Port Moresby: In order to secure the top spot in the East Asia-Pacific Qualifier, Papua New Guinea defeated the Philippines by 100 runs in Port Moresby, and as a result, they have qualified for the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup.

Tony Ura, Assad Vala, and Charles Amini all scored fifty runs in quick succession to help PNG post a total of 229 for 6 in their 20 overs after being asked to bat. In their pursuit, the Philippines only managed 129 for 7.

PNG will conclude their tournament on Saturday with a match against Japan after winning all five of their previous games.

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Japan started Friday with a chance to keep their qualifying hopes alive if they defeated Vanuatu. Japan is second on the four-team table with six points after their first four games.

But that didn't happen; instead, Vanuatu won their first match of the competition thanks to a commanding all-around performance from Nalin Nipiko, who took four wickets and scored an unbeaten 74 off just 50 balls.

The West Indies and the United States will co-host the 2024 T20 World Cup, which will feature 20 teams. For the first round, the teams will be split into four groups of five each, with the top two teams from each group moving on to the Super 8 stage.

The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals as the Super 8 teams are divided into two groups of four each.

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Before the regional qualifiers, 12 teams had already secured their spots in the upcoming T20 World Cup.

The top eight teams at the 2022 T20 World Cup are Australia, England, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, and Sri Lanka, as well as hosts West Indies and the United States, as well as Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who qualified based on T20I rankings.

Seven additional teams, besides PNG, will qualify for the tournament through regional competition. Ireland and Scotland qualified for the tournament on Friday by taking the top two spots in the Europe Region Qualifier.

In the upcoming months, qualifiers will also be held for the Americas (for one spot), Africa (for two spots), and Asia (for two spots).

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