# Championships

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The championship series on record, from the A.A.U. contest of 1897 to today, and who won them as far as the records go. Each series has its own page with the results by year.

14 series, 564 contests and 895 named results. A further 679 results sit in the series whose names are held.

Results come from the lists named in each series. Where a doubles partner may be a minor, the partner’s name is withheld and the other player stays in the table. A minor’s singles result is left out.

**Names held.** 5 series from the GAA Handball rolls of honour are listed by year, division and number of results. The winners’ names are not shown on this site yet.

## American four-wall

- [A.A.U. national amateur handball championship (singles)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/aau-handball-championship.md): 1897; 1 contest; results shown: 3
- [AAU national four-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/aau-national-four-wall-championships.md): 1919 to 1950; 32 contests; results shown: 64
- [USHA national four-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/usha-national-four-wall-championships.md): 1951 to 2026; 75 contests; results shown: 266

## One-wall (small and big ball)

- [USHA national one-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/usha-national-one-wall-championships.md): 1959 to 2025; 65 contests; results shown: 260
- [Queen of the Courts](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/queen-of-the-courts.md): 1996 to 2017; 10 contests; results shown: 9
- [Wallball Open Irish Nationals](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-wallball-open-irish-nationals.md): 1997 to 2025; 26 contests; results shown: names held (47 results listed)
- [King of the Courts](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/king-of-the-courts.md): 1998 to 2025; 28 contests; results shown: 24
- [Wallball Senior Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-wallball-senior-championship.md): 2016 to 2025; 7 contests; results shown: names held (13 results listed)
- [World Wallball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/world-wallball-championships.md): 2026; 1 contest; results shown: 15

## Three-wall

- [AAU national three-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/aau-national-three-wall-championships.md): 1950; 1 contest; results shown: 2
- [USHA national three-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/usha-national-three-wall-championships.md): 1951 to 2025; 74 contests; results shown: 252

## Irish 60x30 (hardball and softball)

- [All-Ireland 60x30 Softball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-60x30-softball.md): 1925 to 2026; 98 contests; results shown: names held (264 results listed)
- [All-Ireland Hardball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-hardball.md): 1925 to 2025; 95 contests; results shown: names held (183 results listed)

## 40x20 and international four-wall

- [All-Ireland 4-Wall Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-4-wall.md): 1975 to 2026; 51 contests; results shown: names held (172 results listed)

## Credits for the results

- Championship results from the U.S. Handball Association's National Champions list (ushandball.org), used with permission; credit: U.S. Handball Association. Link: https://www.ushandball.org/about/national-champions/.
- Champions list from the St. Albans Handball Association (sahany.org). Link: https://sahany.org/king, https://sahany.org/queen.
- Results from GAA Handball's rolls of honour (gaahandball.ie), credited to GAA Handball. Link: https://www.gaahandball.ie/competitions/rolls-of-honour.
- Results from the United States Wall Ball Association (uswallball.org). Link: https://www.uswallball.org/.

All the credits are also on [the credits page](https://handball.theperfectship.com/credits.md).

## Corrections

Found a mistake, or a source we missed? Email perfectshipllc@gmail.com with the subject "History correction: Championships (/history/championships/)". Please name the page and, if you can, the source.
