the relegation round. Latvia was relegated to Division I-A for 2018 by merit of their tenth-place finish.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Player eligibility
A player was eligible to play in the 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Player eligibility
If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Player eligibility
In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Officials
The International Ice Hockey Federation selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament:


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Format
The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advanced to the quarterfinals, while the last-placed team from both groups played a relegation round in a best-of-three format to determine the relegated team.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Relegation
Note:  Latvia was relegated for the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group A
The tournament was held in Bremerhaven, Germany from 11–17 December 2016.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group B
The tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary from 11–17 December 2016. The hosts, entering as the bottom seed, won promotion for the second year in a row.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group A
The tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 11–17 December 2016.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group B
The tournament was held in Logroño, Spain from 7–13 January 2017.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III
The tournament was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 16–22 January 2017. Turkey defeated China in the Gold medal game to achieve promotion to Division II. Chinese Taipei returned to play for the first time since 2011, losing all but their final game.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters
Below are the rosters for teams competing in the 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group the first-placed team is promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team is relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U20 Championship. To be eligible as a "junior" a player cannot be born earlier than 1997.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Bremerhaven, Germany, from 11 to 17 December 2016.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 17 December 2016.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I B, Statistics, Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II
The 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II were the two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A was contested in Tallinn, Estonia and Division II B in Logroño, Spain. These tournaments represent the fourth and fifth tiers of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 11 to 17 December 2016.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Logroño, Spain, from 7 to 13 January 2017.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 16 to 22 January 2017. Division III represents the sixth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The winners – Turkey – were promoted to Division II B for the 2018 tournament. Chinese Taipei returned after a five-year absence. With an increase of teams for 2018, the two bottom-place teams, South Africa and Chinese Taipei, were afterwards moved to a Division III Qualification tournament.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III, Results, Preliminary round, Format
The two best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the semi-finals, while two last placed teams from both groups play for final placement.


2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III, Results, Preliminary round, Format
All times are local. (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13)


2017 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2017 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 27 to 29 January 2017 in Innsbruck, Austria.


2017 World Junior Speed Skating Championships
The 2017 World Junior Speed Skating Championships took place from 17 to 19 February 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. They were the 44th World Junior Speed Skating Championships.


2017 World Junior Table Tennis Championships
The 2017 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Riva del Garda, Italy, from 26 November to 3 December 2017. It is organised by the Italian Table Tennis Association (FITET) under the auspices and authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).


2017 World Junior Wrestling Championships
The 2017 World Junior Wrestling Championships were the 41st edition of the World Junior Wrestling Championships and were held in Tampere, Finland between 1 and 6 August 2017.


2017 World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2017 ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Bratislava, Slovakia from 18 to 23 July 2017 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) at the Čunovo Water Sports Centre. It was the 19th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 6th edition for the Under 23 category. The C2 mixed event was held for the first time at these championships. It was only contested at the Under 23 level and there was no C2 mixed team event. No medals were awarded for the junior C2 event and the U23 C2 team event due to low number of participating nations. The junior C2 team event did not take place.


2017 World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships
A total of 400 athletes from 47 countries participated at the championships.


2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships
The 2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships (or 2017 World Long Distance MR Championships), was the 14th edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in Premana, Italy on 6 August 2017.


2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, Results, Men individual (32 km/+ 2900 m)
Puppi was elected world champion after the doping disqualification imposed on Eritrean Petro Mamu.


2017 World Masters (darts)
The 2017 Winmau World Masters was a major tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2017. It took place from 25–27 September at the Bridlington Spa Hall, which hosted the stage element of the event for the first time since 2009.


2017 World Masters (darts)
Glen Durrant was the defending men’s champion after defeating Mark McGeeney in last year’s final by 6 sets to 3 but he failed to defend his title after losing to eventual champion Krzysztof Ratajski in the quarter-finals. Trina Gulliver was the defending women’s champion after defeating Deta Hedman in the final last year by 5 legs to 2 but she failed to defend her title after losing to Tricia Wright in the quarter-finals.


2017 World Masters (darts)
In the men’s, Ratajski won his first ever major as a player and that the first time a Polish player won a televised major.


2017 World Masters (darts)
It was even more remarkable that he had to play through all of the qualifying rounds before meeting and defeating the number 7 seed Richard Veenstra in the last 32 by 3 sets to 1, Alan Soutar in the last 16 by 3 sets to nil, defending champion and number 2 seed Glen Durrant in the quarter-finals by 4 sets to 2, number 6 seed Cameron Menzies in the semi-finals by 5 sets to 1, and defeating number 1 seed Mark McGeeney in the final by 6 sets to 1.


2017 World Masters (darts)
The tournament was the last BDO tournament entered by Ratajski as a month after winning the event he accepted an offer to play in the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship and made the full switch to the PDC in January.


2017 World Masters (darts)
During an emergency EGM called due to the issues surrounding how the BDO was currently being run, it was announced that the tournament had recorded losses to the BDO of £80,000 and with that the future of the tournament is in doubt.


2017 World Masters (darts), Men's seeds
The seedings were finalised on 31 August. For the second consecutive year, there are 16 seeds (an decrease from 32 between 2012–2015) with all seeds exempt until the Last 32 stage and cannot play each other until the Last 16 stage.


2017 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships
The seventh World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Daegu, South Korea, from March 19-25, 2017. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.


2017 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships
A record total of 4,325 athletes from 73 countries competed. China boycotted the championships due to political tension with South Korea.


2017 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships
A full range of indoor track and field events were held.


2017 World Match Racing Tour
The 2017 World Match Racing Tour was a series of match racing sailing regattas staged during 2017 season.


2017 World Match Racing Tour
Torvar Mirsky won the finals and became 2017 World Champions.


2017 World Matchplay
The 2017 BetVictor World Matchplay was the 24th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 22 to 30 July 2017.


