2011–12 ISTAF SuperSeries

The debut season of the ISTAF SuperSeries commenced on 8 September 2011 to 1 July 2012 with 4 SuperSeries tournaments. The ISTAF SuperSeries is an international tournament by the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) to bring the sport of Sepaktakraw to the international audience.[1]

The first SuperSeries of the season was held in Bangkok, Thailand, followed by Palembang, Indonesia, and Singapore before finishing back in Bangkok.

The overall winner of the first ISTAF SuperSeries season for men and women is Thailand. Both teams from Thailand swept through all the gold medals in the individual ISTAF SuperSeries tournament. The battle for second-place is more interesting for both the men and women's competition. The ISTAF's Super Series men's editions saw Malaysia and Indonesia constantly fighting for the runner up spot, both coming in at second place twice. The same situation plays out in the women's edition as well, with South Korea and Vietnam achieving the runner-up spot twice in the season.

ISTAF SuperSeries 2011/2012 Summary

EditionISTAF SuperSeries
(Men)		ISTAF SuperSeries
(Women)
Participating Nations
(Men)		 Gold
(Men)		 Silver
(Men)		 Bronze
(Men)		 Participating Nations
(Women)		 Gold
(Women)		 Silver
(Women)		 Bronze
(Women)
ISS Thailand12 Thailand Indonesia South Korea8 Thailand South Korea Vietnam
ISS Indonesia9 Thailand Malaysia Indonesia6 Thailand South Korea Vietnam
ISS Singapore10 Thailand Indonesia South Korea6 Thailand Vietnam Indonesia
ISS Finals Thailand12 Thailand Malaysia South Korea7 Thailand Vietnam Malaysia

ISTAF SuperSeries 2011/2012 Medals Tally

ISTAF SuperSeries 2011/2012 Medals Tally
(Men)
Rank Teams Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Thailand4--4
2 Indonesia-213
3 Malaysia-2-2
4 South Korea--33
ISTAF SuperSeries 2011/2012 Medals Tally
(Women)
Rank Teams Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Thailand4--4
2 Vietnam-224
3 South Korea-2-2
4 Indonesia--11
4 Malaysia--11

ISS Thailand

The first round of ISS 2011/2012 was held in Fashion Island, Bangkok in Thailand from 8 September 2011 to 11 September 2011. This edition marks a first by ISTAF to create an elite annual tournament to showcase the sport.

Spanning a period of 4 days, the first ever ISS Thailand witnessed the participation of 18 international teams, 58 male and 39 women players. The longest match in this ISS occurred in Indonesia's victory over Malaysia (3-2) in the men's quarter-finals match, spanning a length of 1 hour and 27 minutes. Drawing from the support of their home crowd in Bangkok, the Thailand men's national men team joined from the playoff stage and showed their class by winning Singapore (quarter-finals), Japan (semi-finals) as well as Indonesia (finals) in straight sets to clinch the Champion's spot. Losing finalist Indonesia came in second while South Korea defeated Japan to secure the men's bronze medal.

The host country's female counterpart did not disappoint either, defeating semi-finalist Vietnam and finalist South Korea in straight sets. Vietnam rallied from their semi-final defeat to eventual champion, Thailand, and secure third at the expense of Japan. Japan did came close to upsetting them however, losing the second set and third set by close margins (15-17 and 14-16 respectively).

The winner of ISS 2011/2012 Thailand (Men) is Thailand, runner-up is Indonesia and second runner-up is Korea. The winner of ISS 2011/2012 Thailand (Women) is Thailand, runner-up is Korea and second runner-up is Vietnam.

Men’s Draw

The first round, or Group Stage, saw 11 men's teams divided into 4 groups of 3 (one group had only 2 teams). Each group featured a round robin of games, with each team playing against every other team in their group once.

Based on points accumulated, the top 2 teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals, or Playoff Stage. The host nation also advance automatically to the Playoff Stage.

Women's Draw

The first round, or Group Stage, saw 7 women's teams divided into 2 groups, one group having 3 teams and the other having 4. Each group featured a round robin of games, with each team playing against every other team in their group once.

Based on points accumulated, the top 2 teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals, or Playoff Stage. The host nation also advance automatically to the Playoff Stage.

