What is "murderball"

n. A team sport resembling dodgeball in which players are eliminated ("murdered") by being struck with the ball.

Murderball may refer to:

• Murderball (sport), the original name for wheelchair rugby (known in the U.S. as quad rugby)
• Murderball (film), a 2005 documentary about wheelchair rugby co-directed by Henry Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
• Murderball, a character in the film The Violent Kind

Murderball is a 2005 American documentary film about physically disabled athletes who play wheelchair rugby. It centers on the rivalry between the Canadian and U.S. teams leading up to the 2004 Paralympic Games. It was directed by Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro, and produced by Jeffrey V. Mandel and Shapiro. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature for the 78th Academy Awards. Murderball was the first MTV film released through ThinkFilm as well as Participant Media.