Rukometni klub Partizan ''(''previously ''RK Boka)'' is a Montenegrin

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

club from

Tivat Tivat (Serbo-Croatian: Tivat/Тиват, ) is a town in Coastal region of Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor. , its population was 9,367. Tivat is the centre of Tivat Municipality, which is the smallest municipality by area in Montenegro. ...

that plays in

Montenegrin First League The Montenegrin First League (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ), referred to as the Meridianbet 1. CFL for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional Association football, ...

History

The first handball club from Tivat, ''RK Partizan'', was formed in 1949. Between the 1950s and 1990s, it competed in a number of different leagues, mostly in the Second League. During

FR Yugoslavia The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

and

Serbia and Montenegro The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

, RK Partizan was renamed ''RK Tivat''. The team participated in the Second Yugoslav League - 'West' and in the Montenegrin Republic League. In 2005, RK Tivat and RK Kotor, from the nearest city of

Kotor Kotor (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian language, Italian: ), is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has ...

, were merged into one club. The new club, a successor of RK Tivat, was named ''RK Boka''. RK Boka played their first season in the

in 2006. The club was renamed during the summer of 2014, returning to the old name RK Partizan.

European record

First League seasons

RK Partizan played in the

during the seasons ''2006/07, 2007/08, 2013/14, 2014/15''.

References

External links

RK Partizan 1949 Tivat Handball Federation of Montenegro
Boka Handball clubs established in 1949 1949 establishments in Yugoslavia Tivat {{Montenegro-sport-stub