the COC continues to defend its official recognition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

In 1922 it was founded the Sports Confederation of Catalonia, seen as heir to the now defunct Catalan Olympic Committee and was chaired by Joan Ventosa i Calvell.

The Confederation did not use the word "Olympic" because of the reluctance of the IOC to recognize an entity outside of international institutions.

In 1923, however, it received the Olympic Cup in recognition of its work in promoting sport.

[3] After decades frozen and forgotten, in October 2016, during the process of self-determination of Catalonia, its directive council met in order to approve new statutes of the organization, as the originals were still the ones of 1989, clearly obsoletes.