Hyvinkään Tahko is a Finnish sports club from

Hyvinkää Hyvinkää (; sv, Hyvinge, ) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region, approximately north of the capital Helsinki. The city was chartered in 1960. The population of Hyvinkää is (). Its neighboring municipal ...

. It was founded in 1915. Hyvinkää Tahko has participated in many sports in Finland over the years, such as athletics,

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and

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. Since 1980, the club's main successes have been in

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and pesäpallo. Hyvinkää Tahko has won the men's Finnish Pesäpallo Championship, (

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) four times, between 1979 and 1981, and in 2007. The Women's Championship Tahko has won twice in 1979 and 1983. Tahko's home ground is the Pihkala Pesäpallo stadium.

Achievements

Men's Pesäpallo ''

'' ''Finnish Cup'' Winners - 1976, 1987 Women's Pesäpallo ''

'' Men's Basketball ''Finnish League'' Third Place - 1980, 1981 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hyvinkaan Tahko Pesäpallo Sports teams in Finland