# Cousins of handball

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Racquetball, squash, pelota, fives, jeu de paume, kaatsen and paddleball: games played with the hand, a racquet or a glove against a wall.

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## Racquetball (5)

- [International Racquetball Federation](https://www.internationalracquetball.com/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of the International Racquetball Federation, the world body for racquetball. The page does not mention handball; listed as a cousin game. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Member Federations (International Racquetball Federation)](https://www.internationalracquetball.com/member-federations/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Page of the International Racquetball Federation listing the national racquetball governing bodies that are its members. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Rules (International Racquetball Federation)](https://www.internationalracquetball.com/rules/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Rules and policies page of the International Racquetball Federation, with its 2026-2028 rulebook, court specifications and rules for soft racquetball. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [USA Racquetball](https://www.usaracquetball.com/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of USA Racquetball, the national governing body for racquetball in the United States, listed here as a cousin game of wall handball. (United States; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [USA Racquetball Rules](https://www.usaracquetball.com/play/rules) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: USA Racquetball rules page, with PDF downloads of its current rulebook and a summary of the rule changes passed in July 2023. (United States; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)

## Squash (5)

- [Member Nations (World Squash)](https://www.worldsquash.sport/wsf-information/member-nations-2-2/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Page of World Squash listing its member national federations and other affiliated bodies, by region. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Rules (US Squash)](https://ussquash.org/rules/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Rules page of US Squash with downloads of the international singles and North American doubles rules, court specifications, Squash 57 and softball doubles rules; it follows World Squash rules. (United States; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Rules of Squash (World Squash)](https://www.worldsquash.sport/rules-of-squash-2/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Rules of Squash page of World Squash, with the 2025 singles rules and the doubles rules, several of them in Spanish, Portuguese and French versions. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [US Squash](https://www.ussquash.org/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of US Squash, the national body for squash in the United States, listed here as a cousin game to wall handball. (United States; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [World Squash](https://www.worldsquash.sport/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of World Squash, the world body for squash; the older worldsquash.org address redirects here. Listed as a cousin game of wall handball. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)

## Pelota (Basque and Valencian) (9)

- [Countries (FIPV members)](https://fipv.net/en/paises) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Members page of the International Federation of Basque Pelota, listing national federations by country, with regional confederations, over four pages. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Euskal Pilota](https://www.euskalpilota.eus/pub/home.asp?idioma=eu) (Euskal Pilota (Basque pelota federation)) (opens in a new tab): Site of the Euskal Pilota Federakuntza, the Basque Country pelota federation, in Basque with a Spanish version, with championships, fixtures, clubs, licences and news. Listed as a cousin game to wall handball. (ES-PV, Spain; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Federación Chilena de Pelota Vasca](https://www.pelotavasca.cl/) (Chilean Basque Pelota Federation) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of the Chilean Basque pelota federation, in Spanish, with pages on what Basque pelota is, its history, court types, the game in Chile and where to learn it, historical results, news, and a list of member clubs. (Chile; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Federación Española de Pelota](https://www.fepelota.com/) (Spanish Pelota Federation) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of the Federación Española de Pelota, the Spanish pelota federation. The home page carried news from October 2026. (Spain; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Fédération Française de Pelote Basque](https://ffpb.net/) (French Basque Pelota Federation) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of the Fédération Française de Pelote Basque, in French, with pages on its organisation, rules, refereeing, clubs, licences and competitions, and on forms such as mur à gauche, trinquet, jai alai and frontball. (France; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [International Federation of Basque Pelota](https://fipv.net/en/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of the International Federation of Basque Pelota, the world body for Basque pelota, including bare-hand pelota and frontball. It has a members page. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Pilota around the world](https://www.uv.es/pilota-valenciana-chair/en/el-mon-de-la-pilota/la-pilota-al-mon.html) (opens in a new tab): University of Valencia Pilota Chair page surveying hand-ball games worldwide, including Valencian, Irish and North American forms, and the CIJB. (Spain, International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Regulations (FIPV)](https://fipv.net/en/normativa) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Anti-doping compliance and regulations page of the International Federation of Basque Pelota, linked from the federation's site menu. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [XX Campeonato Mundial de Pelota Vasca](https://mundialbsas2026.com.ar/) (20th Basque Pelota World Championship, Buenos Aires 2026) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Site for the XX Basque Pelota World Championship, held in Buenos Aires and Colonia del Sacramento in October 2026 and organized by the Argentine pelota confederation. (Argentina, Uruguay, International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)

