King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship

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

History

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

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

See also

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