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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2011
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 8,869 476,760 136,078 612,838
Underwater activities 151 6,387 1,446 7,833
Aerial 113 2,901 190 3,091
Agility 18 125 115 240
Athletics 139 5,687 3,577 9,264
Motor racing 175 1,430 43 1,473
Badminton 30 450 244 694
Sport dancing 37 586 590 1,176
Basketball 443 47,465 17,915 65,380
Baseball and softball 9 483 151 634
Billiards 42 585 8 593
Bowling 166 2,956 1,088 4,044
Amateur boxing 52 686 36 722
Hunting 958 51,763 235 51,998
Cycling 596 14,596 877 15,473
Racing pigeons 54 827 107 934
Messenger pigeons 15 358 88 446
Orienteering 25 452 273 725
Darts 15 1,094 289 1,383
Outdoor pursuits 408 24,467 12,109 36,576
Chess 235 6,606 569 7,175
Fencing 15 626 244 870
Potholing 55 947 344 1,291
Winter sports 76 6,672 2,762 9,434
Squash and racquetball 36 978 622 1,600
Water skiing 12 232 132 364
Sports federation blind and visually impaired 25 600 313 913
Sports federation cerebral palsy 42 205 63 268
Sports ferdration deaf 14 1,813 1,022 2,835
Sports federation for the physically disabled 53 518 210 728
Sports federation for the psychologically disabled 67 2,788 1,117 3,905
Body building 32 336 186 522
Football 1,305 114,310 9,609 123,919
American football 30 1,023 181 1,204
Indoor football 100 1,215 249 1,464
Gymnastics 102 791 4,210 5,001
Golf 65 21,160 11,243 32,403
Weightlifting 7 104 24 128
Handball 122 7,538 2,912 10,450
Equestrian 111 1,812 4,139 5,951
Hockey 26 3,267 1,903 5,170
Judo 101 5,058 1,382 6,440
Karate 131 6,916 1,597 8,513
Kickboxing 36 1,591 201 1,792
Korfball 20 224 203 427
Wrestling 15 507 51 558
Motorcycling 198 3,772 65 3,837
Motor boating 27 91 5 96
Swimming 125 7,590 5,485 13,075
Paddle 132 11,082 6,712 17,794
Skating 338 10,086 9,071 19,157
Modern pentathlon 8 175 240 415
Angling 141 4,622 213 4,835
Petanque 353 9,550 2,484 12,034
Pelota 29 3,274 416 3,690
Canoeing 22 1,382 702 2,084
Pitch and putt 88 12,553 2,681 15,234
Polo 7 83 15 98
Rowing 41 1,266 851 2,117
Rugby 40 3,803 393 4,196
Lifeguarding 9 79 82 161
Taekwondo 158 8,557 3,326 11,883
Tennis 262 24,182 10,721 34,903
Table tennis 113 2,548 254 2,802
Archery 65 1,902 485 2,387
Shooting 73 10,152 2,501 12,653
Triathlon 122 3,517 576 4,093
Twirling 21 21 404 425
Sailing 100 3,659 1,052 4,711
Volleyball 75 853 2,454 3,307
Cricket union 29 682 0 682
Skate-board union 14 144 21 165
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

Last update: April 26, 2012.

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).

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 "..".