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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2007
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 8,311 470,856 120,938 591,794
Underwater activities 121 7,471 1,966 9,437
Aerial 89 2,667 132 2,799
Agility 16 112 106 218
Cerebral palsy sports association 23 597 301 898
Sports association for the blind and visually impaired 33 304 141 445
Deaf sports association 21 1,891 1,043 2,934
Athletics 132 4,395 2,408 6,803
Motor racing 151 2,020 32 2,052
Badminton 23 431 201 632
Sport dancing 35 447 588 1,035
Basketball 429 46,769 22,870 69,639
Baseball and softball 13 632 219 851
Billiards 46 585 6 591
Bowling 147 1,986 619 2,605
Amateur boxing 51 552 21 573
Hunting 856 59,337 279 59,616
Cycling 523 12,422 553 12,975
Racing pigeons 44 783 47 830
Messenger pigeons 14 304 27 331
Korfball 19 318 301 619
Orienteering 18 344 143 487
Darts 44 1,304 293 1,597
Outdoor pursuits 345 18,053 8,072 26,125
Chess 229 6,679 506 7,185
Fencing 10 573 284 857
Potholing 54 977 336 1,313
Winter sports 86 7,048 4,228 11,276
Squash and racquetball 37 1,252 950 2,202
Water skiing 14 239 196 435
Sports federation for the physically disabled 42 604 290 894
Sports federation for the psychologically disabled 62 2,374 1,005 3,379
Body building 30 461 212 673
Football 1,454 102,706 5,097 107,803
American football 24 937 158 1,095
Indoor football 94 828 96 924
Gymnastics 85 556 3,322 3,878
Golf 66 34,393 14,018 48,411
Weightlifting 8 72 9 81
Handball 114 5,571 1,355 6,926
Equestrian 48 1,758 3,042 4,800
Hockey 26 3,185 1,558 4,743
Judo 135 4,288 1,179 5,467
Karate 119 5,992 1,591 7,583
Kickboxing 23 736 32 768
Wrestling 10 510 44 554
Motorcycling 160 5,337 154 5,491
Motor boating 27 84 6 90
Swimming 120 6,921 4,221 11,142
Paddle 62 2,766 1,427 4,193
Skating 244 8,926 6,248 15,174
Modern pentathlon 7 62 51 113
Angling 249 11,884 370 12,254
Petanque 393 12,084 2,686 14,770
Pelota 31 3,007 351 3,358
Canoeing 20 2,125 1,493 3,618
Pitch and putt 56 11,830 2,606 14,436
Polo 7 89 16 105
Rowing 34 1,098 785 1,883
Rugby 32 2,354 247 2,601
Lifeguarding 8 80 85 165
Taekwondo 162 7,388 2,736 10,124
Tennis 246 26,306 12,300 38,606
Table tennis 93 2,281 280 2,561
Archery 58 1,889 459 2,348
Shooting 80 12,606 1,287 13,893
Triathlon 65 1,661 185 1,846
Twirling 21 22 325 347
Sailing 96 3,997 1,144 5,141
Volleyball 77 596 1,600 2,196
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 "..".