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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge La Paz
March 16 - 19, 2023

(13) 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 La Paz Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/9-13/2022	Uberlandia Elite 16	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/2-6/2022	Cape Town Elite 16	9	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	10	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/21-24/2022	Agadir Challenge	2	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	27	9th	530	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	30	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	16, Q6	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	19, Q4	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	Q11	21st	340	US$0.00

La Paz Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/17/2023	Pool A	Martin Ermacora / Philipp Waller, Austria (12)	Won 21-18, 16-21, 17-15	0:48
Fri, 3/17/2023	Pool A	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (1)	Lost 11-21, 9-21	0:27
Sat, 3/18/2023	Winner 1	Stefan Boermans / Yorick de Groot, Netherlands (16)	Lost 10-21, 21-17, 11-15	0:44

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	$12,000.00	10	10	50.0 %
2022	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	$55,750.00	21	17	55.3 %
2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	41	0	1	1	0	6	0	8	1	7	5	12	$104,250.00	69	66	51.1 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$6,000.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$6,000.00
10	0	1	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	$27,875.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	$27,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
59	0	1	2	1	8	13	8	7	19	$63,825.00	Total	Total	51	0	2	1	1	6	10	8	6	17	$54,025.00

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%
2022-2023	24	75.0%	4	12.5%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	12	29.3%	2	4.9%	27	65.9%	12-29	29.3%	24-27	47.1%	16-6	72.7%	0	0	40-33	54.8%
Against the Field	19	52.8%	9	25.0%	8	22.2%	28-8	77.8%	8	25.0%	4	12.5%	20	62.5%	8-24	25.0%	38-36	51.4%	34-24	58.6%	1	1	37-31	54.4%

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 lead the series against the field 13-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-2
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool A	Ahman/Hellvig	1	Berntsen/Mol	13	21-11, 21-9	0:27
6/2/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Qualifier 1	Ahman/Hellvig	29, Q20	Berntsen/Mol	Q13	16-21, 24-22, 21-19	0:59
8/31/19	FIVB	Oslo One Star	Winner 2	Berntsen/Mol	3	Ahman/Hellvig	8	24-22, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 2 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 2-0
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool F	Berntsen/Mol	27	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	21-15, 9-21, 15-12	0:42
7/26/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	20	Nolvak/Tiisaar	13	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	0:46
Series tied with # 4 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
Lead the series against # 6 Sarabia/Virgen, Mexico 2-0
7/23/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Winner 2	Berntsen/Mol	2	Sarabia/Virgen	17, Q3	18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:48
6/1/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Berntsen/Mol	16, Q6	Sarabia/Virgen	Q11	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Series tied with # 7 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 1-1
12/1/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	6	Berntsen/Mol	3	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:47
7/23/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Winner 1	Berntsen/Mol	2	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 12 Ermacora/Waller, Austria 1-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool A	Berntsen/Mol	13	Ermacora/Waller	12	21-18, 16-21, 17-15	0:48
Trail the series against # 16 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-2
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 1	Boermans/de Groot	16	Berntsen/Mol	13	21-10, 17-21, 15-11	0:44
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 # 23, Q17 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 1-0
11/10/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Pool A	Berntsen/Mol	8	Dos Santos/da Silva	16, Q5	21-16, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # Q1 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
7/24/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Semi-Finals	Berntsen/Mol	2	Breer/Krattiger	3	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # Q6 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 # Q7 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 0-2
11/30/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool C	Carracher/Nicolaidis	11	Berntsen/Mol	3	21-19, 21-19	0:35
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	36	Berntsen/Mol	30	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Series tied with # Q15 Aravena/Droguett, Chile 1-1
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool B	Aravena/Droguett	15, Q4	Berntsen/Mol	10	21-18, 21-19	0:41
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 1	Berntsen/Mol	19, Q4	Aravena/Droguett	2	24-22, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # Q16 Mermer/Urlu, Türkiye 1-0
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool F	Berntsen/Mol	19, Q4	Mermer/Urlu	6	21-10, 21-9	0:29
Lead the series against # Q20 Fokerots/Tocs, Latvia 1-0
5/19/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Qualifier 2	Berntsen/Mol	19, Q4	Fokerots/Tocs	Q13	21-17, 16-21, 15-9	0:42