The 2016–17 EBU Player of the Year Championship was the competition's third season. Points were accumulated over the EBU's ten most prestigious events from 1 October 2016 to 30 September 2017. Alexander Allfrey and Andrew Robson won for the second successive year, becoming the first players to win the title more than once.
List of competitions Event FormatDatesPoints1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8thGold CupSingle-Elimination Teams168 4 1Spring FoursDouble-Elimination Teams28 April – 2 May 2017148 4 1Premier League (Division 1)Triple Round-Robin Teams22 October – 6 November 201616842Crockfords CupSingle-Elimination Teams with Finals126421111Four Star TeamsSwiss Teams with Finals11 August – 13 August 20178421National Point-a-Board TeamsPaB Teams – Qualifier and Finals21 January – 22 January 20176321Summer Meeting Swiss PairsSwiss Pairs4 August – 6 August 2017126321National PairsRegional and National Matchpoint Pairs12 March & 8 – 9 April 20178421Guardian TrophyMatchpoint Pairs14 – 15 April 20176321Two Star PairsSwiss Pairs with Matchpoint Finals14 – 15 October 20166321
Results PlaceNameEventTotalAlexander Allfrey414161246Andrew Robson4141612463Mike Bell414168424David Bakhshi4141616415Tony Forrester41416345David Gold41416347Zia Mahmood16412328Tom Hanlon1686309Boye Brogeland1682410Espen Erichsen1611710Chris Jagger83617 This list displays the top ten players (including ties); 126 players received points. Winners of each event are highlighted in bold.
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