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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Itapema Four Star
May 15 - 19, 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 (30 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 Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Christian Sorum - 2nd	Anders Mol - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	1	5th	480	US$6,000.00
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

Itapema Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/16/2019	Pool A	Olivier Barthelemy / Edouard Rowlandson, France (32, Q13)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:31
Thu, 5/16/2019	Pool A	Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb, United States (17)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:30
Fri, 5/17/2019	Winner 2	Ondrej Perusic / David Schweiner, Czech Republic (18)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:37
Sat, 5/18/2019	Winner 3	Theo Brunner / Reid Priddy, United States (23, Q3)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:35
Sat, 5/18/2019	Semi-Finals	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (4)	Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:48
Sun, 5/19/2019	Gold Medal	Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (2)	Won 21-19, 28-26	0:46

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	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$52,000.00	18	2	90.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	5	1	0	0	7	0	4	1	1	1	0	$362,500.00	71	23	75.5 %

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
4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$26,000.00	2019	FIVB	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$27,500.00
28	5	1	2	1	7	7	1	2	2	$189,475.00	Total	Total	43	5	2	0	2	10	7	6	6	5	$196,662.50

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	66	72.5%	16	17.6%	9	9.9%	82-9	90.1%	19	50.0%	9	23.7%	10	26.3%	19-19	50.0%	132-14	90.4%	70-36	66.0%	0	3	101-28	78.3%

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 28-11 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 5-2
5/19/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Bryl/Fijalek	2	21-19, 28-26	0:46
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
Series tied with # 4 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
5/18/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Kantor/Losiak	4	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:48
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 # 5 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 # 6 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 # 7 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 # 9 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 # 10 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 # 13 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 # 16 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 # 17 Bourne/Crabb, United States 2-0
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Bourne/Crabb	17	21-14, 21-17	0:30
10/20/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	2	Bourne/Crabb	19, Q1	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Series tied with # 18 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-1
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Perusic/Schweiner	18	21-18, 21-16	0:37
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 # 20 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 # 22 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 # 23, Q3 Brunner/Priddy, United States 1-0
5/18/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	1	Brunner/Priddy	23, Q3	21-19, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 25 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 # 27, Q5 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 # 32, Q13 Barthelemy/Rowlandson, France 1-0
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Barthelemy/Rowlandson	32, Q13	21-17, 21-16	0:31