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US$300,000 Gstaad Elite 16
July 6 - 9, 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 (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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Did not play	Runar Sannarnes - 33rd
2016	Did not play	Geir Eithun - 25th
2017	Christian Sorum - 9th	Anders Mol - 9th
2018	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st
2019	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st
2021	Christian Sorum - 5th	Anders Mol - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	10/6-10/2021	World Tour Finals - Italy	3	1st	0	US$150,000.00
FIVB	7/24-8/7/2021	Tokyo Olympic Games	1	1st	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	1	5th	480	US$6,000.00

Gstaad Elite 16 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/6/2022	Pool B	Yves Haussener / Quentin Metral, Switzerland (31)	Won 21-12, 22-20	0:37
Wed, 7/6/2022	Pool B	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (15)	Won 21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:46
Fri, 7/8/2022	Winner 2	Christiaan Varenhorst / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (20)	Lost By Forfeit

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	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$113,000.00	20	6	76.9 %
Total	FIVB	40	16	2	3	0	8	0	6	2	2	1	0	$889,500.00	168	38	81.6 %

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
5	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$56,500.00	2022	FIVB	5	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$56,500.00
49	17	2	5	1	8	10	2	2	2	$453,475.00	Total	Total	65	16	4	3	2	11	10	8	6	5	$462,012.50

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	61	65.6%	22	23.7%	10	10.8%	83-10	89.2%	21	52.5%	8	20.0%	11	27.5%	21-19	52.5%	122-6	95.3%	86-36	70.5%	2	6	106-27	79.7%

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 38-17 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 7-7
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 # 4 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 5-1
5/29/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	6	Perusic/Schweiner	1	15-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:57
10/10/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	3	Perusic/Schweiner	5	22-20, 23-21	0:43
4/19/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Perusic/Schweiner	10	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:48
6/2/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Perusic/Schweiner	8	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:48
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
Lead the series against # 5 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 3-1
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
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-0
3/27/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Bronze Medal	Mol/Sorum	2	Bryl/Losiak	8	12-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 11 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 0-1
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	Mol/Sorum	6	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 12 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 1-0
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 # 13 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 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 4-1
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Gavira/Herrera	15	21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:46
7/26/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Gavira/Herrera	13	21-17, 24-22	0:47
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
Lead the series against # 16 Seidl/Waller, Austria 2-1
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 # 18 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
Series tied with # 20 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 2-2
7/8/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	20	Mol/Sorum	2	By Forfeit
10/9/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	3	Varenhorst/van de Velde	8	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
6/5/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	13	Mol/Sorum	2	21-17, 21-18	0:38
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	16	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 21 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 2-1
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	21	Mol/Sorum	2	21-18, 14-21, 15-10	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 24 Luini/Penninga, Netherlands 1-0
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 # 31 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 2-0
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Haussener/Metral	31	21-12, 22-20	0:37
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Haussener/Metral	32	21-17, 21-13	0:32