Cocks (Handball)

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Founded	1973
Full Name	Riihimäen Cocks
Arena	Urheilutalo Valio Areena Riihimäki
Headcoach	Raivo Laast
Assistant Headcoch
Club Colours	Red & Yellow

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

[edit] History

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

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

Riihimäen 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 consecutivevily.