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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Gstaad Major
July 9 - 14, 2018

(15) 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
2017	Christian Sorum - 9th	Anders Mol - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Gstaad Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2018	Pool B	Martins Plavins / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (18)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:46
Wed, 7/11/2018	Pool B	Andrea Abbiati / Tiziano Andreatta, Italy (31, Q27)	Won 21-10, 21-14	0:25
Fri, 7/13/2018	Winner 2	Bruno Schmidt / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (13)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:52
Fri, 7/13/2018	Winner 3	Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (26, Q14)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:32
Sat, 7/14/2018	Semi-Finals	Taylor Crabb / Jake Gibb, United States (21)	Won 17-21, 23-21, 16-14	0:52
Sat, 7/14/2018	Gold Medal	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (6)	Won 21-18, 21-12	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
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 %
2018	FIVB	11	1	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	$93,500.00	30	16	65.2 %
Total	FIVB	14	1	1	0	0	5	0	4	1	1	1	0	$120,500.00	42	20	67.7 %

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
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
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
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
22	1	1	2	1	5	7	1	2	2	$68,475.00	Total	Total	36	1	2	0	2	8	7	5	6	5	$74,162.50

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%
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	70	72.9%	18	18.8%	8	8.3%	88-8	91.7%	22	59.5%	6	16.2%	9	24.3%	22-15	59.5%	140-14	90.9%	80-28	74.1%	1	1	111-22	83.5%

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 21-12 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
6/30/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 2	Felipe/Goncalves	3	Mol/Sorum	13	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool C	Kantor/Losiak	3	Mol/Sorum	19	12-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-3
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
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	1	Mol/Sorum	9	21-17, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
7/14/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	15	Gavira/Herrera	6	21-18, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 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
Series tied with # 10 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 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	19	Lupo/Nicolai	3	21-18, 26-24	0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 2-0
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	15	Schmidt/Solberg	13	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:52
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	13	Schmidt/Solberg	12	21-15, 21-8	0:29
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
Trail the series against # 17 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 0-2
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 1	Bryl/Fijalek	21	Mol/Sorum	19	21-18, 16-21, 16-14	0:54
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 # 18 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
Lead the series against # 20 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
Lead the series against # 21 Crabb/Gibb, United States 1-0
7/14/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	15	Crabb/Gibb	21	17-21, 23-21, 16-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 23, Q5 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 # 26, Q14 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 2-0
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 # 31, Q27 Abbiati/Andreatta, Italy 1-0
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	15	Abbiati/Andreatta	31, Q27	21-10, 21-14	0:25
Lead the series against # Q2 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 # Q3 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	9	Grimalt/Grimalt	18	21-17, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q6 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 # Q11 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 # Q17 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