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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Cape Town Elite 16
November 2 - 6, 2022

(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 Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Cape Town Elite 16 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/3/2022	Pool A	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (9)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:33
Thu, 11/3/2022	Pool A	Robin Seidl / Philipp Waller, Austria (8)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:33
Fri, 11/4/2022	Pool A	Simon Kulzer / Momme Lorenz, Germany (16, Q12)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:30
Sat, 11/5/2022	Winner 1	Arthur Canet / Teo Rotar, France (13, Q6)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:30
Sat, 11/5/2022	Semi-Finals	Robin Seidl / Philipp Waller, Austria (8)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:29
Sun, 11/6/2022	Gold Medal	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (6)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:38

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	8	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$178,000.00	32	9	78.0 %
Total	FIVB	43	18	2	3	0	8	0	6	3	2	1	0	$954,500.00	180	41	81.4 %

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
8	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$89,000.00	2022	FIVB	8	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$89,000.00
52	19	2	5	1	8	11	2	2	2	$485,975.00	Total	Total	68	18	4	3	2	11	11	8	6	5	$494,512.50

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	34	64.2%	10	18.9%	9	17.0%	44-9	83.0%	15	57.7%	3	11.5%	8	30.8%	15-11	57.7%	68-10	87.2%	50-24	67.6%	1	2	60-19	75.9%

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 25-12 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 0 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 8-8
10/2/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	21-19, 21-18	0:36
8/11/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool A	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Mol/Sorum	1	By Forfeit
5/28/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	21-18, 21-17	0:39
5/26/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	19-21, 21-15, 18-16	0:53
3/26/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Mol/Sorum	2	17-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:48
3/24/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Mol/Sorum	2	21-17, 21-16	0:38
10/7/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Mol/Sorum	3	21-19, 23-25, 24-22	1:04
8/1/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	21-17, 21-19	0:39
7/27/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	21-17, 21-17	0:35
7/13/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	21	21-17, 21-15	0:34
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	17	21-14, 21-23, 28-26	0:58
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 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 4-2
10/8/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	3	Tijan/Younousse	2	21-17, 17-21, 16-14	0:53
4/26/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Tijan/Younousse	10	21-18, 21-18	0:44
4/20/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Tijan/Younousse	17	21-19, 22-20	0:42
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 # 4 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
3/25/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Cottafava/Nicolai	15, Q7	20-22, 27-25, 15-7	0:54
Lead the series against # 5 Boermans/Immers, Netherlands 1-0
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	8	Boermans/Immers	7	21-18, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-0
11/6/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Ahman/Hellvig	6	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 7 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 # 8 Seidl/Waller, Austria 4-1
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 # 9 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
Series tied with # 11 Luini/Penninga, Netherlands 1-1
8/12/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool A	Luini/Penninga	16, Q5	Mol/Sorum	1	By Forfeit
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	8	Luini/Penninga	32	21-10, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 13, Q6 Canet/Rotar, France 1-0
11/5/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	1	Canet/Rotar	13, Q6	21-11, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # 16, Q12 Kulzer/Lorenz, Germany 1-0
11/4/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Kulzer/Lorenz	16, Q12	21-13, 21-14	0:30