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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite Newport Beach
October 7 - 11, 2025

(8) 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 Newport Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	18, Q3	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	10	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	10	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	13	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	11/6-10/2024	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/16-20/2024	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	9	5th	760	US$8,000.00

BPT Elite Newport Beach Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2025	Pool A	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (9)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 11-15	0:45
Wed, 10/8/2025	Pool A	Paul Burnett / Thomas Hodges, Australia (16, Q10)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:36
Thu, 10/9/2025	Pool A	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (1)	Lost 19-21, 21-23	0:41
Fri, 10/10/2025	Winner 1	Chaim Schalk / James Shaw, United States (10)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
Fri, 10/10/2025	Winner 2	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (3)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	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	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	2	0	0	$42,000.00	17	21	44.7 %
2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	0	0	0	$51,500.00	14	16	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	68	0	2	2	0	13	0	13	8	13	5	12	$229,250.00	118	117	50.2 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	0	0	$21,000.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	0	0	$21,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	$25,750.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	$25,750.00
86	0	2	3	1	15	25	14	7	19	$126,325.00	Total	Total	78	0	3	2	1	13	22	14	6	17	$116,525.00

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%
2024-2025	24	57.1%	10	23.8%	8	19.0%	34-8	81.0%	4	12.1%	8	24.2%	21	63.6%	4-29	12.1%	24-21	53.3%	14-16	46.7%	2	2	40-39	50.6%
Against the Field	10	66.7%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	1	4.0%	4	16.0%	20	80.0%	1-24	4.0%	20-40	33.3%	6-14	30.0%	0	0	13-27	32.5%

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 13-26 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-6
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Berntsen/Mol	8	21-19, 23-21	0:41
7/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	3	Berntsen/Mol	10	21-19, 21-17	0:37
5/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	5	Berntsen/Mol	10	21-15, 21-17	0:31
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
Lead the series against # 2 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 1-0
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	9	Andersson/Nilsson	16, Q1	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 0-5
10/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Winner 2	Goncalves/Lanci	3	Berntsen/Mol	8	21-17, 21-18	0:37
9/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	6	Berntsen/Mol	14	22-20, 21-11	0:35
4/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	15	Berntsen/Mol	13	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	0:46
8/23/24	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Goncalves/Lanci	3	Berntsen/Mol	11	21-15, 21-15	0:35
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	9	Berntsen/Mol	14	22-20, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 4 Benesh/Partain, United States 0-3
5/24/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool A	Benesh/Partain	9	Berntsen/Mol	16, Q13	21-14, 21-14	0:36
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 # 5 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 0-2
7/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	16	Berntsen/Mol	10	21-16, 21-13	0:33
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Berntsen/Mol	19, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 6 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 2-0
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	9	Fokerots/Plavins	4	21-18, 21-18	0:30
10/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool A	Berntsen/Mol	9	Fokerots/Plavins	8	21-15, 32-34, 16-14	1:01
Trail the series against # 7 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-3
4/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 2	Berntsen/Mol	9	Carracher/Nicolaidis	11	21-19, 21-14	0:35
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool D	Carracher/Nicolaidis	16	Berntsen/Mol	4	21-15, 21-19	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 9 Budinger/Evans, United States 0-3
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	9	Berntsen/Mol	8	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:45
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
Series tied with # 10 Schalk/Shaw, United States 1-1
10/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Winner 1	Berntsen/Mol	8	Schalk/Shaw	10	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
5/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool C	Schalk/Shaw	15	Berntsen/Mol	10	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:46
Series tied with # 12 Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 1-1
9/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Barbosa/Wanderley	20, Q5	Berntsen/Mol	18, Q3	26-24, 16-21, 15-13	0:51
4/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A	Berntsen/Mol	13	Barbosa/Wanderley	24, Q16	21-16, 22-24, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 4-2
9/24/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Qualifier 1	Berntsen/Mol	18, Q3	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q14	21-19, 21-19	0:37
4/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A	Grimalt/Grimalt	12	Berntsen/Mol	13	21-17, 22-20	1:20
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
Lead the series against # 15, Q6 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 # 16, Q10 Burnett/Hodges, Australia 1-0
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool A	Berntsen/Mol	8	Burnett/Hodges	16, Q10	21-19, 21-18	0:36