S. Korea Sepak Takraw to Face Indonesia in Women's Team Regu Semifinals

The South Korean national sepak takraw team will face Indonesia in the semifinals of the women's team regu at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

South Korea lost 0-3 in regu points to world powerhouse Thailand in their third and final group match of the women's team regu event, held today (September 23) at the Mizuho Park Gymnasium in Nagoya, Japan.

Having previously defeated Indonesia and Japan 3-0 in regu points, South Korea finished the group stage in second place with a record of two wins and one loss, behind Thailand, which finished with three wins.

Indonesia placed third with one win and two losses, while Japan finished fourth with three losses.

The team regu is a team event where each country fields three regus (trios) to compete against each other to determine the winner.

Four countries are participating in the women's team regu event at this tournament.

After playing a round-robin format with three matches per team, the first- and fourth-place teams, and the second- and third-place teams, will clash in the semifinals.

Typically, the Asian Games sepak takraw competition does not hold a separate bronze medal match, awarding bronze medals to both losing semifinalists.

However, because only four teams are competing in the women's team regu event at this tournament—meaning teams would secure a medal just by participating—it was decided that a bronze medal match would be held.

Facing Thailand, which is eyeing its fifth consecutive gold medal at the tournament, South Korea put up a fight in the second set of the first regu with a deuce, but narrowly lost the match with a set score of 0-2 (8-15, 16-17).

South Korea easily dropped the second regu (2-15, 6-15) and the third regu (7-15, 7-15) with set scores of 0-2.

The semifinal matchups, set to take place at 2:00 PM tomorrow (September 24), are South Korea versus Indonesia, and Thailand versus Japan.

South Korea won silver medals for two consecutive editions in the women's team regu at the Asian Games, at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games and the 2022 Hangzhou Games.

As they will face Indonesia again—a team they defeated in the group stage—it is expected that South Korea will advance to the final.

Meanwhile, South Korea's men's team lost 0-3 in regu points to Indonesia in their third Group A match of the men's team regu event held this morning.

Having fallen 0-3 to Thailand in their first match and securing their first win by defeating Laos 2-1, South Korea lost to Indonesia today, finishing third in the group with a record of one win and two losses and failing to advance to the semifinals.

In today's match against Indonesia, which effectively served as a battle for second place in Group A, South Korea lost the first regu with a set score of 1-2 (10-15, 15-11, 9-15).

They then lost the second regu with a set score of 0-2 (9-15, 12-15), confirming their elimination.

In the final regu, they suffered a comeback defeat with a set score of 1-2 (15-8, 12-15, 13-15).

(Photo courtesy of the Korea Sepaktakraw Association, Yonhap News)
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