Handball (disambiguation)

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Handball is the name of several different sports:

• Handball or team handball, a sport where 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 - originates from Gaelic handball
• Chinese handball, a variant of American handball popular on the streets of New York City during the 1960s and 70s
• Eton Fives, a handball game played in a smaller number of English Public Schools
• Four square, known as handball in Australia and New Zealand, a game played on two or more squares
• Australian handball, a variation of Chinese Handball with more rigidly defined rules, popular in schools.
• Reverse handball, a radical but growing variation of Australian handball involving the use of external objects.
• Basque Pelota and Valencian pilota handball games are played in Spain.

Handball can also refer to:

• Handball (Australian rules football), a legal method of disposing of the ball and an alternative pass to a kick
• The illegal use of arms or hands while playing football (soccer).
• Container Handball, the manual movement of freight or goods.