Prizes were awarded to a rector of the Kuban State University Mikhail Astapov, a rector of the Russian Economic University named after G.V. Plekhanov Victor Grishin, a rector of the Saratov State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky Alexey Chumachenko and a former rector of the Southern Federal University Marina Borovskaya.

The National Student Football League was the operator of the football competitions of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi in 2017. The First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (at that time) ) Arkady Dvorkovich, the Minister of Sport Pavel Kolobkov, the President of the International University Sports Federation Oleg Matytsin, the Secretary General of FIFA Fatma Samura and many other political and international public figures highly assessed the organization of these competitions.