Cousins of handball
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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Links on this page were checked on 2026-11-02.
Racquetball (5)
- International Racquetball Federation (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.
- Member Federations (International Racquetball Federation) (opens in a new tab) Official
Page of the International Racquetball Federation listing the national racquetball governing bodies that are its members.
- Rules (International Racquetball Federation) (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.
- USA Racquetball (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.
- USA Racquetball 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.
Squash (5)
- Member Nations (World Squash) (opens in a new tab) Official
Page of World Squash listing its member national federations and other affiliated bodies, by region.
- Rules (US Squash) (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.
- Rules of Squash (World Squash) (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.
- US Squash (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.
- World Squash (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.
Pelota (Basque and Valencian) (9)
- Countries (FIPV members) (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.
- Euskal Pilota (opens in a new tab) (Euskal Pilota (Basque pelota federation))
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.
- Federación Chilena de Pelota Vasca (opens in a new tab) (Chilean Basque Pelota Federation) 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.
- Federación Española de Pelota (opens in a new tab) (Spanish Pelota Federation) Official
Website of the Federación Española de Pelota, the Spanish pelota federation. The home page carried news from October 2026.
- Fédération Française de Pelote Basque (opens in a new tab) (French Basque Pelota Federation) 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.
- International Federation of Basque Pelota (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.
- Pilota around the world (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.
- Regulations (FIPV) (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.
- XX Campeonato Mundial de Pelota Vasca (opens in a new tab) (20th Basque Pelota World Championship, Buenos Aires 2026) 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.
Pelota rules (CIJB) (8)
- Frontón Valenciano (opens in a new tab) (CIJB frontón valenciano rules (English)) Official
English edition of the CIJB rules for fronton valenciano, a Valencian pelota game.
- International Game (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.
- Jeu international (opens in a new tab) (CIJB international game rules (French)) Official
French edition of the CIJB rules for the international game, a common hand-ball game drawn from the member games.
- Juego Internacional (opens in a new tab) (CIJB international game rules (Spanish)) Official
Spanish edition of the CIJB rules for the international game, a common hand-ball game drawn from the member games.
- Llargues (opens in a new tab) Official
English edition of the CIJB rules for llargues, the long Valencian pelota game played at CIJB world events.
- Llargues (opens in a new tab) (CIJB llargues rules (Spanish)) Official
Spanish edition of the CIJB rules for llargues, the long Valencian pelota game played at CIJB world events.
- Llargues (opens in a new tab) (CIJB llargues rules (French)) Official
French edition of the CIJB rules for llargues, the long Valencian pelota game played at CIJB world events.
- Reglamento de Frontón Valenciano (opens in a new tab) (CIJB frontón valenciano rules (Spanish)) Official
Spanish edition of the CIJB rules for fronton valenciano, a Valencian pelota game.
Fives (4)
- Laws of Eton Fives (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.
- Rugby Fives Rules (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.
- The Eton Fives Association (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.
- The Rugby Fives Association (opens in a new tab) Official
Website of The Rugby Fives Association, the British body for rugby fives, a cousin game of wall handball.
Jeu de paume (3)
- Fédération Royale Belge de Pelote (opens in a new tab) (Royal Belgian Pelote Federation (Wallonia-Brussels)) Official
Website of the Fédération Royale Belge de Pelote, covering balle pelote, one wall and indiaca, with calendars, results and rankings.
- FFJP (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.
- Real Tennis history (Tennis & Rackets Association) (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.
Kaatsen and Frisian handball (1)
- Koninklijke Nederlandse Kaatsbond (KNKB) (opens in a new tab) (Royal Dutch Kaatsen Association)
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.
Paddleball (2)
- National Paddleball Association (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.
- Paddleball rules (NPA) (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.