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US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Sochi
May 25 - 30, 2021

(29, Q8) Mathias Berntsen/Hendrik Mol, 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

Hendrik Nikolai Mol
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 10, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Strandvik

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$130,876.38

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	70	0	2	3	0	13	0	14	8	9	3	1	5	6	6	US$257,416.10

Previous Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	27, Q10	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	Q8	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	3/9-13/2020	Doha Four Star	Q4	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	29, Q13	25th	360	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2019	Oslo One Star	3	3rd	160	€ 500.00
FIVB	8/22-25/2019	Jurmala Three Star	8	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Edmonton Three Star	13	5th	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	Q20	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	27, Q13	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	29, Q10	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/16-19/2019	Aydin Two Star	9, Q4	5th	240	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Q13	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	Q23	33rd	160	US$0.00

Sochi 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/26/2021	Qualifier 1	Eylon Elazar / Netanel Ohana, Israel (Q25)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:32
Wed, 5/26/2021	Qualifier 2	Ruslan Bykanov / Alexander Likholetov, Russia (Q9)	Won 23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:53
Thu, 5/27/2021	Pool D	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (4)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:36
Fri, 5/28/2021	Pool D	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (20)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:37
Fri, 5/28/2021	Winner 1	Alison Cerutti / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (7)	Lost 10-21, 18-21	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$)
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	0	0	1	0	7	0	4	8	3	1	0	$140,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	2	1	0	3	0	7	0	6	3	0	$72,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	$15,000.00
Total	70	0	2	3	0	13	0	14	8	13	5	0	$257,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mathias Berntsen												Hendrik Mol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
33	0	0	1	0	7	13	3	2	0	$76,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	0	0	1	0	7	12	3	1	0	$70,250.00
33	0	2	1	0	3	7	7	3	0	$37,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	2	1	0	3	7	7	4	0	$38,275.00
14	0	0	2	0	4	4	2	0	0	$11,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	0	$7,500.00
											U23 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
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
88	0	2	4	1	15	26	14	7	0	$140,325.00	Total	80	0	3	3	1	13	23	14	6	0	$130,525.00

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
2018	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	6	$16,500.00	14	20	41.2 %
2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	3	$17,500.00	23	16	59.0 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$5,000.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	4	5	11	$39,000.00	42	42	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mathias Berntsen													Hendrik Mol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	2	0	1	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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$400.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	$8,400.00	2017	FIVB
15	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	6	$9,550.00	2018	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	6	$8,250.00
10	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	3	$8,750.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	3	$10,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$2,500.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$2,500.00
45	0	0	2	1	5	7	5	7	18	$31,200.00	Total	Total	37	0	1	1	1	3	4	5	6	16	$21,400.00

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	81	64.3%	23	18.3%	22	17.5%	104-22	82.5%	21	18.1%	19	16.4%	76	65.5%	21-95	18.1%	81-76	51.6%	44-41	51.8%	2	2	127-119	51.6%
2020-2021	8	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	8-7	53.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	10-11	47.6%
Against the Field	16	57.1%	3	10.7%	9	32.1%	19-9	67.9%	3	7.5%	4	10.0%	33	82.5%	3-37	7.5%	32-62	34.0%	12-26	31.6%	1	1	23-45	33.8%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	11	6	24	29	0	0	6	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	42	50
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	16	8	22	22	2	0	11	13	2	1	1	0	0	2	54	46
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	1	9	7	0	0	8	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	21	16
Total	0	0	32	15	62	62	2	0	26	37	2	3	3	0	0	2	127	119

Head to Head Results
Berntsen/Mol trail the series against the field 11-18 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Thole/Wickler, Germany 1-0
5/10/18	FIVB	Lucerne Three Star	Pool F	Berntsen/Mol	11	Thole/Wickler	22, Q3	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-2
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	4	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q8	21-17, 21-15	0:36
7/27/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	1	Berntsen/Mol	20	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
Trail the series against # 7 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 0-2
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 1	Cerutti/Filho	7	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q8	21-10, 21-18	0:32
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool D	Cerutti/Filho	4	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q13	21-18, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 0-1
2/21/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Pool B	Plavins/Tocs	2	Berntsen/Mol	18	21-18, 21-13	0:30
Trail the series against # 9 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
6/20/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 2	Leshukov/Semenov	24, Q6	Berntsen/Mol	Q11	21-12, 19-21, 15-7	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-2
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool D	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q10	23-21, 21-12	0:35
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool A	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	Berntsen/Mol	32, Q18	21-15, 21-11	0:30
Trail the series against # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Berntsen/Mol	27, Q13	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 17 Ehlers/Fluggen, Germany 1-2
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 1	Ehlers/Fluggen	30, Q13	Berntsen/Mol	Q20	19-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:59
5/22/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Qualifier 2	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q10	Ehlers/Fluggen	Q7	21-16, 22-24, 15-13	0:51
4/30/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Qualifier 2	Ehlers/Fluggen	25, Q4	Berntsen/Mol	Q13	21-17, 16-21, 16-14	0:54
Lead the series against # 19 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
9/4/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Qualifier 2	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q13	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q4	21-17, 24-22	0:38
Series tied with # 20 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q8	Gavira/Herrera	20	22-20, 21-12	0:37
5/18/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Berntsen/Mol	21, Q1	21-13, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 21 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	Berntsen/Mol	27, Q10	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # 23 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-1
5/5/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Winner 3	Gerson/Heidrich	23, Q2	Berntsen/Mol	18	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 26, Q1 Liamin/Myskiv, Russia 0-1
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool D	Liamin/Myskiv	20	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q13	21-18, 22-20	0:34
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Seidl/Waller, Austria 1-0
4/16/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Qualifier 2	Berntsen/Mol	27, Q10	Seidl/Waller	Q7	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-1
3/8/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Qualifier 1	Boermans/de Groot	Q25	Berntsen/Mol	Q8	21-15, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # 30, Q19 Kislytsyn/Kuvichka, Russia 1-0
4/16/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Qualifier 1	Berntsen/Mol	27, Q10	Kislytsyn/Kuvichka	Q23	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # Q3 O'Gorman/Saxton, Canada 0-1
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool E	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	Berntsen/Mol	28, Q10	21-16, 23-21	0:38
Lead the series against # Q6 Bergmann/Harms, Germany 1-0
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool F	Berntsen/Mol	27, Q13	Bergmann/Harms	22	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q9 Bykanov/Likholetov, Russia 1-0
5/26/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Qualifier 2	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q8	Bykanov/Likholetov	Q9	23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # Q10 Dziadkou/Piatrushka, Belarus 1-0
6/12/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Qualifier 1	Berntsen/Mol	27, Q13	Dziadkou/Piatrushka	Q20	21-15, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # Q13 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-0
8/31/19	FIVB	Oslo One Star	Winner 2	Berntsen/Mol	3	Ahman/Hellvig	8	24-22, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # Q17 Rudol/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
5/18/19	FIVB	Aydin Two Star	Winner 2	Rudol/Szalankiewicz	6	Berntsen/Mol	9, Q4	19-21, 23-21, 16-14	1:03
Lead the series against # Q25 Elazar/Ohana, Israel 1-0
5/26/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Qualifier 1	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q8	Elazar/Ohana	Q25	21-12, 21-12	0:32