# Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament

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/Department | First season | Titles | Runner-up |
| Koshi Province | 2019 | 1 | 3 |
| Madhesh Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Bagmati Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Gandaki Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Lumbini Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Karnali Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Sudurpashchim Province | 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| APF Club | 2015 | 7 | 2 |
| Tribhuwan Army Club | 2024-25 | 0 | 0 |

### Defunct teams
## Winners

| Season | Final | Final | Best batter | Best bowler | Player of the tournament | No. of teams | Ref |
| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Best batter | Best bowler | Player of the tournament | No. of teams | Ref |
| 2015 | Region-VII (Janakpur) | APF Club | Shobha Ale (Region-VII) | Trishna Singh (Region-V) | Anuradha Chaudhary (Region-VII) | | |
| 2016 | APF Club | Eastern | Laxmi Chaudhary (Mid-Western) | Santoshi Chaudhary (Eastern) | Sarita Magar (APF) | | |
| 2017 | APF Club | Far-Western | Rekha Rawal (Far-Western) | Ritu Kanojiya (APF) | Sita Rana Magar (APF) | | |
| 2018 | APF Club | Eastern | Kajal Shrestha (Eastern) | Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) | Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) | | |
| 2019 | APF Club | Sudurpashchim | Kabita Kunwar (APF) | Khushi Dangol (Bagmati) | Sita Rana Magar (APF) | | |
| 2020 | Koshi Province | APF Club | Jyoti Pandey (APF) | Karuna Bhandari (APF) | Sangita Rai (Koshi) | | |
| 2021 | APF Club | Koshi | Apsari Begum (Koshi) | Alisha Khadiya (Koshi) | Rubina Chhetri (Koshi) | | |
| 2023 | Sudurpashchim | Koshi | Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim) | Manisha Chaudhary (Sudurpashchim) | Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim) | | |
| 2023–24 | APF Club | Koshi | Suman Khatiwada (Gandaki) | Puja Mahato (Madhesh) | Rubina Chhetri (Koshi) | 8 | |
| 2024–25 | APF Club | Sudurpashchim | Mamta Chaudhary (APF) | Manisha Upadhyay (Bagmati) | Indu Barma (APF) | 9 | |
| 2025–26 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |

## Team's performance
### Seasons

* C – Champion
* RU – Runner-up
* SF – Semi-final
* GS – Group stage
| Season (Teams) | 2016 (6) | 2017 (6) | 2018 (6) | 2019 (8) | 2020 (8) | 2021 (8) | 2023 (8) | 2023–24 (8) | 2024–25 (9) |
| Koshi Province | — | — | — | SF | C | RU | RU | RU | GS |
| Madhesh Province | — | — | — | SF | GS | GS | SF | GS | GS |
| Bagmati Province | — | — | — | GS | GS | GS | GS | SF | Super 4 |
| Gandaki Province | — | — | — | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS |
| Lumbini Province | — | — | — | GS | SF | SF | GS | GS | GS |
| Karnali Province | — | — | — | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS |
| Sudurpashchim Province | — | — | — | RU | SF | SF | C | SF | RU |
| APF Club | C | C | C | C | RU | C | SF | C | C |
| Tribhuwan Army Club | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Super 4 |
| Eastern Development Region | RU | GS | RU | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Central Development Region | GS | GS | GS | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Western Development Region | GS | GS | GS | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mid-Western Development Region | GS | GS | GS | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Far Western Development Region | GS | RU | GS | — | — | — | — | — | — |