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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2019
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 8,807 459,156 161,152 620,308
Underwater activities 91 1,807 392 2,199
Aerial 84 2,455 162 2,617
Agility 15 105 148 253
Athletics 125 7,898 6,476 14,374
Motor racing 194 1,777 140 1,917
Badminton 25 426 193 619
Sport dancing 41 333 803 1,136
Basketball 428 34,860 21,564 56,424
Baseball and softball 11 1,174 292 1,466
Billiards 38 965 5 970
Bowling 105 1,280 323 1,603
Amateur boxing 56 831 132 963
Hunting 841 36,499 350 36,849
Blind and visually impaired 25 468 237 705
Cycling 713 15,365 1,230 16,595
Racing pigeons 45 697 131 828
Messenger pigeons 7 75 3 78
Cricket 29 895 0 895
Orienteering 22 132 93 225
Darts 14 285 100 385
Physically disabled 27 500 134 634
Psychologically disabled 75 2,735 1,196 3,931
Outdoor pursuits 433 26,814 14,980 41,794
Chess 206 6,359 463 6,822
Fencing 19 454 156 610
Potholing 58 1,304 631 1,935
Winter sports 71 2,894 3,819 6,713
Squash and racquetball 24 372 88 460
Water skiing 13 295 109 404
Body building 33 314 241 555
Football 1,288 134,126 12,339 146,465
American football 33 1,548 353 1,901
Indoor football 60 2,229 138 2,367
Gymnastics 151 953 6,958 7,911
Golf 53 20,788 7,127 27,915
Weightlifting 9 101 58 159
Handball 108 7,845 3,511 11,356
Equestrian 100 2,080 5,925 8,005
Hockey 28 4,428 3,729 8,157
Judo and associated disciplines 119 4,668 1,368 6,036
Karate 164 7,489 3,009 10,498
Kickboxing and Moay-Thaï 52 1,522 420 1,942
Korfball 9 298 274 572
Wrestling 8 795 200 995
Motorcycling 169 4,790 199 4,989
Motor boating 31 65 16 81
Swimming 127 8,294 6,638 14,932
Paddle 257 11,066 7,511 18,577
Cerebral palsy 69 168 67 235
Skating 368 9,190 12,902 22,092
Modern pentathlon 9 187 189 376
Angling 141 4,622 213 4,835
Petanque 309 7,022 1,812 8,834
Pelota 28 2,571 316 2,887
Canoeing 18 552 184 736
Pitch and putt 65 9,199 1,851 11,050
Polo 8 88 17 105
Rowing 33 1,405 949 2,354
Rugby 55 5,097 1,037 6,134
Lifeguarding 12 146 125 271
Deaf 12 812 572 1,384
Taekwondo 173 8,615 4,105 12,720
Tennis 219 15,968 7,749 23,717
Table tennis 124 3,394 344 3,738
Archery 71 2,190 723 2,913
Shooting 72 10,525 969 11,494
Triathlon 127 3,078 875 3,953
Twirling 22 51 805 856
Biketrialt union (1) 15 308 66 374
Skateboard union (1) (2) 0 0 0 0
Sailing 102 8,834 4,439 13,273
Volleyball 121 1,681 6,479 8,160
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.
Notes:
(1) Unions of clubs constitute the step prior to the creation of a federation.
(2) Integrated into skating.

Last update: January 28, 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).

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 "..".