## Pelota rules (CIJB) (8)

- [Frontón Valenciano](https://cijb.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FRONTON-VALENCIANO-CIJB_ENG-2.pdf) (CIJB frontón valenciano rules (English)) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: English edition of the CIJB rules for fronton valenciano, a Valencian pelota game. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [International Game](https://cijb.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/juego_internacional_eng-1.pdf) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: English edition of the CIJB rules for the international game, a common hand-ball game drawn from the member games. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Jeu international](https://cijb.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/juego_internacional_fr-1.pdf) (CIJB international game rules (French)) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: French edition of the CIJB rules for the international game, a common hand-ball game drawn from the member games. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Juego Internacional](https://cijb.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/juego_internacional-1.pdf) (CIJB international game rules (Spanish)) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Spanish edition of the CIJB rules for the international game, a common hand-ball game drawn from the member games. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Llargues](https://cijb.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/llargues_eng-3.pdf) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: English edition of the CIJB rules for llargues, the long Valencian pelota game played at CIJB world events. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Llargues](https://cijb.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/llargues-ESP-3.pdf) (CIJB llargues rules (Spanish)) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Spanish edition of the CIJB rules for llargues, the long Valencian pelota game played at CIJB world events. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Llargues](https://cijb.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/llargues_fr-3.pdf) (CIJB llargues rules (French)) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: French edition of the CIJB rules for llargues, the long Valencian pelota game played at CIJB world events. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Reglamento de Frontón Valenciano](https://cijb.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/REGLAMENTO-DE-FRONTON-VALENCIANO-CIJB-3.pdf) (CIJB frontón valenciano rules (Spanish)) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Spanish edition of the CIJB rules for fronton valenciano, a Valencian pelota game. (International; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)

## Fives (4)

- [Laws of Eton Fives](https://www.etonfives.com/the-game/etonlaws) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Laws of Eton Fives page on the Eton Fives Association site, setting out the game's laws as the association publishes them. (United Kingdom; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Rugby Fives Rules](https://therfa.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Rugby-Fives-Rules-11-July-FINAL-Version.pdf) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: PDF of the Rugby Fives rules, final version of 11 July 2022, linked from the Rugby Fives Association home page. (United Kingdom; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [The Eton Fives Association](https://www.etonfives.com/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of The Eton Fives Association, the body for Eton fives, a cousin game of wall handball. The page itself calls Eton fives a handball game. (United Kingdom; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [The Rugby Fives Association](https://therfa.uk/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of The Rugby Fives Association, the British body for rugby fives, a cousin game of wall handball. (United Kingdom; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)

## Jeu de paume (3)

- [Fédération Royale Belge de Pelote](https://frbp.be/) (Royal Belgian Pelote Federation (Wallonia-Brussels)) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of the Fédération Royale Belge de Pelote, covering balle pelote, one wall and indiaca, with calendars, results and rankings. (Belgium; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [FFJP (jeudepaume.fr)](https://jeudepaume.fr/) (opens in a new tab): Official site of the Fédération Française de Jeu de Paume, in French, with sections on jeu de paume and one-wall, links, international meetings and the 2025/2026 one-wall season with its Coupe de France. (France; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Real Tennis history (Tennis & Rackets Association)](https://www.tennisandrackets.com/real-tennis/history) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: History page of the Tennis & Rackets Association, the UK governing body for real tennis and rackets. It traces hand-ball and jeu de paume back to ancient wall games. (United Kingdom; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)

## Kaatsen and Frisian handball (1)

- [Koninklijke Nederlandse Kaatsbond (KNKB)](https://www.knkb.nl/) (Royal Dutch Kaatsen Association) (opens in a new tab): Website of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Kaatsbond, the Dutch royal federation for kaatsen. Kaatsen is a hand-ball cousin of wall handball, not the same game. (Netherlands; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)

## Paddleball (2)

- [National Paddleball Association](https://www.paddleball.org/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of the National Paddleball Association (four-wall), with tournament schedule and results, approved paddles, rules revised September 2012, newsletters and national champions; footer dated 2005. (United States; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)
- [Paddleball rules (NPA)](https://www.paddleball.org/pb/wp_be4e55a8/wp_be4e55a8.html) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Paddleball rules page of the National Paddleball Association, a revision dated September 2012, linked from the association's home page. (United States; Cousin games; checked 2026-11-02)