# The 2020s

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23 dated items, 10 rulebook editions and 118 championship result rows are in the record for the 2020s.

## Years with their own page

- [2020](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/2020.md) (3 dated items)
- [2024](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/2024.md) (3 dated items)
- [2025](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/2025.md) (8 dated items)
- [2026](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/2026.md) (4 dated items)

## Dated items

### [2020](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/2020.md)

- **26 January 2020**: [Four-Wall Rulebook (2020)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-2020-01-26.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "Four-Wall Rulebook" (Wayback snapshot of 13 May 2020)](https://web.archive.org/web/20200513210800/https://ushandball.org/index.php/rules-development/four-wall-rulebook)
- **26 January 2020**: [One-Wall Rulebook (2020)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-onewall-2020-01-26.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "One-Wall Rulebook" (Wayback snapshot of 13 May 2020)](https://web.archive.org/web/20200513204010/https://ushandball.org/index.php/rules-development/one-wall-rulebook)
- **March 2020**: The GAA's four-wall and 60x30 playing rules as of March 2020 (Official Irish 4-Wall & 60x30 Playing Rules (2020), Official Irish 4-Wall & 60x30 Playing Rules (2020), Official Irish 4-Wall & 60x30 Playing Rules (2020)): the one-wall rules Source: [Wexford GAA Handball, "Playing rules: 60x30 softball, 40x20, 4-wall" (updated March 2020) (seen 28 October 2026)](https://wexfordgaahandball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Playing-rules-60x30-softball-40x20-4-wall-updated-March-2020.pdf)

### 2021

- **22 January 2021**: [Four-Wall Rulebook (2021)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-2021-01-22.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "Four-Wall Rulebook" (Wayback snapshot of 28 February 2021)](https://web.archive.org/web/20210228100541/https://www.ushandball.org/index.php/rules-development/four-wall-rulebook)
- **22 January 2021**: [One-Wall Rulebook (2021)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-onewall-2021-01-22.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "One-Wall Rulebook" (Wayback snapshot of 28 February 2021)](https://web.archive.org/web/20210228103018/https://www.ushandball.org/index.php/rules-development/one-wall-rulebook)

### 2022

- **23 January 2022**: [Four-Wall Rulebook (2022)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-2022-01-23.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "Four-Wall Rulebook" (Wayback snapshot of 2 July 2022)](https://web.archive.org/web/20220702230307/https://www.ushandball.org/four-wall-rulebook/)
- **23 January 2022**: [One-Wall Rulebook (2022)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-onewall-2022-01-23.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "One-Wall Rulebook" (Wayback snapshot of 20 August 2022)](https://web.archive.org/web/20220820050249/https://www.ushandball.org/one-wall-rulebook/)

### 2023

- **March 2023**: CIJB 'Wallball Rules' (WALLBALL RULES (2023)): court 6.10 x 10.60 m, wall 4.90 m; two sets of 21, tie set to 11; all lines good. Source: [CIJB Wallball Rules (English), file dated 23 March 2023 (seen 28 October 2026)](https://cijb.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wallball_eng-1.pdf)

### [2024](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/2024.md)

- **26 January 2024**: [Four-Wall Rulebook (2024)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-2024-01-26.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "Four-Wall Rulebook" (Wayback snapshot of 15 June 2024)](https://web.archive.org/web/20240615040024/https://www.ushandball.org/four-wall-rulebook/)
- **26 January 2024**: [One-Wall Rulebook (2024)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-onewall-2024-01-26.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "One-Wall Rulebook" (Wayback snapshot of 27 May 2024)](https://web.archive.org/web/20240527190319/https://www.ushandball.org/one-wall-rulebook/)
- **4 February 2024**: The GAA's official four-wall and 60x30 playing rules as of 4 February 2024 (GAA Handball - Official 4-Wall & 60x30 Playing Rules (2024) etc.); Rule 1.1 lists the codes as four-wall, one-wall, and 60x30 in its softball and hardball forms. Source: [Wexford GAA Handball, "4-Wall Softball Hardball Playing Rules" (4 February 2024) (seen 28 October 2026)](https://wexfordgaahandball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/4-Wall-Softball-Hardball-Playing-Rules-4-2-24.pdf)

