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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
July 29 - August 2, 2026

(4) Mathias Berntsen/Hendrik Mol, Norway

Mathias Berntsen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Arendal, Aust-Agder

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$166,956.56

Hendrik Nikolai Mol
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 10, 1994 (32 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$155,871.63

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	US$14,677.40
FIVB	75	0	2	3	1	13	0	17	8	9	4	1	5	6	6	US$288,316.10
Overall	82	0	2	3	1	15	0	17	8	14	4	1	5	6	6	US$302,993.50

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Christian Sorum - 17th	Did not play
2024	Hendrik Mol - 5th	Mathias Berntsen - 5th
2025	Hendrik Mol - 13th	Mathias Berntsen - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	8	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	23	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	8	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
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
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	4	17th	360	€ 1,000.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool D	Heitor Barbosa / Vinicius Rezende, Brazil (21, Q10)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:46
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool D	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (16)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:33
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool D	Matthew Immers / Leon Luini, Netherlands (9)	Won 12-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (6)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 11-15	0:47

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	32	0	0	1	1	7	0	7	8	4	1	3	$171,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	2	1	0	3	0	7	0	6	3	8	$72,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	$15,000.00
Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	$13,000.00
Total	82	0	2	3	1	15	0	17	8	19	5	12	$301,150.00

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
38	0	0	1	1	7	16	4	2	7	$91,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	36	0	0	1	1	7	15	4	1	7	$85,700.00
33	0	2	1	0	3	7	7	3	10	$37,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	2	1	0	3	7	7	4	9	$38,275.00
14	0	0	2	0	4	4	2	0	2	$11,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	1	$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
9	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	1	0	$6,750.00	Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	$6,500.00
102	0	2	4	2	17	29	21	8	19	$162,525.00	Total	92	0	3	3	2	15	26	20	6	17	$152,475.00

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 %
2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
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 %
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
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 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2023	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	$34,000.00	19	16	54.3 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	2	0	0	$42,000.00	17	21	44.7 %
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	4	0	0	0	$79,500.00	23	18	56.1 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$14,900.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	73	0	2	3	0	13	0	16	8	14	5	12	$272,150.00	131	126	51.0 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	$12,000.00	10	13	43.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mathias Berntsen													Hendrik Mol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
											2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	CEV
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
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$875.00	2017	CEV
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
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	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
10	0	0	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	$39,750.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	$39,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$7,450.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$7,450.00
102	0	2	4	1	18	28	21	8	20	$154,650.00	Total	Total	92	0	3	3	1	15	25	19	6	20	$143,975.00

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	86	62.8%	26	19.0%	25	18.2%	112-25	81.8%	22	17.6%	21	16.8%	82	65.6%	22-103	17.6%	86-82	51.2%	48-46	51.1%	3	2	137-130	51.3%
2025-2026	21	58.3%	8	22.2%	7	19.4%	29-7	80.6%	3	12.0%	6	24.0%	16	64.0%	3-22	12.0%	21-16	56.8%	11-13	45.8%	1	0	33-29	53.2%
Against the Field	14	56.0%	6	24.0%	5	20.0%	20-5	80.0%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	8	66.7%	1-11	8.3%	28-16	63.6%	14-16	46.7%	0	0	21-16	56.8%

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	33	35	0	0	7	17	0	2	1	1	0	0	52	61
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	15
Total	0	0	32	15	79	76	2	0	30	47	2	4	3	1	0	2	148	145

Head to Head Results
Berntsen/Mol lead the series against the field 18-16 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 2 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 2-2
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F	Fokerots/Plavins	6	Berntsen/Mol	7	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:46
7/31/25	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2025	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	3	Berntsen/Mol	4	20-22, 21-19, 15-9	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 3 Aye/Daubas, France 2-0
10/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Bronze Medal	Berntsen/Mol	8	Aye/Daubas	5	21-18, 14-21, 15-8	0:49
10/23/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Pool E	Berntsen/Mol	8	Aye/Daubas	5	21-19, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-4
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	6	Berntsen/Mol	4	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:47
5/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool C	Berntsen/Mol	10	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	3	29-27, 21-18	0:46
11/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	5	Berntsen/Mol	8	21-19, 21-12	0:35
10/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	4	Berntsen/Mol	9	20-22, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool C	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	10, Q3	Berntsen/Mol	3	18-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 7 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 1-0
9/25/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool F	Berntsen/Mol	18, Q3	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	19, Q9	21-18, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 1-0
9/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool B	Berntsen/Mol	14	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	11	26-24, 18-21, 15-7	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 Immers/Luini, Netherlands 1-0
7/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	4	Immers/Luini	9	12-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 13 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 0-1
8/23/24	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Berger/Hammarberg	14, Q7	Berntsen/Mol	11	25-23, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 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 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 4-3
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	16	Berntsen/Mol	4	21-19, 21-16	0:33
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 # 19, Q3 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 2-1
4/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool E	Berntsen/Mol	8	Dos Santos/da Silva	20, Q4	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:42
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F	Dos Santos/da Silva	19, Q5	Berntsen/Mol	7	21-19, 21-23, 15-12	0:51
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 # 21, Q10 Barbosa/Rezende, Brazil 1-0
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	4	Barbosa/Rezende	21, Q10	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # Q4 De Paula/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
10/25/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Winner 3	Berntsen/Mol	8	De Paula/Goncalves	15	21-16, 21-14	0:31