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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2013
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 8,868 471,292 138,149 609,441
Underwater activities 151 5,400 1,176 6,576
Aerial 119 2,752 165 2,917
Agility 16 151 152 303
Athletics 138 6,472 4,703 11,175
Motor racing 173 1,500 177 1,677
Badminton 23 340 166 506
Sport dancing 35 439 573 1,012
Basketball 442 36,472 20,159 56,631
Baseball and softball 8 509 185 694
Billiards 37 561 17 578
Bowling 144 2,241 852 3,093
Amateur boxing 52 745 35 780
Hunting 924 44,793 104 44,897
Cycling 637 15,796 980 16,776
Racing pigeons 53 674 51 725
Messenger pigeons 15 329 68 397
Cricket 41 1,483 72 1,555
Orienteering 24 422 272 694
Darts 15 1,020 277 1,297
Outdoor pursuits 421 24,698 12,003 36,701
Chess 225 6,502 513 7,015
Fencing 15 574 242 816
Potholing 56 927 391 1,318
Winter sports 78 4,500 2,747 7,247
Squash and racquetball 33 380 45 425
Water skiing 14 219 107 326
Sports federation blind and visually impaired 25 534 319 853
Sports federation cerebral palsy 50 184 54 238
Sports ferdration deaf 12 1,263 687 1,950
Sports federation for the physically disabled 33 331 152 483
Sports federation for the psychologically disabled 64 2,689 943 3,632
Body building 32 261 156 417
Football 1,168 131,777 11,661 143,438
American football 31 1,131 254 1,385
Indoor football 114 2,466 528 2,994
Gymnastics 106 817 5,443 6,260
Golf 62 24,085 9,398 33,483
Weightlifting 7 165 42 207
Handball 123 7,228 3,069 10,297
Equestrian 136 1,932 4,833 6,765
Hockey 26 3,422 2,111 5,533
Judo 134 5,753 1,576 7,329
Karate 156 6,462 1,837 8,299
Kickboxing and Moay-Thaï 31 1,273 155 1,428
Korfball 19 324 291 615
Wrestling 17 714 84 798
Motorcycling 181 4,006 80 4,086
Motor boating 29 87 11 98
Swimming 127 7,764 5,924 13,688
Paddle 156 6,412 3,977 10,389
Skating 374 10,137 11,980 22,117
Modern pentathlon 8 156 149 305
Angling 141 8,615 310 8,925
Petanque 362 9,399 2,463 11,862
Pelota 28 3,141 397 3,538
Canoeing 22 918 320 1,238
Pitch and putt 84 11,123 2,334 13,457
Polo 7 69 21 90
Rowing 31 1,195 849 2,044
Rugby 38 3,917 408 4,325
Lifeguarding 9 86 76 162
Taekwondo 161 8,703 3,212 11,915
Tennis 259 19,083 8,670 27,753
Table tennis 116 2,622 227 2,849
Archery 67 1,953 539 2,492
Shooting 70 10,313 1,789 12,102
Triathlon 127 4,278 605 4,883
Twirling 16 15 218 233
Skate-board union (1) 14 152 22 174
Biketrialt union (1) 15 254 41 295
Sailing 111 3,285 898 4,183
Volleyball 80 899 2,804 3,703
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.
Note: (1) Unions of clubs constitute the step prior to the creation of a federation.

Last update: April 9, 2014.

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 "..".