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| name      = Bierbal
| image      = [[File:Steeds vs Pumas.jpg|250px]]
| imagesize  =
| caption    = Adam Miller (white) of the TEAM attempts to catch a passed ball while two members of the TEAM play defense.
| nickname  = {{hlist|Fullball|Gridiron|Beerball}}
| first      = 18th Century, Koringdorp, Alaoyi
| contact    = [[Contact sport#Full-contact|Full]]
| team      = 11 (both teams may [[Free substitution|freely]] [[Substitution (sport)|substitute]] players between downs)
| category  = {{hlist|[[Team sport]]|[[ball game]]}}
| equipment  = {{plainlist|
* Beerball
* Beerball helmet
* Pads (shoulder, thigh, knee, and optionally elbow pads)}}
| venue      = [[#Field and equipment|Bierbal field]] (rectangular: 120 yards long, 53 {{frac|1|3}} yards wide)
| union      = International Federation of Fullball
| country/region = Alaoyi, Alanna, OTHERS<!---According to [[Template:Infobox sport]], this section is supposed to list ALL geographic areas the sport is present in the broadest possible terms. Do not change this.--->
}}
 
'''Bierbal''', also referred to as '''Beerball''' in Fluvannian, alternatively known as '''Full-Contact Handball''' (or just '''Fullball''') outside of Alaoyi and Alanna, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped handball, attempts to advance down the field by running with the ball or passing it, while the defense, the team without possession of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs or plays; if they fail, they turn over the handball to the defense, but if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs to continue the drive. Points are scored primarily by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins.
 
Beerball evolved from the sports of soccer and rugby. A set of rule changes drawn up by brewers from outside of [[Koringdorp]] (from where the name beerball originates) from 1880 onward by brewers outside of , established the snap, the line of scrimmage, eleven-player teams, and the concept of downs. Later rule changes legalized the forward pass, created the neutral zone and specified the size and shape of the handball. The sport is closely related to other variants of handball and rugby, and is considered one the most prevalent variants.
 
Beerball is the most popular sport in Alaoyi and Alanna. The most popular forms of the game are major professional and minor professional beerball, with the other major levels being college and secondary school. The [[International Beerball League]] is the most popular  professional beerball league, and has the highest average attendance of any professional sports league in Alaoyi and Alanna. Its championship game, the [[Grand Cup (Beerball)|Grand Cup]], ranks among the most-watched club sporting events in the world and is the most watched sporting event in Alaoyi and Alanna, averaging 80 million households a year, and an average of nearly 47% of Alaoyians and 43% of Alannans say they watched a least some of the game each year, though each year can vary. In the [[2021 Beerball Grand Cup|2021 Grand Cup]] over half (52%) of Alaoyians and Alannans watched some or most of the game for the first time. The league has an annual revenue of around US$3.6 billion, making it one of the most valuable sports leagues in the world. Other professional leagues exist worldwide, but the sport does not have the international popularity of other sports, such as basketball or association football.
 
==Naming==
 
 
==History==
 
===Early History===
 
===Nkewa Leagues===
 
===Veteran's Clubs===
 
===Professional Era===
 
==Rules==
 
===Scoring===
In beerball, the winner is the team that has scored more points at the end of the game. There are multiple ways to score in a handball game. The major goal, or sometimes simply major, is worth ten points and is the most valuable scoring play in beerball and has the designation (MIM). A major is scored when a live ball is advanced into, caught in, or recovered in the opposing team's end zone. The scoring team then can attempt an "extra" (EMB), which is a single scoring opportunity. An extra is scored in one of two ways. A scoring team has either the option to kick from the 25-yard line for three points or advance the ball in the same way as a major for four points. In metropolitan regions, a major is also referred to as a try, a loan word from Fluvannian, and carries the designation (TRY).
 
A minor goal, designated as (MOM) and worth five points, is scored when the ball is placekicked or dropkicked through the uprights and over the crossbars of the defense's goalposts. In common parlance, a minor goal is simply referred to as a "minor". After an EMB attempt or successful minor, the scoring team must kick the ball off to the other team. In the International League the ball is placed on the opponent's 25-yard line regardless. A minor goal is also referred to as a kicked goal in some regions.
 
A reversal or (ONA) is scored when the ball carrier is tackled in their own end zone. Reversals are worth four points, which are awarded to the defense. In addition, the team that conceded the safety must kick the ball to the scoring team via a free kick.
 
===Field and Equipment===
 
===Duration and Time Stoppages===
Beerball games last for a total of 60 minutes in professional and college play and are divided into two halves of 30 minutes, furthered divided into periods of 15 minutes. Secondary school beerball games are 48 minutes in length with two halves of 24 minutes each further divided into periods of 12 minutes. Each half is separated by a rest period of 15 minutes, and the first and third periods are followed by a short break lasting 10 minutes. Before the game starts, the referee and each team's captain meet at midfield for a coin toss. The visiting team can call either "heads" or "tails"; the winner of the toss chooses whether to receive or kick off the ball or which goal they wish to defend. They can defer their choice until the second half. Unless the winning team decides to defer, the losing team chooses the option the winning team did not select—to receive, kick, or select a goal to defend to begin the second half. Most teams choose to receive or defer, because choosing to kick the ball to start the game allows the other team to choose which goal to defend. Teams switch goals following the first and third periods. If a down is in progress when a period ends, play continues until the down is completed.
 
Games last longer than their defined length due to play stoppages—the average broadcasted game lasts over three and a half hours. Time in a Beerball game is measured by the game clock. An operator is responsible for starting, stopping and operating the game clock based on the direction of the appropriate official. A separate play clock is used to show the amount of time within which the offense must initiate a play. The play clock is set to 20 seconds after certain administrative stoppages in play and to 35 seconds when play is proceeding without such stoppages. If the offense fails to start a play before the play clock reads "00", a delay of game foul is called on the offense. A final play by the offense must occur once the game clock runs down to zero.
 
===Advancing the ball and downs===
 
===Kicking===
 
===Officials and fouls===
 
==Safety and brain health==
As a part of health and safety protocols, it is prohibited by law for any school or club to allow children to play beerball until the school year in which they turn 16 in Alaoyi.
==Leagues and tournaments==
 
===Other Professional Leagues===
 
====Rival Leagues====
 
====Complementary National Leagues====
 
===International Play===
 
==Popularity and Cultural Influence==
 
===Other Countries===
 
==Variations==
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