Ball game
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A ball game is a sport played with a ball.
There are many popular games or sports involving some type of ball or similar object. These games can be grouped by the general objective of the game, sometimes indicating a common origin either of a game itself or of its basic idea:
- Bat-and-ball games, such as cricket and baseball.
- Two-goal games, such as basketball and all forms of football and hockey.
- Volleying games, such as volleyball and tennis.
- "Target" games, such as bowling and lotball.
- and so on
- Baseball (in the United States, a game of baseball is referred to as a "ballgame")
- Basketball
- Billiards (including snooker, eight ball and pool variations)
- Bocce
- Boules
- Bowling
- Bowls
- Canoe polo
- Cricket (see cricket ball)
- Crockey
- Croquet
- Dodgeball
- Foosball
- Football:
- *American football
- *Australian rules football
- *Gaelic Football
- *International Rules Football
- *Soccer
- *Rugby Football
- Footbag
- Four square
- Freezerball
- Golf (see golf ball)
- Handball:
- *American handball
- *Team handball
- Hockey:
- *Field hockey
- *Ice hockey
- *Rink hockey
- Hurling
- Jai alai
- Juggling
- Lacrosse
- Lotball
- Mesoamerican ballgame
- Native American Stickball (Toli)
- Netball
- Pétanque
- Polo
- Quidditch (fictional game)
- Racquetball
- Shinty
- Skee ball
- Squash
- Stickball
- Tchoukball
- Tee Ball
- Tetherball
- Tennis
- Tennis Polo/Toccer
- Ulama game
- Volleyball
- Water polo
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