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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Porec Major
June 28 - July 3, 2016

(28, Q6) Geir Eithun/Christian Sorum, Norway

Geir Eithun
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Førde

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Long Beach 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$70,275.00

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

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	US$8,000.00

Previous Porec Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Iver Horrem - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Porec Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/28/2016	Qualifier 1	Marko Matic / Marko Vujnovic, Croatia (Q27)	Won 21-12, 21-6	0:23
Wed, 6/29/2016	Qualifier 2	David Kufa / David Lenc, Czech Republic (Q22)	Won 16-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:43
Thu, 6/30/2016	Pool E	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (5)	Lost 10-21, 24-26	0:37
Thu, 6/30/2016	Pool E	Vitor Felipe / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (12)	Won 22-24, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Fri, 7/1/2016	Pool E	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (21)	Lost 15-21, 21-23	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$8,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$8,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Geir Eithun												Christian Sorum
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$62,000.00
											World Tour Finals	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350,000.00
38	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	13	0	$55,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	16	4	6	2	4	4	1	2	0	$405,000.00
26	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	4	0	$13,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	7	2	0	0	7	4	7	4	0	$123,187.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$5,325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	Challenger
											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
66	0	0	0	0	1	7	13	17	0	$70,275.00	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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Geir Eithun													Christian Sorum
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	2010	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	$6,000.00	2011	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	$11,825.00	2012	FIVB
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	3	$16,650.00	2013	FIVB
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	5	$9,500.00	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	$16,200.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	$7,800.00	2016	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	1	$6,687.50
64	0	0	0	0	1	7	13	16	27	$68,275.00	Total	Total	14	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	4	3	$6,687.50

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	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	3-3	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
2015-2016	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	3-3	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	4-4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Total	0	0	4	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5

Head to Head Results
Eithun/Sorum lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q6	21-10, 26-24	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 1-0
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool E	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q6	Felipe/Filho	12	22-24, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 21 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
7/1/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool E	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q6	21-15, 23-21	0:38
Lead the series against # Q22 Kufa/Lenc, Czech Republic 1-0
6/29/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Qualifier 2	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q6	Kufa/Lenc	Q22	16-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:43
Lead the series against # Q27 Matic/Vujnovic, Croatia 1-0
6/28/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Qualifier 1	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q6	Matic/Vujnovic	Q27	21-12, 21-6	0:23