2024 ISTAF World Cup

The 2024 ISTAF World Cup is the fourth edition of the ISTAF World Cup, held from 18 to 26 May 2024 at the Titiwangsa Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Twenty-one countries participated in the tournament.

History
In February 2024, the president of the Sepaktakraw Association of Malaysia, Mohd Sumali Reduan, informed that 21 countries confirmed to join the tournament, 12 of which, namely Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Japan, China, and the Philippines, was categorized for the Premier Division (PM), while the remaining 9 countries, including Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, France, Iran, Taiwan, Nepal, Pakistan, Germany, and Bangladesh, will compete in the Division 1 league (D1).

The open ceremony and the draw happened on March 6, 2024, at the Tun Dr Ismail Hall in the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur. Team event for the Division 1 league (MT-D1) and female category were excluded in this edition. A new world ranking calculation system, invented by the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) to determine countries qualified for the international multi-sport events, was introduced in the tournament.