Dubai, March 20 -- : Papua New Guinea (PNG), Philippines and Vanuatu will compete for a spot in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier as the first of five T20 World Cup regional finals gets underway.

Only 25 teams remain from the 68, which started the regional qualification process for the T20 World Cup 2020 in February 2018. Eight of those 25 teams from Africa, America, Asia, EAP and Europe Finals will join Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Oman, Scotland and Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup Qualifier between October 11 and November 3 this year in the United Arab Emirates.

"It means so much to be hosting this tournament. We have worked really hard on our game, the fielding, the batting, and the bowling and looking forward to going out there ...