Editing Sepak takraw (section)

===Global game===

In 1965, the Asian Sepaktakraw Federation (ASTAF) was formed. Its first task was to translate the Sepak Takraw rules into English, facilitating the first worldwide competition, the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games (SEAP Games) (now Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games)) held in Kuala Lumpur.<ref name="world"/> It was still confusingly known as "Sepak Raga". From the fourth SEAP Games in 1967, the term "Sepak Takraw" become the established name.<ref name="Nauright"/>

In the [[1970 Asian Games]] at Bangkok, Sepak Takraw was introduced as a demonstration sport by Malaysian and Thai teams.

In 1975, the Kedah's Sepak Takraw team visited Germany in conjunction with The Sports Press Feast 1975 to play Sepak Takraw as a demonstration.<ref name="Manual">{{cite web|title=Manual Jurulatih Tahap I Sepak Takraw Jurulatih|url=https://dl-manual.com/doc/manual-jurulatih-tahap-i-sepak-takraw-jurulatih-3zg2w08p21og|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>

In 1977, Penang's Sepak Takraw team participated in North Malaysian Week in Adelaide, Australia.<ref name="Manual"/>

In 1979, ASTAF for the first time held a conference in Jakarta in conjunction with the SEA Games and reviewed the Sepak Takraw laws submitted by the Malaysian Sepak Takraw Association. The ASTAF technical committee also held its second meeting in Singapore in the same year for the same purpose.

In 1980, the Malaysian Sepak Takraw team played several Sepak Takraw games in China, South Korea and Hong Kong, an outstanding achievement in the history of Sepak Takraw towards introducing the sport to East Asian countries.<ref name="Manual"/>

In 1982, the woven synthetic ball was introduced to replace woven rattan ball in Thailand.<ref name = "Victoria"/>

In 1988, the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) was formed by members of the Asian Sepaktakraw Federation (ASTAF). It was recognised as the international governing body for the sport by the Olympic Movement in 1990.<ref name = "Victoria"/>

In 1990, Sepak Takraw was included as a medal sport at the Asian Games in Beijing.<ref name="Nauright"/><ref name="kelley"/><ref name = "Victoria"/>

In 1997, the first women's championship was held in Thailand.<ref name="kelley"/>

In 1998, Sepak Takraw was introduced as a demonstration event in the Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur.<ref name="Canada"/>

In 2011, the inaugural edition of Sepak Takraw's flagship tournament, the ISTAF World Cup, was staged in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The ISTAF SuperSeries, a new series of elite tournaments was also launched in Bangkok.

There are more than 30 countries with national Sepak Takraw organizations, with representatives in the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) overseeing the sport.<ref name="ISTAF">{{cite web|title=ISTAF Sepak Takraw|publisher=sepaktakraw.org|url=https://sepaktakraw.org/index.php/istaf/|access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813140449/https://sepaktakraw.org/index.php/istaf/|url-status=live}}</ref>