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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
November 6 - 10, 2024

(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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Mathias Berntsen - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/16-20/2024	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	3	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2024	Elite16 Hamburg	2	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/10/2024	Olympic Games Paris 2024	2	3rd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna	2	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	3	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
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

Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/7/2024	Pool B	Philipp Huster / Maximilian Just, Germany (15, Q9)	Won 21-16, 20-22, 15-8	0:51
Thu, 11/7/2024	Pool B	Adelmo Goncalves / Andre Loyola, Brazil (10)	Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:49
Fri, 11/8/2024	Pool B	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (7)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:27
Sat, 11/9/2024	Winner 2	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (3)	Won 21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:49
Sun, 11/10/2024	Semi-Finals	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (14, Q4)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 12-15	0:52
Sun, 11/10/2024	Bronze Medal	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (7)	Lost 18-21, 21-13, 11-15	0:42

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	8	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$138,000.00	41	9	82.0 %
Total	FIVB	62	25	6	8	2	9	0	6	3	2	1	0	$1,518,500.00	280	58	82.8 %

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
8	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	$69,000.00	2024	FIVB	8	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	$69,000.00
71	26	6	10	3	9	11	2	2	2	$767,975.00	Total	Total	87	25	8	8	4	12	11	8	6	5	$776,512.50

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	26	66.7%	7	17.9%	6	15.4%	33-6	84.6%	9	64.3%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	9-5	64.3%	52-6	89.7%	32-16	66.7%	0	0	42-11	79.2%

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 33-7 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 5-3
10/20/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	3	Ahman/Hellvig	2	22-20, 18-21, 15-10	0:53
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 # 3 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 13-2
11/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	2	Tijan/Younousse	3	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:49
10/20/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	3	Tijan/Younousse	5	25-27, 21-17, 19-17	1:09
8/10/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Bronze Medal	Mol/Sorum	2	Tijan/Younousse	13	21-13, 21-16	0:32
7/11/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Tijan/Younousse	10	23-25, 21-13, 15-10	0:55
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 # 4 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 1-0
8/22/24	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Dos Santos/da Silva	10	21-11, 21-19	0:31
Lead the series against # 6 Immers/van de Velde, Netherlands 4-0
8/24/24	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	2	Immers/van de Velde	5	21-16, 21-15	0:30
8/2/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Immers/van de Velde	11	21-16, 21-19	0:37
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	3	Immers/van de Velde	9	30-28, 21-17	0:44
4/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Immers/van de Velde	12	20-22, 21-11, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 2-1
11/10/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Bronze Medal	Fokerots/Plavins	7	Mol/Sorum	2	21-18, 13-21, 15-11	0:42
11/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Fokerots/Plavins	7	21-17, 21-12	0:27
10/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	3	Fokerots/Plavins	8	21-16, 21-18	0:34
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 # 10 Goncalves/Loyola, Brazil 1-0
11/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Goncalves/Loyola	10	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 12 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 1-0
10/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Popov/Reznik	11	21-12, 21-17	0:30
Series tied with # 14, Q4 Bello/Bello, England 1-1
11/10/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Semi-Finals	Bello/Bello	14, Q4	Mol/Sorum	2	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:52
10/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Bello/Bello	14, Q2	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:53
Lead the series against # 15, Q9 Huster/Just, Germany 1-0
11/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Huster/Just	15, Q9	21-16, 20-22, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # Q1 Carvalhaes/Felipe, Brazil 1-0
5/19/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	9	Carvalhaes/Felipe	6	21-17, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q15 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