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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2006
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 8,758 420,500 125,432 545,932
Underwater activities 129 7,599 2,094 9,693
Aerial 105 2,738 159 2,897
Agility 16 110 98 208
Cerebral palsy sports association 25 275 134 409
Sports association for the blind and visually impaired 23 597 301 898
Deaf sports association 20 1,915 940 2,855
Athletics 143 3,157 1,334 4,491
Motor racing 153 1,897 32 1,929
Badminton 24 427 183 610
Sport dancing 22 319 432 751
Basketball 363 42,925 25,238 68,163
Baseball and softball 16 666 231 897
Billiards 47 614 32 646
Bowling 142 1,907 548 2,455
Amateur boxing 53 552 19 571
Hunting 859 41,313 10,328 51,641
Cycling 492 10,873 371 11,244
Racing pigeons 74 620 32 652
Messenger pigeons 14 305 27 332
Korfball 29 183 182 365
Orienteering 16 298 131 429
Darts 77 1,263 276 1,539
Outdoor pursuits 336 17,625 7,636 25,261
Chess 240 6,453 392 6,845
Fencing 16 502 183 685
Potholing 54 977 336 1,313
Winter sports 88 7,243 4,469 11,712
Squash and racquetball 49 1,192 854 2,046
Water skiing 14 246 171 417
Sports federation for the physically disabled 73 590 264 854
Sports federation for the psychologically disabled 118 2,358 1,002 3,360
Body building 32 461 199 660
Football 1,354 85,930 3,635 89,565
American football 34 1,153 214 1,367
Indoor football 212 1,752 144 1,896
Gymnastics 115 351 1,934 2,285
Golf 88 34,093 13,958 48,051
Weightlifting 8 54 4 58
Handball 113 5,290 1,271 6,561
Equestrian 91 1,636 2,602 4,238
Hockey 26 3,073 1,293 4,366
Judo 124 4,063 1,132 5,195
Karate 116 5,191 1,369 6,560
Kickboxing 26 875 40 915
Wrestling 10 515 42 557
Motorcycling 148 5,757 52 5,809
Motor boating 27 96 14 110
Swimming 116 6,379 4,151 10,530
Paddle 71 2,166 1,131 3,297
Skating 257 8,839 6,238 15,077
Modern pentathlon 6 46 45 91
Angling 249 10,113 613 10,726
Petanque 428 12,326 2,582 14,908
Pelota 104 2,989 353 3,342
Canoeing 21 1,294 533 1,827
Pitch and putt 45 10,523 2,331 12,854
Polo 7 86 16 102
Rowing 31 1,051 698 1,749
Rugby 28 1,914 191 2,105
Lifeguarding 8 80 85 165
Taekwondo 170 7,221 2,515 9,736
Tennis 250 25,660 12,176 37,836
Table tennis 111 1,754 231 1,985
Archery 55 1,709 409 2,118
Shooting 195 11,883 1,217 13,100
Triathlon 61 1,261 220 1,481
Twirling 23 22 325 347
Sailing 93 4,298 1,244 5,542
Volleyball 75 857 1,796 2,653
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

Last update: September 29, 2009.

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 "..".