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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$50,000 Espinho Two Star
July 28 - 30, 2017

(1) 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:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$140,676.38

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 Winnings:

US$937,384.94

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
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	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	US$15,700.00

Previous Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/2/2017	Porec Major Five Star	27, Q13	9th	360	US$8,000.00

Espinho Two Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/28/2017	Winner 2	Trevor Crabb / Avery Drost, United States (16)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:31
Sat, 7/29/2017	Winner 3	Jyrki Nurminen / Pekka Piippo, Finland (9)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:30
Sun, 7/30/2017	Semi-Finals	Vitor Felipe / George Wanderley, Brazil (13)	Lost 22-20, 19-21, 17-19	0:55
Sun, 7/30/2017	Bronze Medal	Svein Solhaug / Christian Sorum, Norway (3)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:35

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
88	0	2	4	1	15	26	14	7	0	$140,325.00	Total	81	30	7	11	3	12	12	2	2	0	$936,975.00

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 %
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,700.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$15,700.00	10	9	52.6 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	10	4	71.4 %

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	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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$8,500.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	$8,400.00	2017	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$10,850.00
15	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	2	6	$10,400.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	1	2	$21,350.00

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	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3	27.3%	4-7	36.4%	6-3	66.7%	4-5	44.4%	0	1	10-9	52.6%
2016-2017	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	4	44.4%	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4-5	44.4%	6-1	85.7%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	10-6	62.5%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	6-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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 5-1 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Solhaug/Sorum, Norway 1-0
7/30/17	FIVB	Espinho Two Star	Bronze Medal	Berntsen/Mol	1	Solhaug/Sorum	3	22-20, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 9 Nurminen/Piippo, Finland 1-0
7/29/17	FIVB	Espinho Two Star	Winner 3	Berntsen/Mol	1	Nurminen/Piippo	9	21-14, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # 11 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-0
2/15/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Qualifier 1	Berntsen/Mol	Q18	Perusic/Schweiner	Q15	19-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:51
Trail the series against # 13 Felipe/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
7/30/17	FIVB	Espinho Two Star	Semi-Finals	Felipe/Wanderley	13	Berntsen/Mol	1	20-22, 21-19, 19-17	0:55
Lead the series against # 14 Gauthier-Rat/Loiseau, France 1-0
5/15/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Berntsen/Mol	4	Gauthier-Rat/Loiseau	3	21-9, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 16 Crabb/Drost, United States 1-0
7/28/17	FIVB	Espinho Two Star	Winner 2	Berntsen/Mol	1	Crabb/Drost	16	21-16, 21-14	0:31