# Handball on the web

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Handball links from around the web: organizations, courts, rules and more, each with a short description we wrote ourselves.

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- [Handball in Ireland](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/ireland.md): 213 links. Handball in Ireland: GAA Handball and its provincial and county boards, clubs by province, alleys, and the Irish-language words for the game.
- [Organizations](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/organizations.md): 228 links. Governing bodies, state and county associations, clubs and college teams. Irish clubs are grouped by province, others by country.
- [Rules and officiating](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/rules.md): 34 links. Current rulebooks, referee guides and certification, and old rulebooks that are online.
- [Events, tours and results](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/events.md): 32 links. Tours, national and world championships, and the services that publish results and draws.
- [Video and streaming](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/video.md): 2 links. Organization channels and streaming services.
- [Courts and places to play](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/courts.md): 558 links. Courts and places to play, mostly from the USHA court finder. Pick a state or country. Check with a venue before you go: a listing is not a promise that a court is open.
- [Learning and coaching](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/learning.md): 10 links. Instruction, coaching programs and school resources.
- [History, halls of fame and archives](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/history.md): 12 links. Halls of fame, libraries and archives, and handball pages from the early web.
- [News, magazines and media](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/news.md): 22 links. Governing-body news pages, magazines, podcasts, blogs and newspaper features.
- [Equipment and shops](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/shops.md): 5 links. Equipment makers and shops. Listed without endorsement, with no affiliate links.
- [Reference](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/reference.md): 10 links. Encyclopedias, glossaries, and the other games that share the name.
- [Games, apps and software](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/games.md): 1 link. Handball video games, scoring apps and open-source software.
- [Cousins of handball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/cousins.md): 37 links. Racquetball, squash, pelota, fives, jeu de paume, kaatsen and paddleball: games played with the hand, a racquet or a glove against a wall.

## Where to start

37 picks, chosen by us.

