2014–15 ISTAF SuperSeries

2014–15 ISS Series 2 Malaysia
2014–15 ISS Series 2 Malaysia
	Malacca International Trade Centre, the venue of the tournament.
Genre	Sport event
Begins	February 5, 2015
Ends	February 8, 2015
Venue	Malacca International Trade Centre
Location(s)	Malacca, Malaysia
Participants	Men: 8 teams; Women: 6 teams;
Organised by	International Sepaktakraw Federation
Sponsor	Marathon (Thailand) Co., Ltd.; Warrix Sports;

2014–15 ISS Series 1 Myanmar
2014–15 ISS Series 1 Myanmar
	Naypyitaw, the host city of the tournament.
Genre	Sport event
Begins	October 30, 2014
Ends	November 2, 2014
Venue	Wunna Thekdi Indoor Stadium
Location(s)	Naypyitaw, Myanmar
Participants	Men: 8 teams; Women: 6 teams;
Organised by	International Sepaktakraw Federation
Sponsor	Myanmar Olympic Committee; Myanmar Sepaktakraw Federation; Marathon (Thailand) Co., Ltd.; Warrix Sports;

2014–15 ISTAF SuperSeries
2014–15 ISTAF SuperSeries
Venue	Wunna Thekdi Indoor Stadium; Malacca International Trade Centre; Wolmyeong Sport Complex; Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport School Stadium;
Location	Naypyitaw, Myanmar; Malacca, Malaysia; Gunsan, South Korea; Nakhon Pathom, Thailand;
Dates	30 October 2014 – 23 October 2015
Competitors	56 teams from 18 nations
Website	http://istafsuperseries.com
Champion
	Thailand
Men	Thailand
Women	Thailand
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The 2014–15 ISTAF SuperSeries is the third season of the ISTAF SuperSeries, elite international Sepaktakraw tournament organized by the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF). The competition consisted of 4 tournaments, which was held individually during 30 October 2014 to 23 November October 2015, in 4 ISTAF membership countries including; Myanmar, Malaysia, South Korea, and the final series was held in the supremacy country in such the sport, Thailand.^[1]^[2]

The tournament is played in a regu format (3 players go up against 3 players from the opposing team) with 2 substitutes. The teams play up to 21 points. If there is a deuce at 20-20, the winning need to have at least 2 points more than the other in order to take down the first set, or when a team reaches 25 points first. In the final round of series 2 in Malacca, Thailand suffered a shock defeat by Host Malaysia with strong home support backing the Malaysian team, causes Thailand to lose their position for the first time since the inception of the tournament in 2011.^[3]

Tournament Summary

Series details

Series	Host	Men's event				Women's event
Series	Host	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Naypyitaw	8	Thailand	Malaysia	Myanmar	6	Thailand	Vietnam	Myanmar
2	Malacca	8	Malaysia	Thailand	South Korea	6	Thailand	Vietnam	Myanmar
3	Gunsan	8	Thailand	South Korea	Malaysia	6	Thailand	South Korea	Indonesia
4	Nakhon Pathom	8	Thailand	Malaysia	Philippines	6	Thailand	Myanmar	South Korea

Medals Tally

Men's event
Rank	Teams	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	3	1	-	4
2	Malaysia	1	2	1	4
3	South Korea	-	1	1	2
4	Myanmar	-	-	1	1
5	Philippines	-	-	1	1

Women's event
Rank	Teams	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	4	-	-	4
2	Vietnam	-	2	-	2
3	Myanmar	-	1	2	3
4	South Korea	-	1	1	2
5	Indonesia	-	-	1	1

Ranking

Tournament ranking
Rank	Men		Women
Rank	Country	Points	Country	Points
	Thailand	980	Thailand	1000
	Malaysia	920	Vietnam	860
	Myanmar Singapore South Korea	770	Malaysia	760
4.	Japan	710	Japan	720
5.	Indonesia	560	Myanmar	650
6.	China	490	South Korea	640
7.	Philippines	210	Indonesia	410
8.	India	180	—
Note: Ranking Index

ISS Series 1 Myanmar

The ISS Series 1 Myanmar is the first tournament of 2014–15 ISTAF SuperSeries, which was held in Naypyitaw, Myanmar at the Wunna Thekdi Stadium from 30 October to 2 November 2014.^[4] The competition lasted for a period of 4 days, featuring the top 8 Men’s teams and 6 Women’s teams, according to ISTAF World Ranking. In this new season, a live stream feature was also introduced and accessible by the official organizer website. The event was organized by the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) and Asia Sports Ventures (ASV), the ISTAF’s exclusive global commercial and developmental partner, with the support of host partners, the Myanmar Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs and the Myanmar Sepaktakraw Federation (MSTAF).

