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.
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,โหมโรงตะกร้อโลก"คิงส์คัพ" and the rest of the other editions saw Thailand as champions.
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.การแข่งขันเซปักตะกร้อชิงแชมป์โลก คิงส์คัพ ครั้งที่ 25 ชิงถ้วยพระราชทาน And 26th King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship was held in Fasionisland on 12–17 September 2011 with 23 competition teams in 8 tournaments.การแข่งขันตะกร้อชิงแชมป์โลก คิงส์คัพ ครั้งที่ 26 เริ่มแข่งขันวันที่ 12 กันยายนนี้
Editions In 1965, the Asian Sepaktakraw Federation (ASTAF) was formed to govern the sport in Asia (In SEA Games since 1967), then in 1988/1992 the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) was formed as the world governing body for the sport.
Men's championship was started in 1992 and for women was in 2005.
No.YearHost cityEvents11985 Bangkok, Thailand 321987 Bangkok, Thailand 331988 Bangkok, Thailand 341989 Bangkok, Thailand 351990 Bangkok, Thailand 361991 Bangkok, Thailand 371992 Bangkok, Thailand 381993 Bangkok, Thailand 391994 Bangkok, Thailand 3101995 Bangkok, Thailand 3111996 Bangkok, Thailand 3121997 Bangkok, Thailand 4131998 Bangkok, Thailand 4141999 Bangkok, Thailand 4152000 Bangkok, Thailand 4162001 Bangkok, Thailand 4172002 Bangkok, Thailand 4182003 Bangkok, Thailand 4192004 Bangkok, Thailand 4202005 Bangkok, Thailand 8212006 Bangkok, Thailand 8222007 Bangkok, Thailand 8232008 Bangkok, Thailand 8242009 Bangkok, Thailand 8252010 Bangkok, Thailand 8262011 Bangkok, Thailand 8272012 Bangkok, Thailand 8282013 Bangkok, Thailand 8292014 Bangkok, Thailand 8302015 Bangkok, Thailand 8312016 Bangkok, Thailand 10322017 Bangkok, Thailand 10332018 Bangkok, Thailand 10342019 Bangkok, Thailand 8352022 Bangkok, Thailand 14362023 Bangkok, Thailand 372024 Bangkok, Thailand 382025 Bangkok, Thailand
See also International Sepaktakraw Federation ISTAF SuperSeries Sepak takraw at the Asian Games
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