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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2016
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 9,265 478,538 153,307 631,845
Underwater activities 119 3,408 830 4,238
Aerial 121 2,260 134 2,394
Agility 17 97 118 215
Athletics 142 7,450 5,712 13,162
Motor racing 210 1,406 106 1,512
Badminton 21 360 179 539
Sport dancing 41 434 628 1,062
Basketball 452 45,359 23,272 68,631
Baseball and softball 9 980 302 1,282
Billiards 42 641 15 656
Bowling 119 1,229 320 1,549
Amateur boxing 54 706 36 742
Hunting 957 41,444 204 41,648
Blind and visually impaired 25 427 185 612
Cycling 744 18,699 1,255 19,954
Racing pigeons 53 632 71 703
Messenger pigeons 18 79 40 119
Cricket 33 1,500 75 1,575
Orienteering 24 137 93 230
Darts 16 502 126 628
Physically disabled 32 345 167 512
Psychologically disabled 65 2,661 1,123 3,784
Outdoor pursuits 431 26,336 13,552 39,888
Chess 224 7,293 642 7,935
Fencing 19 557 198 755
Potholing 68 991 488 1,479
Winter sports 81 4,160 2,582 6,742
Squash and racquetball 24 398 89 487
Water skiing 13 285 132 417
Body building 33 277 192 469
Football 1,261 125,407 9,507 134,914
American football 29 1,489 291 1,780
Indoor football 146 3,139 311 3,450
Gymnastics 124 1,043 6,543 7,586
Golf 61 21,077 7,891 28,968
Weightlifting 11 106 54 160
Handball 112 7,478 3,325 10,803
Equestrian 103 1,972 5,426 7,398
Hockey 26 4,085 2,999 7,084
Judo and associated disciplines 125 5,220 1,411 6,631
Karate 174 7,146 2,650 9,796
Kickboxing and Moay-Thaï 42 1,506 244 1,750
Korfball 17 382 365 747
Wrestling 12 484 47 531
Motorcycling 190 4,887 134 5,021
Motor boating 30 73 15 88
Swimming 127 8,363 6,466 14,829
Paddle 223 10,006 6,288 16,294
Cerebral palsy 62 185 64 249
Skating 425 11,249 13,183 24,432
Modern pentathlon 9 165 156 321
Angling 141 4,622 213 4,835
Petanque 320 7,950 2,054 10,004
Pelota 29 2,867 358 3,225
Canoeing 21 909 375 1,284
Pitch and putt 79 9,820 2,015 11,835
Polo 7 84 28 112
Rowing 28 1,142 784 1,926
Rugby 47 5,067 869 5,936
Lifeguarding 11 122 112 234
Deaf 12 1,002 631 1,633
Taekwondo 166 8,812 3,461 12,273
Tennis 219 17,561 8,361 25,922
Table tennis 113 3,050 266 3,316
Archery 68 2,062 694 2,756
Shooting 71 10,277 828 11,105
Triathlon 181 4,166 897 5,063
Twirling 17 33 711 744
Biketrialt union (1) 16 264 22 286
Skateboard union (1) (2) 0 0 0 0
Sailing 103 11,087 5,969 17,056
Volleyball 100 1,126 4,423 5,549
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.
Notes:
(1) Unions of clubs constitute the step prior to the creation of a federation.
(2) Integrated into skating.

Last update: January 28, 2022.

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 "..".