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2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship
September 2 - 5, 2015

(6) Mathias Berntsen/Anders 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:

104

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Under Age Larnaka 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$150,882.45

Anders Berntsen Mol
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stord

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Under Age Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,029,459.89

Awards

Top Rookie 2017
Best Blocker 2018, 2019
Best Offensive Player 2018, 2019
Most Improved Player 2018
Most Outstanding 2018, 2019
Tour Champion 2018 (with Christian Sorum)
Best Setter 2019
Team of the Year 2019 (with Christian Sorum)
VolleyballMag.com BPT Best Blocker 2023
VolleyballMag.com BPT Best Offensive Player 2023

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$164.65
CEV Under Age	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	US$15,700.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	11	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	US$15,864.65

Previous Larnaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2014	Runar Sannarnes - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV Under Age	8/27-30/2015	2015 CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	32	9th	40	€ 0.00

2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/2/2015	Pool F	Andreas Chrysostomou / Nikolaos Eleftheriou, Cyprus (27)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:34
Thu, 9/3/2015	Pool F	Jose Jardim / Francisco Pombeiro, Portugal (22)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:37
Thu, 9/3/2015	Pool F	Luka Somosi / Jovan Zivotic, Serbia (11)	Won 21-10, 21-13	0:29
Fri, 9/4/2015	Winner 2	Alejandro Huerta / Oscar Jimenez, Spain (13)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:32
Fri, 9/4/2015	Winner 3	Maxim Sivolap / Artem Yarzutkin, Russia (3)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
Sat, 9/5/2015	Semi-Finals	Illia Kovalov / Oleh Plotnytskyi, Ukraine (10)	Won 21-14, 13-21, 15-11	0:48
Sat, 9/5/2015	Gold Medal	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Arnaud Loiseau, France (12)	Won 21-18, 3-0 Retired	0:28

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$)
Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,700.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$15,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mathias Berntsen												Anders Mol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$62,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350,000.00
33	0	0	1	0	7	13	3	2	0	$76,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	16	4	6	2	4	5	1	1	0	$407,000.00
33	0	2	1	0	3	7	7	3	0	$37,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	7	2	0	0	6	4	1	1	0	$114,000.00
14	0	0	2	0	4	4	2	0	0	$11,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,975.00
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
8	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	0	$6,250.00	Confederation Championship	9	5	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$59,375.00
96	0	2	4	1	17	26	19	8	0	$146,575.00	Total	90	35	7	12	3	14	13	2	2	0	$996,350.00

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
2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
2015	CEV Under Age	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	10	1	90.9 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	CEV Under Age	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	10	1	90.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mathias Berntsen													Anders Mol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	CEV
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	CEV Under Age	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	2	$2,000.00	Total	Total	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	$2,000.00

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	12	85.7%	2	14.3%	0	0.0%	14-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	12-1	92.3%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	16-2	88.9%
2014-2015	7	77.8%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	7-1	87.5%	2-0	100.0%	1	0	10-1	90.9%
Against the Field	6	75.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	0	9-0	100.0%

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
Youth Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	3	1	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	2
Total	1	0	4	2	8	6	0	0	6	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	20	13

Head to Head Results
Berntsen/Mol lead the series against the field 7-0 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Sivolap/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-0
9/4/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 3	Berntsen/Mol	6	Sivolap/Yarzutkin	3	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 10 Kovalov/Plotnytskyi, Ukraine 1-0
9/5/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Semi-Finals	Berntsen/Mol	6	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	10	21-14, 13-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 11 Somosi/Zivotic, Serbia 1-0
9/3/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool F	Berntsen/Mol	6	Somosi/Zivotic	11	21-10, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 12 Gauthier-Rat/Loiseau, France 1-0
9/5/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Gold Medal	Berntsen/Mol	6	Gauthier-Rat/Loiseau	12	21-18, 3-0 Retired	0:28
Lead the series against # 13 Huerta/Jimenez, Spain 1-0
9/4/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 2	Berntsen/Mol	6	Huerta/Jimenez	13	21-11, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 22 Jardim/Pombeiro, Portugal 1-0
9/3/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool F	Berntsen/Mol	6	Jardim/Pombeiro	22	21-12, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 27 Chrysostomou/Eleftheriou, Cyprus 1-0
9/2/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool F	Berntsen/Mol	6	Chrysostomou/Eleftheriou	27	21-13, 21-12	0:34