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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Gstaad Major, Five Star
July 3 - 9, 2017

(21, Q3) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Did not play	Runar Sannarnes - 33rd
2016	Did not play	Geir Eithun - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	25, Q3	9th	180	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	28, Q12	5th	480	US$17,000.00

Gstaad Major Five Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/4/2017	Qualifier 2	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (Q14)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:30
Wed, 7/5/2017	Pool E	Oleg Stoyanovskiy / Artem Yarzutkin, Russia (12)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:30
Thu, 7/6/2017	Pool E	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (5)	Won 20-22, 21-18, 15-9	0:47
Fri, 7/7/2017	Pool E	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (28, Q11)	Lost 25-27, 21-16, 14-16	0:54
Sat, 7/8/2017	Winner 2	Ryan Doherty / John Hyden, United States (17, Q2)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:31

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 %
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00	12	4	75.0 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$9,000.00	2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	$7,550.00
9	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	2	$19,500.00	Total	Total	22	0	1	0	1	3	3	4	5	5	$24,737.50

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%
2016-2017	9	90.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	9-2	81.8%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	12-4	75.0%
Against the Field	46	78.0%	10	16.9%	3	5.1%	56-3	94.9%	5	29.4%	5	29.4%	7	41.2%	5-12	29.4%	92-12	88.5%	30-16	65.2%	1	0	62-14	81.6%

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 6-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool E	Mol/Sorum	21, Q3	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	20-22, 21-18, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 7 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 1-0
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	25, Q3	Krasilnikov/Liamin	8	27-25, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-0
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool E	Mol/Sorum	21, Q3	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	12	21-12, 21-17	0:30
Trail the series against # 16 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 0-1
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 2	Bryl/Fijalek	14	Mol/Sorum	25, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 17, Q2 Doherty/Hyden, United States 0-1
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 2	Doherty/Hyden	17, Q2	Mol/Sorum	21, Q3	21-18, 21-18	0:31
Trail the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 28, Q11 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool E	Carambula/Ranghieri	28, Q11	Mol/Sorum	21, Q3	27-25, 16-21, 16-14	0:54
Lead the series against # Q4 Rudol/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	25, Q3	Rudol/Szalankiewicz	24	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # Q14 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 2-0
7/4/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Mol/Sorum	21, Q3	Dressler/Kunert	Q14	21-13, 21-16	0:30
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool E	Mol/Sorum	28, Q12	Dressler/Kunert	21	21-17, 21-14	0:34