- [1Wall UK](https://www.1wall.org.uk/) (opens in a new tab): Website of 1Wall UK, the one-wall handball body for the United Kingdom, formerly called UK Wallball. The old ukwallball.co.uk address leads to it. Our pick: The registered charity that develops one-wall handball in the United Kingdom, with courts, coaching and clubs. (United Kingdom; Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Canadian Handball Association](https://canadianhandball.com/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: The site of the Canadian Handball Association, which describes itself as the national governing body for four-wall and one-wall handball. It has sections on rules, history and the 2027 world championships. Our pick: The national governing body for four-wall and one-wall handball in Canada. (Canada; Four-wall, One-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [CIJB wallball rules (English PDF)](https://cijb.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wallball_eng-1.pdf) (opens in a new tab): The English-language PDF of the wallball rules published by the International Ball Games Confederation (CIJB). It is a rules document for the international wallball format. Our pick: The international wallball rules in English, published by the CIJB. (International; Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Confederación Internacional de Pelota a Mano (CIJB)](https://cijb.info/) (International Confederation of Hand Pelota (CIJB)) (opens in a new tab): Website of the Confederación Internacional de Pelota a Mano (CIJB), the international body for hand-ball games, in Spanish, with news, rules, history and a gallery. Our pick: The international confederation for hand-ball games, linking wallball and the pelota family worldwide. (International; Pelota, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Euro 1-Wall Tour](https://euro1wall.com/) (opens in a new tab): Site of Euro 1Wall, which presents itself as the home of the European one-wall handball and wallball community, with sections for players and for organisers. Our pick: The European one-wall community and tour site, a starting point for one-wall play in Europe. (International; Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Fierce Fans Keep Handball Alive (Christian Science Monitor, 1991)](https://www.csmonitor.com/1991/1004/04141.html) (opens in a new tab): A 1991 Christian Science Monitor article about the people who play handball in the United States and keep the game going. Our pick: A 1991 national newspaper portrait of the people who kept American handball going. (United States; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Find a club (GAA Handball)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/find-a-club) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: The GAA Handball club finder, with filters by province and county. Each club in the list has its own page on the same site. Roughly 190 clubs are listed. Our pick: The official club finder for Ireland, with a page for each GAA Handball club by province and county. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Find a Court (1Wall UK)](https://www.1wall.org.uk/find-a-court) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Find a Court page of 1Wall UK, with a map of public one-wall courts, open clubs, community courts and partner clubs in the United Kingdom; school clubs are not listed. Our pick: A map of public one-wall courts and clubs across the United Kingdom. (United Kingdom; Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [handball (Foclóir.ie)](https://www.focloir.ie/en/dictionary/ei/handball) (opens in a new tab): The English-Irish dictionary entry for "handball" on focloir.ie, giving the Irish term liathróid láimhe for the sport, with examples of use. Our pick: The official English-Irish dictionary entry for handball, giving the Irish name of the sport. (Ireland; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Handball magazine archives (USA Racquetball archive site)](https://archive.teamusa.com/usa-racquetball/publications/racquetball-magazine/handball-magazine-archives.html) (opens in a new tab): Archived issues of Handball magazine as PDF files, from the late 1960s and early 1970s, on the archived USA Racquetball section of the Team USA website. Our pick: Free scans of early issues of Handball magazine, the US game's journal of record. (United States; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Historia](https://cijb.info/historia/) (History and roll of CIJB international championships) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: History page on the CIJB site covering its international growth from 1992, with a table of European and world championships since 1993 and a download of all world and European results. Our pick: A history of international hand-ball championships since 1993, with downloadable world and European results. (International; Pelota, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [History (GAA Handball)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: History page on the GAA Handball site, tracing Gaelic handball from early stone-wall games, through records such as the 1527 Statute of Galway, to old courts like Ballinrobe's of 1776. Our pick: The governing body's own account of Gaelic handball's long history in Ireland. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Liathróid láimhe](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liathr%C3%B3id_l%C3%A1imhe) (Handball (Gaelic handball), Irish Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab): Irish Wikipedia article on handball (liathróid láimhe), giving the Irish terms for the game. Its text is available under the CC BY-SA license. Our pick: The Irish-language encyclopedia article on handball, useful for the game's Irish terms. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Liathróid Láimhe CLG](https://www.gaahandball.ie/) (GAA Handball) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: The home page of GAA Handball Ireland, the Gaelic Athletic Association's handball body. It covers competitions, clubs, playing rules, coaching, news and the national centre. Our pick: The governing body for Gaelic handball in Ireland: competitions, clubs, rules, coaching and the national centre in one place. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Maravilla Handball Court and El Centro Grocery (LA Conservancy)](https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/maravilla-handball-court-and-el-centro-grocery/) (opens in a new tab): Los Angeles Conservancy page on the Maravilla Handball Court in East Los Angeles, built in 1928 and listed on the California Register of Historical Resources. Our pick: A 1928 East Los Angeles court listed on the California Register: a landmark of the game's history. (California, United States; checked 2026-11-02)
- [McElligott Handball Papers (Cork City and County Archives)](https://cork.adlibhosting.com/ais6/Details/archive/110023017) (opens in a new tab): Catalog record at Cork City and County Archives for the McElligott Handball Papers: letters, newspaper cuttings and photographs on handball in Cork in the early 20th century. Our pick: A rare public archive collection of early 20th-century handball papers from Cork. (County Cork, Ireland; Irish 60x30; checked 2026-11-02)
