Handball is the name of several different sports:

• Team handball, or Olympic/European Handball is a game somewhat similar to association football, but the ball is played with the hand, not the foot.
• American handball, predecessor to Raquetball played in a walled court with a smaller rubber ball and gloved or bare hands; similar to British Fives, Pelota and Gaelic handball.
• Chinese handball
• Four square is known as Handball in Australia/New Zealand, where it is played on two or more squares (eight is about the practical limit).
• Gaelic handball - similar to the American game. Played in Ireland.
• Pelota - a Basque sport, similar to American handball
• Pachuco - a handball game played by elementary and middle school students where a small blue ball is thrown against a wall and must be caught by any other player. if it is dropped the player who incurred the infraction gets punched and kicked until he touches the wall with any part of his body. This is a real game! It was popular in the north-east san fernando valley and every school had a couple of kids who played it.

Other sporting uses: Handball (also known as team handball, field handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... American (or court) handball is an American form of fives played against one or more walls. ... Racquetball racquet and ball Racquetball is a sport played with racquets and a hollow rubber ball on a special indoor court. ... Fives is a British form of the American game handball in which a ball is propelled against the walls of a special court using gloved or bare hands as though they were a racquet. ... Chinese Handball (aka Ace, King, Queen) is the common name for Slugs, a form of American handball popular on the streets of New York City in the 1960s and 70s. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Handball (also known as Irish/Gaelic handball, court handball or wall handball) is a sport similar to racquetball and squash. ... Pelota Vasca or Pelota Valenciana (in Spanish; pilota in Basque, Valenciano and Catalan; pelote in French, from Latin pila) is a name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using ones hand, a racket, a wooden bat (pala), or a basket propulsor, against a wall (front... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A pachuco was a Chicano youth in the mid-20th century who wore flashy clothes (such as a Zoot Suit). ...

• the phrase hand ball can refer both to a type of handball, as well as the (illegal) use of hands while playing football (soccer).

• A Handball is a legal method of disposing of the ball and an alternative pass to a kick (or drop punt) in Australian Rules Football.