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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2014
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 8,951 473,132 145,591 618,723
Underwater activities 158 5,301 1,132 6,433
Aerial 121 2,512 151 2,663
Agility 18 124 134 258
Athletics 147 7,066 5,148 12,214
Motor racing 200 1,410 95 1,505
Badminton 21 337 155 492
Sport dancing 32 356 489 845
Basketball 454 43,134 21,658 64,792
Baseball and softball 10 844 217 1,061
Billiards 38 533 10 543
Bowling 128 1,448 407 1,855
Amateur boxing 52 725 26 751
Hunting 899 43,281 240 43,521
Cycling 650 15,944 909 16,853
Racing pigeons 53 668 51 719
Messenger pigeons 15 318 64 382
Cricket 41 1,820 105 1,925
Orienteering 24 400 257 657
Darts 19 762 218 980
Outdoor pursuits 431 25,353 12,386 37,739
Chess 229 6,685 536 7,221
Fencing 17 594 226 820
Potholing 60 1,067 459 1,526
Winter sports 82 4,479 2,778 7,257
Squash and racquetball 31 419 61 480
Water skiing 14 302 132 434
Sports federation blind and visually impaired 25 453 151 604
Sports federation cerebral palsy 57 212 59 271
Sports ferdration deaf 12 1,153 669 1,822
Sports federation for the physically disabled 39 450 159 609
Sports federation for the psychologically disabled 63 2,670 943 3,613
Body building 32 261 168 429
Football 1,118 123,118 9,118 132,236
American football 32 1,157 268 1,425
Indoor football 146 3,327 793 4,120
Gymnastics 111 807 5,468 6,275
Golf 66 22,655 8,708 31,363
Weightlifting 7 128 30 158
Handball 116 7,736 3,119 10,855
Equestrian 126 1,828 4,739 6,567
Hockey 24 3,600 2,695 6,295
Judo 131 5,467 1,464 6,931
Karate 152 5,305 1,542 6,847
Kickboxing and Moay-Thaï 32 1,147 155 1,302
Korfball 21 317 269 586
Wrestling 17 734 87 821
Motorcycling 184 5,176 121 5,297
Motor boating 31 81 16 97
Swimming 128 7,822 6,442 14,264
Paddle 174 7,417 4,587 12,004
Skating 386 10,690 12,296 22,986
Modern pentathlon 9 129 99 228
Angling 141 8,615 310 8,925
Petanque 328 8,493 2,202 10,695
Pelota 28 2,897 360 3,257
Canoeing 21 1,000 369 1,369
Pitch and putt 83 10,423 2,169 12,592
Polo 7 66 37 103
Rowing 27 1,095 728 1,823
Rugby 46 4,165 493 4,658
Lifeguarding 9 86 82 168
Taekwondo 167 8,755 3,300 12,055
Tennis 244 18,344 8,415 26,759
Table tennis 114 2,752 213 2,965
Archery 62 1,970 586 2,556
Shooting 70 10,255 1,720 11,975
Triathlon 185 4,545 774 5,319
Twirling 20 14 403 417
Skate-board union (1) 14 152 22 174
Biketrialt union (1) 16 267 52 319
Sailing 104 8,579 7,751 16,330
Volleyball 82 937 3,396 4,333
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.
Notes:
(1) Unions of clubs constitute the step prior to the creation of a federation.
Les últimes dades dispobibles de Pesca esportiva i Casting i d'Unió de de Skate-board corresponen als anys 2010 i 2012, respectivament.

Last update: April 21, 2015.

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 "..".