The Philippines men's national sepak takraw team represents the Philippines in international sepak takraw matches and competitions and is organized by the Philippine Amateur Sepak Takraw Association.
History The Philippines has been competing in the sepak takraw events of the Southeast Asian Games.
The national team joined the first ISTAF World Cup in 2011 which was hosted by Malaysia winning over Bangladesh and Brunei enabling the team to join the inaugural 2011–12 ISTAF SuperSeries (ISS). The head coach for the 2011-2012 season was Rodolfo Eco led by players, John John Bobier and Jason Huerte.
At the King's Cup, the Philippines won the gold medal of Division I of the doubles event by defeating Brunei by 3-2.
They were set to participate at the next ISS series in 2013–14 but they did not enter in any of the four tournaments of the series. The Philippines was to be led by head coach Hector Memarion.
The Philippines did not participate at the first three tournaments of the 2014–15 ISTAF SuperSeries and were only invited to enter the fourth and Final tournament along with India after China and Indonesia withdrew from the ISS Final. The Philippines later made its best finish in the ISTAF SuperSeries so far by beating Japan in the third-place play-off.
Competitive records
ISTAF World Cup YearRoundGPWL 2011 Quarter-final 4 2 2 2015 To be determined ISTAF SuperSeries YearISS(Series)RoundGPWL2011–12Quarter-final321Did not enterQuarter-final413 FinalsQuarter-final3122013–14 Did not enter Finals2014–15 Did not enter Finals Third Place532Total––1578
King's Cup World Championship YearMedals0002013 5002014 0012015 0112016 2000
Southeast Asian Games YearMedals 1977– 2003 ? 2005 001 2009 003 2011 001 2013 001 2015 011 2017 021 2019 102
Asian Games YearMedals 1990 Did not enter 1994 1998 000 2002 000 2006 000 2010 000 2014 Did not enter 2018 000 Total 000
Recent squad The following players composes the Philippines national team at the 2014–15 ISTAF SuperSeries Jason Huerte Emmanuel Escote Rheyjey Ortouste Arnel Isorena Ronsited Gabayeron Carl Togonon Source: ISTAF SuperSeries
References
External links ISTAF SuperSeries Profile