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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Xiamen Four Star
April 23 - 28, 2019

(1) 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 Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Did not play	Morten Kvamsdal - 25th
2017	Did not play	Mathias Berntsen - 9th
2018	Christian Sorum - 5th	Anders Mol - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	2	5th	480	US$6,000.00
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

Xiamen Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/25/2019	Pool A	Zhuoxin Li / Chaowei Zhou, China (32)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:33
Thu, 4/25/2019	Pool A	Julius Thole / Clemens Wickler, Germany (16)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:56
Sat, 4/27/2019	Winner 2	Sam Pedlow / Sam Schachter, Canada (19)	Won 29-27, 21-19	0:45
Sat, 4/27/2019	Winner 3	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (5)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 15-17	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	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	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$32,000.00	12	2	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	19	4	1	0	0	7	0	4	1	1	1	0	$342,500.00	65	23	73.9 %

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
3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00	2019	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$17,500.00
27	4	1	2	1	7	7	1	2	2	$179,475.00	Total	Total	42	4	2	0	2	10	7	6	6	5	$186,662.50

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	81	69.8%	23	19.8%	12	10.3%	104-12	89.7%	19	47.5%	7	17.5%	14	35.0%	19-21	47.5%	162-18	90.0%	84-38	68.9%	2	3	125-31	80.1%

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 28-14 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 4-2
10/21/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	2	Bryl/Fijalek	4	21-13, 21-17	0:39
8/18/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	2	Bryl/Fijalek	9	21-19, 21-17	0:40
8/15/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Bryl/Fijalek	9	21-18, 21-16	0:34
8/5/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	3	Bryl/Fijalek	14	21-12, 21-17	0:38
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 # 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 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 # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-1
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	5	Mol/Sorum	1	18-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:48
8/16/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Gavira/Herrera	6	21-14, 21-15	0:28
7/14/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	15	Gavira/Herrera	6	21-18, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 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
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 15 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 3-0
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	2	Plavins/Tocs	8	21-18, 21-14	0:30
8/16/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Plavins/Tocs	7	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:43
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 # 16 Thole/Wickler, Germany 3-1
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Thole/Wickler	16	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:56
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 # 17 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
Lead the series against # 19 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 2-0
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Pedlow/Schachter	19	29-27, 21-19	0:45
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 # 21 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 # 32 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Li/Zhou	32	21-13, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # Q6 Doherty/Hyden, United States 0-1
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 2	Doherty/Hyden	17, Q2	Mol/Sorum	21, Q3	21-18, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q8 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 # Q15 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 # Q17 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 # Q22 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 # Q24 Finsters/Solovejs, Latvia 1-0
1/4/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	9	Finsters/Solovejs	24, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:28