The winner of the tournament in both men's and women's is Thailand, the first runner-up in men's race is Malaysia while Vietnam was placed as second in the women's events. the host country, Myanmar, finished this first tournament with third place for both categories.^[5]

Team Allocation

The first round, or group stage, saw 8 men's and 6 women's teams divided equally into 2 groups in each category. Each group featured a round-robin of games, with each team playing against every other team in their group once. The group stage result is based on points accumulated, the top 2 teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals. The winner from Group A will go up against the runner-up from Group B, vice versa. Winners from the semi-finals will proceed to the finals, while the losing teams will move to the third/fourth placement match.

Participating Countries

Men's event
Host	Myanmar
Group A	Group B
Japan	China
Singapore	Indonesia
South Korea	Thailand
Malaysia	Myanmar

Women's event
Host	Myanmar
Group A	Group B
Vietnam	Myanmar
Indonesia	Thailand
Malaysia	Japan

Men's results

Group A (Men)

Group A
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Malaysia	3	3	0	6
2	Singapore	3	2	1	4
3	Japan	3	1	2	2
4	South Korea	3	0	3	1

Group B (Men)

Group B
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Thailand	3	3	0	6
2	Myanmar	3	2	1	4
3	Indonesia	3	1	2	3
4	China	3	0	3	1

Knock-out Rounds (Men)

Semi-finals		Final

1 Nov

Malaysia	2
		2 Nov
Myanmar	0
		Thailand	2
1 Nov
		Malaysia	1
Thailand	2

Singapore	0
		Third place

		2 Nov

		Myanmar	2

		Singapore	0

Semifinal round

1 Nov 18:00	Malaysia	2–0	Myanmar	Wunna Thekdi Indoor Stadium, Naypyitaw
	(21–11, 21–14) P2 Report

1 Nov 19:00	Thailand	2–0	Singapore	Wunna Thekdi Indoor Stadium, Naypyitaw
	(21–11, 21–9) P2 Report

3rd/4th playoff

2 Nov 18:00	Myanmar	2–0	Singapore	Wunna Thekdi Indoor Stadium, Naypyitaw
	(21–18, 21–13) P2 Report

Final round

2 Nov 19:00	Malaysia	1–2	Thailand	Wunna Thekdi Indoor Stadium, Naypyitaw
	(22–20, 18–21, 21–23) P2 Report

Women's Results

Group A (Women)

Group A
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Vietnam	2	2	0	4
2	Indonesia	2	1	1	3
3	Malaysia	2	0	2	0

Group B (Women)

Group B
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Thailand	2	2	0	4
2	Myanmar	2	1	1	3
3	Japan	2	0	2	0

Knock-out Rounds (Women)

Semi-finals		Final

1 Nov

Vietnam	2
		2 Nov
Myanmar	1
		Thailand	2
1 Nov
		Vietnam	0
Thailand	2

Indonesia	0
		Third place

		2 Nov

		Myanmar	2

		Indonesia	1

3rd/4th playoff

2 Nov 17:00	Indonesia	1–2	Myanmar	Wunna Thekdi Indoor Stadium, Naypyitaw
	(19–21, 24–22, 16–21) P2 Report

Final round

2 Nov 18:00	Thailand	2–0	Vietnam	Wunna Thekdi Indoor Stadium, Naypyitaw
	(21–18, 21–13) P2 Report

ISS Series 2 Malaysia

The 2014–15 ISS Series 2 Malaysia is the second tournament of the third season of the ISTAF SuperSeries, which was held in Malacca International Trade Centre in Malaysia from 5 February to 8 February 2015 with a total of 14 teams from 9 countries return for another round of battle for ISTAF world ranking points. In the finals, Thailand suffered a shock defeat by Host Malaysia with strong home support backing the Malaysian team.^[3]

The event winner for the men’s teams is the host, Malaysia, followed up by the runner-up Thailand and second runner-up South Korea. Meanwhile, in the women's events, Thailand the strong favorite secured their first of the race, followed by runner-up Vietnam and second runner-up Myanmar.

