21-27 August, 2017
20th European Air Balloon Championships, Brissac, France
- ED: David Levin
- Status: 2nd round of invitation running. Ends 18th April
- Contact: Martine Besnainou, martine.besnainou@wanadoo.fr
4-10 September
4th Women Hot Air Balloon Championship, Leszno, Poland
- ED: Moniek vande Velde
- Status: 2nd round of invitation running. Ends 30th April
- Contact: Bogdan Prawicki – bogdanprawicki@wp.pl
7-16 September
61st Coupe Gordon Bennett, Fribourg, Switzerland
- ED: Markus Haggeney
- Status: 25 entries, final entry 15th April
- Contact: Serge COLLAUD, serge.collaud@gordonbennett2017.ch
22-25 June
Slovenian Open Championship, Sporting event, Murska Sobota, Slovenia
- ED: Thomas Herndl, CIA loggers
- Invitation: All FAI members. Entry deadline: 6 June 2017.
- Entry fee: 150€ includes maps, breakfast, lunch, opening/closing ceremony. No propane, no accomodation.
- Contact: Matjaž Pavlinjek, matjaz.pavlinek@gmeil.com
3-6 August
20e COUPE D’EUROPE DE MONTGOLFIERES & 25e COUPE DU MONDE DES DAMES. Sporting event, NOUVELLE AQUITAINE – BLANZAC-PORCHERESSE, France
- ED: Jacques Bernardin, loggers,
- Invitation process: 1-31 March 2017
- Entry fee: 290 € (3+ pilot) Accommodation, breakfast, brunch after morning flights, dinner, propane, pilot’s pack, maps
- Contact: Viviane Barbot, fr.mainfondsaubeville@orange.fr
8-10 August
Minsk 950th Anniversary Balloon Cup, Sporting event, Minsk, Belarus
- Entry Fee: Before 1 July, 200€, after 1 July, 300€. Includes gas, map, CIA loggers, accomodation (2 nights), breakfast and lunch for 4 persons, opening and closing ceremony.
- Contact: Anton Bystrov, Sec. Gen. of Belarusian Fed. of Air Sports, secretary@bfas.by
13-16 September
1st Central European and 2nd Szeged Balloon Cup, Sporting event, Szeged, Hungary
- ED: Zoltan Palhegyi, CIA loggers
- Invitation: All FAI members. Entry until 10 June, 2017. Entry Fee: Before 10 May, 100€, after 10 May, 200€. Includes gas, map, breakfast and lunch for 4 persons, free camping at airport.
- Contact: Zoltán Pálhegyi