[2][3] This championship became a means of testing the new league rules by PSSI before being used in Liga 1 in April 2017.
[4] The broadcasting rights were granted to two television stations under Elang Mahkota Teknologi group, namely Indosiar and SCTV.
18 clubs from 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A, with the rest coming from the champions and runners-up of 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship B, PSCS Cilacap and PSS Sleman.
The twenty clubs were divided into five groups, each filled with four participants.
[5][6] The venues of the 2017 Piala Presiden PSSI tested some special rules for clubs at the 2017 Indonesia President's Cup before being used in 2017 Liga 1.