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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 A1 Major Klagenfurt
July 26 - 31, 2016

(28, Q12) Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway

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

Christian Sandlie Sørum
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 3, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oslo

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$945,781.89

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

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2018, 2019
Tour Champion 2018 (with Anders Mol)
Team of the Year 2019 (with Anders Mol)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	72	29	7	9	2	12	0	7	3	2	1	US$1,856,500.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

A1 Major Klagenfurt Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/27/2016	Qualifier 1	Anders Lund Hoyer / Peter Kildegaard, Denmark (Q21)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:34
Wed, 7/27/2016	Qualifier 2	Murat Giginoglu / Safa Urlu, Türkiye (Q5)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 7/28/2016	Pool E	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (5)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 24-22	0:56
Thu, 7/28/2016	Pool E	Vitor Felipe / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (12)	Won 21-10, 24-22	0:37
Fri, 7/29/2016	Pool E	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (21)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:34
Sat, 7/30/2016	Winner 2	Tri Bourne / John Hyden, United States (9)	Won 29-27, 21-16	0:42
Sat, 7/30/2016	Winner 3	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (3)	Lost 16-21, 21-18, 13-15	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$)
Olympic Games	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$124,000.00
World Tour Finals	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$700,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	16	4	6	2	4	0	2	2	1	0	0	$802,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	7	2	0	0	6	0	3	1	1	1	0	$228,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	72	29	7	9	2	12	0	7	3	2	1	0	$1,856,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Anders Mol												Christian Sorum
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	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
4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$62,000.00	World Championships	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$62,000.00
6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350,000.00	World Tour Finals	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350,000.00
40	16	4	6	2	4	5	1	1	0	$407,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	16	4	6	2	4	4	1	2	0	$405,000.00
22	7	2	0	0	6	4	1	1	0	$114,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	7	2	0	0	7	4	7	4	0	$123,187.50
5	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,975.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$5,325.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
81	30	7	11	3	12	12	2	2	0	$936,975.00	Total	97	29	9	9	4	15	12	8	6	0	$945,512.50

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
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	6	1	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Anders Mol													Christian Sorum
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	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$8,500.00	2016	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	1	$17,187.50
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	$10,500.00	Total	Total	16	0	1	0	1	3	0	3	5	3	$17,187.50

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	217	76.1%	45	15.8%	23	8.1%	262-23	91.9%	55	57.3%	18	18.8%	23	24.0%	55-41	57.3%	217-23	90.4%	100-41	70.9%	7	6	324-70	82.2%
2015-2016	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	5-0	100.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	6-1	85.7%
Against the Field	28	80.0%	4	11.4%	3	8.6%	32-3	91.4%	5	35.7%	4	28.6%	5	35.7%	5-9	35.7%	56-4	93.3%	18-14	56.3%	2	1	39-10	79.6%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	12	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	9	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	24	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	18	4	0	0	3	0	5	1	1	0	4	1	31	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	0	83	15	0	0	43	8	20	8	6	2	16	4	171	37
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	35	6	0	0	29	11	9	0	0	0	7	2	82	20
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	5	0	155	26	0	0	89	23	36	11	9	2	29	7	324	70

Head to Head Results
Mol/Sorum lead the series against the field 6-1 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
7/30/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Winner 3	Saxton/Schalk	3	Mol/Sorum	28, Q12	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 5 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
7/28/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool E	Mol/Sorum	28, Q12	Krasilnikov/Semenov	5	16-21, 21-18, 24-22	0:56
Lead the series against # 9 Bourne/Hyden, United States 1-0
7/30/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	28, Q12	Bourne/Hyden	9	29-27, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 1-0
7/28/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool E	Mol/Sorum	28, Q12	Felipe/Filho	12	21-10, 24-22	0:37
Lead the series against # 21 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool E	Mol/Sorum	28, Q12	Dressler/Kunert	21	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q5 Giginoglu/Urlu, Türkiye 1-0
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Qualifier 2	Mol/Sorum	28, Q12	Giginoglu/Urlu	Q5	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # Q21 Hoyer/Kildegaard, Denmark 1-0
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Qualifier 1	Mol/Sorum	28, Q12	Hoyer/Kildegaard	Q21	21-12, 21-17	0:34