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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2008
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 8,184 468,839 125,706 594,545
Underwater activities 125 7,415 1,939 9,354
Aerial 92 3,100 162 3,262
Agility 16 134 114 248
Cerebral palsy sports association 8 241 103 344
Sports association for the blind and visually impaired 23 597 301 898
Deaf sports association 13 1,875 1,062 2,937
Athletics 132 4,803 2,788 7,591
Motor racing 171 1,625 57 1,682
Badminton 26 452 214 666
Sport dancing 23 280 276 556
Basketball 439 47,978 22,931 70,909
Baseball and softball 10 522 202 724
Billiards 45 602 9 611
Bowling 150 2,472 861 3,333
Amateur boxing 51 634 24 658
Hunting 856 55,648 391 56,039
Cycling 361 13,427 662 14,089
Racing pigeons 55 691 42 733
Messenger pigeons 15 301 31 332
Orienteering 20 385 191 576
Darts 24 1,305 281 1,586
Outdoor pursuits 355 19,469 8,985 28,454
Chess 221 6,389 416 6,805
Fencing 10 667 311 978
Potholing 53 1,077 342 1,419
Winter sports 78 8,198 3,517 11,715
Squash and racquetball 38 1,357 953 2,310
Water skiing 13 251 203 454
Sports federation for the physically disabled 70 677 270 947
Sports federation for the psychologically disabled 66 2,413 1,048 3,461
Body building 30 393 180 573
Football 1,523 99,517 6,054 105,571
American football 25 958 165 1,123
Indoor football 53 848 0 848
Gymnastics 90 551 3,487 4,038
Golf 66 33,425 13,326 46,751
Weightlifting 8 80 11 91
Handball 108 6,854 2,362 9,216
Equestrian 48 2,435 3,053 5,488
Hockey 27 2,782 1,496 4,278
Judo 132 4,559 1,302 5,861
Karate 112 6,344 1,473 7,817
Kickboxing 23 607 116 723
Korfball 21 211 209 420
Wrestling 12 530 52 582
Motorcycling 182 4,938 168 5,106
Motor boating 25 64 2 66
Swimming 125 6,378 4,327 10,705
Paddle 74 3,565 1,937 5,502
Skating 244 7,489 6,652 14,141
Modern pentathlon 7 70 43 113
Angling 216 10,877 449 11,326
Petanque 366 11,434 2,431 13,865
Pelota 31 2,956 372 3,328
Canoeing 20 2,164 1,206 3,370
Pitch and putt 71 13,106 2,906 16,012
Polo 7 94 15 109
Rowing 36 1,198 889 2,087
Rugby 31 2,511 238 2,749
Lifeguarding 9 130 128 258
Taekwondo 156 7,050 3,079 10,129
Tennis 250 26,510 12,862 39,372
Table tennis 99 2,126 308 2,434
Archery 61 2,129 515 2,644
Shooting 78 12,086 1,284 13,370
Triathlon 63 1,924 210 2,134
Twirling 22 28 444 472
Sailing 96 4,169 1,134 5,303
Volleyball 78 764 2,135 2,899
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

Last update: September 29, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Sports club
Private association with legal personality and able to act without any profit made up of individuals, whose basic objectives are the promotion, development and continuous practice of physical activity sports.
Sports federation
Private entity with public and social interest dedicated to the promotion, management and coordination of the recognized sports, basically constituted sports associations or clubs, sports groups and other private non-profit organization that includes among its social purposes the promotion and practice of sport and physical activity. It can also be made, it may be, for athletes, coaches, judges or referees or other representatives of individuals.
Sporting license
Accreditation issued by a sports federation, sports club or sports council in favor of the athlete, for the implementation of the physical activity or competition, which involves bonding authorization and the organizer of the activity . Its duration may be annual, seasonal or shorter duration, and can be of three types: federal, school and physical activity.

Methodological aspects

The sports councils and federations clubs provide data and licenses, as sports licenses processed by the sports organizations (Decree 58/2010 ., dated 4th May 2010, sports organizations in Catalonia, Official Journal No. 6139, 31.05.2012).

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".