The Under 17 Australasian Championships is the largest age group tournament on the BA junior calendar. In 2005, 17 State/Territory and regional teams competed for the coveted June Bevan Trophy – the team’s component of the competition. The format is a team’s competition followed by an individual championship. Under 17 teams from Oceania and BWF member countries are invited to this Australasian Championships and in 2005, apart from the regular participation by three New Zealand regional teams, a combined Oceania team entered for the first time with players from Samoa and Fiji.