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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2009
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 8,590 481,068 125,313 606,381
Underwater activities 137 6,999 1,827 8,826
Aerial 101 2,930 168 3,098
Agility 21 121 121 242
Cerebral palsy sports association 33 223 101 324
Sports association for the blind and visually impaired 24 600 313 913
Deaf sports association 20 1,869 1,067 2,936
Athletics 134 5,254 2,962 8,216
Motor racing 176 1,887 141 2,028
Badminton 29 468 222 690
Sport dancing 40 305 305 610
Basketball 501 50,967 20,289 71,256
Baseball and softball 15 520 221 741
Billiards 45 633 8 641
Bowling 163 2,612 949 3,561
Amateur boxing 52 640 27 667
Hunting 806 56,367 695 57,062
Cycling 457 13,898 1,033 14,931
Racing pigeons 51 884 106 990
Messenger pigeons 15 301 31 332
Orienteering 20 418 237 655
Darts 24 1,280 297 1,577
Outdoor pursuits 368 20,955 10,006 30,961
Chess 220 6,394 466 6,860
Fencing 10 759 378 1,137
Potholing 57 1,131 427 1,558
Winter sports 79 8,357 3,626 11,983
Squash and racquetball 37 1,040 697 1,737
Water skiing 13 207 164 371
Sports federation for the physically disabled 71 708 146 854
Sports federation for the psychologically disabled 61 2,445 1,068 3,513
Body building 29 365 172 537
Football 1,521 110,332 7,222 117,554
American football 27 972 170 1,142
Indoor football 59 694 90 784
Gymnastics 100 643 3,486 4,129
Golf 67 32,157 12,830 44,987
Weightlifting 9 98 21 119
Handball 113 7,219 2,520 9,739
Equestrian 126 1,784 3,395 5,179
Hockey 26 3,012 1,573 4,585
Judo 142 5,374 1,521 6,895
Karate 128 5,674 1,555 7,229
Kickboxing 30 974 122 1,096
Korfball 29 261 257 518
Wrestling 12 511 29 540
Motorcycling 185 4,243 106 4,349
Motor boating 26 64 2 66
Swimming 124 6,947 4,666 11,613
Paddle 90 4,095 2,331 6,426
Skating 268 7,489 6,652 14,141
Modern pentathlon 8 110 70 180
Angling 166 8,615 310 8,925
Petanque 369 9,353 2,261 11,614
Pelota 43 3,149 405 3,554
Canoeing 22 1,430 668 2,098
Pitch and putt 77 12,980 2,809 15,789
Polo 7 99 16 115
Rowing 37 1,214 876 2,090
Rugby 38 2,498 218 2,716
Lifeguarding 10 88 100 188
Taekwondo 161 7,351 2,892 10,243
Tennis 252 26,054 11,546 37,600
Table tennis 103 2,029 178 2,207
Archery 59 2,185 513 2,698
Shooting 76 12,711 1,431 14,142
Triathlon 76 2,330 403 2,733
Twirling 22 32 470 502
Sailing 94 3,892 1,057 4,949
Volleyball 79 868 2,272 3,140
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

Last update: June 7, 2010.

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 "..".