Handball (disambiguation)

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Handball is the name of several different sports:

• Team handball, a sport similar to football where two teams try to throw the ball into their opponents' goal
• American handball, an American form of fives played against one or more walls
• Chinese handball, a form of American handball popular on the streets of New York City during the 1960s and 70s
• Four square, known as handball in Australia and New Zealand, a game played on two or more squares
• Gaelic handball, almost identical to American handball, a sport similar to squash where players hit the ball with a gloved hand instead of a racquet
• Australian Handball, a variation of Chinese Handball with more rigidly defined rules, popular in schools.

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 hands while playing football (soccer).