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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2018
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 8,905 461,405 155,918 617,323
Underwater activities 90 2,772 699 3,471
Aerial 90 2,234 86 2,320
Agility 14 100 125 225
Athletics 128 7,736 5,997 13,733
Motor racing 195 1,865 132 1,997
Badminton 25 426 207 633
Sport dancing 39 349 679 1,028
Basketball 432 32,867 20,211 53,078
Baseball and softball 11 965 283 1,248
Billiards 38 1,039 10 1,049
Bowling 112 1,180 308 1,488
Amateur boxing 66 851 138 989
Hunting 841 38,100 889 38,989
Blind and visually impaired 25 495 203 698
Cycling 759 14,940 1,197 16,137
Racing pigeons 45 730 134 864
Messenger pigeons 9 81 3 84
Cricket 42 1,171 0 1,171
Orienteering 22 128 79 207
Darts 12 289 109 398
Physically disabled 26 437 181 618
Psychologically disabled 81 2,644 1,205 3,849
Outdoor pursuits 420 26,759 14,544 41,303
Chess 196 6,580 489 7,069
Fencing 19 597 195 792
Potholing 57 1,164 558 1,722
Winter sports 75 2,817 3,720 6,537
Squash and racquetball 25 366 80 446
Water skiing 14 415 189 604
Body building 33 346 238 584
Football 1,243 132,506 10,570 143,076
American football 30 1,534 351 1,885
Indoor football 73 2,695 133 2,828
Gymnastics 141 1,074 7,202 8,276
Golf 53 20,874 7,622 28,496
Weightlifting 11 117 76 193
Handball 109 7,281 3,131 10,412
Equestrian 121 2,053 5,797 7,850
Hockey 28 4,471 3,457 7,928
Judo and associated disciplines 126 4,571 1,303 5,874
Karate 164 7,502 2,766 10,268
Kickboxing and Moay-Thaï 62 1,758 408 2,166
Korfball 13 396 378 774
Wrestling 8 203 41 244
Motorcycling 166 4,320 136 4,456
Motor boating 30 62 14 76
Swimming 127 7,217 6,019 13,236
Paddle 244 12,095 5,586 17,681
Cerebral palsy 71 163 60 223
Skating 413 8,541 12,461 21,002
Modern pentathlon 8 168 158 326
Angling 141 4,622 213 4,835
Petanque 313 7,151 1,876 9,027
Pelota 28 2,701 321 3,022
Canoeing 18 1,049 389 1,438
Pitch and putt 65 9,244 1,846 11,090
Polo 8 80 16 96
Rowing 30 1,053 1,114 2,167
Rugby 55 5,197 1,699 6,896
Lifeguarding 12 135 121 256
Deaf 12 847 597 1,444
Taekwondo 167 9,051 3,620 12,671
Tennis 222 16,122 7,571 23,693
Table tennis 112 3,275 295 3,570
Archery 68 2,238 716 2,954
Shooting 72 10,499 958 11,457
Triathlon 155 3,803 1,014 4,817
Twirling 21 51 770 821
Biketrialt union (1) 15 308 66 374
Skateboard union (1) (2) 0 0 0 0
Sailing 101 12,397 6,228 18,625
Volleyball 108 1,538 5,931 7,469
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: May 20, 2021.

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 "..".