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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Gstaad
July 3 - 7, 2024

(3) 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
2022	Christian Sorum - 9th	Anders Mol - 9th
2023	Christian Sorum - 2nd	Anders Mol - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	3	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	3	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	12/6-9/2023	BPT Finals Doha 2023	2	2nd	0	US$80,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	1	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	1	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	1	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	1	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00

Elite16 Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/4/2024	Pool C	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (14, Q3)	Won 21-15, 23-21	0:38
Thu, 7/4/2024	Pool C	Lukas Pfretzschner / Sven Winter, Germany (11)	Won 21-15, 19-11 Retired	0:37
Fri, 7/5/2024	Pool C	Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (6)	Won 21-15, 21-11	0:33
Sat, 7/6/2024	Winner 2	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (10)	Won 21-23, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
Sat, 7/6/2024	Semi-Finals	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (2)	Lost 12-21, 22-20, 20-22	1:01
Sun, 7/7/2024	Bronze Medal	Samuele Cottafava / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (9)	Won 20-22, 22-20, 28-26	1:09

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	10	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$342,000.00	43	10	81.1 %
2023	FIVB	9	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$262,000.00	48	7	87.3 %
2024	FIVB	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$38,000.00	13	6	68.4 %
Total	FIVB	57	22	6	7	1	9	0	6	3	2	1	0	$1,418,500.00	252	55	82.1 %

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
10	5	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	$171,000.00	2022	FIVB	10	5	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	$171,000.00
9	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$131,000.00	2023	FIVB	9	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$131,000.00
3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00
66	23	6	9	2	9	11	2	2	2	$717,975.00	Total	Total	82	22	8	7	3	12	11	8	6	5	$726,512.50

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%
2023-2024	53	68.8%	19	24.7%	5	6.5%	72-5	93.5%	18	58.1%	7	22.6%	6	19.4%	18-13	58.1%	53-6	89.8%	37-12	75.5%	4	0	94-18	83.9%
Against the Field	48	60.8%	21	26.6%	10	12.7%	69-10	87.3%	13	44.8%	5	17.2%	11	37.9%	13-16	44.8%	96-14	87.3%	68-30	69.4%	3	1	85-23	78.7%

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 53-14 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 4-3
6/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Semi-Finals	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Mol/Sorum	3	23-21, 21-18	0:41
12/9/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Gold Medal	Ahman/Hellvig	3	Mol/Sorum	2	21-16, 21-17	0:37
12/7/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Ahman/Hellvig	3	21-16, 21-16	0:35
3/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Gold Medal	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Mol/Sorum	1	21-16, 21-15	0:36
2/5/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Ahman/Hellvig	8	21-19, 21-19	0:35
2/3/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Ahman/Hellvig	8	15-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
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 # 2 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 7-3
7/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Semi-Finals	Loyola/Wanderley	2	Mol/Sorum	3	21-12, 20-22, 22-20	1:01
12/9/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	2	Loyola/Wanderley	9	21-19, 17-21, 17-15	0:59
12/6/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Loyola/Wanderley	9	21-14, 19-21, 15-9	0:50
8/20/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Bronze Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Loyola/Wanderley	9	21-19, 21-16	0:37
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Loyola/Wanderley	9	21-17, 21-23, 15-11	0:56
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
Lead the series against # 4 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 4-0
3/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Bronze Medal	Mol/Sorum	3	Ehlers/Wickler	8	21-18, 21-19	0:38
12/6/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Ehlers/Wickler	7	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:47
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Ehlers/Wickler	5	22-20, 22-20	0:43
2/4/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Ehlers/Wickler	10	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:44
Series tied with # 5 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-1
6/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Goncalves/Lanci	6	Mol/Sorum	3	29-27, 21-18	0:51
7/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Goncalves/Lanci	11	21-11, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 6 Benesh/Partain, United States 2-3
7/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Benesh/Partain	6	21-15, 21-11	0:33
6/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Bronze Medal	Benesh/Partain	10	Mol/Sorum	3	21-15, 21-14	0:36
7/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Benesh/Partain	2	21-17, 15-21, 15-10	0:51
7/9/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Gold Medal	Benesh/Partain	9	Mol/Sorum	1	15-21, 21-11, 18-16	0:52
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool A	Benesh/Partain	9	Mol/Sorum	1	19-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 7 Budinger/Evans, United States 1-0
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	21-8, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 8 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 5-0
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	1	Grimalt/Grimalt	14	21-12, 21-15	0:32
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	23-21, 21-17	0:41
10/1/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	21-15, 21-11	0:33
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	21-12, 18-21, 15-9	0:50
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 # 9 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 8-1
7/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Bronze Medal	Mol/Sorum	3	Cottafava/Nicolai	9	20-22, 22-20, 28-26	1:09
10/12/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Cottafava/Nicolai	8	21-19, 21-17	0:39
8/20/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Cottafava/Nicolai	13, Q3	Mol/Sorum	1	25-23, 19-21, 15-13	0:57
4/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Cottafava/Nicolai	9	21-19, 21-15	0:33
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Cottafava/Nicolai	9	21-19, 21-13	0:31
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Cottafava/Nicolai	9	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:47
1/29/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	2	Cottafava/Nicolai	6	21-15, 14-21, 15-10	0:58
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Cottafava/Nicolai	6	23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:53
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 # 10 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 9-2
7/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	3	Tijan/Younousse	10	21-23, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
6/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Tijan/Younousse	11	21-13, 18-21, 15-9	0:50
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Tijan/Younousse	2	31-33, 21-17, 15-13	1:07
6/4/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Tijan/Younousse	7	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:52
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Tijan/Younousse	8	21-19, 16-21, 15-11	0:51
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 # 11 Pfretzschner/Winter, Germany 1-0
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Pfretzschner/Winter	11	21-15, 19-11 Retired	0:37
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 5-0
3/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	3	Bryl/Losiak	5	By Forfeit
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Bryl/Losiak	6	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	1:00
1/29/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	2	Bryl/Losiak	5	21-18, 21-18	0:50
10/1/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	2	Bryl/Losiak	4	21-17, 21-15	0:37
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 # 14, Q3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 5-1
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Gavira/Herrera	14, Q3	21-15, 23-21	0:38
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 # Q10 Benzi/Bonifazi, Italy 1-0
6/11/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	8	Benzi/Bonifazi	41	21-11, 21-10	0:31