# Rule 1.1 Types of games (USHA Four-Wall Rules, 26 January 2024, historical)

> **Historical rulebook: not the current rules.** The current rules are here: https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/

USHA rules text used with permission of the U.S. Handball Association (ushandball.org); credit: U.S. Handball Association. Source: https://www.ushandball.org/

Four-wall handball may be played by two, three or four players. When played by two, it is called singles; when played by three, cutthroat (See Interpretation No.1); and when played by four, doubles.

> Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1: “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game. It is a game devised for use in practice with three players. There are a number of ways to play cutthroat, and the rules for singles should apply to the player playing without a partner, just as the rules for doubles should apply to two players playing as a team.

## Mentioned here

- [Player](https://handball.theperfectship.com/player.md)
- [Partner](https://handball.theperfectship.com/partner.md)
- [Game, match, tiebreaker](https://handball.theperfectship.com/game.md)
- [Singles](https://handball.theperfectship.com/singles.md)
- [Doubles](https://handball.theperfectship.com/doubles.md)
- [Cutthroat](https://handball.theperfectship.com/cutthroat.md)
- [Four-wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/four-wall.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/code-onewall-smallball/1-1.md)

## Relationships

- Player relates to Partner: mentioned together in 7 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Game, match, tiebreaker: mentioned together in 10 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Singles: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Doubles: mentioned together in 13 sub-rules.
- Partner relates to Doubles: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Game, match, tiebreaker relates to Singles: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Game, match, tiebreaker relates to Doubles: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Singles relates to Doubles: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Cutthroat, Four-wall.
- 2 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.

Rulebook: [USHA Four-Wall Rules, 26 January 2024](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-2024-01-26.md)

Source: Four-Wall Rulebook (Wayback capture 20240615040024 of ushandball.org). USHA rules text, used with the USHA's written permission (letter not yet filed).