Participating Countries

Participating Countries (Men)
Host
 Thailand
Group A Group B Group C Group D
 India South Korea Brunei Philippines
 Japan Laos Indonesia Singapore
- Malaysia Myanmar USA
Participating Countries (Women)
Host
 Thailand
Group A Group B
 Japan China
 Malaysia India
 Myanmar South Korea
- Vietnam

Men's Results

Group A (Men)

Group A
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Japan2206
2 India2021
8 September 2011
 India1-3 Japan
9 September 2011
 Japan3-0 India

Group B (Men)

Group B
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Malaysia2206
2 South Korea2115
3 Laos2021
8 September 2011
 Malaysia3-2 South Korea
 Laos0-3 Malaysia
9 September 2011
 South Korea3-1 Laos

Group C (Men)

Group C
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Myanmar2206
2 Indonesia2114
3 Brunei2022
8 September 2011
 Myanmar3-1 Indonesia
 Indonesia3-1 Brunei
9 September 2011
 Brunei1-3 Myanmar

Group D (Men)

Group D
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Philippines2206
2 Singapore2113
3 USA2020
8 September 2011
 Singapore3-0 USA
 USA0-3 Philippines
9 September 2011
 Philippines3-0 Singapore

Knock-out Rounds (Men)

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 Sep
 
 
  South Korea 3
 
10 Sep
 
  Myanmar 1
 
  South Korea 1
 
10 Sep
 
  Indonesia 3
 
  Malaysia 2
 
11 Sep
 
  Indonesia 3
 
  Indonesia 0
 
10 Sep
 
  Thailand 3
 
  Thailand 3
 
10 Sep
 
  Singapore 0
 
  Thailand 3
 
10 Sep
 
  Japan 0 Third place
 
  Japan 3
 
11 Sep
 
  Philippines 0
 
  South Korea 3
 
 
  Japan 1
 

Women's Results

Group A (Women)

Group A
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Japan2206
2 Myanmar2114
3 Malaysia2024
8 September 2011
 Malaysia2-3 Japan
9 September 2011
 Myanmar3-2 Malaysia
 Japan3-1 Myanmar

Group B (Women)

Group B
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 South Korea3309
2 Vietnam3216
3 China3125
4 India3030
8 September 2011
 Vietnam0-3 South Korea
 India0-3 China
 China0-3 Vietnam
9 September 2011
 South Korea3-2 China
 Vietnam3-0 India
 South Korea3-0 India

Knock-out Rounds (Women)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 Sep
 
 
  South Korea 3
 
11 Sep
 
  Japan 0
 
  South Korea 0
 
10 Sep
 
  Thailand 3
 
  Thailand 3
 
 
  Vietnam 0
 
Third place
 
 
11 Sep
 
 
  Japan 0
 
 
  Vietnam 3

ISS Indonesia

The second round of the ISS 2011/2012 season was held in Palembang Sport & Convention Centre, Palembang in Indonesia from 23 February 2012 to 26 February 2012.

This edition also saw the first appearance of Chinese Taipei into the men's tournament as well as the Indonesia's woman national team. However, the second edition had a reduction from 12 to 9 teams in the men's tournament and 7 to 6 teams for the women's. ISS Indonesia also saw the continued dominance of the Thailand men's national team, which continued its winning streak to 8 matches, not dropping any of the 18 sets played during the process. They eventually won the ISS Indonesia Champion by overcoming Malaysia, who had to settle for silver. Host country, Indonesia did not disappoint their home crowd too by giving them something to cheer for in the third-place playoffs.

The Indonesian's women team however, did not have the same fortune as their male counterpart, falling to third-placed Vietnam in the women's tournament. The final of the women's championship also saw favourites Thailand suffer a scare in the first set, losing 11-15 to the South Koreans. After a nerve-wracking second set which were deuce at 15 to 15, Thailand eventually secure victory by winning it 17-15 and went on to win two more sets to be gold medallist at ISS Indonesia.

The winner of ISS 2011/2012 Indonesia (Men) is Thailand, runner-up is Malaysia and second runner-up is Indonesia. The winner of ISS 2011/2012 Indonesia (Women) is Thailand, runner-up is Korea and second runner-up is Vietnam.[2]

Men’s Draw

The first round, or Group Stage, saw 9 men's teams divided into 2 groups, one group having 4 teams and the other having 5. Each group featured a round robin of games, with each team playing against every other team in their group once.

Based on points accumulated, the top 2 teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals, or Playoff Stage.

Women's Draw

The first round, or Group Stage, saw 6 women's teams divided into 2 groups of 3 teams each. Each group featured a round robin of games, with each team playing against every other team in their group once.