2017 World Matchplay
Michael van Gerwen was the two-times defending champion but lost to Phil Taylor 16–6 in the quarter-finals, with Taylor then going on to beat Peter Wright 18–8 in the final to claim his 16th World Matchplay Championship. It was Taylor's final appearance in this tournament and his last major tournament win.


2017 World Matchplay, Prize money
The prize fund increased from £450,000 to £500,000, with the winner's earnings increasing from £100,000 to £115,000.


2017 World Matchplay, Format
In previous stagings of the event all games had to be won by two clear legs with no sudden-death legs. However, in 2013 after consulting the host broadcaster Sky Sports, the PDC decided that games will now only proceed for a maximum of six extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a best of 19 legs first round match, if the score reaches 12–12 then the 25th leg will be the decider.


2017 World Matchplay, Qualification
The top 16 players on the PDC Order of Merit as of July 10, 2017 were seeded for the tournament. The top 16 players on the ProTour Order of Merit not to have already qualified will be unseeded.


2017 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2017 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was a curling event that was held from April 1 to 9 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.


2017 World Men's Curling Championship
Canada won the title for the 36th time overall and the second consecutive year. Like Rachel Homan's team at the women's tournament, Brad Gushue and his teammates finished with a perfect 13–0 record, which included defeating eventual runner-up Niklas Edin of Sweden three times. Switzerland won the bronze medal.


2017 World Men's Curling Championship
With the win, Gushue became the first skip in the history of the sport to win the world junior title, the Olympic gold medal, and the world men's title, and Canada became the first country ever to be in simultaneous possession of Olympic and World championships in both men's and women's curling.


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship:


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Brad GushueThird: Mark NicholsSecond: Brett GallantLead: Geoff WalkerAlternate: Thomas Sallows


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Liu RuiThird: Xu XiaomingSecond: Ba DexinLead: Zang JialiangAlternate: Zou Qiang


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Alexander BaumannThird: Manuel WalterSecond: Daniel HerbergLead: Ryan SherrardAlternate: Sebastian Schweizer


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Amos MosanerSkip: Joël RetornazSecond: Andrea PilzerLead: Daniele FerrazzaAlternate: Simone Gonin


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Yusuke MorozumiThird: Tetsuro ShimizuSecond: Tsuyoshi YamaguchiLead: Kosuke MorozumiAlternate: Kosuke Hirata


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jaap van DorpThird: Wouter GösgensSecond: Laurens HoekmanLead: Carlo GlasbergenAlternate: Alexander Magan


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Steffen WalstadThird: Markus HøibergSecond: Magnus NedregottenLead: Alexander LindströmAlternate: Sander Rølvåg


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Alexey TimofeevThird: Alexey StukalskiySecond: Timur GadzhikanovLead: Artur RazhabovAlternate: Evgeny Klimov


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : David MurdochThird: Greg DrummondSecond: Scott AndrewsLead: Michael GoodfellowAlternate: Ross Paterson


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Niklas EdinThird: Oskar ErikssonSecond: Rasmus WranåLead: Christoffer SundgrenAlternate: Henrik Leek


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Benoît Schwarz Third: Claudio PätzSkip: Peter de CruzLead: Valentin TannerAlternate: Romano Meier


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : John ShusterThird: Tyler GeorgeSecond: Matt HamiltonLead: John LandsteinerAlternate: Joe Polo


2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams, WCT ranking
Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. The event was held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship
France, in a clean sweep, defended their title by defeating Norway 33–26 in the final, which secured France their sixth title. Slovenia defeated Croatia 31–30 to capture the bronze medal. Norway (from a wildcard) and Slovenia earned their first World Championship medals ever.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship
The championship set a record of attendance in total of 540,000 spectators with 23 matches being sold out and with a venue record of 28,010 at both of France's knock-out matches in Lille.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Venues
The championship was played at eight venues in Paris-Bercy, Rouen, Nantes, Metz, Albertville, Montpellier, Lille, and Brest. All the venue capacities are the capacity for handball events.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Bidding process
Denmark and France were bidding to host the 2017 Men's World Championships. The IHF Council awarded the Men’s and Women’s World Championships 2017 at their meeting on the fringes of the Women’s World Championships in São Paulo, Brazil on Thursday 15 December 2011.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Bidding process
Denmark was the co-host of the 1999 Women’s World Championship and host of the 1978 Men's World Championship. Denmark has also hosted the Women's EHF EURO twice and was awarded with the Men's EHF EURO 2014.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Bidding process
France hosted the Men's World Championships in 1970 and 2001 and was host of the 2007 Women's World Championship.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Qualification
Twenty-four teams participated in the final tournament. France were automatically qualified as hosts. An additional automatic qualification spot was given to the defending champions, but because this was also France, the berth was given to the next best placed team from the last World Championship, losing finalists Qatar. The remaining 22 available places were for the best teams of each continental qualification tournament, the winners of an additional European qualification competition and an additional intercontinental qualification tournament.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 23 June 2016 at 14:00 in Paris, France.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Final ranking
For places 5–16 the criteria was the number of points gained against the teams ranked first to fourth in the preliminary round in their group.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads
This article displays the squads for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consisted of 16 players.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads
Age, caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2017.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, France
A 21-player squad was announced on 9 December 2016. The final squad was revealed on 10 January 2017.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Norway
A 17-player squad was announced on 12 December 2016. Harald Reinkind was replaced by Magnus Abelvik Rød because of an injury on 4 January 2017. On 19 January 2017, Ole Erevik was replaced by Petter Øverby.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Poland
A 21-player squad was announced on 8 December 2016. It was reduced to 19 on 26 December 2016. Piotr Wyszomirski cancelled his participation due to an injury on 29 December 2016. On 2 January 2017, an 18-player squad was revealed after Kamil Syprzak and Michał Szyba were ruled out because of an injury. On 8 January 2017, Mariusz Jurkiewicz was ruled out because of an injury.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Russia
A 21-player squad was announced on 19 December 2016. It was reduced to 17 on 27 December 2016. More players were called up to a 21-player roster on 2 January 2017.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Iceland
A 23-player squad was announced on 28 December 2016. It was reduced to 19 on 3 January 2017. The final squad was revealed on 9 January 2017.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Macedonia
A 24-player squad was announced on 16 December 2016. It was reduced to 21 on 30 December 2016, and to 19 players on 9 January 2017.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Slovenia
A 21-player squad was announced on 22 December 2016. It was reduced to 17 on 4 January 2017.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Spain
A 17-player squad was announced on 20 December 2016. It was renewed on 2 January 2017.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Belarus
A 19-player squad was announced on 19 December 2016. It was reduced to 18 on 27 December 2016.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Croatia
A 16-player squad was announced on 27 December 2016, while players from the German League joined in January 2017. On 29 December 2016, Marino Marić was replaced by Krešimir Kozina due to an injury. On 10 January 2017, a 17-player squad announced.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Germany
An 18-player squad was announced on 22 December 2016. The final squad was revealed on 9 January 2017.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Hungary
A 28-player squad was announced on 16 December 2016. It was reduced to 18 on 31 December 2016.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Bahrain
A 20-player squad was announced on 20 December 2016. It was reduced to 19 on 2 January 2017.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Denmark
A 19-player squad was announced on 16 December 2016. It was reduced to 17 on 9 January 2017.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Egypt
A 20-player squad was announced on 25 December 2016. The final squad was revealed on 3 January 2017.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Sweden
An 18-player squad was announced on 8 December 2016. Viktor Östlund was replaced by Philip Stenmalm on 28 December 2016 because of an injury.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Statistics, Player representation by league system
League systems with 10 or more players represented are listed. In all, World Cup squad members play for clubs in 31 different countries.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification
The European qualification for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship in France was disputed in two rounds among the teams that did not qualify for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship and the 12 worst-ranked teams from the European Championship (excluding France). The qualification matches took place between November 2015 and June 2016.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification
In the first round of qualification, 22 teams not participating at the European Championship were split into six groups. The group winners advanced to the second round, joining the 12 European Championship finalists. The 18 teams were then paired into two-legged play-off ties to determine the nine remaining World Championship qualifiers from Europe.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, First round, Group 4
The teams agreed to play this group in a mini-tournament format at one venue. The draw decided that Israel earned the right to host that tournament.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, Play-off round
The six teams advancing from the first round and the twelve teams ranked outside the top three at the 2016 European Championship (not including France) competed in the play-off round. The eighteen teams were paired in a total of nine two-legged ties, with the winners qualifying for the World Championship final tournament.


