Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament () is a twenty20 cricket tournament in Nepal organised by the Cricket Association of Nepal.
The inaugural edition was contested among 10 teams and six teams contested the tournament from 2016 to 2018. The competition has featured 8 teams from the 2019 edition. Nepal A.P.F. Club are the most successful team in the history of the competition, winning 6 titles.
Competition format The inaugural tournament had 10 teams, nine regional and one departmental team, competing in two round-robin groups with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals. The following season the regional teams were replaced by teams representing the five development regions and the tournament was reduced to six teams while retaining the previous format.
Ahead of the 2020 season, the five regional teams were replaced by teams representing the seven provinces, taking the number of teams to eight. The tournament format remained unchanged until the 2023 season.
The format was changed for the 2023–24 season, with the eight teams competing in a round-robin format with the top four advancing to the play-offs.
Teams Province/DepartmentFirst seasonTitlesRunner-upKoshi Province201913Madhesh Province201900Bagmati Province201900Gandaki Province201900Lumbini Province201900Karnali Province201900Sudurpashchim Province201912APF Club201572Tribhuwan Army Club2024-2500Nepal Police Club
Defunct teams
Region-I (Biratnagar) Region-II (Birgunj) Region-III (Kathmandu) Region-IV (Bhairahawa) Region-V (Nepalgunj)
Region-VI (Baitadi) Region-VII (Janakpur) Region-VIII (Pokhara) Region-XI (Dhangadhi) Eastern Region
Central Region Western Region Mid-Western Region Far-Western Region
Winners SeasonFinalBest batterBest bowlerPlayer of the tournament No. of teamsRefWinnerRunner-up2015Region-VII (Janakpur)APF ClubShobha Ale (Region-VII)Trishna Singh (Region-V)Anuradha Chaudhary (Region-VII)102016APF ClubEasternLaxmi Chaudhary (Mid-Western)Santoshi Chaudhary (Eastern)Sarita Magar (APF)62017APF ClubFar-WesternRekha Rawal (Far-Western)Ritu Kanojiya (APF)Sita Rana Magar (APF)62018APF ClubEasternKajal Shrestha (Eastern)Rubina Chhetri (Eastern)Rubina Chhetri (Eastern)62019APF ClubSudurpashchimKabita Kunwar (APF)Khushi Dangol (Bagmati)Sita Rana Magar (APF)82020Koshi ProvinceAPF ClubJyoti Pandey (APF)Karuna Bhandari (APF)Sangita Rai (Koshi)82021APF ClubKoshiApsari Begum (Koshi)Alisha Khadiya (Koshi)Rubina Chhetri (Koshi)82023SudurpashchimKoshiKabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim)Manisha Chaudhary (Sudurpashchim)Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim)8 2023–24APF ClubKoshiSuman Khatiwada (Gandaki)Puja Mahato (Madhesh)Rubina Chhetri (Koshi)82024–25APF ClubSudurpashchimMamta Chaudhary (APF)Manisha Upadhyay (Bagmati)Indu Barma (APF) 92025–26TBDTBDTBDTBDTBD10
Team's performance Seasons
– Champion – Runner-up – Semi-final GS – Group stage
Season(Teams)2016(6)2017(6)2018(6)2019(8)2020(8)2021(8)2023(8)(8)(9)Koshi Province—SFCRURURU GSMadhesh Province—SFGSGSSFGSGSBagmati Province—GSGSGSGSSF Super 4Gandaki Province—GSGSGSGSGSGSLumbini Province—GSSFSFGSGSGSKarnali Province—GSGSGSGSGSGSSudurpashchim Province—RUSFSFCSFRUAPF ClubCCCCRUCSFCCTribhuwan Army Club— Super 4Eastern Development RegionRUGSRU—Central Development RegionGSGSGS—Western Development RegionGSGSGS—Mid-Western Development RegionGSGSGS—Far Western Development RegionGSRUGS—
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