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US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Brasília
May 1 - 5, 2024

(15, Q7) 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 Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	10	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	Q8	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	17	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	12	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	9	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	4	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	2	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	27	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	16	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	14	9th	460	US$2,500.00
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

Elite16 Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/1/2024	Qualifier 1	Laurenc Grossig / Mathias Seiser, Austria (Q10)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:36
Wed, 5/1/2024	Qualifier 2	Remi Bassereau / Julien Lyneel, France (Q2)	Won 21-17, 24-22	0:38
Thu, 5/2/2024	Pool B	Matthew Immers / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (7)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:36
Thu, 5/2/2024	Pool B	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (10)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:35
Fri, 5/3/2024	Pool B	Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (2)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:37

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	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	$34,000.00	19	16	54.3 %
2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	$16,000.00	10	11	47.6 %
Total	FIVB	56	0	2	2	0	8	0	12	2	13	5	12	$151,750.00	97	91	51.6 %

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
10	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	$17,000.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	$17,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$8,000.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$8,000.00
74	0	2	3	1	10	18	14	7	19	$87,575.00	Total	Total	66	0	3	2	1	8	15	14	6	17	$77,775.00

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%
2023-2024	18	54.5%	7	21.2%	8	24.2%	25-8	75.8%	9	25.0%	5	13.9%	22	61.1%	9-27	25.0%	18-22	45.0%	16-13	55.2%	2	2	36-37	49.3%
Against the Field	18	64.3%	3	10.7%	7	25.0%	21-7	75.0%	3	8.3%	4	11.1%	29	80.6%	3-33	8.3%	36-52	40.9%	12-22	35.3%	2	1	26-38	40.6%

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 18-22 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Benesh/Partain, United States 0-2
5/3/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool B	Benesh/Partain	2	Berntsen/Mol	15, Q7	21-19, 21-15	0:37
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool C	Benesh/Partain	3	Berntsen/Mol	27	23-21, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 0-1
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Berntsen/Mol	19, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 0-1
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Bryl/Losiak	11	Berntsen/Mol	27	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Immers/van de Velde, Netherlands 0-1
5/2/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool B	Immers/van de Velde	7	Berntsen/Mol	15, Q7	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-3
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Berntsen/Mol	16, Q6	22-20, 21-12	0:36
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 # 9 Budinger/Evans, United States 0-2
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	3	Berntsen/Mol	12	21-17, 21-18	0:34
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	5	Berntsen/Mol	9	21-15, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against # 10 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-4
5/2/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool B	Loyola/Wanderley	10	Berntsen/Mol	15, Q7	21-12, 21-17	0:35
4/12/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Pool E	Loyola/Wanderley	5	Berntsen/Mol	17	21-14, 24-22	0:37
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Loyola/Wanderley	1	Berntsen/Mol	5	21-19, 22-20	0:37
4/9/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Semi-Finals	Loyola/Wanderley	1	Berntsen/Mol	9	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 11 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
Lead the series against # 12 Bello/Bello, England 2-0
4/27/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Berntsen/Mol	10	Bello/Bello	11	21-13, 21-13	0:34
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 # 13, Q1 Brunner/Crabb, United States 1-0
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool C	Berntsen/Mol	10	Brunner/Crabb	3	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 14, Q4 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 3-1
4/27/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	18, Q5	Berntsen/Mol	10	12-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:53
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool B	Berntsen/Mol	10	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	21-16, 25-23	0:41
7/8/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool C	Berntsen/Mol	30, Q11	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	21-18, 21-19	0:43
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 # 16, Q14 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 # Q2 Bassereau/Lyneel, France 1-0
5/1/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Qualifier 2	Berntsen/Mol	15, Q7	Bassereau/Lyneel	Q2	21-17, 24-22	0:38
Trail the series against # 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 # Q6 Carvalhaes/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool A	Carvalhaes/Solberg	1	Berntsen/Mol	12	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q8 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 2-1
10/6/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool C	Berntsen/Mol	27	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	22	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:45
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 # Q9 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 # Q10 Grossig/Seiser, Austria 1-0
5/1/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Qualifier 1	Berntsen/Mol	15, Q7	Grossig/Seiser	Q10	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # Q11 Pristauz/Seidl, Austria 4-0
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool C	Berntsen/Mol	10	Pristauz/Seidl	15	21-14, 21-11	0:30
4/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Berntsen/Mol	Q8	Pristauz/Seidl	Q9	20-22, 21-18, 15-10	0:55
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Lucky Loser	Berntsen/Mol	9	Pristauz/Seidl	14	21-16, 26-28, 15-11	1:00
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 # Q12 Canet/Rotar, France 1-0
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 2	Berntsen/Mol	16	Canet/Rotar	22	21-14, 21-17	0:33