List of ball games
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This is a list of ball games and ball sports that include a ball as a key element in the activity, usually for scoring points.
Games that include balls
Ball sports fall within many sport categories, some sports within multiple categories, including:
- Bat-and-ball games, such as cricket and baseball.
- Invasion games, such as football and basketball.
- Net and wall games, such as volleyball. Racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis, squash and badminton (which is played with a shuttlecock instead of a ball). Hand and ball-striking games, such as various handball codes, rebound handball, and four square.
- Throwing sports, such as dodgeball and bocce.
- Cue sports, such as pool and snooker.
- Target sports, such as golf and bowling.
Popular ball games
Games that are similar and have a common reference are grouped under the primary name such as bowling, football and hockey.
A–E
- Angleball
- Apalachee ball game Crossminton
- Baseball Baseball5
- Basketball 3x3 (basketball) Wheelchair basketball
- Basque pelota Frontenis Jai alai Xare
- Beach tennis
- Bossaball
- Boules Bocce Bocce volo Boccia Bolas criollas Bowls or "lawn bowls" Jeu provençal Pétanque Raffa (boules)
- Bowling Candlepin bowling Carpet bowls Duckpin bowling Five-pin bowling Nine-pin bowling Ten-pin bowling Irish road bowling
- Brännboll
- British baseball
- Broomball
- Canoe polo
- Camogie
- Cestoball
- Chinese handball
- Codeball
- Cricket (see cricket ball) Backyard cricket Twenty20 Kwik cricket Vigoro
- Crossnet
- Cue sports (also knowns as billiards) Carom billiards English billiards Pool (or pocket billiards) Russian pyramid Snooker
- Cycle ball
- Dodgeball
- Downball
- Dunk tank
F–K
- Fistball
- Fives
- Flag football
- Flickerball
- Football Association football (soccer) Futsal Indoor soccer Beach soccer Australian rules football Calcio fiorentino English public school football games Gaelic football Gridiron football American football Canadian football Indoor football Arena football Football tennis International rules football Medieval football games Rugby football Rugby league Rugby union Rugby sevens Beach rugby Underwater rugby Wheelchair rugby Underwater football Volata
- Footvolley
- Four square
- Gaga
- Goalball
- Golf GolfCross Mini Golf
- Ground billiards Croquet Jeu de mail Pall-mall Roque Trucco
- Half-rubber
- Handball American handball Australian handball Beach handball Field handball Gaelic Handball
- Hooverball
- Hockey Bandy Rink bandy Rinkball Field hockey Indoor field hockey Floor hockey Floorball Roller hockey Roller hockey (quad) Street hockey
- Hocker (defunct)
- Hurling
- Jai alai
- Jokgu
- Jorkyball
- Juggling
- Kickball
- Kick-to-kick (includes end-to-end footy)
- Kin-Ball
- Klootschieten
- Knuckleball
- Korfball
L–P
- Lacrosse Box Lacrosse Field lacrosse Intercrosse
- Lawn bowls
- Loofball
- Mesoamerican ballgame
- Netball Fast5
- Newcomb ball
- Omegaball
- Padbol
- Paddle ball
- Paddle-ball
- Paddle tennis
- Padel
- Paintball
- Palin
- Patball
- Pelota mixteca
- Pesäpallo
- Picigin
- Pickleball
- Polo Bicycle polo Canoe polo Elephant polo Horseball Polocrosse Segway polo Yak polo
- Pushball
Q–Z
- Racquetball
- Ringball
- Rock-It-Ball
- Roliball
- Rounders
- Roundnet (spikeball)
- Sepak takraw
- Shinty
- Showdown
- Sipa
- Skee ball
- Slamball
- Softball
- Squash
- Stickball
- Stickball (Native American)
- Streetball
- Table football (foosball)
- Table tennis (ping pong)
- TagPro (esports)
- Tchoukball
- Team handball
- Tee ball
- Tennis
- Tetherball
- Teqball
- Ulama
- Valencian pilota Escala i corda Galotxa Galotxetes Llargues Raspall Valencian fronto
- Underwater sports
- Volleyball Beach volleyball Sitting volleyball Snow volleyball
- Waboba
- Wallball_(children's_game)
- Water basketball
- Water polo
- Welsh handball
- Wiffleball
- Wireball