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US$300,000 Dela Beach Open
January 2 - 6, 2019

(2) 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 The Hague Results

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/17-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	2	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	8/15-18/2018	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	2	1st	0	US$150,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/5/2018	Vienna Major	3	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
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
FIVB	1/3-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	9	5th	480	US$6,000.00

The Hague Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 1/4/2019	Pool B	Mees Blom / Yorick de Groot, Netherlands (31)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:28
Fri, 1/4/2019	Pool B	Alexander Walkenhorst / Sven Winter, Germany (18)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:40
Sat, 1/5/2019	Winner 2	Quincy Aye / Arnaud Gauthier-Rat, France (26, Q7)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:27
Sat, 1/5/2019	Winner 3	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Oleg Stoyanovskiy, Russia (6)	Lost 12-21, 13-21	0:28

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	13	3	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	$283,500.00	41	17	70.7 %
2019	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$26,000.00	9	1	90.0 %
Total	FIVB	18	4	1	0	0	6	0	4	1	1	1	0	$336,500.00	62	22	73.8 %

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
14	3	1	1	0	4	3	1	1	0	$142,125.00	2018	FIVB	15	3	1	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	$143,025.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00	2019	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
26	4	1	2	1	6	7	1	2	2	$176,475.00	Total	Total	40	4	2	0	2	9	7	5	6	5	$182,162.50

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%
2018-2019	80	80.0%	9	9.0%	11	11.0%	89-11	89.0%	16	59.3%	4	14.8%	7	25.9%	16-11	59.3%	80-7	92.0%	25-15	62.5%	2	0	107-22	82.9%
Against the Field	36	66.7%	10	18.5%	8	14.8%	46-8	85.2%	14	50.0%	6	21.4%	8	28.6%	14-14	50.0%	72-14	83.7%	48-28	63.2%	0	1	60-22	73.2%

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	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 16-9 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-4
8/17/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Mol/Sorum	2	17-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:53
8/5/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	21-18, 21-18	0:42
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 # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Leshukov/Semenov	19	21-11, 21-9	0:28
Trail the series against # 6 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russia 0-1
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	6	Mol/Sorum	2	21-12, 21-13	0:28
Lead the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 8 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/4/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	3	Doppler/Horst	8	21-14, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 Thole/Wickler, Germany 2-1
8/18/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	2	Thole/Wickler	1	21-16, 16-21, 15-9	1:00
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Thole/Wickler	19, Q1	Mol/Sorum	9	21-18, 22-24, 15-13	0:50
4/18/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 2	Mol/Sorum	23, Q2	Thole/Wickler	Q18	13-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:42
Lead the series against # 11 Filho/Santos, Brazil 1-0
10/20/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	2	Filho/Santos	16	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 18 Walkenhorst/Winter, Germany 1-0
1/4/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Walkenhorst/Winter	18	21-18, 24-22	0:40
Lead the series against # 21 Rudol/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	25, Q3	Rudol/Szalankiewicz	24	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 22, Q1 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 # 23, Q3 Horl/Winter, Austria 1-0
8/2/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Horl/Winter	30	21-9, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 26, Q7 Aye/Gauthier-Rat, France 1-0
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	2	Aye/Gauthier-Rat	26, Q7	21-14, 21-13	0:27
Lead the series against # 31 Blom/de Groot, Netherlands 1-0
1/4/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Blom/de Groot	31	21-11, 21-18	0:28