Based on points accumulated, the top 2 teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals, or Playoff Stage.

Participating Countries

Participating Countries (Men)
Group A Group B
 Indonesia (Host) Brunei
 Japan Chinese Taipei
 Malaysia Singapore
 USA South Korea
- Thailand
Participating Countries (Women)
Group A Group B
 Malaysia Indonesia (Host)
 South Korea Japan
 Thailand Vietnam

Men's Results

Group A (Men)

Group A
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Malaysia3309
2 Indonesia3217
3 Japan3124
4 USA3030
23 February 2012
 Indonesia3-1 Japan
 Malaysia3-0 USA
 Indonesia3-0 USA
24 February 2012
 Japan0-3 Malaysia
 USA0-3 Japan
 Indonesia1-3 Malaysia

Group B (Men)

Group B
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Thailand44012
2 South Korea4319
3 Brunei4226
4 Singapore4135
5 Chinese Taipei4040
23 February 2012
 Brunei0-3 South Korea
 Thailand3-0 Singapore
 Chinese Taipei0-3 Singapore
 Brunei0-3 Thailand
24 February 2012
 Chinese Taipei0-3 South Korea
 Singapore2-3 Brunei
 South Korea0-3 Thailand
 Brunei3-0 Chinese Taipei
25 February 2012
 Singapore0-3 South Korea
 Chinese Taipei0-3 Thailand

Knock-out Rounds (Men)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 Feb
 
 
  Malaysia 3
 
26 Feb
 
  South Korea 0
 
  Malaysia 0
 
25 Feb
 
  Thailand 3
 
  Thailand 3
 
 
  Indonesia 0
 
Third place
 
 
26 Feb
 
 
  South Korea 1
 
 
  Indonesia 3

Women's Results

Group A (Women)

Group A
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Thailand2206
2 South Korea2113
3 Malaysia2021
23 February 2012
 Malaysia1-3 South Korea
23 February 2012
 South Korea0-3 Thailand
 Malaysia0-3 Thailand

Group B (Women)

Group B
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Indonesia2206
2 Vietnam2114
3 Japan2021
23 February 2012
 Japan0-3 Vietnam
24 February 2012
 Indonesia3-1 Japan
 Indonesia3-1 Vietnam

Knock-out Rounds (Women)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 Feb
 
 
  Thailand 3
 
26 Feb
 
  Vietnam 0
 
  Thailand 3
 
25 Feb
 
  South Korea 1
 
  Indonesia 0
 
 
  South Korea 3
 
Third place
 
 
26 Feb
 
 
  Vietnam 3
 
 
  Indonesia 1

ISS Singapore

The third round of ISS 2011/2012 season was held in the island of Singapore from 3 May 2012 to 6 May 2012 at ITE East Simei[3][4]

The Singapore edition of ISS 2011/2012 welcomed the return of both Philippines' and India's men national teams. The Indian men national team's return to ISS nearly pay dividends for them as they made it to the playoffs-round. However, after defeating Singapore, they ultimately fall to dominant Thailand in the semi-finals and eventually had to settle for a non-medal spot as they lost their third-place playoffs to South Korea. In the finals, Thailand's reign as the number one team in the sport of SepakTakraw continued as they outplayed Indonesia in straight sets.

The number of women's team remains the same at 6 teams, with China taking over South Korea's place from ISS Indonesia. In the finals, second runner-up for the two previous ISS editions, Vietnam, finally made it to the finals on their third try. However, they were up against strong favourites Thailand who dominated proceedings in the first two sets. Eventual runner-up Vietnam however, did not give up until the end and nearly came back into the game at the third set, eventually losing 15-13. With the star presence of Payom Srihongsa, who scored 29 out of 30 successful spikes during the match, the Thailand Women National team clinched its third back-to-back gold medal in the ISS 2011/2012 season. In the fight for third, South Korea, runner up for ISS Thailand and ISS Indonesia continued to hold a spot on the podium as they overcame their disappointing semi-final defeat to triumph India 3-0.

The winner of ISS 2011/2012 Singapore (Men) is Thailand, runner-up is Indonesia and second runner-up is Korea. The winner of ISS 2011/2012 Singapore (Women) is Thailand, runner-up is Vietnam and second runner-up is Indonesia.[5]

Men’s Draw

The first round, or Group Stage, saw 9 men's teams divided into 2 groups, one group having 4 teams and the other having 5 teams. of 3. Each group featured a round robin of games, with each team playing against every other team in their group once.