2017 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, Play-off round, Draw
The play-off round draw was held on 31 January 2016 at 13:30, in Kraków, Poland. The teams were seeded into two pots, with teams from Pot 1 (seeded) being drawn against teams from Pot 2 (unseeded).


2017 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, Play-off round, Overview
The first leg were played on 10–12 June 2016 and the second legs on 15–16 June 2016.


2017 World Mixed Curling Championship
The 2017 World Mixed Curling Championship was held from October 6 to 14 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland.


2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Fourth: Ayato SasakiThird: Mika OkuyamaSecond: Nobuaki Yamaguchi (Skip)Lead: Chiharu Meguro


2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Fourth: Jure CulicThird: Ajda Zavrtanik DrglinSecond: Gregor VerbincLead: Lea Tehovnik


2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group B
Fourth: Marcello Cabral de MelloThird: Aline GoncalvesSecond: Sergio Mitsuo VilelaLead: Luciana Barrella


2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group B
Fourth: Patric MabergsThird: Isabella Wranå (Skip)Second: Johannes PatzLead: Sofia Mabergs


2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group C
Fourth: Thivya JeyaranjanThird: Anton Hood Second: Brittany TaylorLead: Dean Fotti


2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group C
Fourth: Grant Hardie Third: Rhiann MacleodSecond: Billy MortonLead: Barbara McFarlane


2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group D
Fourth: Wilhelm Naess (Vice)Third: Ingvild Skaga (Skip)Second: Martin SesakerLead: Eirin Mesloe


2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group D
Fourth: Patrik KapralikThird: Daniela Matulova (Vice)Second: Juraj Gallo (Skip)Lead: Slavka Zubercova


2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E
Fourth: Andrea SchoeppThird: Rainer Schöpp (Skip)Second: Lisa RuchLead: Michael Wiest


2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E
Fourth: Danny Van Den BergThird: Bonnie NilhamnSecond: Willem Van Der SteegLead: Jiska Kortekaas-Bun


2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E
Fourth: Dilsat Yildiz (Vice)Third: Alican Karatas (Skip)Second: Semiha KonukseverLead: Orhun Yuce


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


2017 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 2017 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Cairo, Egypt from 21 to 29 August 2017. The events include pistol shooting, fencing, 200m swimming, show jumping and a 3 km run.


2017 World Mountain Running Championships
The 2017 World Mountain Running Championships was the 33rd edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in  Premana, Italy on 30 June 2017.


2017 World Open (snooker)
The 2017 Yushan World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 24 September 2017 in Yushan, China. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.


2017 World Open (snooker)
Ali Carter was the defending champion but he chose not to participate.


2017 World Open (snooker)
Ding Junhui won his 13th ranking title, defeating Kyren Wilson 10–3 in the final. It was Ding's first ranking event win since the 2016 Shanghai Masters, a year earlier.


2017 World Open (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2017 World Open (snooker), Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000.


2017 World Open (snooker), Qualifying
These matches were held between 6 and 9 August 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.


2017 World Orienteering Championships
The 34th World Orienteering Championships were held in Tartu, Estonia in June/July 2017. The official name of the event is Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2017 after the title sponsor Nokian Tyres.


2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships
The 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in Tarvisio, Italy from 22 to 31 January 2017. The Championship is held biannually by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). This was the first time the championship was held under the name World Para Alpine Skiing Championships.