Team Allocation

The first round, or group stage, saw 8 men's and 6 women's teams divided equally into 2 groups in each category. Each group featured a round-robin of games, with each team playing against every other team in their group once. The group stage result is based on points accumulated, the top 2 teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals. The winner from Group A will go up against the runner-up from Group B, vice versa. Winners from the semi-finals will proceed to the finals, while the losing teams will move to the third/fourth placement match.

Participating Countries

Men's event
Host	Malaysia
Group A	Group B
Thailand	Malaysia
South Korea	Singapore
Japan	China
Myanmar	Indonesia

Women's event
Host	Malaysia
Group A	Group B
Malaysia	Thailand
Vietnam	Myanmar
South Korea	Japan

Men's results

Group A (Men)

Group A
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Thailand	3	3	0	6
2	South Korea	3	2	1	4
3	Myanmar	3	1	2	2
4	Japan	3	0	3	2

Group B (Men)

Group B
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Malaysia	3	3	0	6
2	Singapore	3	2	1	4
3	Indonesia	3	1	2	3
4	China	3	0	3	0

Knock-out Rounds (Men)

Semi-finals		Final

7 Feb

Thailand	2
		8 Feb
Singapore	0
		Malaysia	2
7 Feb
		Thailand	0
Malaysia	2

South Korea	0
		Third place

		8 Feb

		South Korea	2

		Singapore	0

Women's Results

Group A (Women)

Group A
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	South Korea	2	2	0	4
2	Vietnam	2	1	1	3
3	Malaysia	2	0	2	3

Group B (Women)

Group B
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Myanmar	2	2	0	4
2	Thailand	2	1	1	3
3	Japan	2	0	2	0

Knock-out Rounds (Women)

Semi-finals		Final

7 Feb

Vietnam	2
		8 Feb
Myanmar	1
		Thailand	2
7 Feb
		Vietnam	0
Thailand	2

South Korea	0
		Third place

		8 Feb

		Myanmar	2

		South Korea	0

ISS Series 3 South Korea

2014–15 ISS Series 3 South Korea
Wolmyeong Sports Complex, the venue of the tournament.
Genre	Sport event
Begins	April 23, 2015 (2015-04-23)
Ends	April 26, 2015 (2015-04-26)
Venue	Wolmyeong Sports Complex
Location(s)	Gunsan, South Korea
Participants	Men: 8 teams Women: 6 teams
Organised by	International Sepaktakraw Federation
Sponsor	Marathon (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Warrix Sports

The '2014–15 ISS Series 3 South Korea is the third tournament of the 2014–15 ISTAF SUperSeries, held in the Wolmyeong Sports Complex in the city of Gunsan in South Korea from 23 April to 26 April 2015. The host countries, Sost Korea put up a good showing on their home ground and proceed into the finals against Thailand for both Men’s and Women’s. Sepaktakraw, with its history deep in South East Asian roots, has proven that the sport is extending beyond the region boundaries and into other parts of Asia.

The winner of the tournament for both men's and women's events is Thailand, joined by runner-up South Korea in both, while Malaysia and Indonesia finished the event with the second runner-up in men's and women's events, respectively.

Team Allocation

Like all previous series of the tournament, The first round, or group stage, saw 8 men's and 6 women's teams equally divided into 2 groups for each category. Each group featured a round-robin of games, with each team playing against every other team in their group once. The group stage result is based on points accumulated, the top 2 teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals. The winner from Group A will go up against the runner-up from Group B, vice versa. Winners from the semi-finals will proceed to the finals, while the losing teams will move to the third/fourth placement match.

