Sepak Takraw At The 1998 Asian Games
Sepak takraw was contested at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 19 December by both men and women, with all games taking place at Indoor Stadium Huamark. Medalists Men Women Medal table Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * References Results External links 1998 Asian Games website {{DEFAULTSORT:Sepak takraw At The 1998 Asian Games 1998 Asian Games events 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Indoor Stadium Huamark
Indoor Stadium Huamark ( th, อินดอร์ สเตเดียม หัวหมาก, , ) is an indoor sporting arena, located in Bangkok, Thailand. The original capacity of the arena is 15,000 spectators and it was built in 1966 for the 5th Asian Games. After renovation for 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup, the capacity is reduced to 6,000 seats and expandable to 8,000 seats. It is used mainly for concerts, badminton, boxing, basketball, futsal, and volleyball. On 22 May 2001, Irish vocal pop band Westlife held a concert for their Where Dreams Come True Tour supporting their album Coast to Coast. History Indoor Stadium Huamark originally named Kittikachorn Stadium, based on the last name of former prime minister Thanom Kittikachorn. The stadium was built for the 1966 Asian Games which was hosted by Thailand. The name was later changed to Indoor Stadium Huamark until today. Transportation Indoor Stadium Huamark is accessible from Ramkhamhaeng Station of the Airport ...
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Sepak Takraw At The 1994 Asian Games
Sepak takraw was contested at the 1994 Asian Games in Saeki Ward Sports Center, Hiroshima, Japan by men from October 12 to October 15, 1994. Medalists Results Preliminary round Group A Group B 5th place match Knockout round Semifinals Bronze medal match Final References * New Straits Times, October 12–16, 1994Results External links Olympic Council of Asia {{Asian Games Sepak takraw 1994 Asian Games events 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ... ...
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Sepak Takraw At The 2002 Asian Games
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. Schedule Medalists Men Women Medal table Participating nations A total of 153 athletes from 10 nations competed in sepak takraw at the 2002 Asian Games: * * * * * * * * * * References 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Pages 588–593 External links 2002 Asian Games website {{DEFAULTSORT:Sepak takraw At The 2002 Asian Games 2002 Asian Games events 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

Sepak Takraw
Sepak takraw, or Sepaktakraw, also called kick 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. The sport's modern version was introduced, developed and standardized in 1960 when officials from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Myanmar met in Kuala Lumpur to agree on a name and standard rules for it. It was previously known as Sepak Raga Jaring, and was first exhibited in Penang in 1945. It was introduced in the 1965 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur as a medal event. Sepak Takraw is considered Malaysia's national sport. Sepak takraw is governed internationally by t ...
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1998 Asian Games
The 1998 Asian Games (), officially known as the 13th Asian Games and the XIII Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and disciplines participated by 6,554 athletes across the continent. The football event commenced on 30 November 1998, a week earlier than the opening ceremony. Bangkok was awarded the right on September 26, 1990, defeating Taipei, Taiwan and Jakarta, Indonesia to host the Games. It was the first city to hosted the Asian Games for four times, the last three editions it hosted were in 1966, 1970 and 1978. The event was opened by Bhumibol Adulyadej, the king of Thailand at the Rajamangala Stadium. The final medal tally was led by China, followed by South Korea, Japan and the host Thailand. Thailand set a new record with 24 gold medals. In addition, Japanese Athletics Koji Ito was announced as the most valuable player (MVP) of the Games. For Thailand, it was considered one of it ...
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Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi Kingdom, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932), Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the ...
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Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the extremity of Myanmar. Thailand also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast, and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city. Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, w ...
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Suebsak Phunsueb
Suebsak Phansueb ( th, สืบศักดิ์ ผันสืบ, ; born 14 December 1977) is a Thai sportsperson and actor. He appeared in the film '' Kerd ma lui'' (''Born to Fight'') as Jo, a sepak takraw (kick volleyball) player who is among several national athletes held hostage in a rural village by a drug lord's militia. He was tasked to read the Athletes' Oath at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Southeast Asian Games The 2007 Southeast Asian Games ( th, กีฬาแห่งเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ 2007, Kila haeng echiye tawan oak chiyeng tai 2007), officially known as the 24th Southeast Asian Games, was a South ..., held in his country. References External links * 1977 births Living people Sepak takraw players Suebsak Phunsueb Suebsak Phunsueb Asian Games medalists in sepak takraw Suebsak Phunsueb Sepak takraw players at the 1998 Asian Games Sepak takraw players at the 2002 Asian Games Sepak ta ...
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Nur Hisham Adam
Nur Hisham Adam (born 24 April 1968) is a former Singaporean male sepak takraw player. He represented Singapore in 4 editions of the Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ... and won five bronze medals. References 1968 births Living people Singaporean sepak takraw players Sepak takraw players at the 1990 Asian Games Sepak takraw players at the 1994 Asian Games Sepak takraw players at the 1998 Asian Games Sepak takraw players at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Asian Games medalists in sepak takraw {{Singapore-sport-bio-stub ...
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Sepak Takraw At The 1998 Asian Games
Sepak takraw was contested at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 19 December by both men and women, with all games taking place at Indoor Stadium Huamark. Medalists Men Women Medal table Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * References Results External links 1998 Asian Games website {{DEFAULTSORT:Sepak takraw At The 1998 Asian Games 1998 Asian Games events 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

1998 Asian Games Events
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster (1998), Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, Afghanistan ...
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