The 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier was the tournament played in Fiji and

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as part of qualification process for the

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. Twelve regional qualifiers were held by the

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(ICC), with 62 teams

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were originally scheduled to compete in the Southern sub region group in the Africa Qualifier, but later withdrew. competing during 2018 in five regions – Africa (3 groups), Americas (2), Asia (2), East Asia Pacific (2) and Europe (3). The top 25 sides from these progressed to five Regional Finals in 2019, with seven teams then going on to compete in the

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,The

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initially qualified to the Asia Regional Final, but later automatically progressed to the qualifier tournament as the host. along with the six lowest ranked sides from the ICC T20I Championship. In April 2018, the

(ICC) granted full international status to

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men's matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Regional Finals were played as

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s (T20Is). The top two teams in Group A, and the top team of Group B of the East Asia-Pacific Qualifier, progressed to the Regional Finals.

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

won Group A, with

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finishing in second place to progress to the Finals. Group B was won by the

. It was also the first ICC tournament to be held in the Philippines. The Regional Finals were held in

in March 2019. Papua New Guinea progressed to the T20 World Cup Qualifier after winning the Regional Finals.

Teams

Group A

Group A was held in Fiji from 25 to 29 August 2018, with the top two teams progressing to the Regional Final.

Points table

(H) Host, (Q) Qualified to regional finals

Fixtures

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Group B

Group B was held at Friendship Oval at Emilio Aguinaldo College in Dasmariñas,

from 1 to 7 December 2018. The top team progressed to the Regional Finals.

Points table

(H) Host, (Q) Qualified to regional finals

Fixtures

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Regional Finals

The Regional Finals were held in Papua New Guinea from 22 to 24 March 2019. Following the effects of Cyclone Trevor, fixtures on the opening two days could not be played due to a waterlogged pitch, so the schedule was rearranged. On the first day of fixtures, Papua New Guinea won their two matches, both by large margins. Before the last day of matches, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu were both in contention to win the group, with the Philippines being eliminated. On the last day of fixtures, Papua New Guinea won the group to advance to the

, with Vanuatu being eliminated after losing against the Philippines. Nalin Nipiko of Vanuatu was named the Player of the Tournament.

Points table

Fixtures

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Notes

References

External links

East Asia-Pacific group at the International Cricket Council
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