Sepak takraw has been included in the Asian Games since the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, China.
| Games | Year | Host city | Best nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| XI | 1990 | Beijing, China |  Malaysia |
| XII | 1994 | Hiroshima, Japan | Malaysia |
| XIII | 1998 | Bangkok, Thailand |  Thailand |
| XIV | 2002 | Busan, South Korea | Thailand |
| XV | 2006 | Doha, Qatar | Thailand |
| XVI | 2010 | Guangzhou, China | Thailand |
| XVII | 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | Thailand |
| XVIII | 2018 | Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia | Thailand |
| XIX | 2022 | Hangzhou, China | Thailand |
| Event | 90 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's circle | X | X | 2 | |||||||
| Men's doubles | X | X | X | 3 | ||||||
| Men's regu | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Men's quadrant | X | X | 2 | |||||||
| Men's team doubles | X | 1 | ||||||||
| Men's team regu | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | |
| Women's circle | X | X | 2 | |||||||
| Women's doubles | X | X | X | 3 | ||||||
| Women's regu | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||
| Women's quadrant | X | X | 2 | |||||||
| Women's team regu | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand (THA) | 30 | 5 | 1 | 36 |
| 2 |  Myanmar (MYA) | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Malaysia (MAS) | 4 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 |  South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 |  Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 |
| 7 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 8 |  Laos (LAO) | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 10 |  Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 11 |  Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 |  India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 |  Brunei (BRU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | 45 | 47 | 92 | 184 | |
| Nation | 90 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunei | X | X | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | |||
 Cambodia | X | 1 | |||||||
| China | 12 | X | 10 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 8 |
| India | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 4 | ||||
| Indonesia | X | 11 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 6 | ||
 Iran | 4 | 12 | 2 | ||||||
| Japan | X | X | 10 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 8 |
| Laos | X | X | X | 10 | 22 | 5 | |||
| Malaysia | 12 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 8 |
| Myanmar | 24 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 6 | ||
 Nepal | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
 Pakistan | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| Philippines | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |||
| Singapore | 10 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||
| South Korea | X | X | 4 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 8 |
| Thailand | 12 | 4 | 36 | 36 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 8 |
| Vietnam | 12 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 6 | ||
| Number of nations | 8 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | |
| Number of athletes | 153 | 171 | 172 | 210 | 253 | ||||
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.
Sepak takraw was contested at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar by both men and women. Team, Regu, and Doubles competitions are all involved in the Sepak takraw competition, with all games taking place at Al-Sadd Indoor Hall.
Sepak Takraw at the 2007 SEA Games was held in the MCC Hall in The Mall Department Store in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
Sepak raga is a traditional Indonesian and Malaysian sport, developed in the Nusantara Archipelago. This game is related to the modern sepak takraw. Similar games include footbag net, footvolley, bossaball and jianzi.
Sepak takraw was contested at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea by both men and women, with all games taking place at Dongseo University Minseok Sports Center.
Sepak takraw was contested at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China by both men and women from November 16 to 27 2010. Team, Regu, and Doubles competitions were all involved in the Sepak takraw competition with all games taking place at Haizhu Sports Center. Each country, except the host country, was limited to two entries per gender.
The International Sepaktakraw Federation, commonly known as ISTAF, is the international governing body for the sport of Sepak takraw, which was formed in 1988 with five founding member countries including Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Myanmar, officially based in Thailand and with its secretariat in Singapore. The current President is Major General Dr. Charouck Arirachakaran of Thailand. Its main goal currently is to spread Sepak takraw into 75 different countries and ultimately make it an Olympic sport by 2026. As of April 2020, the federation consists of about 50 member national associations, mostly in Asia-Oceania, 13 of which are on provisional status.
Sepak takraw is not very well known in India, although it was a demonstration sport at the Delhi Asian Games in 1982. The Sepak Takraw Federation with its headquarters in Nagpur, Maharashtra, was founded on 10 September 1982. It is recognised by the Indian Olympic Association and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports since 2000. So far, the Federation has conducted 14 Senior, seven Junior, and six Sub-Junior National Championships in different cities and is also conducting Federation Cup Tournament and zonal National Championship.
Singapore participated in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea from 19 September to 4 October 2014.
Sepak takraw at the 2015 SEA Games was held at EXPO Hall 1, Singapore from 6 to 15 June 2015.
The Philippines men's national sepak takraw team represents the Philippines in international sepak takraw matches and competitions and is organized by the Philippine Amateur Sepak Takraw Association.
Sepak takraw at the 2017 SEA Games was held in Titiwangsa Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur from 16 to 29 August 2017.
Sepak takraw at the 2018 Asian Games was held at Ranau Sports Hall, Palembang, Indonesia. It was held from 19 August to 1 September.
The men's team double regu sepak takraw competition at the 2018 Asian Games was held at Ranau Sports Hall, Palembang, Indonesia from 23 to 25 August 2018. Men's team doubles competition was held for the first time in the Asian Games history.
The men's regu sepak takraw competition at the 2018 Asian Games was held at Ranau Sports Hall, Palembang, Indonesia from 25 to 28 August 2018.
The men's team regu sepak takraw competition at the 2018 Asian Games was held at Ranau Sports Hall, Palembang, Indonesia from 19 to 22 August 2018.
The women's team regu sepak takraw competition at the 2018 Asian Games was held at Ranau Sports Hall, Palembang, Indonesia from 19 to 22 August 2018.
ISTAF World Cup, is an indoor international sepak takraw competition conducted by the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF), contested by men's and women's national teams. The first championships started in 2011 in Malaysian Kuala Lumpur and 23 male and 13 female teams took part in it. The competition takes place regularly every four years. In 2015, the next edition is scheduled, which was postponed due to the Southeast Asian Games. It was not until 2017 in Hyderabad (India) that the second edition took place. All the tournaments have been won by Thailand.
The Sepak Takraw League, often referred as STL, is a Malaysian men's professional league for sepak takraw, a sport native to Southeast Asia. The competition was established in 2014 by Sepak Takraw Association of Malaysia (STAM) and Astro Group’s subsidiary, Asia Sports Ventures, to develop the sport and groom players for the Malaysia men's national sepak takraw team. Since 2016, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation between a top division called STL Premier and a second division called STL Division 1. A cup competition called STL Champions Cup was introduced in 2017, featuring the top teams from STL Premier and STL Division 1 as well as invitational sides from around Asia. All competitions under the league use the official International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) rules and regulation.
