03 Jan |
2017 World Sporting Events Calendar |
Although 2017 is not an Olympic or World Cup year, there are still plenty of events happening throughout the year from athletics to boxing and horse racing. Here is a 2017 world sporting events calendar listing the major sporting events for the year with other key holidays.
Aside from the domestic events, there are also many sporting treats around the world, including the World Baseball Classic, the Winter Military Games and the Invictus Games.
Date(s) Sport Event Location
Jan 14-Feb 5 Football African Cup of Nations Gabon
Jan 16-29 Tennis Australia Open Melbourne, Australia
Jan 26-29 Extreme Sports Winter X Games 21 Aspen, Colorado
Jan 28 Boxing Carl Frampton v Santa Cruz Las Vegas
Feb 4 Rugby Six Nations Scotland v Ireland, England v France
Feb 6-19 Skiing World Alpine Ski Championships St. Moritz, Switzerland
Feb 11 Rugby Six Nations Wales v England,
Feb 12 Rugby Six Nations France v Scotland
Feb 25 Rugby Six Nations Ireland v France, Scotland v Wales
Feb 26 Rugby Six Nations England v Italy
Feb 22-28 Multi-sports Winter Military World Games Sochi
Mar 9-22 Baseball World Baseball Classic USA
Mar 10 Rugby Six Nations Wales v Ireland
Mar 11 Rugby Six Nations England v Scotland
Mar 14-24 Multi-sports Special Olympics World Winter Games Austria
Mar 14-17 Horse racing Cheltenham festival Cheltenham
Mar 18 Rugby Six Nations France v Wales, Scotland v Italy Ireland v England
Mar 26 Mothering Sunday
Apr 3-9 Golf Masters Augusta, USA
Apr 8 Horse Racing Grand National Aintree Racecourse
Apr 12-14 Cycling World Track Championships Hong Kong
Apr 16 Easter Sunday
Apr 29 Boxing Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko Wembley Stadium
Apr 21-30 Multi-sports World Masters Games (Summer) Auckland, New Zealand
May 3-7 Equestrian Badminton Horse Trials Badminton
May 5-21 Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship Germany, France
May 6 Horse Racing Kentucky Derby Louisville, Kentucky,
May 7 Cricket England v Ireland Lords
May 12-22 Multi-sports Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan
May 27 Football FA Cup final Wembley Stadium,
May 28-Jun 11 Tennis French Open Paris, France
May 29 Spring Bank Holiday
Jun 2 Horse racing Epsom Derby Festival Epsom
Jun 3 Football UEFA Champions League final Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Jun Basketball NBA Finals USA/Canada
Jun 26-Jul 23 Cricket ODI World Cup for Women England
Jun 13-16 Extreme Sports Summer X Games Minneapolis,
Jun 15-18 Golf US Open Erin Hills, Wisconsin
Jun 17-27 Sailing America’s Cup Bermuda
Jun 17-Jul 2 Football Confederations Cup Russia
Jun 20-24 Horse racing Royal Ascot Ascot
Jun 30-Jul 5 Horse racing Goodwood Festival Goodwood
Jul 1–23 Cycling 2017 Tour de France Germany / France
Jul 3-16 Tennis Wimbledon London, England
Jul 16 Motor racing F1 Grand Prix Silverstone
Jul 14-30 Swimming World Aquatics Champs Budapest, Hungary
Jul 18-30 Multi-sports Deaflympics Samsun, Turkey.
Jul 18-31 Multi-sports Maccabiah Games Israel
Jul 20-23 Golf British Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club Southport
Jul 20-30 Multi-sports The World Games Wroclaw, Poland
Jul 21-30 Multi-sports Francophone Games Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Aug 4-13 Athletics IAAF World Championships Olympic Stadium
Aug 5-18 Multi-sports World Police and Fire Games USA
Aug 7-13 Golf US PGA Quail Hollow Club Charlotte, North Carolina
Aug 9-26 Rugby Women’s World Cup Ireland
Aug 21–27 Badminton BWF World Championships Glasgow, Scotland
Aug 28-Sep 10 Tennis US Open New York, USA
Aug 28 Summer Bank Holiday
Sep 17-24 Cycling UCI Road World Championships Bergen, Norway
Sep 23-30 Multi-sports Invictus Games Toronto, Canada
Sep 23-Oct 1 Rowing World Rowing Championships Sarasota U.S.A.
Sep 27-Oct 9 Gymnastics World Championships (Artistic) Montreal Canada
Sep 28-Oct 1 Golf Presidents Cup Liberty National Golf Club New Jersey
Sep 30 AFL Grand Final Melbourne, Australia
Nov 7 Horse Racing Melbourne Cup Victoria, Australia