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European Championship Tour
€ 25,000 Ljubljana Masters
July 20 - 22, 2017

(1, Q1) 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 CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,029,459.89

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:

120

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,040,977.40

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
CEV	10	6	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	US$138,106.50
CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	72	29	7	9	2	12	0	7	3	2	1	US$1,856,500.00
Overall	83	36	7	10	2	14	0	8	3	2	1	US$1,994,606.50

Previous Ljubljana Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-9/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	21, Q3	9th	360	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	25, Q3	9th	180	US$2,000.00
CEV Under Age	8/25-28/2016	CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	3	1st	80	€ 0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	28, Q12	5th	480	US$17,000.00

Ljubljana Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2017	Qualifier 1	Vid Jakopin / Jernej Potocnik, Slovenia (Q16)	Won 21-10, 21-14	0:28
Thu, 7/20/2017	Qualifier 2	Maarten Van Garderen / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (Q8)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:31
Fri, 7/21/2017	Pool A	Sergej Drobnic / Alan Kosenina, Slovenia (12)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:29
Fri, 7/21/2017	Pool A	Maxim Sivolap / Igor Velichko, Russia (8, Q3)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:28
Sat, 7/22/2017	Winner 1	Philipp Bergmann / Yannick Harms, Germany (9, Q10)	Won 21-10, 21-17	0:27
Sat, 7/22/2017	Semi-Finals	Murat Giginoglu / Safa Urlu, Türkiye (10, Q13)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:32
Sat, 7/22/2017	Gold Medal	Maxim Sivolap / Igor Velichko, Russia (8, Q3)	Won 8-9 Retired	0:09

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
Confederation Championship	9	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$118,750.00
Total	81	34	7	10	2	14	0	8	3	2	1	0	$1,975,250.00

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
9	5	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$59,375.00	Confederation Championship	10	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$60,625.00
90	35	7	12	3	14	13	2	2	0	$996,350.00	Total	107	34	9	10	4	17	14	8	6	0	$1,006,137.50

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 %
2016	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
2017	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	7	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00	12	4	75.0 %
Total	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	7	0	100.0 %
Total	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Anders Mol													Christian Sorum
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	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
											2014	CEV Under Age	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$250.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$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
											2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00	2016	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2017	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,875.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV Under Age
17	4	1	0	1	1	7	0	1	2	$22,825.00	Total	Total	36	3	1	0	2	7	6	6	5	6	$30,187.50

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	36	81.8%	6	13.6%	2	4.5%	42-2	95.5%	7	70.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	7-3	70.0%	36-2	94.7%	13-3	81.3%	3	0	52-5	91.2%
2016-2017	9	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	9-1	90.0%	0-0		2	0	11-1	91.7%
Against the Field	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	0-0		1	0	7-0	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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	14	3	5	1	1	0	5	0	45	5
Total	0	0	5	0	175	27	0	0	103	26	41	12	10	2	34	7	369	75

Head to Head Results
Mol/Sorum lead the series against the field 11-0 (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 # 6 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
Lead the series against # 8, Q3 Sivolap/Velichko, Russia 3-0
7/22/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1, Q1	Sivolap/Velichko	8, Q3	8-9 Retired	0:09
7/21/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1, Q1	Sivolap/Velichko	8, Q3	21-14, 21-12	0:28
8/27/16	CEV Under Age	CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	3	Sivolap/Velichko	6	21-17, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 9, Q10 Bergmann/Harms, Germany 1-0
7/22/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	1, Q1	Bergmann/Harms	9, Q10	21-10, 21-17	0:27
Lead the series against # 10, Q13 Giginoglu/Urlu, Türkiye 2-0
7/22/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1, Q1	Giginoglu/Urlu	10, Q13	21-19, 21-17	0:32
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 # 12 Drobnic/Kosenina, Slovenia 1-0
7/21/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1, Q1	Drobnic/Kosenina	12	21-14, 21-17	0:29
Lead the series against # Q8 Van Garderen/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
7/20/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Qualifier 2	Mol/Sorum	1, Q1	Van Garderen/Varenhorst	Q8	21-14, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # Q16 Jakopin/Potocnik, Slovenia 1-0
7/20/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Qualifier 1	Mol/Sorum	1, Q1	Jakopin/Potocnik	Q16	21-10, 21-14	0:28