Team type sorts clubs by how they are actually owned and run, such as member-owned, privately owned or company-owned. Wikipedia notes that "unlike most European sporting clubs, Real Madrid's members have owned and operated the club throughout its history," a structure shared by only a handful of major clubs. This dimension groups clubs that share the same ownership structure.
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Defining CharacteristicHockey is a family of stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal. 1 National Team
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Hockey is a family of stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal.
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Are ice hockey clubs grouped with field hockey clubs in this atlas?
Yes. Any club fielding a team in a stick-based sport of this lineage belongs here, regardless of surface.
This subcategory groups clubs and teams in the hockey family of stick-based goal-scoring sports, covering field hockey and ice hockey clubs, meaning any club fielding a team in a stick-based sport of this lineage on any surface. Goal-line team clubs played without a stick are grouped instead under Football Codes.