18 Facts About Takraw

Sepak Takraw is often referred to as a mixture of volleyball, due to its use of a net, and association football, as players use their feet.

The game was played in a circle for hundreds of years, until modern Sepak Takraw began taking shape in Thailand sometime during the early 1740s.

The game became such a cherished local custom that another exhibition of volleyball-style Takraw was held to celebrate the kingdom's first constitution in 1933, the year after Thailand abolished absolute monarchy.

Sepak Takraw is included in Philippine's elementary and high school curriculum.

The popularization of present-day Sepak Takraw is, for the most part, attributed to three people from Jalan Patani, Penang.

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The game became such a cherished local custom that another exhibition of volleyball-style Takraw was staged to celebrate the kingdom's first constitution in 1933, the year after Thailand abolished its absolute monarchy.

Determination and perseverance of Penang's Sepak Takraw pioneers led to the founding of the "Jawatankuasa Penaja Sepak Raga Pulau Pinang" on 25 March 1956 at Dewan UMNO Pulau Pinang.

In 1975, the Kedah's Sepak Takraw team visited Germany in conjunction with The Sports Press Feast 1975 to play Sepak Takraw as a demonstration.

In 1977, Penang's Sepak Takraw team participated in North Malaysian Week in Adelaide, Australia.

In 1979, ASTAF for the first time held a conference in Jakarta in conjunction with the SEA Games and reviewed the Sepak Takraw laws submitted by the Malaysian Sepak Takraw Association.

In 1990, Sepak Takraw was included as a medal sport at the Asian Games in Beijing.

In 1998, Sepak Takraw was introduced as a demonstration event in the Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur.

Sepak Takraw is a regular sport event in the Asian Games and the Southeast Asian Games, with Thailand having won the most medals for the event.

Sepak Takraw has been a sport at the Asian Games since 1990 with Thailand securing the highest number of gold medals.

Sepak Takraw was so well received by schools that it became part of ASEC's mandate to help introduce, promote and organize the sport across the country.

Team was well beaten but the Takraw world celebrated the participation of non-Asian teams in the World Championships.

Takraw is the Thai word for the hand-woven rattan ball originally used in the game.

Sepak Takraw is played on court a similar to badminton's double sized court.