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€ 200,000 2018 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship - The Netherlands
July 16 - 22, 2018

(12) 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 The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2017	Did not play	Daniel Bergerud - 33rd
FIVB 2018	Christian Sorum - 5th	Anders Mol - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-14/2018	Gstaad Major	15	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2018	Espinho Four Star	9	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	13	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	14	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/16-20/2018	Itapema Four Star	9	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2018	Huntington Beach Four Star	18	13th	300	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	23, Q2	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2018	Doha Four Star	19	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	19	17th	480	US$6,000.00
CEV	1/11-14/2018	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	8	9th	200	€ 750.00
FIVB	1/3-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	9	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/7-9/2017	Montpellier One Star	1	5th	80	US$500.00
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

CEV European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 7/16/2018	Pool E	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Maxime Thiercy, France (28)	Won 21-10, 21-18	0:27
Wed, 7/18/2018	Pool E	Maxim Sivolap / Artem Yarzutkin, Russia (21)	Won 21-10, 21-15	0:30
Thu, 7/19/2018	Pool E	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Nikita Liamin, Russia (5)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:29
Sat, 7/21/2018	Winner 2	Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (18)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-11	0:51
Sat, 7/21/2018	Winner 3	Jasper Bouter / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (9)	Won 13-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
Sun, 7/22/2018	Semi-Finals	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (8)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:37
Sun, 7/22/2018	Gold Medal	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (7)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:34

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	11	1	91.7 %
2018	FIVB	11	1	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	$93,500.00	30	16	65.2 %
2018	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00	8	2	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	1	1	0	0	5	0	4	1	1	1	0	$120,500.00	42	20	67.7 %
Total	CEV	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$31,250.00	19	3	86.4 %
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
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV Under Age
12	1	1	1	0	4	3	1	1	0	$47,125.00	2018	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	$48,025.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,375.00	2018	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,375.00
33	6	2	2	1	6	11	1	2	2	$84,175.00	Total	Total	53	5	2	0	3	13	11	7	6	6	$91,987.50

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%
2017-2018	14	87.5%	1	6.3%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	14-2	87.5%	3-1	75.0%	2	0	19-3	86.4%
Against the Field	14	87.5%	1	6.3%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	6	66.7%	0	0.0%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	28-4	87.5%	14-2	87.5%	1	0	22-3	88.0%

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 24-12 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	19	Lupo/Nicolai	3	21-18, 26-24	0:38
8/19/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	2	Mol/Sorum	10	21-15, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-4
6/22/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool C	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Mol/Sorum	14	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Mol/Sorum	18	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:46
1/13/18	CEV	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	Mol/Sorum	8	17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:42
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	1	Mol/Sorum	9	21-17, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 4 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-2
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool C	Kantor/Losiak	3	Mol/Sorum	19	12-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:45
1/12/18	CEV	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	Pool A	Kantor/Losiak	1	Mol/Sorum	8	21-19, 21-19	0:31
Lead the series against # 5 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 2-1
7/19/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Pool E	Mol/Sorum	12	Krasilnikov/Liamin	5	21-15, 21-13	0:29
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool G	Krasilnikov/Liamin	7	Mol/Sorum	23, Q2	25-23, 21-18	0:41
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 # 7 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 3-0
7/22/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	7	21-17, 21-13	0:34
4/21/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	23, Q2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	25-23, 21-17	0:38
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 # 8 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-0
7/22/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	12	Gavira/Herrera	8	21-19, 21-16	0:37
7/14/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	15	Gavira/Herrera	6	21-18, 21-12	0:34
8/17/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool G	Mol/Sorum	10	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-19, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 9 Bouter/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
7/21/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	12	Bouter/Varenhorst	9	13-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
Trail the series against # 10 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 1-2
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 1	Bryl/Fijalek	21	Mol/Sorum	19	21-18, 16-21, 16-14	0:54
1/12/18	CEV	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	8	Bryl/Fijalek	9	16-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:52
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 2	Bryl/Fijalek	14	Mol/Sorum	25, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 1-0
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	15	Plavins/Tocs	18	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 13 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-1
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool D	Gerson/Heidrich	20, Q1	Mol/Sorum	13	21-17, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 Kujawiak/Rudol, Poland 2-0
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool D	Mol/Sorum	13	Kujawiak/Rudol	29	21-16, 21-17	0:34
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	9	Kujawiak/Rudol	24	14-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 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 # 17 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
5/19/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	9	Beeler/Krattiger	19	21-18, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 3-0
7/21/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	12	Koekelkoren/van Walle	18	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	0:51
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	15	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q14	21-18, 21-15	0:32
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	9	Koekelkoren/van Walle	6	21-13, 21-14	0:28
Lead the series against # 21 Sivolap/Yarzutkin, Russia 2-0
7/18/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Pool E	Mol/Sorum	12	Sivolap/Yarzutkin	21	21-10, 21-15	0:30
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	9	Sivolap/Yarzutkin	24	19-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:50
Lead the series against # 24 Aye/Krou, France 1-0
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	9	Aye/Krou	16	21-12, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 26 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 # 28 Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy, France 1-0
7/16/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Pool E	Mol/Sorum	12	Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy	28	21-10, 21-18	0:27
Lead the series against # 32 Basta/Kolaric, Serbia 1-0
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	9	Basta/Kolaric	25, Q6	21-14, 21-13	0:28