Based on points accumulated, the top 3 teams from group A as well as the top 4 teams from group B advanced to the quarter-finals, or Playoff Stage. The host nation also advance automatically to the Playoff Stage.

Women's Draw

The first round, or Group Stage, saw 6 women's teams divided into 2 groups of 3 teams each. Each group featured a round robin of games, with each team playing against every other team in their group once.

Based on points accumulated, the top 2 teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals, or Playoff Stage.

Participating Countries

Participating Countries (Men)
Host
 Singapore
Group A Group B
 Brunei India
 Philippines Japan
 Indonesia Malaysia
 South Korea Thailand
- USA
Participating Countries (Women)
Group A Group B
 Indonesia China
 Japan Malaysia
 Thailand Vietnam

Men's Results

Group A (Men)

Group A
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 South Korea3309
2 Indonesia3216
3 Philippines3123
4 Brunei3031
3 May 2012
 Indonesia0-3 South Korea
 Brunei0-3 Philippines
 Philippines0-3 Indonesia
 South Korea3-1 Brunei
4 May 2012
 Indonesia3-0 Brunei
 Philippines0-3 South Korea

Group B (Men)

Group B
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Thailand44012
2 Malaysia4319
3 Japan4227
4 India4134
5 USA4040
3 May 2012
 Thailand3-0 Malaysia
 Japan3-0 USA
 India0-3 Thailand
 Malaysia3-1 Japan
4 May 2012
 USA0-3 Thailand
 Malaysia3-0 India
 USA0-3 Malaysia
 Japan3-1 India 5 May 2012
 India3-0 USA
 Thailand3-0 Japan

Knock-out Rounds (Men)

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 May
 
 
  Singapore 1
 
6 May
 
  India 3
 
  India 0
 
5 May
 
  Thailand 3
 
  Thailand 3
 
6 May
 
  Philippines 0
 
  Thailand 3
 
5 May
 
  Indonesia 0
 
  Indonesia 3
 
6 May
 
  Malaysia 2
 
  Indonesia 3
 
5 May
 
  South Korea 1 Third place
 
  Japan 2
 
6 May
 
  South Korea 3
 
  India 0
 
 
  South Korea 3
 

Women's Results

Group A (Women)

Group A
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Thailand2206
2 Indonesia2113
3 Japan2020
3 May 2012
 Thailand3-0 Japan
 Indonesia0-3 Thailand
4 May 2012
 Japan0-3 Indonesia

Group B (Women)

Group B
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Vietnam2206
2 Malaysia2114
3 China2021
3 May 2012
 Vietnam3-1 Malaysia
 China0-3 Vietnam
4 May 2012
 Malaysia3-1 China

Knock-out Rounds (Women)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 May
 
 
  Thailand 3
 
6 May
 
  Malaysia 0
 
  Thailand 3
 
5 May
 
  Vietnam 0
 
  Vietnam 3
 
 
  Indonesia 0
 
Third place
 
 
6 May
 
 
  Malaysia 0
 
 
  Indonesia 3

ISS Finals Thailand

The finale of the inaugural ISS 2011/2012 was held in Fashion Island, Bangkok in Thailand from 28 June 2012 to 1 July 2012.

The ISS Finals Thailand saw the debut appearance of Vietnam's men national team, as well as the first European team, Germany, in the ISS. Germany's appearance is a sign of the increasing popularity of the sport and growing testament that the ISTAF SuperSeries is meeting its objective of spreading the sport beyond its roots of South-East Asia. Their performance in the ISS Finals Thailand was also encouraging. Even though Germany eventually lost both its games to Malaysia and USA, it did manage to gain two points in the group stage by winning two sets. Vietnam's appearance too was promising, even though it lost both matches like Germany, it won three sets from the two games.

Malaysia's men national team came back strong in this edition of the ISS season as well after its disappointing exit in the quarter-final to Indonesia in ISS Singapore. It defeated Philippines in straight sets during the quarter-final and overcame a resilient South Korea in the semi-finals. However, they failed to find an answer to the supremacy of Thailand and had to settle for the runner-up spot. South Korea continues to show its defiance that the sport of SepakTakraw is dominated by South-East Asian countries, coming in at second runner-up for the third time in the season, still chasing after the elusive silver or gold medals.

