The FIDE World Team Championships 2017 will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from 17 June (round 1) to 26 June (round 9).

The national teams participating are the following:

MEN (Open)
1. China
2. Russia
3. Ukraine
4. Poland
5. USA
6. India
7. Turkey
8. Norway
9. Belarus
10. Egypt

WOMEN
1. China
2. Russia
3. Georgia
4. Poland
5. India
6. Ukraine
7. USA
8. Vietnam
9. Azerbaijan
10. Egypt

The FIDE World Team Championship is the top Tournament for National Teams in non-Olympiad years and has been conducted since 1985. The FIDE World Team Championship for Women started being held in 2007. The official website of this year’s World Team Championships is chess.ugramegasport.ru where detailed information about the schedule, the venue and the player list of each team has been published.

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