Oona Kauppi
.jpg) Kauppi playing for IKSU at the 2019 Champions Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National team | Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 July 1997 Tampere, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Floorball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Swedish Super League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Team Thorengruppen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oona Kauppi (born 19 July 1997) is a Finnish floorball player who plays for the Team Thorengruppen and has played over 60 international matches for the Finland national team. She is also a former footballer who has played in the Women's League for Ilves.
Club career
In floorball, Kauppi was a member of Koovee's squad from 2011 to 2018. In the 2014–2015 season, she was fifth in the league's points total with 32+17.[1] In the summer of 2018, she moved to play for the Swedish Super League team IKSU with her sister Veera.[2]
In 2020, IKSU withdrew from the league due to financial difficulties and the siblings moved to Team Thorengruppen, playing in Umeå.[3] Kauppi was named the best female player of the 2019–2020 season. She won the Swedish league championship with IKSU[4] and Thorengruppen six times in total.
International career
In 2014, Kauppi achieved silver at the World Championship with the Finnish under-19 national team.[1] She was the team's top scorer at the tournament with nine goals and two assists.[5] Kauppi has also served as the captain of that national team.[1] She missed the 2015 Women's World Championships due to a knee injury.[6] In 2016, she won silver at the U19 World Cup for the second time.[6]
In 2017, she won silver at the Women's World Championship,[6][7] as well as winning bronze in 2019,[8] before winning silver again in 2021[9][10] and 2023.[11][12] She was the top scorer at the 2019 World Championship with 15 goals and was named the tournament's most valuable player.[8]
At the first women's floorball tournament at the World Games in 2025, the Finnish team won a major international tournament for the first time since the 2001 World Championship, after Kauppi assisted her sister on the game-winning goal in the final.[13]
Association football career
In football, Kauppi played as a midfielder. She made her debut for the Ilves in the Women's League in August 2015 against Merilappi United, coming on as a substitute for the last minute. She won one Finnish Championship silver medal in the league.[6]
Personal life
Kauppi's twin sister Veera Kauppi also plays floorball for Team Thorengruppen and the Finnish national team, and has played football for Ilves.[14]
Awards
Kauppi was included among the world's 10 best floorball players six times between 2019 and 2025 in a poll conducted by Innebandymagazinet magazine. Her best placement was 5th in 2019 and 2022.[15][16]
References
- ^ a b c Aalto, Pekka: Pallonkesyttäjät. Aamulehti 27.9.2015, s.A30-A32
- ^ "Veera Kauppi första ord om Zug-uppgifterna". expressen.se. 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Innebandy: Tvillingsystrarna Kauppi klara för nykomlingen". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Sami Johansson ja Oona Kauppi salibandykauden parhaat". yle.fi (in Finnish). 2020-04-26.
- ^ "Women´s U19 WFC 2014 - Poland: Scoring Leaders". International Floorball Federation. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d Vainio, Annina (8 December 2017). Kaksin aina Kaupimpi (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. p. A32.
- ^ Visuri, Roope (9 December 2017). "Suomelta uskomaton taistelu ja kiri MM-finaalissa! Ruotsi lopulta maailmanmestariksi rankkareilla". Yle. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ a b Lehtisaari, Matti (15 December 2019). "Suomen MM-pronssijoukkueen maalitykki Oona Kauppi sai merkittävän kunnianosoituksen" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ Hirvonen, Hinni (5 December 2021). "Salibandynaisten kutkuttava MM-finaali päättyi tappioon – tämä jatkoaikaosuma ratkaisi trillerin Ruotsille" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ "Tässä Suomen salibandynaiset Uppsalan MM-kisoissa – mukana viisi ensikertalaista". Suomen Salibandyliitto (in Finnish). 27 October 2021. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Naisten salibandymaajoukkue Singaporen MM-kisoihin valittu – mukana viisi ensikertalaista". Suomen Salibandyliitto. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Suomen loppukiri finaalissa ei riittänyt – Ruotsi voitti MM-kultaa yhdeksännen kerran peräkkäin". Ilkka-Pohjalainen. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "World Games: Chengdu 2025 Floorball gold goes to Sweden Men and Finland Women". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ^ "Maailman paras naispelaaja saa asunnon, auton ja vessapaperit – ruotsalaiset hullaantuivat suomalaiskaksosista: "Sairasta, miten hyviä he ovat"". yle.fi. 5 March 2019.
- ^ "World's best Floorball Player 2022: Emelie Wibron". IFF Main Site. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ Jansson, Henrik (15 January 2026). "World's Best Floorball Player 2025: Veera Kauppi". Innebandymagazinet (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 February 2026.