Riihimäki Cocks

Riihimäen Cocks
Full name Riihimäen Cocks
Founded 1973
Arena Urheilutalo
Valio Areena Riihimäki
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President Jari Viita
Head coach Gintaras Savukynas
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Riihimäki Cocks (Finnish: Riihimäen Cocks) is a Finnish handball club from Riihimäki.

History

Riihimäki Cocks were founded in 1973 when the club decided to separate from RiPS. The newly founded 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: 10

  • 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Finnish Handball Championship winner: 9

  • 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Finnish Handball Championship second placed: 4

  • 1977, 1978, 2005, 2011

Finnish Handball Championship third placed: 4

  • 1998, 2000, 2006, 2012

Baltic Handball League finalist: 1

  • 2013

Baltic Handball league winner: 2

  • 2016, 2017

European record

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2016–17 EHF Champions League QR Slovenia RK Gorenje Velenje 25–28 3rd place
Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange 30–21
EHF Cup R3 Poland NMC Górnik Zabrze 30–19 29–30 59–49
Group Stage Germany MT Melsungen 28–29 19–33 4th place
Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna 28–33 24–30
Portugal S.L. Benfica 21–23 25–26
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