For the women's competition, Thailand was the clear cut winner with a perfect 1000 points scored from their first placing in all 4 legs of the season.

The first leg of the ISTAF SuperSeries 2013/14 season kicked off in the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi, India from 29 August 2013 to 1 September 2013.

[1] ISTAF SuperSeries India 2013/14 was held over 4 days which brought 12 nations together and a total of 17 teams participating in this elite sepaktakraw tournament.

Host India was given a pass into the quarter-finals where they defeated Iran but missed out on the making it to the finals after being edged out by Malaysia in the semi-finals stage.

[2] Malaysia then went on to meet with Korea, who proved to be worthy winners of the ISS India leg of the season despite losing their opening group match.

India Women's team faced a tougher route as they were seeded fourth and were edged out by Vietnam and Indonesia in the group stages.

The Women's finals was contested by Thailand and Indonesia who topped their group in the earlier round robin matches, leaving Vietnam and Malaysia to fight for third.

For the first time, Sepaktakraw was broadcast to over 1.4 billion television audiences throughout the Indian sub-continent through a landmark partnership between Asia Sports Ventures and Doordarshan.

The Thailand women's team also cruised to a victory over South Korea in the finals while Vietnam outlasted Malaysia in a classic ranking match between the two beaten semi-finalists.

[7] Sports fans in the region got to enjoy almost eight hours of live TV coverage, as well as selected matches featuring the Thai men's and women's teams.

Host Malaysia faced a scare in the quarter-final match against neighbours Singapore but managed to turn their rhythm around with the substitution of their striker, Hanafiah Dollah.

Eventually, Thailand proved to be too strong for the hosts, causing Malaysia to ultimately fail in their quest to clinch a win before thousands of home fans.

Fans were able to watch Ultra Slow Mo playback of the Sepaktakraw action in High Definition which greatly enhanced the viewer experience.

In the Women's competition, Malaysia entered the finals for the first time in ISTAF SuperSeries history under the lead of their star striker Rahilah Binti Harun and delighting the home crowd.

In the 3rd/4th placement match, Indonesia finished their ISTAF SuperSeries 2013/14 journey with a well-deserved and hard-won Bronze in the ISS KL finals against Myanmar.