Handball

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Handball is the name of several different sports:

• Team handball, Olympic sport in which two teams try to throw the ball into their opponents' goal
• Gaelic handball, a sport similar to squash where players hit the ball with a hand instead of a racquet
• American handball, a sport similar to squash where players hit the ball with a hand instead of a racquet, which originates from Gaelic handball
• Australian handball, similar to the American and Irish versions, with a defined culture and rule set
• Basque pelota and Valencian pilota, handball games played in Spain
• Chinese handball, a variant of American handball popular on the streets of New York City during the 1960s and 70s
• Fives, a hand ball game played in a small number of English public schools
• Four square, also known as downball in Australia, a game played on two or more squares
• Frisian handball (keatsen), a game played in Friesland in the northern Netherlands between two teams of three players
• Reverse handball, a radical but growing variation of four square in Australia, involving the use of external objects

Handball can also refer to:

• Handball (Australian rules football), a legal method of disposing of the ball and an alternative to a footpass
• Handball (soccer), illegal use of arms or hands while playing football (soccer)

Handballing may refer to the sexual act of fisting.

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