Participating Countries

Men's event
Host	South Korea
Group A	Group B
Thailand	Malaysia
South Korea	Myanmar
Japan	Singapore
Indonesia	China

Women's event
Host	South Korea
Group A	Group B
Thailand	Vietnam
South Korea	Indonesia
Malaysia	Japan

Men's results

Group A (Men)

Group A
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Thailand	3	3	0	6
2	South Korea	3	2	1	4
3	Indonesia	3	1	2	2
4	Japan	3	0	3	0

Group B (Men)

Group B
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Malaysia	3	2	1	4
2	Singapore	3	2	1	4
3	Myanmar	3	1	2	4
4	China	3	0	3	0

Knock-out Rounds (Men)

Semi-finals		Final

25 Apr

Thailand	2
		26 Apr
Singapore	0
		Thailand	2
25 Apr
		South Korea	0
Korea	2

Malaysia	0
		Third place

		26 Apr

		Malaysia	2

		Singapore	0

Women's Results

Group A (Women)

Group A
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Thailand	2	2	0	4
2	South Korea	2	1	1	2
3	Malaysia	2	0	2	0

Group B (Women)

Group B
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Vietnam	2	2	0	4
2	Indonesia	2	1	1	3
3	Japan	2	0	2	0

Knock-out Rounds (Women)

Semi-finals		Final

25 Apr

South Korea	2
		26 Apr
Vietnam	0
		Thailand	2
25 Apr
		Korea	0
Thailand	2

Indonesia	0
		Third place

		26 Apr

		Indonesia	2

		Vietnam	0

ISS Final Series Thailand

2014–15 ISS Final Series Thailand
Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport Complex, the venue of the tournament.
Genre	Sport event
Begins	October 20, 2015 (2015-10-20)
Ends	October 23, 2015 (2015-10-23)
Venue	Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport Complex
Location(s)	Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Participants	Men: 8 teams Women: 6 teams
Organised by	International Sepaktakraw Federation
Sponsor	Takraw Association of Thailand Marathon (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Warrix Sports

The '2014–15 ISTAF Final Series Thailand is the last tournament of the third season of ISTAF SuperSeries, held Nakhon Pathom in Central Thailand at Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sports Complex from 20 October to 23 October 2015. Thailand not only hosted the Grand Finale on their home ground, their both the men’s and women’s teams emerged as winners for this finals tournament.^[6] The runner up for the men’s tournament was taken up by Malaysia with the Philippines following close behind as the second runner up. The women’s tournament saw Myanmar as the runner up followed by the second runner-up, South Korea.

Team Allocation

Like all previous series of the tournament, The first round, or group stage, saw 8 men's and 6 women's teams equally divided into 2 groups for each category. Each group featured a round-robin of games, with each team playing against every other team in their group once. The group stage result is based on points accumulated, the top 2 teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals. The winner from Group A will go up against the runner-up from Group B, vice versa. Winners from the semi-finals will proceed to the finals, while the losing teams will move to the third/fourth placement match.

Participating Countries

Men's event
Host	Thailand
Group A	Group B
Thailand	Japan
Myanmar	Malaysia
Philippines	Singapore
India	South Korea

Women's event
Host	Thailand
Group A	Group B
Vietnam	Malaysia
Japan	Thailand
South Korea	Myanmar

Men's results

Group A (Men)

Group A
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Thailand	3	3	0	6
2	Philippines	3	2	1	4
3	Myanmar	3	1	2	2
4	India	3	0	3	0

Group B (Men)

Group B
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Malaysia	3	3	0	6
2	Japan	3	2	1	4
3	Singapore	3	1	2	2
4	South Korea	3	0	3	0

Knock-out Rounds (Men)

Semi-finals		Final

22 Oct

Thailand	2
		23 Oct
Japan	0
		Thailand	2
22 Oct
		Malaysia	0
Philippines	1

Malaysia	2
		Third place

		23 Oct

		Philippines	2

		Japan	0

Women's Results

Group A (Women)

Group A
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Vietnam	2	2	0	4
2	South Korea	2	1	1	2
3	Japan	2	0	2	0

Group B (Women)

Group B
Rank	Country	Games played	Win	Lost	Pts
1	Thailand	2	2	0	4
2	Myanmar	2	1	1	2
3	Malaysia	2	0	2	0

Knock-out Rounds (Women)

Semi-finals		Final

22 Oct

Thailand	2
		23 Oct
South Korea	0
		Thailand	2
22 Oct
		Myanmar	0
Myanmar	2

Vietnam	0
		Third place

		23 Oct

		South Korea	2

		Vietnam	0

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[2] "Up in the air". Korea JoongAng Daily. 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[ssm2-3] "Takraw: 'Telepathic' understanding between M'sian players is key to the win - coach". www.astroawani.com. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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