| Sepak takraw at the 2014 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Bucheon Gymnasium |
| Dates | 20 September – 3 October 2014 |
| Competitors | 210 from 13 nations |
Sepak takraw at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon was held from 20 September 2014 to 3 October 2014 at the Bucheon Gymnasium.
| P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 20th Sat | 21st Sun | 22nd Mon | 23rd Tue | 24th Wed | 25th Thu | 26th Fri | 27th Sat | 28th Sun | 29th Mon | 30th Tue | 1st Wed | 2nd Thu | 3rd Fri | |
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| Men's doubles | P | P | ½ | F | |||||||||||
| Men's regu | P | P | P | ½ | F | ||||||||||
| Men's team regu | P | P | P | ½ | F | ||||||||||
| Women's doubles | P | P | ½ | F | |||||||||||
| Women's regu | P | P | P | ½ | F | ||||||||||
| Women's team regu | P | P | P | ½ | F | ||||||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles |  Myanmar Zaw Zaw Aung Zaw Latt Wai Lin Aung |  South Korea Kim Young-man Im An-soo Jeong Won-deok |  Singapore Farhan Amran Eddy Nor Shafiq Sahari Hafiz Nor Izam Jaafar |
 Japan Susumu Teramoto Seiya Takano Takeshi Terashima | |||
| Regu |  Thailand Anuwat Chaichana Siriwat Sakha Pornchai Kaokaew Pattarapong Yupadee Sittipong Khamchan | South Korea Park Hyeon-geun Shim Jae-chul Kim Young-man Im An-soo Jeong Won-deok |  Malaysia Ahmad Aizat Nor Azmi Syazreenqamar Salehan Fadzli Roslan Zamree Dahan Syahir Rosdi |
| Myanmar Htoo Aung Kyaw Zaw Zaw Aung Naing Lin Aung Aung Pyae Tun Kyaw Soe Win | |||
| Team regu | Thailand Anuwat Chaichana Siriwat Sakha Kritsana Tanakorn Assadin Wongyota Pornchai Kaokaew Sahachat Sakhoncharoen Pattarapong Yupadee Thanawat Chumsena Somporn Jaisinghol Suriyan Peachan Supachai Maneenat Sittipong Khamchan | South Korea Park Hyeon-geun Woo Gyeong-han Jeon Young-man Kim Hyun-jun Shim Jae-chul Kim Young-man Go Jae-uk Sin Seung-tae Im An-soo Shin Choo-kwang Jeong Won-deok Hong Seung-hyun | Malaysia Ahmad Aizat Nor Azmi Izurin Refin Syazreenqamar Salehan Mohd Helmi Ismail Fadzli Roslan Kamal Alfiza Shafie Amirul Zazwan Amir Muqlis Borhan Zuleffendi Sumari Zamree Dahan Syahir Rosdi Idham Sulaiman |
 Indonesia Syamsul Hadi Syamsul Akmal Yovi Hendra Utama Muhammad Ruswan Wajib Andi Paturay Firmansyah Saiful Rijal Husni Uba Nofrizal Hendra Pago Abrian Sihab Aldilatama Victoria Eka Prasetyo |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | Myanmar Kyu Kyu Thin Khin Hnin Wai Phyu Phyu Than |  Laos Nouandam Volabouth Koy Xayavong Sonsavan Keosouliya |  Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Quyên Lê Thị Tâm Dương Thị Xuyên |
| Japan Yukie Sato Sawa Aoki Chiharu Yano | |||
| Regu | Thailand Masaya Duangsri Sunthari Rupsung Fueangfa Praphatsarang Wanwisa Jankaen Payom Srihongsa | South Korea Park Seon-ju Kim I-seul Lee Min-ju Lee Jin-hee Sim Su-yeon |  China Lao Tianxue Zhang Yanan Liu Xiaofang Song Cheng Cui Yonghui |
| Indonesia Leni Florensia Cristy Lena Rike Media Sari Dini Mita Sari | |||
| Team regu | Thailand Masaya Duangsri Sunthari Rupsung Rungtip Tanaking Kaewjai Pumsawangkaew Priyapat Saton Wiphada Chitphuan Fueangfa Praphatsarang Sasiwimol Janthasit Wanwisa Jankaen Somruedee Pruepruk Payom Srihongsa Nattiya Chantavet | Myanmar Ei Thin Zar Nant Yin Yin Myint Kyu Kyu Thin Khin Hnin Wai Htut Kay Zin Phyu Phyu Than Thin Zar Soe Nyunt Nan Su Myat San Nwe Nwe Htwe | Indonesia Irma Wati Leni Widya Andrini Modjundju Jumasiah Florensia Cristy Lena Rike Media Sari Nur Isni Chikita Sumito Kusnelia Dini Mita Sari Hasmawati Umar |
| Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Quyên Cao Thị Hải Yến Lê Thị Tâm Trần Thị Thùy Linh Cao Thị Yến Nguyễn Thị Bích Thủy Dương Thị Xuyên Nguyễn Thị Hòa Bùi Thị Hải Yến Nguyễn Bạch Vân Trần Thị Thu Hoài |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand (THA) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Myanmar (MYA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Laos (LAO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |
A total of 210 athletes from 13 nations competed in sepak takraw at the 2014 Asian Games: [1]
Sepak takraw, or Sepaktakraw, also called buka ball, kick volleyball or foot volleyball, is a team sport played with a ball made of rattan or synthetic plastic between two teams of two to four players on a court resembling a badminton court. It is similar to volleyball and footvolley in its use of a rattan ball and players using only their feet, knees, shoulders, chest and head to touch the ball. 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.
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