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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Uberlandia Elite 16
November 9 - 13, 2022

(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 Uberlandia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/2-6/2022	Cape Town Elite 16	1	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	2	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	1	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	2	9th	530	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	8	1st	1600	US$60,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	6	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	6	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	2	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00

Uberlandia Elite 16 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/10/2022	Pool B	Noe Aravena / Vicente Droguett, Chile (10)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 11/11/2022	Pool B	Robin Seidl / Philipp Waller, Austria (7)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:53
Fri, 11/11/2022	Pool B	Marco Cairus / Hans Hannibal, Uruguay (15, Q3)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:36
Sat, 11/12/2022	Winner 1	Julian Horl / Alexander Horst, Austria (6)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:34
Sat, 11/12/2022	Semi-Finals	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (3)	Lost 22-20, 19-21, 13-15	1:00
Sun, 11/13/2022	Bronze Medal	Vitor Felipe / Renato Lima, Brazil (1)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:56

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	12	7	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$263,000.00	66	5	93.0 %
2021	FIVB	7	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$203,000.00	29	6	82.9 %
2022	FIVB	9	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$192,000.00	37	10	78.7 %
Total	FIVB	44	18	2	4	0	8	0	6	3	2	1	0	$968,500.00	185	42	81.5 %

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
13	8	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$132,000.00	2019	FIVB	14	7	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$133,350.00
7	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$101,500.00	2021	FIVB	8	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$103,000.00
9	4	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	$96,000.00	2022	FIVB	9	4	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	$96,000.00
53	19	2	6	1	8	11	2	2	2	$492,975.00	Total	Total	69	18	4	4	2	11	11	8	6	5	$501,512.50

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%
2021-2022	49	79.0%	10	16.1%	3	4.8%	59-3	95.2%	13	65.0%	2	10.0%	5	25.0%	13-7	65.0%	49-5	90.7%	23-5	82.1%	0	6	72-16	81.8%
Against the Field	19	67.9%	5	17.9%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3-4	42.9%	38-0	100.0%	16-12	57.1%	0	2	27-8	77.1%

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 18-4 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 2-0
11/13/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Bronze Medal	Mol/Sorum	2	Felipe/Lima	1	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:56
6/19/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	8	Felipe/Lima	12	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 3 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 3-2
11/12/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Loyola/Wanderley	3	Mol/Sorum	2	20-22, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
6/18/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	8	Loyola/Wanderley	5	21-14, 21-18	0:40
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool C	Loyola/Wanderley	3	Mol/Sorum	6	By Forfeit
5/28/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	6	Loyola/Wanderley	4	21-15, 21-16	0:35
3/26/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	2	Loyola/Wanderley	3	21-15, 18-21, 17-15	1:00
Trail the series against # 4 Barbosa/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
8/12/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool A	Barbosa/Schmidt	8	Mol/Sorum	1	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 6 Horl/Horst, Austria 1-0
11/12/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	2	Horl/Horst	6	21-18, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 7 Seidl/Waller, Austria 5-1
11/11/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Seidl/Waller	7	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:53
11/5/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Seidl/Waller	8	21-11, 21-18	0:29
11/3/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Seidl/Waller	8	21-15, 21-16	0:33
6/16/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	8	Seidl/Waller	16	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:53
6/2/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool C	Seidl/Waller	14, Q2	Mol/Sorum	6	19-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:48
5/26/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	6	Seidl/Waller	14, Q4	21-17, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 8 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 2-0
11/3/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Berntsen/Mol	9	21-16, 21-19	0:33
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Berntsen/Mol	10	21-14, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 9 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Ermacora/Pristauz	32	21-18, 21-10	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 Aravena/Droguett, Chile 3-0
11/10/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Aravena/Droguett	10	21-16, 21-18	0:39
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Aravena/Droguett	15, Q4	21-12, 21-16	0:37
6/13/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	8	Aravena/Droguett	17	21-13, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 15, Q3 Cairus/Hannibal, Uruguay 1-0
11/11/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Cairus/Hannibal	15, Q3	21-19, 21-17	0:36