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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Rio de Janeiro Four Star
May 17 - 21, 2017

(25, Q3) Mathias Berntsen/Christian Sorum, Norway

Mathias Berntsen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Arendal, Aust-Agder

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$140,676.38

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	33	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	US$7,200.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	15	9th	180	US$2,100.00
FIVB	2/7-11/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Q5	33rd	120	US$0.00

Rio de Janeiro Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/17/2017	Qualifier 1	Chris Gregory / Jake Sheaf, England (Q14)	Won 21-15, 21-8	0:28
Thu, 5/18/2017	Pool H	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (8)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:33
Thu, 5/18/2017	Pool H	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (9)	Lost 24-22, 16-21, 10-15	0:44
Fri, 5/19/2017	Winner 1	Evandro Goncalves / Andre Loyola, Brazil (3)	Lost 14-21, 21-18, 17-19	0:49

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,200.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$7,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mathias Berntsen												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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$62,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350,000.00
33	0	0	1	0	7	13	3	2	0	$76,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	16	4	6	2	4	4	1	2	0	$405,000.00
33	0	2	1	0	3	7	7	3	0	$37,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	7	2	0	0	7	4	7	4	0	$123,187.50
14	0	0	2	0	4	4	2	0	0	$11,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$5,325.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	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	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
88	0	2	4	1	15	26	14	7	0	$140,325.00	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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$5,100.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$5,100.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mathias Berntsen													Christian Sorum
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2014	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2016	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	1	$17,187.50
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$2,550.00	2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$2,550.00
11	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	4	$4,550.00	Total	Total	19	0	1	0	1	3	1	4	5	4	$19,737.50

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0	0	4-5	44.4%
2016-2017	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0-3	0.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Goncalves/Loyola, Brazil 0-1
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 1	Goncalves/Loyola	3	Berntsen/Sorum	25, Q3	21-14, 18-21, 19-17	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
4/22/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Berntsen/Sorum	15	21-14, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 8 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-0
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool H	Berntsen/Sorum	25, Q3	Saxton/Schalk	8	21-19, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 9 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool H	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Berntsen/Sorum	25, Q3	22-24, 21-16, 15-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
4/21/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 1	Berntsen/Sorum	15	Faiga/Hilman	18, Q1	21-11, 24-22	0:33
Lead the series against # Q14 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
5/17/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Qualifier 1	Berntsen/Sorum	25, Q3	Gregory/Sheaf	Q14	21-15, 21-8	0:28