India wins a historic gold in the Sepak Takraw World Cup 2025 in Patna
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The Indian Men’s Regu team created history by winning the first-ever gold medal at the BIHAR SepakTakraw World Cup 2025, defeating Japan in the final 2-1. India finished the World Cup with seven medals- one gold, one silver, and five bronze medals.
India finished fourth on the medal tally, with Thailand at the top with four medals.
The BIHAR SepakTakraw World Cup 2025 was organised by the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) and hosted by the Sepaktakraw Federation of India at the Patliputra Indoor Stadium in Kankarbagh Patna from 20-25 March 2025.
Bihar deputy chief minister Samrat Chaudhary and Sports Minister Surendra Mehta presented medals and trophies to the winners and runners up teams.
SepakTakraw World Cup 2025 Participants and Events
21 teams from Asia Oceania, Europe, South America, and North America participated in the BIHAR SepakTakraw World Cup 2025.
From Asia Oceania - India, Indonesia, China, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Japan, Malaysia, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and New Zealand
Europe- France, Germany, Poland, Italy, and Switzerland
North America- United States of America
South America - Brazil.
Events
The World Cup features three events - Quad, Regu, and Double, separately for the Men’s and Women’s teams. There was also a Mixed category for the Quad event.
Performance of the Indian Contingents
The Indian contingent won a total of seven medals in the BIHAR SepakTakraw World Cup 2025.
Gold Medal winner
- Men's team won gold in the Regu category..
Silver medal
- Women’s doubles team after losing to Myanmar in the final
Bronze medals
- Men’s doubles team
- Women’s regu team,
- Mixed quad team,
- Women’s quad team, and
- Men’s quad team
Final Medal Tally
A total of eight countries won medals at the BIHAR SepakTakraw World Cup 2025. Thailand topped the medal tally while India finished fourth with nine medals.
The losing semi-finalist teams in the World Cup were awarded bronze medals.
|
Serial Number |
Country |
Gold Medal |
Silver Medal |
Bronze Medal |
Total medal |
|
1 |
Thailand |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
2 |
Myanmar |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
3 |
Vietnam |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
4 |
India |
1 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
|
5 |
Japan |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
6 |
Malaysia |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
7 |
Iran |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
8 |
Singapore |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Total |
7 |
7 |
14 |
28 |
About SepakTakraw and Sepaktakraw Federation of India
SepakTakraw is a traditional Malaysian sport and is very popular in Southeast Asian countries.
The sport is a mixture of football and volleyball and is also known as kick volleyball in India.
Sepak Takraw was introduced in India in the 1980s in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
The Sepaktakraw Federation of India was established on the eve of the Delhi Asian Games in 1982.
The Federation is the sports governing body in the country.
Headquarters- New Delhi
International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF)
The International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) was established in 1982.
It is the world governing body of Sepaktakraw sport.
Headquarters: Bangkok, Thailand
