# December 2017 in sports
## 2017

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| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
| 1–2 | Rugby sevens | 2017 Dubai Sevens (WRSS #1) | International | South Africa |
| 1–9 | Floorball | 2017 Women's World Floorball Championships | International | Sweden |
| 1–10 | Field hockey | 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final | International | Australia |
| 1–17 | Handball | 2017 World Women's Handball Championship | International | France |
| 2–3 | Formula E | 2017 Hong Kong ePrix (FE #1 & #2) | International | Race 1: Sam Bird ( DS Virgin Racing) Race 2: Felix Rosenqvist ( Mahindra Racing) |
| 2–3 | Taekwondo | 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final | International | South Korea |
| 3–17 | Association football | 2017 CECAFA Cup | Regional | Kenya |
| 3–17 | Multi-sport | 2017 Central American Games | Regional | Guatemala |
| 4–7 | Pool | 2017 Mosconi Cup | International | Europe |
| 4–15 | Multi-sport | 2017 Pacific Mini Games | Regional | / New Caledonia |
| 5–6 | Taekwondo | 2017 World Taekwondo Team Championships | International | Men: Iran Women: China Mixed: China |
| 6–13 | Association football | / 2017 Copa Sudamericana Finals | Continental | Independiente |
| 6–16 | Association football | 2017 FIFA Club World Cup | International | Real Madrid |
| 7–10 | Figure skating | 2017–18 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final | International | Men: Nathan Chen Ladies: Alina Zagitova Pairs: Germany (Aliona Savchenko & Bruno Massot) Ice dance: France (Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron) |
| 8–16 | Association football | 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 EAFF E-1 Women's Football Championship | Regional | Men: South Korea Women: North Korea |
| 8–17 | Squash | 2017 PSA Men's World Championship 2017 PSA Women's World Championship | International | Men: Mohamed El Shorbagy Women: Raneem El Weleily |
| 9–10 | Rugby sevens | 2017 South Africa Sevens (WRSS #2) | International | New Zealand |
| 9–15 | Ice hockey | 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Division I – Group B | International | Norway was promoted to Division I – Group A Lithuania was relegated to Division II – Group A |
| 9–16 | Sailing | 2017 Youth Sailing World Championships | International | Medal Table: United States Nations' Trophy: Italy |
| 10 | Athletics | 2017 European Cross Country Championships | Continental | Great Britain |
| 10 | Horse racing | 2017 Hong Kong Cup | International | Horse: Time Warp Jockey: Zac Purton Trainer: Anthony S. Cruz |
| 10–14 | Multi-sport | 2017 Asian Youth Para Games | Continental | Japan |
| 10–16 | Ice hockey | 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Division II – Group A | International | Japan was promoted to Division I – Group B Netherlands was relegated to Division II – Group B |
| 10–16 | Ice hockey | 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Division I – Group A | International | Kazakhstan was promoted to Top Division Hungary was relegated to Division I – Group B |
| 12–17 | Volleyball | 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship | International | VC Zenit-Kazan |
| 13–17 | Ice hockey | / 2017 Channel One Cup | International | Russia |
| 13–17 | Badminton | 2017 BWF Super Series Finals | International | Men: Viktor Axelsen Women: Akane Yamaguchi |
| 13–17 | Swimming | 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships | Continental | Russia |
| 14–17 | Table tennis | 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | International | Men: Fan Zhendong Women: Chen Meng |
| 16 | Ice hockey | NHL 100 Classic | Domestic | Ottawa Senators |
| 22–5 January 2018 | Association football | 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup | Regional | Oman |
| 26–5 January 2018 | Ice hockey | 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships | International | Canada |
| 30–6 January 2018 | Ski jumping | / 2017–18 Four Hills Tournament | International | Kamil Stoch |
| 30–7 January 2018 | Cross-country skiing | // 2017–18 Tour de Ski | International | Men: Dario Cologna Women: Heidi Weng |