[citation needed] Originally the championship was planned to be held during 2016, but was rescheduled to 2017 in order to finish the construction of the new shooting range in Patriot Park near Moscow.

[2] The Semi Auto Open division had the largest match participation with 369 competitors (62.4%).

[citation needed] The Semi Auto Standard division had the second largest match participation with 131 competitors (22.2%).

The Manual Action Open division had the third largest match participation with 52 competitors (8.8%).

[citation needed] The Shoot-Off side event was an audience friendly one-against-one elimination cup held after the main match.