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US$150,000 BPT Challenge Portugal
July 13 - 16, 2023

(14) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Anders Mol - 3rd	Did not play
2018	Hendrik Mol - 33rd	Mathias Berntsen - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q6	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	5	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	3	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	9	3rd	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	13	9th	460	US$2,500.00
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

Challenge Portugal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/14/2023	Pool B	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (11)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:42
Fri, 7/14/2023	Pool B	Tri Bourne / Chaim Schalk, United States (2)	Won 19-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:43
Sat, 7/15/2023	Winner 1	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (9)	Lost 20-22, 18-21	0:43

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	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	$15,500.00	11	9	55.0 %
Total	FIVB	46	0	1	2	0	6	0	10	1	9	5	12	$117,250.00	79	73	52.0 %

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
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
6	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	$7,750.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	$7,750.00
64	0	1	3	1	8	15	10	7	19	$70,325.00	Total	Total	56	0	2	2	1	6	12	10	6	17	$60,525.00

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	20	60.6%	8	24.2%	5	15.2%	28-5	84.8%	9	25.0%	6	16.7%	21	58.3%	9-27	25.0%	40-40	50.0%	34-22	60.7%	1	0	38-31	55.1%

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 18-12 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1, Q1 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 0-1
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool E	Hodges/Schubert	20, Q12	Berntsen/Mol	5	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 2 Bourne/Schalk, United States 2-0
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool B	Berntsen/Mol	14	Bourne/Schalk	2	19-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:43
4/8/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Winner 2	Berntsen/Mol	9	Bourne/Schalk	7	20-22, 21-15, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 3 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 0-3
11/10/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Pool A	Felipe/Lima	1	Berntsen/Mol	8	25-23, 21-15	0:42
7/8/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 2	Felipe/Lima	12	Berntsen/Mol	27	21-15, 21-18	0:37
6/2/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool A	Felipe/Lima	8	Berntsen/Mol	16, Q6	21-13, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 7 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool F	Berntsen/Mol	27	Cottafava/Nicolai	6	21-19, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 8 Horl/Horst, Austria 1-0
4/8/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Winner 1	Berntsen/Mol	9	Horl/Horst	17	21-18, 21-10	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 0-1
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	9	Berntsen/Mol	14	22-20, 21-18	0:43
Series tied with # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-2
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool B	Berntsen/Mol	14	Gavira/Herrera	11	22-20, 21-18	0:42
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 2	Gavira/Herrera	13, Q3	Berntsen/Mol	Q6	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
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 # 15 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
Lead the series against # 17 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
Trail the series against # 19, Q5 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 0-1
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool C	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	10, Q3	Berntsen/Mol	3	18-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:47
Trail the series against # 21, Q8 Knasas/Stankevicius, Lithuania 0-1
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool C	Knasas/Stankevicius	22, Q16	Berntsen/Mol	3	23-21, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 22 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 2-0
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	9	Breer/Krattiger	16	21-17, 21-14	0:36
7/24/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Semi-Finals	Berntsen/Mol	2	Breer/Krattiger	3	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # Q6 Lupo/Rossi, Italy 1-0
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Lucky Loser	Berntsen/Mol	5	Lupo/Rossi	15, Q3	18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:43
Lead the series against # Q9 Bello/Bello, England 1-0
12/1/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool C	Berntsen/Mol	3	Bello/Bello	14, Q3	21-17, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q10 Aye/Aye, France 1-0
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Berntsen/Mol	Q6	Aye/Aye	Q11	16-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:43
Lead the series against # Q11 Pristauz/Seidl, Austria 1-0
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool E	Berntsen/Mol	5	Pristauz/Seidl	17	24-22, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q14 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
Lead the series against # Q16 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
Trail the series against # Q25 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