King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship

The King's Cup Sepak Takraw Championship is a sepak takraw team event which is considered to be the most prestigious tournament in the sport as most top national teams compete in this annual event. The King's Cup is dedicated to His Majesty the King of Thailand. Three regus form a team and winning point is achieved once a team has the majority of two regu victories out of the three regus.

King's Cup Sepak takraw Championship
Competition details
DisciplineSepaktakraw
OrganiserInternational Sepaktakraw Federation
History
First edition1985 in Bangkok, Thailand
Editions35
USA Team in King's Cup Championships

History

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In 1985, the first King's Cup tournament was held in Bangkok Thailand where Malaysia emerged as the inaugural champions. Malaysia became champions again in 1988,[1] and the rest of the other editions saw Thailand as champions. The King's Cup tournament is seen by some, especially the Malaysians, as being unfair because it is never held outside of Thailand; hence, critics believe that the host nation is given an obvious upper hand and that the Asian Games are a fairer ground of competition.

25th King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship was held in the 700th Anniversary Stadium from July 27 to August 1, 2010 with 23 competition teams.[2] And 26th King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship was held in Fasionisland on 12–17 September 2011 with 23 competition teams in 8 tournaments.[3]

Championships

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In 1965, the Asian Sepaktakraw Federation (ASTAF) was formed to govern the sport in Asia, then in 1992 the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) was formed as the world governing body for the sport.[4]

Men’s championship was started in 1992 and for women was in 2005.

No. Year Host City Events
1 1985   Bangkok, Thailand 3
2 1987   Bangkok, Thailand 3
3 1988   Bangkok, Thailand 3
4 1989   Bangkok, Thailand 3
5 1990   Bangkok, Thailand 3
6 1991   Bangkok, Thailand 3
7 1992   Bangkok, Thailand 3
8 1993   Bangkok, Thailand 3
9 1994   Bangkok, Thailand 3
10 1995   Bangkok, Thailand 3
11 1996   Bangkok, Thailand 3
12 1997   Bangkok, Thailand 4
13 1998   Bangkok, Thailand 4
14 1999   Bangkok, Thailand 4
15 2000   Bangkok, Thailand 4
16 2001   Bangkok, Thailand 4
17 2002   Bangkok, Thailand 4
18 2003   Bangkok, Thailand 4
19 2004   Bangkok, Thailand 4
20 2005   Bangkok, Thailand 8
No. Year Host City Events
21 2006   Bangkok, Thailand 8
22 2007   Bangkok, Thailand 8
23 2008   Bangkok, Thailand 8
24 2009   Bangkok, Thailand 8
25 2010   Bangkok, Thailand 8
26 2011   Bangkok, Thailand 8
27 2012   Bangkok, Thailand 8
28 2013   Bangkok, Thailand 8
29 2014   Bangkok, Thailand 8
30 2015   Bangkok, Thailand 8
31 2016   Bangkok, Thailand 10
32 2017   Bangkok, Thailand 10
33 2018   Bangkok, Thailand 10
34 2019   Bangkok, Thailand 8
35 2022   Bangkok, Thailand 14

See also

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References

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  1. ^ (in Thai)โหมโรงตะกร้อโลก"คิงส์คัพ" Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ (in Thai)การแข่งขันเซปักตะกร้อชิงแชมป์โลก คิงส์คัพ ครั้งที่ 25 ชิงถ้วยพระราชทาน[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ (in Thai)การแข่งขันตะกร้อชิงแชมป์โลก คิงส์คัพ ครั้งที่ 26 เริ่มแข่งขันวันที่ 12 กันยายนนี้ Archived 2012-07-14 at archive.today
  4. ^ "International Sepak Takraw History".