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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2022
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 8,805 462,255 175,130 637,385
Underwater activities 98 3,081 881 3,962
Aerial 76 2,499 246 2,745
Agility 17 119 136 255
Athletics 135 8,353 7,011 15,364
Motor racing 201 2,741 367 3,108
Badminton 24 425 261 686
Sport dancing 35 296 736 1,032
Basketball 416 36,645 22,406 59,051
Baseball and softball 11 1,161 293 1,454
Billiards 36 1,008 8 1,016
Bowling 77 962 253 1,215
Amateur boxing 66 735 112 847
Hunting 859 32,543 385 32,928
Blind and visually impaired 11 267 139 406
Cycling 708 14,202 1,355 15,557
Racing pigeons 45 928 61 989
Messenger pigeons 7 70 3 73
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 25 492 356 848
Darts 16 204 29 233
Physically disabled 26 375 172 547
Psychologically disabled 74 1,832 808 2,640
Outdoor pursuits 428 27,510 16,923 44,433
Chess 206 6,305 459 6,764
Fencing 19 407 150 557
Potholing 56 1,182 550 1,732
Winter sports 69 3,478 2,572 6,050
Squash and racquetball 21 267 68 335
Water skiing 14 270 131 401
Body building 32 241 190 431
Football 1,325 141,018 17,386 158,404
American football 31 1,478 314 1,792
Indoor football 88 1,247 248 1,495
Gymnastics 139 708 5,829 6,537
Golf 53 20,980 7,472 28,452
Weightlifting 12 354 207 561
Handball 108 8,296 4,347 12,643
Equestrian 145 2,520 8,530 11,050
Hockey 30 4,511 3,854 8,365
Judo and associated disciplines 105 1,649 536 2,185
Karate 167 7,395 3,312 10,707
Kickboxing and Moay-Thaï 56 1,554 528 2,082
Korfball 10 90 93 183
Wrestling 44 998 207 1,205
Motorcycling 160 8,066 396 8,462
Motor boating 30 61 18 79
Swimming 126 8,294 6,638 14,932
Paddle 322 15,097 10,063 25,160
Cerebral palsy 79 162 80 242
Skating 409 9,205 13,582 22,787
Modern pentathlon 10 325 322 647
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 265 6,033 1,464 7,497
Pelota 28 1,857 250 2,107
Canoeing 20 1,120 499 1,619
Pitch and putt 65 9,127 1,768 10,895
Polo 8 67 18 85
Rowing 38 1,744 1,554 3,298
Rugby 51 4,347 992 5,339
Lifeguarding 12 124 123 247
Deaf 13 1,172 811 1,983
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 165 7,899 4,101 12,000
Tennis 221 15,078 7,490 22,568
Table tennis 122 3,923 402 4,325
Archery 69 2,447 926 3,373
Shooting 62 10,872 824 11,696
Triathlon 121 2,997 1,079 4,076
Twirling 12 32 700 732
Biketrialt union 21 280 11 291
Sailing 102 7,225 3,187 10,412
Volleyball 129 3,080 7,768 10,848
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: March 3, 2023.

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 "..".