2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships, Medal table
Germany topped the medal tally with 14 medals. Hosts Italy finished 10th with 3 medals.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships
The 2017 World Para Athletics Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee, held at London Stadium in London from 14 to 23 July 2017. It was the 8th edition of the event, the first to be held after being renamed from IPC Athletics World Championship, and featured 213 medal events.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships
They preceded the 2017 IAAF World Championships also being held in London, marking the first time that a single city has hosted both the IAAF and IPC athletics championships in the same year; London previously hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Events, Classification
All athletes are classified according to their impairment and compete against athletes with similar impairments. Each classification consists of a three character code, starting with a letter and followed by a two-digit number. The letter specifies the event type: T for track and jumping events, and F for throwing events. The first digit of the number specifies the type of impairment and the second digit the severity of the impairment; the lower the second number, the more impaired.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Events, Classification
Several events are open to athletes with lower classifications, for example T47 events are open to athletes classified T45, T46 and T47. However, as with the 2015 championships and 2016 Summer Paralympics, no weighting will be given to a lower classified athletes in these events.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Participating nations
Below is the list of 1,074 athletes 92 countries who have agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each. Russia was found guilty of state-sponsored doping by the IPC in August 2016 and has been suspended from participating.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Schedule
The results of the men's 800 m T54 race on Monday 17 July were nullified and the race rescheduled to Friday 21 July after three competitors crashed at the 600-metre mark.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Marketing, Mascot
The mascots for the IAAF and IPC Championships were unveiled in April 2017, and chosen through a children's design contest organized by the BBC programme Blue Peter. The mascots represent "everyday" endangered species of the UK; the World Para Athletics Championships Championships mascot is an anthropomorphic bee named Whizbee.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Broadcasting
Channel 4 served as domestic rightsholder. Sunset + Vine, who has previously produced Channel 4's Paralympics coverage, was named host broadcaster for the championships.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Individual medallists
The following athletes won three or more medals, with at least two being gold:


2017 World Para Athletics Championships, World Records
Below is a list of all world records broken during the championships.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships, World Records
Naas set a world record competing in the F41 men's javelin, though his throw left him in fifth place overall.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14 to 23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14 to 23 July. The results of the men's 800 m T54 race on Monday 17 July were nullified and the race rescheduled to Friday 21 July after three competitors crashed at the 600-metre mark. Marcel Hug won the original race. The race took place on Friday evening without Richard Chiassaro who had been disqualified.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's club throw
The men's club throw at the 2017 World ParaAthletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's long jump, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's club throw
The women's club throw at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's long jump, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.


2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's shot put, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships
The 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships for A-Pool teams (Canada, Germany, Italy, Norway, South Korea, Sweden, United States) was held in Gangneung, South Korea, from 11 April through 20 April 2017. The opening ceremony was held on 11 April and games were played from 12 April through 20 April, followed by the closing ceremony.


2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships
This event was previously known as the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships. On 30 November 2016, the International Paralympic Committee adopted the "World Para" brand across the ten sports it governs, the official name of the sport changed from "sledge hockey" to "Para ice hockey", and the event became the "World Para Ice Hockey Championships".


2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships
The World Championships for B-Pool teams (Czech Republic, Great Britain, Japan, Slovakia) was held at Hakucho Arena in Tomakomai, Japan, from 28 November to 3 December 2016.


2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships
The 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships was a competition for male and female athletes with a disability. It was held in Mexico City, Mexico and ran from 2 to 8 December 2017.


2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships
The tournament was one of the compulsory tournaments to qualify for the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships
The 2017 World Para Swimming Championships was an international swimming competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Mexico City, Mexico and took place from 2 to 7 December. Around 304 athletes from around 70 different countries competed at the games, with China topping the tables with most gold medals and medals won. The event was held at the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez located in Mexico City. However, due to safety concerns, both Great Britain and Russia withdrew from the rearranged championships.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Venue
The Championship was staged at the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez located at Mexico City, Mexico.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Events, Classification
Athletes are allocated a classification for each event based upon their disability to allow fairer competition between athletes of similar ability. The classifications for swimming are:


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Events, Classification
Classifications run from S1 (severely disabled) to S10 (minimally disabled) for athletes with physical disabilities, and S11 (totally blind) to S13 (legally blind) for visually impaired athletes. Blind athletes must use blackened goggles.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table
The medal table at the end of the championship. Host nation (Mexico)


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists
Many competitors won multiple medals at the 2017 Championships. The following athletes won five gold medals or more.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists
100m Backstroke S8100m Breaststroke SB7 100m Butterfly S8100m Freestyle S8200m Individual Medley SM8400m Freestyle S84 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34pts


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists
100m Backstroke S10100m Butterfly S10100m Freestyle S10200m Individual Medley SM10400m Freestyle S104 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34pts50m Freestyle S10


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists
100m Backstroke S13 100m Breaststroke SB13100m Butterfly S13100m Freestyle S13200m Indiv. Medley SM13400m Freestyle S1350m Freestyle S13


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists
100m Butterfly S8 100m Freestyle S8200m Individual Medley SM8400m Freestyle S850m Freestyle S84x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts100m Breaststroke SB8


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists
100m Freestyle S1-5 200m Freestyle S54 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34pts50m Backstroke S550m Freestyle S5


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists
100m Backstroke S13 100m Butterfly S12-13100m Freestyle S13200m Indiv. Medley SM1350m Freestyle S13400m Freestyle S13


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists
150m Individual Medley SM3 150m Individual Medley SM350m Breaststroke SB250m Freestyle S34x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts50m Backstroke S3


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists
100m Breaststroke SB7 100m Freestyle S7200m Individual Medley SM750m Butterfly S750m Freestyle S7400m Freestyle S7


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists
4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts 100m Backstroke S6100m Breaststroke SB5200m Individual Medley SM6400m Freestyle S6


2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Records
Multiple world and continental records were broken during the competition. The below table lists the number of records broken by country.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
The men's 100m backstroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
The men's 100m breaststroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
The men's 200m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle
The men's 400m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke
The men's 50m backstroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
The men's 50m breaststroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
The men's 50m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke
The women's 100m backstroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
The women's 100m breaststroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle
The women's 100m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle
The women's 200m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle
The women's 400m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke
The women's 50m backstroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke
The women's 50m breaststroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle
The women's 50m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2–7 December.