Expectation of the returning South Korea's women national team was high after their runner-up spot in ISS Thailand and ISS Indonesia. However, things did not pan out well for them as Vietnam, emerging powerhouse of the women's SepakTakraw after Thailand, defeated them in the semi-finals. Even though Vietnam lost in the finals to Thailand in a repeat of the ISS Singapore's final, it marked the successive appearance of Vietnam on the podium for every series in the 2011/2012 ISS season (two silver & two bronze). South Korea subsequently failed to Malaysia in a close match which ended 3-2 in Malaysia's favour.

The winner of ISS 2011/2012 Finals Thailand (Men) is Thailand, runner-up is Malaysia and second runner-up is South Korea. The winner of ISS 2011/2012 Finals Thailand (Women) is Thailand, runner-up is Vietnam and second runner-up is Malaysia.

Men’s Draw

The first round, or Group Stage, saw 11 men's teams divided into 4 groups of 3 (one group had only 2 teams). Each group featured a round robin of games, with each team playing against every other team in their group once.

Based on points accumulated, the top 2 teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals, or Playoff Stage. The host nation also advance automatically to the Playoff Stage.

Women's Draw

The first round, or Group Stage, saw 6 women's teams compete in 1 group. Each group featured a round robin of games, with each team playing against every other team in their group once.

Based on points accumulated, the top 3 teams from the group advanced to the semi-finals, or Playoff Stage. The host nation also advance automatically to the Playoff Stage.

Participating Countries

Participating Countries (Men)
Host
 Thailand
Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Philippines Brunei Germany India
 Indonesia South Korea Malaysia Japan
 Singapore Vietnam USA-
Participating Countries (Women)
Host
 Thailand
Group A
 Indonesia
 India
 Japan
 South Korea
 Malaysia
 Vietnam

Men's Results

Group A (Men)

Group A
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Singapore2206
2 Philippines2115
3 Indonesia2020
28 June 2012
 Indonesia0-3 Singapore
 Philippines3-0 Indonesia
29 June 2012
 Singapore3-2 Philippines

Group B (Men)

Group B
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 South Korea2206
2 Brunei2113
3 Vietnam2023
28 June 2012
 South Korea3-1 Vietnam
 Vietnam2-3 Brunei
29 June 2012
 Brunei0-3 South Korea

Group C (Men)

Group C
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Malaysia2206
2 USA2113
3 Germany2022
28 June 2012
 Malaysia3-0 Germany
 Germany2-3 USA
29 June 2012
 USA0-3 Malaysia

Group D (Men)

Group D
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Japan2113
2 India2113
28 June 2012
 Japan3-0 India
29 June 2012
 India3-0 Japan

Knock-out Rounds (Men)

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 Jun
 
 
  Malaysia 3
 
1 Jul
 
  Philippines 0
 
  Malaysia 3
 
30 Jun
 
  South Korea 1
 
  South Korea 3
 
1 Jul
 
  Japan 0
 
  Malaysia 0
 
30 Jun
 
  Thailand 3
 
  Thailand 3
 
1 Jul
 
  Brunei 0
 
  Thailand 3
 
30 Jun
 
  Singapore 0 Third place
 
  Singapore 3
 
1 Jul
 
  USA 0
 
  South Korea 3
 
 
  Singapore 1
 

Women's Results

Group A (Women)

Group A
Rank Country Games
played		 Win Lost Pts
1 Vietnam2206
2 South Korea2206
3 Malaysia2114
4 Japan2113
5 India2021
6 Indonesia2020
28 June 2012
 Vietnam3-0 Indonesia
 India1-3 South Korea
 Indonesia0-3 Malaysia
 Japan3-0 India
29 June 2012
 South Korea3-0 Japan
 Malaysia1-3 Vietnam

Knock-out Rounds (Women)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 Jun
 
 
  Thailand 3
 
1 Jul
 
  Malaysia 0
 
  Thailand 3
 
30 Jun
 
  Vietnam 0
 
  Vietnam 3
 
 
  South Korea 1
 
Third place
 
 
1 Jul
 
 
  Malaysia 3
 
 
  South Korea 2

References

  1. ↑ "Intentions to expand the ISTAF SuperSeries in Season Two". Sports Business Insider. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Vietnam finish third at ISTAF champs". Voice of Vietnam Online. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sepak Takraw: ISTAF Super Series tournament gets underway in Singapore". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "The International Sepaktakraw Super Series Singapore". ITE College East. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Viet Nam finishes second at ISTAF Super Series". Viet Nam News. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
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