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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 Montpellier One Star
September 7 - 9, 2017

(1) Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway

Anders Berntsen Mol
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stord

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,056,716.88

Christian Sandlie Sørum
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 3, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oslo

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

115

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,068,234.39

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
FIVB	75	30	7	9	2	13	0	7	3	2	1	US$1,910,500.00
Overall	85	36	7	10	2	15	0	8	3	2	1	US$2,048,606.50

Previous Montpellier Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/16-20/2017	European Championship Final	10	5th	240	€ 4,000.00
CEV	7/20-22/2017	Ljubljana Masters	1, Q1	1st	320	€ 6,500.00
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

Montpellier One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/8/2017	Winner 1	Adrian Caravano / Yann Faure, France (16, Q14)	Won 21-10, 22-20	0:30
Fri, 9/8/2017	Winner 2	Ondrej Perusic / David Schweiner, Czechia (8)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 13-15	0:46

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	40	17	4	6	2	5	0	2	2	1	0	0	$856,000.00
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	84	35	7	10	2	15	0	8	3	2	1	0	$2,029,250.00

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
43	17	4	6	2	5	5	1	1	1	$434,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	45	17	4	6	2	5	4	1	2	3	$432,000.00
22	7	2	0	0	6	4	1	1	1	$114,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	7	2	0	0	7	4	7	4	1	$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	1	$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
93	36	7	12	3	15	13	2	2	2	$1,023,350.00	Total	110	35	9	10	4	18	14	8	6	5	$1,033,137.50

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 %
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
2017	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	11	1	91.7 %
2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$27,500.00	13	5	72.2 %
Total	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	11	1	91.7 %

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
											2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$250.00
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
4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$10,850.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	$8,950.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00	2017	CEV	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
13	1	0	1	1	3	4	0	1	2	$26,850.00	Total	Total	31	1	1	0	2	6	5	5	5	6	$33,762.50

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	224	76.5%	46	15.7%	23	7.8%	270-23	92.2%	55	55.6%	19	19.2%	25	25.3%	55-44	55.6%	224-25	90.0%	101-42	70.6%	8	6	333-73	82.0%
2017-2018	35	76.1%	4	8.7%	7	15.2%	39-7	84.8%	8	38.1%	5	23.8%	8	38.1%	8-13	38.1%	35-8	81.4%	12-12	50.0%	0	0	47-20	70.1%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	3	25.0%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5-3	62.5%	16-0	100.0%	16-6	72.7%	0	1	16-4	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
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	87	17	0	0	46	9	21	8	6	2	17	4	180	40
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	179	29	0	0	106	27	42	12	10	2	35	7	378	78

Head to Head Results
Mol/Sorum lead the series against the field 3-1 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Perusic/Schweiner, Czechia 0-1
9/8/17	FIVB	Montpellier One Star	Winner 2	Perusic/Schweiner	8	Mol/Sorum	1	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 15 Di Giantommaso/Thiercy, France 1-0
8/18/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	10	Di Giantommaso/Thiercy	24	21-19, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 16, Q14 Caravano/Faure, France 1-0
9/8/17	FIVB	Montpellier One Star	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	1	Caravano/Faure	16, Q14	21-10, 22-20	0:30
Lead the series against # Q1 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