2017 World Polo Championship
The 2017 World Polo Championship was held at the Sydney Polo Club. The Championship rights were awarded to the club itself. This is unusual as the normal process is to award it to a country. The Sydney Polo Club was offered the opportunity to bid because of their unparalleled fields and grounds. The Australian Polo Federation is in support of the Sydney Polo Club.


2017 World Polo Championship
Destination NSW is the strategic Sponsor of the 2017 World Polo Championship hosted by the Sydney Polo Club. The event took place in October 2017. The tournament saw the world's eight best nations compete for the world title in Sydney's Hawkesbury region.


2017 World Pool Masters
The 2017 World Pool Masters, also known as World Pool Masters XXIV, was a nine-ball pool tournament that took place in Gibraltar between 17–19 February 2017. It was the 24th edition of the invitational tournament organised by Matchroom Sport.


2017 World Pool Masters
The defending champion Shane Van Boening reached the second round, but was defeated by David Alcaide. Alcaide won the event, defeating Scotland's Jayson Shaw 8–7 in the final.


2017 World RX of Barcelona
The 2017 World RX of Barcelona was the first round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia.


2017 World RX of Belgium
The 2017 World RX of Belgium was the fourth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia and also played host to the third round of the 2017 FIA European Rallycross Championship. It also hosted the first round of the 2017 RX2 International Series, the support category of the World Rallycross Championship.


2017 World RX of Canada
The 2017 World RX of Canada was the eighth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.


2017 World RX of France
The 2017 World RX of France was the ninth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Lohéac in the Lohéac commune of Bretagne.


2017 World RX of Germany
The 2017 World RX of Germany was the eleventh round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Estering in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony.


2017 World RX of Great Britain
The 2017 World RX of Great Britain was the fifth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Lydden Hill Race Circuit in Wootton, Kent and also played host to the fourth round of the 2017 FIA European Rallycross Championship. It also hosted the second round of the 2017 RX2 International Series, the support category of the World Rallycross Championship.


2017 World RX of Great Britain
Timo Scheider was absent due to racing for BMW Motorsport in the 24 Hours Nürburgring. British touring car champion Andrew Jordan replaced Scheider at MJP Racing Team Austria. This was Jordan's third appearance at the World RX of Great Britain, having previously finished third in 2014 and seventh in 2015.


2017 World RX of Hockenheim
The 2017 World RX of Hockenheim was the third round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, alongside the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.


2017 World RX of Latvia
The 2017 World RX of Latvia was the tenth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, in the Latvian capital of Riga. Johan Kristoffersson secured the drivers' title, after winning the event. Kristoffersson's closest rival for the title, teammate Petter Solberg, was involved in a first lap crash with Jānis Baumanis in Semi-Final 2. The Semi-Final was red-flagged as Solberg was taken to a hospital in Riga. At the hospital it was determined that he had broken two ribs and his left collarbone.


2017 World RX of Norway
The 2017 World RX of Norway was the sixth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Lånkebanen near Hell, Nord-Trøndelag.


2017 World RX of Portugal
The 2017 World RX of Portugal was the second round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Pista Automóvel de Montalegre in Montalegre, Vila Real.


2017 World RX of South Africa
The 2017 World RX of South Africa was the twelfth and final round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Killarney Motor Racing Complex in Cape Town, Western Cape.


2017 World RX of Sweden
The 2017 World RX of Sweden, formally known as the 2017 Swecon World RX of Sweden, for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Höljesbanan in the village of Höljes, Värmland and also hosted round six of the European Rallycross Championship and round four of the RX2 International Series, the main support category for the World Rallycross Championship.


2017 World RX of Sweden, Background
Reigning world champion and second in the 2017 standings, Mattias Ekström, was absent from the event due to his commitment in the DTM at the Norisring, held on the same weekend. Swedish rally driver Per-Gunnar Andersson was selected by EKS RX as Ekström's replacement, while Reinis Nitišs was nominated as the point scorer for EKS RX in the Teams' Championship, alongside Toomas Heikkinen.


2017 World RX of Sweden, Background
Olsbergs MSE, who left the Championship in 2016, entered two  Ford Fiesta ST's for Sebastian Eriksson and Oliver Eriksson, but were ineligible to score points in the Teams' Championship.


2017 World RX of Sweden, Background
The attendance record was broken for the fourth year in a row, with 45,100 spectators, up from 44,400 in 2016.


2017 World Rally Championship
The 2017 FIA World Rally Championship was the 45th season of the World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and crews contested in thirteen events—starting in Monte Carlo on 19 January and ending in Australia on 19 November—for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers. Drivers were free to compete in cars complying with World Rally Car and Group R regulations; however, only Manufacturers competing with 2017-specification World Rally Cars were eligible to score points in the Manufacturers' championship. The series were supported by the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships and the newly created WRC Trophy at every round, and by the Junior World Rally Championship at selected rounds.


2017 World Rally Championship
The 2017 season saw substantial revisions to the technical regulations aimed at improving the performance of the cars and offering teams a greater degree of technical and design freedom. Toyota returned to the sport as a full manufacturer team, entering the Toyota Yaris WRC, as did Citroën, who returned to full-time competition after contesting a partial campaign in 2016. Conversely, Volkswagen formally withdrew from the sport at the end of the 2016 championship.


