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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Ostrava Four Star
June 20 - 24, 2018

(14) 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$1,053,849.75

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:

114

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,065,367.26

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	74	30	7	9	2	13	0	7	3	2	1	US$1,905,500.00
Overall	84	36	7	10	2	15	0	8	3	2	1	US$2,043,606.50

Previous Ostrava Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	7/3-9/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	21, Q3	9th	360	US$8,000.00

Ostrava Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/21/2018	Pool C	Nivaldo Diaz / Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba (19)	Lost 22-24, 21-15, 14-16	0:55
Fri, 6/22/2018	Pool C	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (3)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 12-15	0:48

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	39	17	4	6	2	5	0	2	2	1	0	0	$851,000.00
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	83	35	7	10	2	15	0	8	3	2	1	0	$2,024,250.00

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
42	17	4	6	2	5	5	1	1	1	$431,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	17	4	6	2	5	4	1	2	3	$429,500.00
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
92	36	7	12	3	15	13	2	2	2	$1,020,850.00	Total	109	35	9	10	4	18	14	8	6	5	$1,030,637.50

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	8	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	$43,500.00	19	13	59.4 %
2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	4	0	3	1	1	1	0	$70,500.00	31	17	64.6 %
Total	CEV	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,250.00	12	3	80.0 %

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
											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
9	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	1	0	$22,125.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	4	3	1	1	0	$23,025.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
22	1	1	2	1	5	7	1	2	2	$49,100.00	Total	Total	41	1	2	0	2	9	9	6	6	6	$56,912.50

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	73	73.0%	18	18.0%	9	9.0%	91-9	91.0%	21	55.3%	8	21.1%	9	23.7%	21-17	55.3%	146-16	90.1%	78-34	69.6%	0	1	112-26	81.2%

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 17-14 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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
Series tied with # 4 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 # 5 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
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
Series tied with # 9 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 1-1
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 # 11 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 2-0
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 # 12 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
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 # 15 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 1-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	18	Pedlow/Schachter	15	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 19 Diaz/Gonzalez, Cuba 0-1
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool C	Diaz/Gonzalez	19	Mol/Sorum	14	24-22, 15-21, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 20 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 2-0
5/18/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	9	Ontiveros/Virgen	11	24-22, 21-19	0:33
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	19	Ontiveros/Virgen	14	21-12, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against # 21 O'Gorman/Saxton, Canada 1-0
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	19	O'Gorman/Saxton	14	21-17, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 28 Kujawiak/Rudol, Poland 1-0
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	9	Kujawiak/Rudol	24	14-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:40
Lead the series against # 29, Q16 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
8/16/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool G	Mol/Sorum	10	Ermacora/Pristauz	23	21-18, 3-3 Retired	0:20
Lead the series against # 30, Q19 Thole/Wickler, Germany 1-0
4/18/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 2	Mol/Sorum	23, Q2	Thole/Wickler	Q18	13-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:42
Trail the series against # Q1 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-2
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	23, Q2	Tijan/Younousse	18	21-14, 21-10	0:30
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	8	Mol/Sorum	19	18-21, 21-18, 20-18	0:50
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool H	Tijan/Younousse	8	Mol/Sorum	9	21-23, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # Q3 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
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 # Q4 Crabb/Mayer, United States 1-0
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 3	Mol/Sorum	18	Crabb/Mayer	35	21-19, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # Q9 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