Between 4 and 8 October, a series of competitions in Russian lapta was held as part of the Voronezh Region Universiade 2016/2017. Teams of five universities – Voronezh State University, Voronezh State Agricultural University, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, Voronezh State Pedagogical University, and Voronezh State Technical University took part in the event. The team from the Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies won the competition, Voronezh State Technical University took second place, and Voronezh State University took third.