### [2025](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/2025.md)

- **2025**: GAA Handball's combined rulebook adds a Wallball section (Official Irish 4-Wall, Softball, Hardball & Wallball Playing Rules (2025): 20 x 34 ft, 16-ft wall, 'Big Blue Wallball' and 'Penn Wallball' balls); SAHA requires eye guards at the Source: [St. Albans Handball Association, "Home" (seen 27 October 2026)](https://sahany.org/)
- **26 January 2025**: USHA 4.7 'dead-ball hinders' (replayed: court hinders, hitting an opponent when the shot would have reached the wall, body contact, screen ball, back-swing, safety holdup) and 4.8 'avoidable hinders' (point or side out: failure to move, Source: [US Handball Association, "Four-Wall Rulebook" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.ushandball.org/four-wall-rulebook/)
- **26 January 2025**: USHA One-Wall Rulebook: 20 x 34 ft, wall 20 x 16 ft, short line 16 ft, long line 34 ft; gloves compulsory except 'Big ball ... gloves are optional'; 'big balls can weigh less' (One-Wall Rulebook (2025)); GAA's combined book adds a Wallball Source: [US Handball Association, "One-Wall Rulebook" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.ushandball.org/learn-handball/one-wall-rulebook/)
- **26 January 2025**: USHA 2.2: approved balls 1 7/8 in, 61 g (red), rebound specification; 'USHA White label and/or big balls can weigh less'; the referee approves the ball for each match (Four-Wall Rulebook (2025), One-Wall Rulebook (2025)). Source: [US Handball Association, "Four-Wall Rulebook" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.ushandball.org/four-wall-rulebook/)
- **26 January 2025**: USHA Four-Wall Rulebook and One-Wall Rulebook 'as of January 26, 2025' (Four-Wall Rulebook (2025), One-Wall Rulebook (2025), Three-Wall Addendum - Changes from Four-Wall Rules (2025)): court 20 x 40 x 20 ft; one-wall 20 x 34 ft with a Source: [US Handball Association, "Four-Wall Rulebook" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.ushandball.org/four-wall-rulebook/)
- **26 January 2025**: One-Wall Rulebook (2025) Source: [US Handball Association, "One-Wall Rulebook" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.ushandball.org/learn-handball/one-wall-rulebook/)
- **26 January 2025**: [Three-Wall Addendum - Changes from Four-Wall Rules (2025)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-threewall-2025-01-26.md) Source: [US Handball Association, "Four-Wall Rulebook" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.ushandball.org/four-wall-rulebook/)
- **9 February 2025**: Congress adopts the combined playing rules covering four-wall, Wallball, and 60x30 softball and hardball (Official Irish 4-Wall, Softball, Hardball & Wallball Playing Rules (2025), Official Irish 4-Wall, Softball, Hardball & Wallball Source: [GAA Handball Playing Rules: 4-Wall, Wallball, 60x30 Softball and Hardball (Wexford GAA copy), file dated 29 May 2025 (seen 28 October 2026)](https://wexfordgaahandball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Playing-Rules-4-Wall-Wallball-60x30-Softball-Hardball-2025.pdf)

### [2026](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/2026.md)

- **2026**: World Wallball Championships (World Wallball Championships); USWA rules revised 22 Oct 2026. Source: [United States Wall Ball Association, "Meet the Champions | 2026 World Wallball Championships" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://uswallball.org/champions-2026.html)
- **2026**: USHA national four-wall champions listed through 2026 (USHA national four-wall handball championships). Source: [US Handball Association, "National Champions" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.ushandball.org/about/national-champions/)
- **2026**: USWA playing rules 'Revised October 22, 2026' (USWA playing rules (2026): 21 rules, three timeouts) and a World Wallball Championships (World Wallball Championships, 2026; hosted by ICHA with the WHC). Source: [United States Wall Ball Association, "Rules & Conduct" (seen 27 October 2026)](https://uswallball.org/rules)
- **June 2026**: A re-laid-out version of the 9 Feb 2025 rules (the four 2026-06 editions: GAA Handball Playing Rules (2025), GAA Handball Playing Rules (2025), GAA Handball Playing Rules (2025), GAA Handball Playing Rules (2025)): Rule 1.1 lists Source: [GAA Handball Playing Rules: 4-Wall, Wallball, 60x30 Softball and Hardball, file dated 25 June 2026 (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/governance/playing-rules)

## 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)
- [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)
- [Wallball Senior Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-wallball-senior-championship.md)
- [World Wallball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/world-wallball-championships.md)

## Neighboring decades

- Previous: [The 2010s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/2010s.md)
- [All years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md)

## Corrections

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