2017 World Rally Championship
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia started the season as the defending World Drivers' and Co-drivers' Champions after securing their fourth World Championship titles at the 2016 Rally Catalunya. Volkswagen Motorsport, the team Ogier and Ingrassia won their 2016 titles with, were the reigning World Manufacturers' Champions, having secured their fourth title at the 2016 Wales Rally GB. However, the team did not return to defend their title after parent company Volkswagen's withdrawal from the sport.


2017 World Rally Championship
At the conclusion of the championship, Ogier and Ingrassia successfully defended their championship titles, becoming the second most-successful crew in the sport's history behind Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena and only the third crew to win multiple titles with more than one manufacturer. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul finished second, thirty-two points behind Ogier and Ingrassia, while Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja placed third. In the World Championship for Manufacturers, M-Sport World Rally Team won their first World Championship title since 2007. Hyundai Motorsport finished second overall ninety-three points behind M-Sport, with Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT in third.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


2017 World Rally Championship, Entries
The following teams and drivers were entered for the rallies in the 2017 World Rally Championship:


2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes
M-Sport entered the Ford Fiesta WRC, based on the Fiesta RS WRC and updated to fit the 2017 regulation. The team secured Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia to drive one car, and re-hired Ott Tänak, who returned to the team after contesting the 2016 season with DMACK World Rally Team. Tänak changed co-drivers, with Martin Järveoja replacing Raigo Mõlder. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt returned to the premier class after contesting the 2016 season in the WRC-2 category, swapping places Eric Camilli and Benjamin Veillas, who stayed with M-Sport and were entered in the WRC-2.


2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes
M-Sport resumed their practice of promoting their junior drivers for guest appearances, starting with Teemu Suninen at the Rally of Poland. Suninen will be partnered by his regular World Rally Championship-2 co-driver, Mikko Markkula. The team also continued to operate their customer programme, with Adapta World Rally Team returning to the sport and merging with Jipocar Czech National Team to form the OneBet Jipocar World Rally Team, starting the season from the 65th Rally Sweden.


2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes
Mads Østberg and Ola Fløene competed in a Fiesta WRC, with the team expanding to two cars later in the season; the second, an older-model Fiesta RS WRC, will be driven by Martin Prokop and Jan Tománek, who return to the World Rally Championship after missing the second half of the 2016 season. Lorenzo Bertelli, Simone Scattolin and their FWRT team acquired a Fiesta for the Rally Mexico, which like the OneBet Jipocar entry, was run by M-Sport. DMACK World Rally Team will no longer operate as a customer team, instead becoming a partner and supplier of M-Sport, providing tyres and sponsorship for Elfyn Evans' entry.


2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes
Hyundai entered a three-door variant of the i20 WRC, known as the i20 Coupe WRC, having used the five-door model in competition throughout the 2016 season. The team had previously used a three-door model in 2014 and 2015 before being forced to adopt the five-door model in 2016 for logistical reasons. However, the team considered the three-door model to be better-suited to competition, and developed the i20 Coupe WRC around it.


2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes
Hyundai elected to retain the three crews—Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul, Hayden Paddon and John Kennard, and Dani Sordo and Marc Martí—who drove for the team in 2016 to contest their 2017 campaign. Following the Rally of Mexico, Hyundai announced that Paddon and Kennard would part ways after a twelve-year partnership, with Sebastian Marshall becoming Paddon's new co-driver.


2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes
Citroën returned to the sport with a fully factory-supported team after competing part-time in 2016 to focus on the development of their 2017-generation car. The DS3 WRC was succeeded by the C3 WRC, a brand-new car based on the Citroën C3. The decision to re-enter the World Rally Championship coincided with Citroën withdrawing its factory support for the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC and its World Touring Car Championship programme.


2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes
The team signed Kris Meeke and co-driver Paul Nagle to contest the full season, while Craig Breen and Scott Martin shared a car with Stéphane Lefebvre between events—as they did in 2016—until the Tour de Corse, when a third C3 WRC became available; Citroën also entered a DS3 WRC for Breen and Lefebvre in the opening rounds. Gabin Moreau returned as Lefebvre's co-driver following an injury at the 34. Rallye Deutschland that saw him sit out the final events of the 2016 season.


2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes
Lefebvre and Moreau were later replaced for the Rally Sardinia by Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger, who had started the season contesting the World Rally Championship-2 in a Škoda Fabia R5. Mikkelsen and Jæger went on to rotate between Citroën's entries before switching to Hyundai for the final rounds of the championship. Khalid Al Qassimi contested selected events in a fourth C3 WRC.


2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes
Toyota returned to the sport after eighteen years, entering the brand-new Toyota Yaris WRC under the banner of Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT. The development and operation of the cars is overseen by four-time World Drivers' Champion Tommi Mäkinen. Jari-Matti Latvala and co-driver Miikka Anttila left Volkswagen Motorsport following the team's withdrawal from the sport to join Toyota, where they are partnered with Juho Hänninen—who returned to the championship for the first time since 2014—and Kaj Lindström.


2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes
Reigning WRC-2 champions Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm made their début in a WRC specification car, contesting a partial campaign from the  Rally of Portugal. Toyota last competed in the sport as a factory-supported team between 1997 and 1999 with the Corolla WRC before withdrawing ahead of the 2000 season to focus on its Formula One project.


2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes
Volkswagen scaled back their involvement in the sport, withdrawing their entry as a manufacturer at the end of the 2016 season and cancelling the Polo R WRC programme in light of the emissions scandal that broke in 2015. Volkswagen instead switched focus from a factory-supported team to a customer programme with a Polo rally car built to R5 regulations and scheduled for introduction in 2018. The 2016 specification of the Polo R WRC was made available to privateer entries and the 2017 model, known as the Polo WRC, was abandoned after the FIA denied an exemption to homologation regulations that would have allowed the Polo WRC to compete in 2017.


