The invention relates to a ball-and-socket joint comprising a pivot pin (1, 31) which is received in a bearing shell (4, 34) in a rotating and articulated manner with a spherical joint region (9, 39), said bearing shell being, in turn, arranged in a recess (3, 33) of a joint housing (2, 32). A closing ring (5, 35, 36) fixes the bearing shell (4, 34) in the joint housing (2, 32) in the axial longitudinal direction of the pivot pin (1, 31) by means of at least one surface pairing. According to the invention, an elastic intermediate element (20, 50) can be arranged between the corresponding bearing surfaces of the surface pairing (4, 34) of the closing ring (6, 36, 43) in a first mode of embodiment, or, in a second mode of embodiment, an insertion element (66) is arranged between the outer contour of the bearing shell (64) and the base region (72) of the recess (63), at least one elastic intermediate element (70, 71) being arranged between the outer surface of the insertion element (66) and the corresponding inner surface of the recess (63). In this way, the dimensional accuracy required for ball-and-socket joint components can be significantly reduced, thus reducing production costs.