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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2021
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 8,595 434,198 163,076 597,274
Underwater activities 94 3,638 926 4,564
Aerial 74 2,066 96 2,162
Agility 17 141 140 281
Athletics 129 7,480 6,195 13,675
Motor racing 197 2,901 358 3,259
Badminton 24 325 205 530
Sport dancing 42 320 1,056 1,376
Basketball 421 36,389 22,115 58,504
Baseball and softball 11 1,210 276 1,486
Billiards 35 1,010 5 1,015
Bowling 77 964 231 1,195
Amateur boxing 66 328 72 400
Hunting 859 33,455 369 33,824
Blind and visually impaired 11 234 117 351
Cycling 711 14,202 1,355 15,557
Racing pigeons 45 819 102 921
Messenger pigeons 8 73 4 77
Cricket .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Orienteering 24 459 333 792
Darts 15 217 37 254
Physically disabled 29 378 173 551
Psychologically disabled 73 803 592 1,395
Outdoor pursuits 429 26,512 15,577 42,089
Chess 204 6,125 439 6,564
Fencing 20 420 139 559
Potholing 55 1,088 544 1,632
Winter sports 66 3,974 2,826 6,800
Squash and racquetball 22 254 58 312
Water skiing 12 346 147 493
Body building 32 241 190 431
Football 1,249 132,705 14,356 147,061
American football 31 1,474 323 1,797
Indoor football 85 1,611 243 1,854
Gymnastics 136 639 5,387 6,026
Golf 50 20,914 7,090 28,004
Weightlifting 11 347 187 534
Handball 108 7,559 3,817 11,376
Equestrian 147 2,512 8,477 10,989
Hockey 30 4,119 3,599 7,718
Judo and associated disciplines 107 3,067 988 4,055
Karate 150 6,165 2,579 8,744
Kickboxing and Moay-Thaï 48 1,178 354 1,532
Korfball 10 89 85 174
Wrestling 11 998 207 1,205
Motorcycling 165 5,729 252 5,981
Motor boating 30 59 14 73
Swimming 126 7,605 6,069 13,674
Paddle 277 12,724 8,566 21,290
Cerebral palsy 73 139 50 189
Skating 409 8,894 13,054 21,948
Modern pentathlon 9 260 262 522
Angling .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Petanque 292 2,640 661 3,301
Pelota 28 1,843 233 2,076
Canoeing 17 1,125 441 1,566
Pitch and putt 66 9,078 1,763 10,841
Polo 8 61 15 76
Rowing 38 1,529 1,660 3,189
Rugby 48 4,032 1,496 5,528
Lifeguarding 12 120 129 249
Deaf 13 1,148 802 1,950
Surf .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Taekwondo 160 7,482 3,867 11,349
Tennis 217 13,984 6,958 20,942
Table tennis 120 3,499 410 3,909
Archery 69 2,238 759 2,997
Shooting 61 10,471 803 11,274
Triathlon 119 2,383 900 3,283
Twirling 21 70 968 1,038
Biketrialt union 20 279 12 291
Sailing 104 4,936 2,202 7,138
Volleyball 118 2,121 8,361 10,482
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.
Note: Unions of clubs constitute the step prior to the creation of a federation.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: April 11, 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 "..".