List of ball games
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This is a list of ballgamesand ballsportsthat include aballas a key element in the activity, usually forscoring points.
Games that include balls
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Ball sports fall within many sport categories, some sports within multiple categories, including:
- Bat-and-ball games,such ascricketandbaseball.
- Invasion games,such asfootballandbasketball.
- Net and wall games,such asvolleyball.
- Racket sports,such astennis,table tennis,squashandbadminton.
- Throwing sports,such asdodgeballandbocce.
- Cue sports,such aspoolandsnooker.
- Target sports,such asgolfandbowling.
- Hand and ball-striking games, such as varioushandballcodes, rebound handball, andfour square.
Popular ball games
[edit]Games that are similar and have a common reference are grouped under the primary name such as bowling, football and hockey.
A–E
[edit]- Angleball
- Apalachee ball game
- Bandy
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Basque pelota
- Beach tennis
- Bossaball
- Boules
- Bocce
- Bocce volo
- Boccia
- Bolas criollas
- Bowlsor "lawn bowls"
- Jeu provençal
- Pétanque
- Raffa (boules)
- Bowling
- Brännboll
- British baseball
- Broomball
- Canoe poloi
- Cestoball
- Codeball
- Cricket(seecricket ball)
- Croquet
- Crossnet
- Cue sports(also knowns asbilliards)
- Carom billiards
- English billiards
- Pool(or pocket billiards)
- Snooker
- Cycle ball
- Dodgeball
- Downball
F–K
[edit]- Fistball
- Fives
- Flag football
- Flickerball
- Football
- Footvolley
- Four square
- Goalball
- Golf
- Half-rubber
- Handball
- Hooverball
- 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
[edit]- Lacrosse
- Lawn bowls
- Loofball
- Mesoamerican ballgame
- Netball
- Newcomb ball
- Padbol
- Paddle ball
- Paddle-ball
- Paddle tennis
- Padel
- Paintball
- Palin
- Pelota mixteca
- Pesäpallo
- Picigin
- Pickleball
- Polo
- Pushball
Q–Z
[edit]- Quidditch
- Racquetball
- Ringball
- Rock-It-Ball
- Rounders
- 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
- Underwater sports
- Volleyball
- Waboba
- Water basketball
- Water polo
- Welsh handball
- Wiffleball
- Wireball