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{{Short description|List}}
This is a list of [[ball game]]s which are popular games or sports involving some type of ball or similar object. These games can be grouped by general objective, sometimes indicating a common origin either of a game itself or of its basic idea:
This is a list of ball [[game]]s and ball [[sport]]s that include a [[ball]] as a key element in the activity, usually for [[Score (game)|scoring points]].

==Games that include balls==
[[File:Ball-play of the Women, Prairie du Chien SAAM-1985.66.430 1.jpg|thumb|''Ball-play of the Women, [[Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin|Prairie du Chien]]'', oil painting by [[George Catlin]], 1835-36]]
Ball sports fall within many sport categories, some sports within multiple categories, including:
*[[Bat-and-ball games]], such as [[cricket]] and [[baseball]].
*[[Bat-and-ball games]], such as [[cricket]] and [[baseball]].
*[[List of racquet sports|Racquet and ball]] games, such as [[tennis]], [[Squash (sport)|squash]], [[racquetball]] and [[ball badminton]].
*[[Invasion games]], such as [[football]] and [[basketball]].
*Hand and ball-striking games, such as various [[handball (disambiguation)|handball]] codes, rebound handball and 4 square.
*[[Net and wall games]], such as [[volleyball]].
*[[Goal (sport)|Goal]] games, such as forms of [[hockey]] (except [[ice hockey]] which uses a [[hockey puck]]), [[basketball]], [[water polo]] and all forms of [[football]] or [[lacrosse]].
*[[List of racket sports|Racket sports]], such as [[tennis]], [[table tennis]], [[Squash (sport)|squash]] and [[badminton]].
*[[Net sports|Net]] games, such as [[volleyball]] and [[sepak]].
*[[Throwing sports]], such as [[dodgeball]] and [[bocce]].
*[[Cue sports]], such as [[pool (cue sports)|pool]] and [[snooker]].
*[[Target sports]], such as [[golf]] and [[bowling]].
* Hand and ball-striking games, such as various [[handball (disambiguation)|handball]] codes, rebound handball, and [[four square]].


==Popular ball games==
==Popular ball games==
If there are a group of games that are very similar and have a common reference, they will be grouped under this main name as for instance bowling, Football and hockey.
Games that are similar and have a common reference are grouped under the primary name such as bowling, football and hockey.
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=== A–E ===
'''A - E'''
* [[Angleball]]
* [[Angleball]]
* [[Apalachee#Ball game|Apalachee ball game]]
* [[Badminton]]
** [[Crossminton]]
** [[Crossminton]]
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* [[Bandy]]
** [[Rink bandy]]
*** [[Rinkball]]
* [[Baseball]]
* [[Baseball]]
**[[Baseball5]]
**[[Baseball5]]
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** [[Xare]]
** [[Xare]]
* [[Beach tennis]]
* [[Beach tennis]]
⚫
* [[Bocce]]
* [[Bossaball]]
* [[Bossaball]]
* [[Boules]]
* [[Boules]]
⚫
** [[Bocce]]
⚫
** [[Bocce volo]]
** [[Boccia]]
** [[Bolas criollas]]
** [[Bowls]] or "lawn bowls"
** [[Jeu provençal]]
⚫
** [[Pétanque]]
** [[Raffa (boules)]]
* [[Bowling]]
* [[Bowling]]
⚫
** [[Candlepin bowling]]
**[[Beach Ball Bounce|Beach balling]]
⚫
**[[Bowls]]
⚫
**[[Candlepin bowling]]
** [[Carpet bowls]]
** [[Carpet bowls]]
** [[Duckpin bowling]]
** [[Duckpin bowling]]
** [[Five-pin bowling]]
** [[Five-pin bowling]]
** [[Nine-pin bowling]]
** [[Nine-pin bowling]]
** [[Ten-pin bowling]]
** [[Ten-pin bowling]]
** [[Irish road bowling]]
** [[Irish road bowling]]
* [[Brännboll]]
* [[Brännboll]]
* [[British baseball]]
* [[British baseball]]
* [[Broomball]]
* [[Broomball]]
* [[Canoe polo]] i
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* [[Canoe polo]]
* [[Cestoball]]
* [[Cestoball]]
* [[Codeball]]
* [[Codeball]]
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* [[Croquet]]
* [[Croquet]]
** [[Roque]]
** [[Roque]]
* [[Crossnet]]
* [[Cue sports]] (also knowns as ''billiards'')
* [[Cue sports]] (also knowns as ''billiards'')
** [[Carom billiards]]
** [[Carom billiards]]
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* [[Downball]]
* [[Downball]]


