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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2015
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 9,008 470,552 138,106 608,658
Underwater activities 132 4,747 1,078 5,825
Aerial 121 2,477 144 2,621
Agility 17 92 99 191
Athletics 140 7,357 5,429 12,786
Motor racing 203 1,393 100 1,493
Badminton 19 359 146 505
Sport dancing 38 396 513 909
Basketball 474 44,002 22,210 66,212
Baseball and softball 10 952 273 1,225
Billiards 38 540 12 552
Bowling 121 1,232 327 1,559
Amateur boxing 54 694 26 720
Hunting 899 42,921 239 43,160
Cycling 706 18,023 1,186 19,209
Racing pigeons 53 636 50 686
Messenger pigeons 16 185 44 229
Cricket 41 1,820 105 1,925
Orienteering 23 100 75 175
Darts 16 560 137 697
Outdoor pursuits 434 25,517 12,717 38,234
Chess 229 6,976 565 7,541
Fencing 17 632 218 850
Potholing 60 1,067 444 1,511
Winter sports 84 4,134 2,560 6,694
Squash and racquetball 31 432 95 527
Water skiing 14 307 137 444
Sports federation blind and visually impaired 25 447 174 621
Sports federation cerebral palsy 62 201 48 249
Sports ferdration deaf 12 1,132 656 1,788
Sports federation for the physically disabled 35 399 190 589
Sports federation for the psychologically disabled 60 2,755 1,007 3,762
Body building 33 277 187 464
Football 1,066 122,298 8,994 131,292
American football 33 1,163 268 1,431
Indoor football 146 3,327 793 4,120
Gymnastics 118 964 5,974 6,938
Golf 64 21,803 8,294 30,097
Weightlifting 9 121 42 163
Handball 114 7,509 3,249 10,758
Equestrian 126 1,833 5,075 6,908
Hockey 26 3,841 2,804 6,645
Judo 134 5,562 1,463 7,025
Karate 163 6,417 2,124 8,541
Kickboxing and Moay-Thaï 33 954 163 1,117
Korfball 16 305 240 545
Wrestling 11 746 103 849
Motorcycling 181 5,740 149 5,889
Motor boating 31 80 17 97
Swimming 127 7,982 6,274 14,256
Paddle 210 4,307 2,554 6,861
Skating 397 7,839 8,601 16,440
Modern pentathlon 9 174 134 308
Angling 141 8,615 310 8,925
Petanque 323 8,120 2,140 10,260
Pelota 28 2,887 362 3,249
Canoeing 22 978 330 1,308
Pitch and putt 80 10,075 2,071 12,146
Polo 7 80 36 116
Rowing 28 1,056 770 1,826
Rugby 42 4,965 682 5,647
Lifeguarding 11 112 109 221
Taekwondo 163 8,794 3,236 12,030
Tennis 235 17,240 8,270 25,510
Table tennis 116 2,971 252 3,223
Archery 68 2,042 646 2,688
Shooting 70 10,477 605 11,082
Triathlon 194 4,505 846 5,351
Twirling 17 28 550 578
Skate-board union (1) 14 152 22 174
Biketrialt union (1) 16 264 69 333
Sailing 104 10,311 4,246 14,557
Volleyball 98 1,153 4,048 5,201
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.
Note: (1) Unions of clubs constitute the step prior to the creation of a federation.

Last update: April 14, 2016.

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 "..".