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

Other sporting uses:

• 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.