===F - K===
===F–K===
* [[Fistball]]
* [[Fistball]]
* [[Fives]]
* [[Fives]]
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**** [[Roller hockey (quad)]]
**** [[Roller hockey (quad)]]
** [[Street hockey]]
** [[Street hockey]]
* [[Hocker (sport)|Hocker]] (defunct)
* [[Hurling]]
* [[Hurling]]
* [[Jai alai]]
* [[Jai alai]]
* [[Jokgu]]
* [[Jorkyball]]
* [[Jorkyball]]
* [[Juggling]]
* [[Juggling]]
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* [[Korfball]]
* [[Korfball]]


===L - P===
===L–P===
* [[Lacrosse]]
* [[Lacrosse]]
** [[Box Lacrosse]]
** [[Box Lacrosse]]
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** [[Intercrosse]]
** [[Intercrosse]]
* [[Lawn bowls]]
* [[Lawn bowls]]
* [[Loofball]]
* [[Mesoamerican ballgame|The Mesoamerican ballgame]]
* [[Mesoamerican ballgame]]
* [[Netball]]
* [[Netball]]
** [[Fast5]]
** [[Fast5]]
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* [[Padel (sport)|Padel]]
* [[Padel (sport)|Padel]]
* [[Paintball]]
* [[Paintball]]
* [[Palin (game)|Palin]]
* [[Pelota mixteca]]
* [[Pelota mixteca]]
* [[Pesäpallo]]
* [[Pesäpallo]]
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* [[Pétanque]]
* [[Picigin]]
* [[Picigin]]
* [[Pickleball]]
* [[Pickleball]]
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** [[Segway polo]]
** [[Segway polo]]
** [[Yak polo]]
** [[Yak polo]]
* [[Push ball]]
* [[Pushball]]


===Q - Z===
===Q–Z===
* [[muggle quidditch|Quidditch]]
* [[muggle quidditch|Quidditch]]
* [[Racquetball]]
* [[Racquetball]]
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* [[Sepak takraw]]
* [[Sepak takraw]]
* [[Shinty]]
* [[Shinty]]
* [[Showdown (sport)|Showdown]]
* [[Sipa]]
* [[Sipa]]
* [[Skee ball]]
* [[Skee ball]]
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* [[Table football]] (foosball)
* [[Table football]] (foosball)
* [[Table tennis]] (ping pong)
* [[Table tennis]] (ping pong)
* [[TagPro]] (Browser game)
* [[TagPro]] (esports)
* [[Tchoukball]]
* [[Tchoukball]]
* [[Team handball]]
* [[Team handball]]
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* [[Wiffleball]]
* [[Wiffleball]]
* [[Wireball]]
* [[Wireball]]
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Latest revision as of 22:37, 24 November 2024

This is a list of ball games and ball sports that include a ball as a key element in the activity, usually for scoring points.

Games that include balls

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Ball-play of the Women, Prairie du Chien, oil painting by George Catlin, 1835-36

Ball sports fall within many sport categories, some sports within multiple categories, including:

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Games that are similar and have a common reference are grouped under the primary name such as bowling, football and hockey.

A–E

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F–K

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L–P

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Q–Z

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