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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2017
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 8,669 460,808 159,152 619,960
Underwater activities 91 2,664 605 3,269
Aerial 90 1,843 86 1,929
Agility 17 101 134 235
Athletics 133 7,675 5,850 13,525
Motor racing 186 1,732 283 2,015
Badminton 24 411 186 597
Sport dancing 39 645 359 1,004
Basketball 437 34,880 20,888 55,768
Baseball and softball 9 683 227 910
Billiards 42 691 20 711
Bowling 112 1,165 304 1,469
Amateur boxing 66 656 66 722
Hunting 841 42,946 332 43,278
Blind and visually impaired 25 450 171 621
Cycling 572 15,380 1,164 16,544
Racing pigeons 45 702 128 830
Messenger pigeons 8 65 3 68
Cricket 42 1,250 0 1,250
Orienteering 22 179 119 298
Darts 13 289 94 383
Physically disabled 26 249 456 705
Psychologically disabled 57 1,175 2,640 3,815
Outdoor pursuits 433 26,842 14,253 41,095
Chess 209 6,509 479 6,988
Fencing 18 605 236 841
Potholing 59 968 453 1,421
Winter sports 62 3,534 2,638 6,172
Squash and racquetball 24 352 82 434
Water skiing 12 384 191 575
Body building 33 346 238 584
Football 1,223 131,025 9,804 140,829
American football 29 1,531 341 1,872
Indoor football 104 2,815 231 3,046
Gymnastics 127 1,139 7,044 8,183
Golf 52 20,979 7,622 28,601
Weightlifting 11 110 64 174
Handball 111 3,006 7,500 10,506
Equestrian 110 2,044 5,840 7,884
Hockey 28 4,310 3,282 7,592
Judo and associated disciplines 124 4,833 1,409 6,242
Karate 164 7,492 2,616 10,108
Kickboxing and Moay-Thaï 51 1,409 279 1,688
Korfball 13 396 378 774
Wrestling 9 204 19 223
Motorcycling 173 4,333 141 4,474
Motor boating 30 71 15 86
Swimming 124 7,154 5,805 12,959
Paddle 254 11,239 7,013 18,252
Cerebral palsy 68 196 66 262
Skating 407 8,541 12,461 21,002
Modern pentathlon 8 174 178 352
Angling 141 4,622 213 4,835
Petanque 314 7,547 2,146 9,693
Pelota 27 2,758 334 3,092
Canoeing 19 1,013 381 1,394
Pitch and putt 65 9,399 1,892 11,291
Polo 8 99 16 115
Rowing 29 1,266 886 2,152
Rugby 48 5,222 1,013 6,235
Lifeguarding 12 127 118 245
Deaf 12 853 600 1,453
Taekwondo 171 9,051 3,620 12,671
Tennis 220 17,082 8,119 25,201
Table tennis 111 3,245 316 3,561
Archery 67 2,248 719 2,967
Shooting 72 10,370 885 11,255
Triathlon 161 3,375 871 4,246
Twirling 19 21 647 668
Biketrialt union (1) 15 329 46 375
Skateboard union (1) (2) 0 0 0 0
Sailing 99 12,498 6,318 18,816
Volleyball 92 1,311 5,219 6,530
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 "..".