Riihimäki Cocks is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 club from Riihimäki

Riihimäki

Riihimäki is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. It is somewhat of a railway junction, since the railway tracks going from different parts of the nation to Helsinki merge there. Sako, Ltd...

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History

Riihimäki Cocks were founded in 1973 when the club decided to separate from RiPS. The newlyfounded team gained promotion to Finnish Handball Championship League during the following season.

The team won their first Championship medals in 1977, when the team finished second in the championship.

Riihimäki Cocks got their first Finnish handball championships in 2007 and repeated the success in 2008. Cocks also won the Finnish Cup in 2007 and 2008, winning the double two times consecutively.

Accomplishments

Finnish Cup of Handball: 3

• 2007, 2008, 2009

Finnish Handball Championship winner: 3

• 2007, 2008, 2009

Finnish Handball Championship second placed: 2

• 1977, 1978

Finnish Handball Championship third placed:

• 2000