Christchurch: Home team New Zealand secured a quarter-final spot in the ICC Under 19 World Cup on Tuesday with an easy seven wicket win over Zimbabwe at Lincoln, near Christchurch.

They will join defending champions India, England, Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka, who have clinched places in the quarter-finals to be played over the weekend.

In group D, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the West Indies are vying for the two remaining qualifying spots.

New Zealand needed to chase down just 136 to win in 25 overs on Tuesday, after running through the Zimbabwe batting line-up in 42.2 overs in their group C match.

New Zealand opener Tom Latham hit an unbeaten 57 to lead his country home.

The West Indies tumbled to 43 for four chasing Papua New Guinea's modest total of 187 but eventually got through by five wickets with more than 14 overs to spare.

In group A, Afghanistan posted their first win of the tournament, beating Hong Kong by eight wickets.

Leg spinner Zakiullah Zak took 5-34 from little more than seven overs as Hong Kong crashed to 137 all out, and Afghanistan's opening batsman Javed Ahmadi scored an undefeated 90 to clinch victory.

Ireland beat the United States by five wickets in group B, after chasing down the target of 218 with more than six overs to spare.

Number three batsman Paul Stirling scored 114 for Ireland to set up the win.