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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite Montréal
August 19 - 23, 2026

(3) Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway

Anders Berntsen Mol
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stord

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,089,863.50

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:

117

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,101,381.01

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
CEV	11	6	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	US$155,461.50
FIVB	76	31	8	9	2	13	0	7	3	2	1	US$1,955,500.00
Overall	87	37	9	10	2	15	0	8	3	2	1	US$2,110,961.50

Previous Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st
2025	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/12-16/2026	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026	3	2nd	760	€ 15,000.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2026	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	3	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	5	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	1	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	1	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	1	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00

BPT Elite Montréal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool C	Alexander Horst / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (14, Q3)	Won 21-13, 23-21	0:36
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool C	Miles Evans / James Shaw, United States (11)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:31
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool C	Chase Budinger / Trevor Crabb, United States (6)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:36
Sat, 8/22/2026	Winner 2	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (2)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:31
Sun, 8/23/2026	Semi-Finals	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (10)	Won 21-15, 21-10	0:30
Sun, 8/23/2026	Gold Medal	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (13, Q1)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:36

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	41	18	5	6	2	5	0	2	2	1	0	0	$901,000.00
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
Confederation Championship	10	5	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$133,750.00
Total	86	36	9	10	2	15	0	8	3	2	1	0	$2,089,250.00

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
44	18	5	6	2	5	5	1	1	1	$456,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	46	18	5	6	2	5	4	1	2	3	$454,500.00
22	7	2	0	0	6	4	1	1	1	$114,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	7	2	0	0	7	4	7	4	1	$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	1	$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
10	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$66,875.00	Confederation Championship	11	5	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$68,125.00
95	37	9	12	3	15	13	2	2	2	$1,053,350.00	Total	112	36	11	10	4	18	14	8	6	5	$1,063,137.50

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 %
2017	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	11	1	91.7 %
2018	FIVB	13	3	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	$283,500.00	41	17	70.7 %
2018	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00	8	2	80.0 %
2019	FIVB	12	7	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$263,000.00	66	5	93.0 %
2019	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	7	0	100.0 %
2020	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
2021	FIVB	7	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$203,000.00	29	6	82.9 %
2021	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
2022	FIVB	10	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$342,000.00	43	10	81.1 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
2023	FIVB	9	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$262,000.00	48	7	87.3 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
2024	FIVB	9	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$288,000.00	46	11	80.7 %
2025	FIVB	9	3	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$188,000.00	39	10	79.6 %
2025	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
2026	FIVB	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$99,000.00	20	4	83.3 %
2026	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	76	31	8	9	2	13	0	7	3	2	1	0	$1,955,500.00	344	74	82.3 %
Total	CEV	11	6	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$140,250.00	57	6	90.5 %

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
											2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$250.00
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
											2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00	2017	CEV	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,875.00
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
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,375.00	2018	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,375.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2019	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2020	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2021	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
9	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	$144,000.00	2024	FIVB	9	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	$144,000.00
9	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$94,000.00	2025	FIVB	9	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$94,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2025	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$49,500.00	2026	FIVB	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$49,500.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2026	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
96	38	9	12	3	15	13	2	2	2	$1,056,600.00	Total	Total	117	37	11	10	4	19	15	9	6	6	$1,067,262.50

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	233	76.9%	47	15.5%	23	7.6%	280-23	92.4%	56	55.4%	19	18.8%	26	25.7%	56-45	55.4%	233-26	90.0%	103-42	71.0%	8	6	344-74	82.3%
2025-2026	42	77.8%	8	14.8%	4	7.4%	50-4	92.6%	7	41.2%	4	23.5%	6	35.3%	7-10	41.2%	42-6	87.5%	15-8	65.2%	2	0	59-14	80.8%
Against the Field	24	88.9%	1	3.7%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1-4	20.0%	48-4	92.3%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	26-6	81.3%

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	93	17	0	0	48	9	23	8	6	2	18	5	191	41
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	16	3	6	1	1	0	5	1	50	6
Total	0	0	5	0	187	29	0	0	110	27	45	12	10	2	36	9	394	80

Head to Head Results
Mol/Sorum lead the series against the field 30-7 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 4-1
8/16/26	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026	Gold Medal	Andersson/Nilsson	1	Mol/Sorum	3	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:52
4/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	5	Andersson/Nilsson	3	21-16, 23-21	0:40
9/20/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Andersson/Nilsson	3	21-18, 21-17	0:36
8/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Andersson/Nilsson	10	21-19, 21-13	0:36
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	21-18, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 2 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 8-2
8/22/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	3	Fokerots/Plavins	2	21-17, 21-14	0:31
5/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 2	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Mol/Sorum	5	21-17, 21-11	0:29
4/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	5	Fokerots/Plavins	6	21-14, 21-15	0:38
8/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Fokerots/Plavins	13	21-12, 21-16	0:31
8/1/25	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2025	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Fokerots/Plavins	3	22-20, 20-22, 15-6	0:45
5/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Fokerots/Plavins	12	21-12, 21-15	0:27
4/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	1	Fokerots/Plavins	7	21-16, 21-16	0:32
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 # 4 Chouikh/Gardoque, France 2-0
8/13/26	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Chouikh/Gardoque	14	21-16, 21-12	0:33
8/7/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Chouikh/Gardoque	6	21-19, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 2-3
4/20/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Semi-Finals	Goncalves/Lanci	15	Mol/Sorum	1	21-18, 15-21, 23-21	1:03
12/4/24	FIVB	Finals Doha 2024	Pool B	Goncalves/Lanci	7	Mol/Sorum	3	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:46
10/18/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Goncalves/Lanci	6	21-19, 21-19	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 6 Budinger/Crabb, United States 1-0
8/21/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Budinger/Crabb	6	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 0-1
8/15/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool A	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	8	Mol/Sorum	1	17-21, 23-21, 16-14	0:54
Lead the series against # 9 Benesh/Crabb, United States 1-0
5/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	5	Benesh/Crabb	11	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 10 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 5-0
8/23/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	3	Berntsen/Mol	10	21-15, 21-10	0:30
5/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool E	Mol/Sorum	5	Berntsen/Mol	8	21-17, 21-15	0:34
8/3/23	CEV	European Championships	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Berntsen/Mol	16	19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:48
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 # 11 Evans/Shaw, United States 1-0
8/21/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Evans/Shaw	11	21-18, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 12 Pickett/Schachter, Canada 2-0
11/19/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	1	Pickett/Schachter	35	18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:51
4/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Pickett/Schachter	21, Q8	24-22, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Lima/Loyola, Brazil 2-0
8/23/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	3	Lima/Loyola	13, Q1	21-16, 21-18	0:36
9/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	1	Lima/Loyola	16	21-11, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # 14, Q3 Horst/Pascariuc, Austria 1-0
8/20/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Horst/Pascariuc	14, Q3	21-13, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # Q9 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 1-0
7/31/25	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2025	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	17	21-17, 21-10	0:33