Riihimäki Cocks

Riihimäen Cocks
Riihimäen Cocks
Full name	Riihimäen Cocks
Founded	1973
Arena	Cocks Areena, Riihimäki
Capacity	2,500
President	Jari Viita
Head coach	Boris Dvoršek
League	SM-liiga
2019-20	2nd
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

Riihimäki Cocks (Finnish: Riihimäen Cocks) is a Finnish handball club from Riihimäki.

The club is playing in the Finnish Handball League (SM-liiga), and play their home matches in Cocks Areena.

They are currently competing in the 2019–20 EHF Champions League.

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 1978, 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.

Honours

Finnish Handball League: 11
- Gold: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Silver: 1978, 1979, 2005, 2011
- Bronze: 1998, 2000, 2006, 2012

Finnish Cup of Handball: 10
- Gold: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Baltic Handball League : 4
- Gold: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Silver: 2010, 2013, 2015
- Bronze: 2014

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2018–19	EHF Champions League	Group stage Group D	Dinamo București	31–32	22–24	5th place
			Wisła Płock	27–26	18–34
			Elverum Håndball	25–28	27–28
			CB Ademar León	19–19	20–23
			Wacker Thun	31–29	26–26