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Sports in 2017: Sporting Events to Look Forward to this Year

By 1 January 2017

As we enter the first day of 2017, we enter another year filled with new sporting events. January kicks off with the Brisbane International in tennis, and the Handball World Cup in France will begin in which Croatia will fight in Group C with Germany, Belarus, Hungary, Chile and Saudi Arabia.

Here is a list of all major sporting events we have to look forward to in 2017, as reported by Index.hr on January 1, 2017.

 

JANUARY

1-8: Brisbane International, the first tournament of the tennis season

11-29: World Handball Championship in France

14 - 5.2: African Cup of Nations

16-29: Australian Open

FEBRUARY

3-5: Davis Cup, World Group first round, Osijek: Croatia - Spain

5: Super Bowl, Houston

14-15: Champions League, Round of 16, first leg

16: Europa League, Round of 16, first leg (16.2.)

21-22: Champions League, Round of 16, first leg

23: Europa League, Round of 16

MARCH

3-5: European Indoor Championships in Athletics, Belgrade

7-8:  Champions League, Round of 16, re-match

9: Europa League, Round of 16, first leg

14-15: Champions League, Round of 16, re-match

16: Europa League, Round of 16, re-match

24: World Cup Qualifiers 2018, Croatia - Ukraine

26: Formula 1, the first race of the season in Melbourne

APRIL

7-9: Davis Cup quarter-finals

11-12: Champions League, quarterfinal, first leg

12: End of the regular season in the NBA

13: Europa League, quarterfinal, first leg

15: Start of the playoffs in the NBA

18-19: Champions League, quarter-finals re-match

20: Europa League, quarter-finals re-match

29: Klitschko - Joshua, match for the world heavyweight champion, Wembley Stadium

MAY

2-3: Champions League, semi-final, first leg

4: Europa League, semi-final, first leg

5: World Championship in ice hockey, Cologne

6: World Rowing Cup, Belgrade

9-10: Champions League, semi-final, a re-match

11: Europa League, semi-final, a re-match

20: The last round of Bundesliga

21: The last round of the French Championship

21: The last round of English Premier League

24: Europa League Final, Stockholm

27: FA Cup Final, Wembley

28: The last round of the Italian Serie A

29 - 11.6: Roland Garros

JUNE

3: Champions League Final, Cardiff

11: World Cup Qualifiers 2018, Iceland - Croatia

16-30: EURO U-21, Poland

22: World Cup taekwondo, Muju, South Korea

JULY

2 - 15: U-19, Georgia

3-16: Wimbledon

11-12: Champions League, second qualifying round, first leg

13: Europa League, second qualifying round, first leg

17-23: ATP Umag

18-19: Champions League, second qualifying round, re-match

20: Europa League, second qualifying round, re-match

25-26: Champions League, third qualifying round, first leg

27: Europa League, third qualifying round, first leg

AUGUST

4: French Ligue 1

8: UEFA Supercup, Skopje

12: English Premier League

15-16: Champions League, play-off, first leg

17: Europa League, play-off, first leg

18: Bundesliga

21: Primera

21: Italian Serie A

22-23: Champions League, play-off, re-match

24: Europa League, play-off, re-match

24: Champions League group stage draw

25: Draw Europa League

28-10.9: US Open

31- 17.9: Eurobasket in Finland, Israel, Romania and Turkey

SEPTEMBER

2: World Cup qualifier 2018, Croatia - Kosovo

5: World Cup qualifier 2018, Turkey - Croatia

12-13: Champions League, Round 1

14: Europa League, Round 1

15-17: Davis Cup semifinal

OCTOBER

6: World Cup qualifier 2018, Croatia - Finland

9: World Cup qualifier 2018, Ukraine - Croatia

24 - 1.11: MLB playoffs, World Series

NOVEMBER

13-19: ATP World Tour Finals, London

24-26: Davis Cup Final

DECEMBER

1: Draw for the first group of World Cup 2018, Moscow

1: World Handball Championship (F), Germany

6-16: World Club Cup, UAE

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