# The 2000s In: [Learn](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn.md) > [History](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history.md) > [Years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md) > The 2000s 15 dated items, 11 rulebook editions and 146 championship result rows are in the record for the 2000s. ## Years with their own page - [2005](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/2005.md) (3 dated items) ## Dated items ### 2000 - **2000**: [The New and Official United States Handball Association One-Wall Rules With Interpretations 2000 (2000)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-onewall-2000.md) Source: [US Handball Association, web page /onewall/handball/rules.html (Wayback snapshot of 10 November 2000)](https://web.archive.org/web/20001110015300/http://ushandball.org:80/onewall/handball/rules.html) ### 2001 - **7 October 2001**: [The New and Official United States Handball Association One-Wall Rules With Interpretations (2001)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-onewall-2001-10-07.md) Source: [US Handball Association, web page /onewall/handball/rules.html (Wayback snapshot of 13 October 2001)](https://web.archive.org/web/20011013234747/http://ushandball.org:80/onewall/handball/rules.html) ### 2002 - **8 April 2002**: [The New and Official United States Handball Association One-Wall Rules With Interpretations (2002)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-onewall-2002-04-08.md) Source: [US Handball Association, web page /onewall/handball/rules.html (Wayback snapshot of 13 June 2002)](https://web.archive.org/web/20020613233254/http://ushandball.org:80/onewall/handball/rules.html) - **20 August 2002**: [The New and Official United States Handball Association One-Wall Rules With Interpretations (2002)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-onewall-2002-08-20.md) Source: [US Handball Association, web page /onewall/handball/rules.html (Wayback snapshot of 2 October 2002)](https://web.archive.org/web/20021002182557/http://ushandball.org:80/onewall/handball/rules.html) ### 2004 - **December 2004 to 16 January 2005**: A Three-Wall Addendum, 'changes from four-wall rules' (Three-Wall Addendum - Changes from Four-Wall Rules (2004)), and the 2005 rules (The Official USHA Handball Rules, 2005 (2005)), the year a secondary page calls the last complete Source: [US Handball Association, "Four-Wall Rulebook" (Wayback snapshot of 13 October 2007)](https://web.archive.org/web/20071013173352/http://ushandball.org:80/content/view/50/225/) - **December 2004**: [Three-Wall Addendum - Changes from Four-Wall Rules (2004)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-threewall-2004-12.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "Four-Wall Rulebook" (Wayback snapshot of 13 October 2007)](https://web.archive.org/web/20071013173352/http://ushandball.org:80/content/view/50/225/) ### [2005](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/2005.md) - **about 2005**: A secondary page says the USHA's 'last complete rulebook' appeared in 2005 (a secondary source): rules move from print to the web page. Source: [US Handball Association, "Four-Wall Rulebook" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.ushandball.org/four-wall-rulebook/) - **16 January 2005**: [The Official USHA Handball Rules, 2005 (2005)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-2005-01-16.md) Source: [US Handball Association, official rules page (Wayback snapshot of 4 January 2006)](https://web.archive.org/web/20060104055021/http://www.ushandball.org:80/officialrules.html) - **1 April 2005**: [The Official USHA One-Wall Handball Rules, 2005 (2005)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-onewall-2005-04-01.md) Source: [US Handball Association, one-wall rules page (Wayback snapshot of 10 February 2006)](https://web.archive.org/web/20060210173110/http://www.ushandball.org/onewallrules.html) ### 2006 - **June 2006**: [Schedule 1: These are the rules changes passed by the USHA Board, June 2006 (2006)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-2006-06.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "One-Wall Rules" (Wayback snapshot of 4 September 2007)](https://web.archive.org/web/20070904225427/http://www.ushandball.org:80/content/view/564/302/) - **June 2006**: [Official USHA One-Wall Handball Rules (2005 rules with the June 2006 Board changes incorporated) (2006)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-onewall-2006-06.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "One-Wall Rules" (Wayback snapshot of 4 September 2007)](https://web.archive.org/web/20070904225427/http://www.ushandball.org:80/content/view/564/302/) ### 2007 - **2007-2011**: 'Top ace: Irish handball yearbook' (subtitles include 'Official GAA handball magazine'), NLI holds nos. 1-4, 2007-2011. Source: [National Library of Ireland catalogue, "Top ace" (Irish handball yearbook) (seen 28 October 2026)](https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000298401/Details) - **May 2007**: [Schedule 2: These are the rules changes passed by the USHA Board, May 2007 (2007)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-2007-05.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "Four-Wall Rulebook" (Wayback snapshot of 13 October 2007)](https://web.archive.org/web/20071013173352/http://ushandball.org:80/content/view/50/225/) ### 2008 - **June 2008**: [The Current Official USHA One-Wall Handball Rules (2008)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-onewall-2008-06.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "One-Wall Rules" (Wayback snapshot of 28 July 2011)](https://web.archive.org/web/20110728072855/http://www.ushandball.org/content/view/564/302) ### 2009 - **January 2009**: The Council's 'Official Playing Rules', modified January 2009 (Official Playing Rules (Handball Playing Rules) (2009); the booklet inside Wexford GAA's 2016 PDF; pending permission, research-only): the Irish Handball Council's name is Source: [Wexford GAA Handball, "Playing Rules" PDF (uploaded August 2016) (seen 28 October 2026)](https://wexfordgaahandball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Playing-Rules.pdf) ## Championships held - [All-Ireland 4-Wall Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-4-wall.md) - [All-Ireland 60x30 Softball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-60x30-softball.md) - [All-Ireland Hardball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-hardball.md) - [King of the Courts](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/king-of-the-courts.md) - [Queen of the Courts](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/queen-of-the-courts.md) - [USHA national four-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/usha-national-four-wall-championships.md) - [USHA national one-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/usha-national-one-wall-championships.md) - [USHA national three-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/usha-national-three-wall-championships.md) - [Wallball Open Irish Nationals](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-wallball-open-irish-nationals.md) ## Neighboring decades - Previous: [The 1990s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1990s.md) - Next: [The 2010s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/2010s.md) - [All years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md) ## Corrections Found a mistake, or a source we missed? Email perfectshipllc@gmail.com with the subject "History correction: The 2000s (/history/years/2000s/)". Please name the page and, if you can, the source.