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.
Contents
- ISS Thailand
- Mens Draw
- Womens Draw
- Mens Results
- Womens Results
- ISS Indonesia
- ISS Singapore
- ISS Finals Thailand
- References
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.
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.
Men's Results
Group A (Men)
Group B (Men)
Group C (Men)
Group D (Men)
Knock-out Rounds (Men)
Women's Results
Group A (Women)
Group B (Women)
Knock-out Rounds (Women)
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.
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.
Men's Results
Group A (Men)
Group B (Men)
Knock-out Rounds (Men)
Women's Results
Group A (Women)
Group B (Women)
Knock-out Rounds (Women)
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
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.
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.
Men's Results
Group A (Men)
Group B (Men)
Knock-out Rounds (Men)
Women's Results
Group A (Women)
Group B (Women)
Knock-out Rounds (Women)
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 managed to win 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.
Men's Results
Group A (Men)
Group B (Men)
Group C (Men)
Group D (Men)
Knock-out Rounds (Men)
Women's Results
Group A (Women)
Knock-out Rounds (Women)