2017 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Technical regulations
The sport underwent a revision of the technical regulations for 2017, introducing a variety of changes aimed at improving aerodynamic and mechanical grip, with modelling suggesting that average stage speeds are expected to increase to the point where stage records could be broken by up to thirty seconds and drawing comparisons to the defunct Group B regulations. These changes include:


2017 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Technical regulations
In order to promote further manufacturer participation, homologation requirements were relaxed to allow any production car that is at least 3.9 m (12.8 ft) long to be eligible for recognition as a World Rally Car. The designs of the cars were to be finalised by September 2016 and submitted for homologation by 1 November 2016.


2017 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations
The points-scoring system for the World Championship for Manufacturers was changed, with manufacturers permitted to enter at least two and as many as three crews in each round, with the best two results being awarded points. Changes were also made to the points awarded for the Power Stage, with points awarded to the top five drivers.


2017 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations
The FIA exercised stricter controls over which drivers are eligible to compete in 2017-specification cars by only permitting registered manufacturers to enter 2017-specification cars. The rule was introduced as a response to concerns over inexperienced drivers and drivers paying for the opportunity to race being able to compete in the more powerful 2017 cars without oversight. The controls stop short of a licensing system similar to the one used in Formula One to allow experienced guest drivers to compete part-time.


2017 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations
To complement this, a new privateers' championship known as the WRC Trophy was added for crews entering World Rally Cars used between 2011 and 2016. Crews competing in the WRC Trophy had to nominate seven rounds at which they were eligible to score points, with their six best results counting towards their final points tally.