- [New York Handball Hall of Fame](https://www.nyhandballhalloffame.com/) (opens in a new tab): The New York Handball Hall of Fame site, maintained by its hall of fame committee with the Inner City Handball Association. It honors one-wall handball figures in New York. Our pick: Honours the figures of one-wall handball in New York, the game's home city. (New York, United States; One-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [NorCal Handball Association challenge courts](https://norcalhandball.org/challenge-courts) (opens in a new tab): Page from the NorCal Handball Association listing eight Northern California venues that welcome visiting players, with hours and guest fee details. Our pick: A practical list of Northern California venues that welcome visiting players, with hours and guest fees. (California, United States; Four-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Referee Zone (GAA Handball)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/coaching-development/referee-s) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Referee Zone page on the GAA Handball site. It sets out the Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum referee levels, how each is earned, and that courses are led by national tutors. Our pick: Sets out the GAA Handball referee levels and how each is earned; the starting point for Irish officials. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Rules and Regulations (GAA Handball)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/competitions/rules-regulations) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Rules and Regulations page on the GAA Handball site. It links the Playing Rules and the Competition Regulations as PDF downloads; it has no one-wall rules document. Our pick: Where the official GAA Handball playing rules and competition regulations are published. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [United States Handball Association (USHA)](https://www.ushandball.org/) (opens in a new tab): Website of the United States Handball Association, the national body for four-wall, three-wall and one-wall handball. It also has pages for juniors; separate entries cover its court finder and events. Our pick: The national governing body for four-wall, three-wall and one-wall handball in the United States. (United States; Four-wall, Three-wall, One-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [United States Wallball Association (USWA)](https://uswallball.org/) (opens in a new tab): Website of the United States Wallball Association, with rules and conduct standards, a court finder, results coverage and a player archive for one-wall wallball. Our pick: The national body for one-wall wallball in the United States, with rules, results and a court finder. (United States; Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [USHA Find a Court](https://www.ushandball.org/find-a-court/) (opens in a new tab): USHA court finder, a filterable list of handball courts in the United States and Canada, with four-wall, three-wall and one-wall venues. Our pick: The largest public list of handball courts in the United States and Canada, filterable by wall type. (United States; Four-wall, Three-wall, One-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [USHA four-wall rulebook](https://www.ushandball.org/four-wall-rulebook/) (opens in a new tab): The page on the USHA site for its official four-wall handball rulebook, the rules used in USHA-sanctioned four-wall and three-wall play. Our pick: The official USHA four-wall rulebook, the reference for four-wall play in North America. (United States; Four-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [USHA games and tournaments calendar](https://www.ushandball.org/games-tournaments/) (opens in a new tab): USHA events calendar of handball tournaments across the United States, browsable by month and year, with dates, venues and registration details for each event. Our pick: The national calendar of sanctioned handball tournaments in the United States. (United States; Four-wall, Three-wall, One-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [USHA Handball Hall of Fame](https://www.ushandball.org/handball-hall-of-fame/) (opens in a new tab): The USHA Handball Hall of Fame page, listing the players and contributors the association has inducted. The directory links only the hall page, not individual biographies. Our pick: The USHA Handball Hall of Fame, honouring players and contributors to the American game. (United States; checked 2026-11-02)
- [USHA history of handball](https://www.ushandball.org/about/history-of-handball/) (opens in a new tab): History of handball page on the USHA site: an essay by Tom O'Connor on the game's origins, from Irish legend to the competing claims of Spain, France and Italy. Our pick: A readable essay on the disputed origins of handball, published by the US governing body. (United States; Four-wall, Three-wall, One-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [USHA national champions lists](https://www.ushandball.org/national-champions/) (opens in a new tab): A page on the USHA site listing national champions across the association's national championship events over the years. Our pick: The USHA's list of national champions across its championship events over the years. (United States; checked 2026-11-02)
- [USHA one-wall rulebook](https://www.ushandball.org/learn-handball/one-wall-rulebook/) (opens in a new tab): The page on the USHA site for its official one-wall handball rulebook, in the site's Learn Handball section. Our pick: The official USHA one-wall rulebook, the reference for one-wall play in the United States. (United States; One-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [USHA referee certification](https://www.ushandball.org/referee-certification/) (opens in a new tab): USHA page describing its five referee certification levels, with lists of certified referees. Our pick: Explains the USHA's five referee certification levels; the entry point for US officials. (United States; Four-wall, One-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [USWA official wallball rules](https://uswallball.org/rules) (opens in a new tab): The official wallball rules page of the United States Wallball Association, with its playing rules (revised October 2026) and conduct standards. Our pick: The official wallball rules of the United States Wallball Association. (United States; Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Wikipedia: American handball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_handball) (opens in a new tab): The English Wikipedia article on American handball, covering the four-wall, three-wall and one-wall forms of the game. It is a general reference with a free-license text. Our pick: A freely licensed overview of four-wall, three-wall and one-wall American handball. (United States; Four-wall, Three-wall, One-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Wikipedia: Gaelic handball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_handball) (opens in a new tab): Wikipedia article on Gaelic handball, the Irish wall sport. A long entry covering the game and its history; the text is available under a Creative Commons license. Our pick: A long, freely licensed overview of Gaelic handball and its history; a good first read for newcomers. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Wikipedia: One-wall handball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-wall_handball) (opens in a new tab): The English Wikipedia article on one-wall handball, a general reference on the game and its rules. Its text is under a free license. Our pick: A freely licensed overview of one-wall handball and its rules. (United States; One-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [World Players of Handball (WPH) / WPHLiveTV](https://wphlive.tv/) (opens in a new tab): The site of World Players of Handball and WPHLiveTV, a United States professional handball organization. It carries tour news, schedules, rankings and video. Our pick: The main professional handball tour and webcaster in the United States: news, schedules, rankings and video. (United States; Four-wall, Three-wall, One-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [WPH Destination Series: Coney Island one-wall courts (Brooklyn NY)](https://wphlive.tv/wph-handball-destination-series-coney-island/) (opens in a new tab): January 2023 World Professional Handball Destination Series post on the 11 one-wall courts at Surf Avenue and West 5th Street, Coney Island, Brooklyn. Our pick: Profiles the Coney Island one-wall courts, the best-known one-wall venue in the world. (New York, United States; One-wall; checked 2026-11-02)
- [WPH watch live](https://wphlive.tv/webcasting/watch-live/live/) (opens in a new tab): The World Players of Handball live viewing page for webcast tournaments. The member-only video area is not listed in this directory. Our pick: Where WPH webcast tournaments can be watched live. (United States; Four-wall, Three-wall, One-wall; checked 2026-11-02)

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