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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2012
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 8,907 460,771 131,135 591,906
Underwater activities 151 5,543 1,247 6,790
Aerial 118 2,719 188 2,907
Agility 19 162 153 315
Athletics 141 5,918 3,932 9,850
Motor racing 175 1,722 82 1,804
Badminton 24 368 187 555
Sport dancing 47 472 549 1,021
Basketball 446 33,778 18,726 52,504
Baseball and softball 9 438 153 591
Billiards 42 561 3 564
Bowling (1) 164 2,956 1,088 4,044
Amateur boxing 52 703 38 741
Hunting 957 47,063 235 47,298
Cycling 637 14,984 909 15,893
Racing pigeons 53 694 57 751
Messenger pigeons 15 338 78 416
Orienteering 23 457 275 732
Darts 15 1,085 277 1,362
Outdoor pursuits 418 25,324 12,523 37,847
Chess 225 6,597 552 7,149
Fencing 15 608 250 858
Potholing 54 894 341 1,235
Winter sports 76 4,473 2,762 7,235
Squash and racquetball 37 352 39 391
Water skiing 12 276 133 409
Sports federation blind and visually impaired 25 600 313 913
Sports federation cerebral palsy 45 188 61 249
Sports ferdration deaf 13 1,539 837 2,376
Sports federation for the physically disabled 49 366 162 528
Sports federation for the psychologically disabled 67 2,764 1,059 3,823
Body building 32 311 171 482
Football 1,233 118,968 9,736 128,704
American football 30 1,026 195 1,221
Indoor football 80 1,518 271 1,789
Gymnastics 103 763 4,956 5,719
Golf 67 26,536 10,329 36,865
Weightlifting 7 128 27 155
Handball 122 7,061 2,969 10,030
Equestrian 136 1,733 4,237 5,970
Hockey 26 3,320 2,045 5,365
Judo 126 4,650 1,284 5,934
Karate 141 6,306 1,771 8,077
Kickboxing 33 1,329 175 1,504
Korfball 19 306 308 614
Wrestling 16 730 61 791
Motorcycling 181 2,997 56 3,053
Motor boating 29 73 9 82
Swimming 127 7,564 5,662 13,226
Paddle 158 3,622 2,015 5,637
Skating 357 10,175 9,106 19,281
Modern pentathlon 8 137 186 323
Angling (1) 166 8,615 310 8,925
Petanque 367 9,589 2,497 12,086
Pelota 28 3,141 397 3,538
Canoeing 22 1,068 560 1,628
Pitch and putt 89 11,592 2,409 14,001
Polo 7 70 12 82
Rowing 38 1,322 867 2,189
Rugby 39 3,486 359 3,845
Lifeguarding 10 88 83 171
Taekwondo 132 8,527 3,041 11,568
Tennis 247 22,121 9,832 31,953
Table tennis 113 2,561 208 2,769
Archery 62 1,812 487 2,299
Shooting 70 11,613 2,089 13,702
Triathlon 109 4,666 969 5,635
Twirling 20 15 192 207
Cricket union (1) 41 1,473 72 1,545
Skate-board union (1) 14 152 22 174
Sailing 98 4,807 1,255 6,062
Volleyball 80 858 2,696 3,554
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.
Notes:
(1) Data of 2011.
(2) Unions of clubs constitute the step prior to the creation of a federation.

Last update: April 19, 2013.

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 "..".