2017 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations
Further changes were made to the sporting regulations, with the rules governing the running order—the order in which crews enter a stage—reverting to the system used in 2014 to address concerns over road sweeping, whereby championship leaders were forced to clear the roads of loose gravel, costing them time and exposing the harder-packed and faster road base for following drivers to take advantage of. Under the reintroduced rules, the crews will enter a stage in championship order for the first day of competition, and then in reverse championship order for the remaining legs of the event.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Monte Carlo Rally
Rallye Monte Carlo saw Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia start their title defence with a win, recording their fourth victory in the event and M-Sport's first win since the 68th Wales Rally GB in 2012. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila finished second on Toyota's return to the sport, with Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja completing the podium.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Monte Carlo Rally
Thierry Neuville established an early lead as the opening stages were marked by attrition; Ogier lost forty seconds when he slid into a ditch, Kris Meeke and Juho Hänninen crashed out and restarted the next day with a penalty, Stéphane Lefebvre suffered a gearbox failure, and Elfyn Evans struggled for grip on the icy surface. Neuville carried the overnight lead from Ogier, who had recovered from ninth after his off, and Tänak. Neuville extended his lead to over a minute on the second leg of the rally as Ogier took a conservative approach to the icy roads.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Monte Carlo Rally
He gradually started to recover during the second pass over the day's stages, and inherited the lead when Neuville crashed on the final stage of the day, breaking his suspension and losing half an hour. Neuville's accident also handed Jari-Matti Latvala a provisional podium position. Dani Sordo encountered problems in the sister Hyundai, struggling with a loss of power steering, while Meeke was forced to retire after a collision on the road section between stages.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Monte Carlo Rally
Meanwhile, Evans regained his confidence on the dry tarmac and won three of the day's five stages to secure sixth place going into the final day of competition. The final leg of the rally saw Tänak develop a misfire that allowed Latvala to pass him for second and left him vulnerable to Sordo. A late change in the weather on the final stage left the field contending with difficult conditions; while Ogier and Latvala drove conservatively to secure first and second, Tänak withstood pressure from Sordo to finish third.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Monte Carlo Rally
Sordo and co-driver Marc Martí finished the event fourth ahead of Craig Breen and Scott Martin who were the leading Citroën crew despite driving a year-old DS3 WRC. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt finished sixth, while seventh and eighth place went to World Rally Championship-2 entries; driving a Škoda Fabia R5 in a guest appearance, Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger finished ahead of Škoda Motorsport teammates Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler. Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau overcame their penalty for restarting under Rally-2 regulations to finish ninth, while WRC-2 entrants Bryan Bouffier and Denis Giraudet completed the top ten in a Ford Fiesta R5. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul scored an additional five points for winning the Power Stage.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Monte Carlo Rally
The rally was overshadowed by a fatal accident involving a spectator on the opening stage when Hayden Paddon lost control on a patch of black ice and hit the spectator as he rolled into an embankment, blocking the roadway. The stage was stopped—and ultimately cancelled—as medical attention was sought and the car cleared away, but the spectator later died of his injuries. Although eligible to restart under Rally-2 regulations, Paddon withdrew from the event.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden
Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila won the Rally of Sweden, and combined with five bonus points for winning the Power Stage, took the lead of the drivers' and co-drivers' championships. The result marked Toyota's first World Rally Championship victory since Didier Auriol and Denis Giraudet won the 3rd China Rally in 1999. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja finished second, while Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia completed the podium and allowed M-Sport to retain the manufacturers' championship lead.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden
The first day of competition saw Thierry Neuville and Latvala emerged as the early contenders for the rally lead as drivers reported that the rough surface and frequent jumps interrupted the airflow over the cars and making the level of aerodynamic grip available inconsistent.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden
As the crews began their second pass over the day's stages, the icy road surface began to break up enabling Neuville—whose road position meant that he had experience with the degrading road surface during the first pass—to break free, building up a twenty-second lead over Latvala at the end of the day, with Ott Tänak a further thirty seconds behind.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden
Further down the order, Craig Breen struggled with snow drifts on his début in the C3 WRC; Juho Hänninen retired after damaging his radiator when he hit a tree; and Mads Østberg was forced out when the rear wing of his Fiesta WRC fell off. The second leg of the rally saw Neuville build his overnight lead to forty-three seconds, only crash out for the second event in a row.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden
Tänak won every stage of the morning loop to put pressure on Latvala in second, closing to within five seconds when Latvala was forced to slow to avoid Kris Meeke as Meeke attempted to return to the stage after an off. Sébastien Ogier, running ahead of Meeke and therefore unimpeded, started to catch Tänak and was thirteen seconds behind the Estonian as the crews started the final stage of the day, a short super-special stage.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden
Neuville hit a tire stack and broke his steering, forcing him out of the event and handing the provisional podium positions to Latvala, Tänak and Ogier; Neuville ultimately salvaged three points on the Power Stage. The third day started with Ogier spinning on the opening stage and losing ground to the leaders; meanwhile, Latvala won the opening stages to consolidate his lead over Tänak. Tänak was unable to respond on the Power Stage, handing Latvala his fourth victory in Sweden. Dani Sordo and Marc Martí finished fourth ahead of Breen and Scott Martin.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden
Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt survived a late push from Hayden Paddon and John Kennard to secure sixth. Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau finished eighth, having reverted to a year-old DS3 for the event. WRC-2 entrants Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson finished ninth in a Škoda Fabia R5, while Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula completed the points-scoring positions in a Ford Fiesta R5.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Mexico
Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle won the Rally of Mexico, marking the pair's first victory of the season, and the first for the Citroën C3 WRC. Sébastien Ogier led into Friday after two runs of the new Mexico City street stage, but an accident involving civilian vehicles lead to heavy traffic on the road to León and subsequently caused the first two special stages of Friday to be cancelled as the cars arrived late. Meeke won the first gravel stage as Hyundai, M-Sport and Toyota all suffered issues blamed on the heat and altitude of the Mexican stages.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Mexico
Despite a threat from Ogier and Neuville in third, Meeke maintained his lead through Saturday. A spin on a hairpin for Ogier stretched Meeke's lead to over thirty seconds by the end of the day. Stéphane Lefebvre and Lorenzo Bertelli crashed on Saturday, but both resumed on Sunday with only cosmetic damage. By Sunday morning, Ott Tänak was fourth, followed by Hayden Paddon, who reported technical issues. They would hold their positions until the end of the rally.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Mexico
Jari-Matti Latvala, plagued by engine issues and a poor road position on Friday, won a battle for sixth with his teammate Juho Hänninen who was suffering from illness. Further back, Elfyn Evans won three stages but had been issued a five-minute time penalty following an engine change before the first stage. Similarly, Dani Sordo had been given a ten-minute penalty for an incomplete performance at Saturday evening's super-special stage, but this was successfully appealed by his team, meaning he finished eighth. The power stage was won by Neuville, with Ogier, Tänak, Latvala and Sordo also scoring.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Mexico
In the final few corners of the power stage, Meeke lost control over a bump in a fast right turn, left the road and hit a spectator's parked car. After spending twenty seconds in a field doubling as a car park, he returned to the road, to win the rally with a margin of fourteen seconds. He moved to sixth in the championship standings, while Ogier took the lead from Latvala. Ogier's podium finish and championship lead were briefly threatened after his car failed scrutineering due to a technical infringement with his gearbox, but were subsequently upheld after closer examination of the car.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Tour de Corse
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul won the Tour de Corse, making Hyundai the fourth different manufacturer to win in as many rallies. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle established themselves as the early leaders, with Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia emerged as their closest challengers as Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja had an early off that they could not recover from.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Tour de Corse
Neuville and Gilsoul made a slow start, but recovered well to take advantage of setup and hydraulics problems that stymied Ogier's progress, and by the end of the first day were in a position to challenge the reigning World Champions for second place. Meeke and Nagle continued to build their lead until their engine let go, forcing them to retire on the spot and handing the lead of the rally to Neuville and Gilsoul.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Tour de Corse
With Ogier and Ingrassia struggling with an engine misfire, the Hyundai crew were able to establish a lead of over thirty seconds, and they remained unchallenged for the rest of the event. Dani Sordo and Marc Martí briefly held second place—despite struggling with setup problems and being unable to find a rhythm—before Ogier and Ingrassia reclaimed the position in the final stage. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila finished fourth, edging out Craig Breen and Scott Martin by a tenth of a second, while Hayden Paddon and John Kennard finished sixth.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Tour de Corse
Seventh place was taken by WRC-2 entrants Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger, with the fellow WRC-2 crew of Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula eighth. Stéphane Sarrazin and Jacques-Julien Renucci finished ninth in an independent entry, with former French junior champions Yohan Rossel and Benoît Fulcrand completing the top ten. The result saw Ogier and Ingrassia extend their championship lead by five points, while Neuville and Gilsoul took third place in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships from Tänak and Järveoja. Neuville's win and Sordo's podium saw Hyundai pass Toyota for second place in the manufacturers' standings.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Argentina
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul took their second consecutive victory in Rally Argentina to close within two points of Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships. The rough roads of Argentina quickly proved to be difficult for the crews.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Argentina
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia slid wide into a ditch; Latvala and Miikka Anttila struggled with an overheating engine; Dani Sordo and Marc Martí broke a steering arm and lost eleven minutes repairing it after striking a rock; Hayden Paddon and John Kennard, and Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle both rolled; while Craig Breen and Scott Martin damaged their gearbox after hitting the same rock as Meeke.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Argentina
With the high rate of attrition, Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt emerged as the early leaders, attributing their success to the durability of the soft compound DMACK tyres compared to the soft compound Michelins used by the other crews. However, two punctures, a spin and the loss of the rear diffuser on the second day saw Neuville and Gilsoul cut Evans' and Barritt's lead from one minute to eleven seconds. Neuville continued to apply pressure during the final day, cutting the deficit to less than a second going into the final stage.


2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Argentina
Neuville forced an error from Evans who struck a bridge and lost a second and a half. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja finished third after a strategic drive to avoid damage, with Ogier and Ingrassia beating Latvala and Anttila to fourth. Paddon and Kennard recovered from their roll to finish sixth, while Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström finished seventh. Dani Sordo and Marc Martí successfully defended eighth from Mads Østberg and Ola Fløene, who had run as high as second before damaging their suspension. World Rally Championship-2 points leaders Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson completed the points-scoring positions in tenth.