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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Katara Beach Volleyball Cup
March 8 - 12, 2021

(9) Svein Solhaug/Christian Sorum, Norway

Svein Oddmund Solhaug
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 30, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oslo

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$8,952.20

Christian Sandlie Sørum
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 3, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oslo

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$945,781.89

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2018, 2019
Tour Champion 2018 (with Anders Mol)
Team of the Year 2019 (with Anders Mol)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$5,800.00

Previous Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Daniel Bergerud - 41st	Morten Kvamsdal - 25th
2016	Did not play	Morten Kvamsdal - 17th
2018	Did not play	Anders Mol - 9th
2019	Did not play	Hendrik Mol - 17th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Doha 4-star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/9/2021	Pool H	Josue Gaxiola / Jose Rubio, Mexico (24, Q2)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:39
Wed, 3/10/2021	Pool H	Robin Seidl / Philipp Waller, Austria (25, Q3)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:39
Wed, 3/10/2021	Winner 1	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Oleg Stoyanovskiy, Russia (1)	Lost 11-21, 15-21	0:32

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00
Total	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Svein Solhaug												Christian Sorum
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$62,000.00
											World Tour Finals	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	16	4	6	2	4	4	1	2	0	$405,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$2,850.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	7	2	0	0	7	4	7	4	0	$123,187.50
21	0	0	0	2	6	6	1	0	0	$3,540.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$5,325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
46	0	0	0	2	6	9	4	2	0	$8,390.00	Total	97	29	9	9	4	15	12	8	6	0	$945,512.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00	2	2	50.0 %
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,800.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Svein Solhaug													Christian Sorum
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	FIVB
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$750.00	2013	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,600.00	2016	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	1	$17,187.50
3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	$1,400.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	$8,950.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	$840.00	2018	FIVB	15	3	1	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	$143,025.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	$250.00	2019	FIVB	14	7	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$133,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
31	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	2	17	$7,340.00	Total	Total	53	10	4	2	2	10	7	7	6	5	$304,012.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-4	33.3%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
2020-2021	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-0		0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-0		0	0	2-2	50.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	4

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russia 0-1
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 1	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	1	Solhaug/Sorum	9	21-11, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 14 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-0
7/29/17	FIVB	Espinho Two Star	Winner 3	Solhaug/Sorum	3	Perusic/Schweiner	11	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Gaxiola/Rubio, Mexico 0-1
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool H	Gaxiola/Rubio	24, Q2	Solhaug/Sorum	9	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Seidl/Waller, Austria 1-0
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool H	Solhaug/Sorum	9	Seidl/Waller	25, Q3	21-15, 21-19	0:39