The 2016–17 Rugby Europe Conference is the third-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship and Trophy competitions.

It is the inaugural Conference under its new format, that will see Andorra, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta and Sweden compete for the Conference 1 title.

While Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey will compete for the Conference 2 title.

The winners of Conference 1 North and South will play an additional match, a promotion play-off to the Trophy competition for the 2017–18 season.

The team with the worst record in an aggregated Conference 2 table, will be relegated to the Development league for the following season.