Manulife Sepak Takraw Challenge Cup begins on 8 Dec

THE Manulife Sepak Takraw Challenge Cup 2026, offering a top prize of K5 million, will be held over five days, from 8 to 12 December.

 

Organized by the Myanmar Sepak Takraw Federation, the tournament aims to promote the develop­ment of Sepak Takraw in Myanmar and nur­ture talented young athletes.

 

The competition will feature three events: men's open regu, men's under-25 quadrant and women's regu. The round-robin and semi-final matches will take place from 8 to 11 December, followed by the finals on 12 De­cember.

 

In the men's open regu event, the champi­ons will receive K5 mil­lion, the runners-up K3 million, the third-placed team K2 million and the fourth-placed team K1 million.

 

In the men's un­der-25 quadrant event, the first-, second-, third- and fourth-placed teams will receive K3.5 million, K2 million, K1 million and K500,000 respectively.

 

In the women's regu event, the champi­ons will receive K3 mil­lion, the runners-up K2 million, while the two teams sharing third place will each receive K500,000.

 

Matches will be held at the Thuwunna Sepak Takraw Train­ing Centre and Junc­tion Square in Kamayut Township. Interested teams can register by contacting U Nyunt Myaing on 09 5157718, U Htet Zaw on 09 2038759 or U Htin Aung on 09- 686065690. — TWA/KZL