2017 National Baseball Congress World Series

The 2017 National Baseball Congress World Series was again split into "First Week" and "Championship Week" brackets. Each bracket was divided into four pools of four teams each. The top two teams from First Week advance to Championship Week.

The University of Iowa participated as the USA National Team. No team from the M.I.N.K. Baseball League participated this year. The league had sent at least one team every year since it was founded in 1996. The Cape Girardeau Capahas, the oldest amateur team in the country, [1] never took part. They had played in every NBC since 1982.

30 teams from eight different states took part in the tournament which was won by the Kansas Stars. The Stars, a collection of former major leaguers, never lost a game and outscored the opposition 47-11. Ryan Langerhans was named MVP.

First Week

(Pool winners advance)

• Pool A
• Austin Action (TX) 3-0
• Northwest Boom (AZ) 2-1
• Sterling Xpress (CO) 1-2
• Valley Center Mud Daubers (KS) 0-3

• Pool B
• Cheney Diamond Dogs (KS) 3-0
• WestChase Express (TX) 2-1
• Jasper Reds (IN) 1-2
• Fresno A's (CA) 0-3

• Pool C
• Mulvane Patriots (KS) 3-0
• Round Rock Express (TX) 1-2
• 316 Elite (KS) 1-2
• Fort Collins Bandits (CO) 1-2

• Pool D
• Great Bend Bat Cats (KS) 3-0
• Hattiesburg Black Sox (MS) 2-1
• Inland Empire Golden Bears (CA) 1-2
• Dallas Dirtbags 0-3

• Playoffs

• Cheney 5-3 Great Bend
• Mulvane 5-1 Austin

Cheney and Mulvane both advance to Championship Week.

Championship Week

(Top 2 in each pool advance)

• Pool A
• Kansas Stars 3-0
• Everett Merchants 2-1
• Colorado Cyclones 1-2
• Liberal BeeJays 0-3

• Pool B
• Cheney Diamond Dogs (KS) 3-0
• Hays Larks 2-1
• Seattle Studs 1-2
• San Antonio Angels (TX) 0-3

• Pool C
• Santa Barbara Foresters 3-0
• Derby Twins (KS) 2-1
• San Diego Force 1-2
• Colorado Sox 0-3

• Pool D
• San Diego Waves 3-0
• Mulvane Patriots (KS) 2-1
• Wellington Heat (KS) 1-2
• Team USA 0-3

• Quarter-finals
• Everett 6-3 Santa Barbara
• Hays 4-2 San Diego Waves
• Kansas Stars 11-3 Derby
• Cheney 7-4 Mulvane

• Semi-finals
• Everett 10-9 Hays
• Kansas Stars 8-4 Cheney

NBC Final

• Kansas Stars 7-1 Everett Merchants