The teams that will compete in IPT 2017 are:
- Brazil – Federal University of ABC
- China – Nankai University
- Colombia – Winners of the Colombian National Selection: Universidad de los Andes
- Croatia – University of Zagreb
- France – Winners of the French Physicists’ Tournament: UdL – ENS Lyon – UCBL
- France – Runner-up of the French Physicists’ Tournament: École polytechnique
- Germany – Winners of the German National Selection: Goethe University Frankfurt
- Greece – Winners of the Greek National Selection
- Italy – Politecnico di Milano & University of Milan
- Russia – Winners of the Russian Physicists’ Tournament
- Russia – Runner-up of the Russian Physicists’ Tournament
- Slovenia – University of Ljubljana
- Sweden – Winners of the Swedish National Selection: KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Sweden – Runner-up of the Swedish National Selection: Chalmers University of Technology
- Switzerland – Winners of the Swiss National Selection: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Ukraine – Winners of the Ukrainian Physicists’ Tournament: University of Kharkiv
- United States – Dartmouth College
- Venezuela – Universidad Simon Bolivar