Takraw Thailand League Update!

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We’ve been a bit slack in updating the blog here, we have however been updating facebook religiously. So if you’d like to stay up to date with Thai league please subscribe to our facebook page!   Time is passing quickly in the world of the Takraw Thailand League! Five rounds have already been contested and round six is getting underway tonight. So with five rounds down, what’s happened you ask? So much! As we expected, last season’s winners Ratchaburi Takraw Club, … Read More

Takraw Thailand League: Explained!

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So if you’re a sepak takraw fan you’ve probably heard about the Takraw Thailand League at some point – but unless you’re a local, it can be pretty tough to find information on it. Well I’m here to help! I’ve written a quick explanation as to how the Thai league works, the rules, the teams, and even a little bit of history – a complete introduction to the most competitive sepak takraw league in the world!   General The Takraw … Read More

2014 Thai League Teams

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The 2014 Takraw Thailand League kicks off today (15th March) with five matches across Thailand tonight. We’ll have the complete season schedule up soon, but for now we’ve put together the 2014 team listing with all ten competing teams. Each year two new teams replace the bottom two teams from the previous season, and this year Phrae and Phitsanulok replace Sisaket and Kalasin. It’ll be a very interesting season with so many players switching teams including Pornchai switching from Ratchaburi … Read More

Pornchai moves from Ratchaburi to… the beach?

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It might seem like a strange choice, but Pornchai Kaokaew is switching clubs for the 2014 Takraw Thailand League (TTL) season. Arguably the best spiker (and perhaps the prettiest – although that’s more fiercely debated) in sepak takraw today, Pornchai Kaokaew helped Ratchaburi ‘Dragons Fire’ Takraw Club to their first ever TTL championship last year, in only the clubs second year of trying. However, the new rule changes for 2014 (Click here to read about it) mean that national-level players will … Read More

New rule changes for 2014 Takraw Thai League season

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The 2014 Takraw Thailand League (TTL) will begin on the 15th of March, and with it we will be seeing a host of rule changes – most of which are specific to the TTL, however there is one change that may affect sepak takraw world-wide. 1) Scoring If you’ve been playing or following sepak takraw for a while, you’ll know that up until 2011 the game was scored to the best of three sets, with the first two sets being … Read More