2013–14 ISTAF SuperSeries

The 2013–14 ISTAF SuperSeries is the second season of an elite sepaktakraw international, ISTAF SuperSeries, organized by the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF). The top-ranking national teams to vie for ISTAF World ranking points over 4 SuperSeries tournaments. Building on the inaugural success of the 2011–12 ISTAF SuperSeries, the ISTAF is looking to expand the global appeal of sepaktakraw with this season.

2013–14 ISTAF SuperSeries
Venue
Location
Dates29 August 2013 – 9 March 2014
Competitors56 teams from 18 nations
Websitehttp://istafsuperseries.com
Champion
 Thailand
Men Thailand
Women Thailand

The first series of the tournament opened on 29 August 2013 at Indira Gandhi Sports Stadium in New Delhi, the capital city of India, which was the first time that the tournament was conducted outside South East Asia. Followed by series 2 in Bangkok, and the third, in Kota Kinabalu of Malaysia, before concluding with the final series held in Kuala Lumpur.

The overall winner for the 2013–14 ISTAF SuperSeries for both Men's and Women's is Thailand. In the men's competition, ranking points were extremely tight with the first place being decided in the finals where Thailand played well under pressure and leaving Malaysia with second place. As Japan participated in all four legs of these tournaments, their accumulated points led to the third spot. For the women's competition, Thailand was the clear cut winner with a perfect 1000 points scored from their first placing in all 4 legs of the season. Vietnam took second place with Malaysia just 10 points behind to take third.

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