Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$75,000 Qatar Open
April 4 - 8, 2016

(24, Q4) Morten Kvamsdal/Christian Sorum, Norway

Morten Kvamsdal
Norway

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 10, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bergen

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Fortaleza 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$15,987.50

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	33	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	US$9,375.00

Previous Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Christian Sorum - 25th	Morten Kvamsdal - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	22, Q2	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	25, Q4	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	Q4	33rd	60	US$0.00

Qatar Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 4/4/2016	Qualifier 1	Kusti Nolvak / Mart Tiisaar, Estonia (Q29)	Won 21-19, 12-21, 15-6	0:49
Mon, 4/4/2016	Qualifier 2	Peter Eglseer / Daniel Mullner, Austria (Q13)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:33
Tue, 4/5/2016	Pool H	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (9)	Lost 20-22, 12-21	0:33
Tue, 4/5/2016	Pool H	Jefferson Santos Pereira / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (8)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:32
Wed, 4/6/2016	Pool H	Cole Durant / Bo Soderberg, Australia (25, Q5)	Lost 13-21, 21-16, 13-15	0:43
Wed, 4/6/2016	Winner 1	Michal Bryl / Kacper Kujawiak, Poland (26, Q8)	Lost 11-21, 24-26	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	$9,375.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	$9,375.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Morten Kvamsdal												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
											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
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$9,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	16	4	6	2	4	4	1	2	0	$405,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	0	$6,437.50	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	0	1	0	$200.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	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
27	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	6	0	$15,987.50	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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$3,200.00	10	8	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$3,200.00	10	8	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Morten Kvamsdal													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	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$200.00	2010	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	$3,000.00	2013	FIVB
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$4,600.00	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,500.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$1,600.00	2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$1,600.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	13	$12,900.00	Total	Total	9	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	$1,600.00

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	11	64.7%	3	17.6%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	5	25.0%	3	15.0%	12	60.0%	5-15	25.0%	11-12	47.8%	8-6	57.1%	0	1	19-19	50.0%
2015-2016	11	64.7%	3	17.6%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	5	25.0%	3	15.0%	12	60.0%	5-15	25.0%	11-12	47.8%	8-6	57.1%	0	1	19-19	50.0%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	11	84.6%	1-12	7.7%	10-20	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	0	1	7-13	35.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	11	2	7	13	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	19
Total	0	0	11	2	7	13	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	19

Head to Head Results
Kvamsdal/Sorum trail the series against the field 5-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
11/10/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	9	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25, Q4	21-18, 25-23	0:37
Series tied with # 8 Santos Pereira/Younousse, Qatar 1-1
4/5/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool H	Kvamsdal/Sorum	24, Q4	Santos Pereira/Younousse	8	21-18, 21-17	0:32
11/11/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool H	Santos Pereira/Younousse	8	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25, Q4	21-12, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 9 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
4/5/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool H	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Kvamsdal/Sorum	24, Q4	22-20, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 16 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 0-1
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool F	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	11	Kvamsdal/Sorum	22, Q2	21-17, 21-19	0:31
Lead the series against # 18 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 1-0
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool F	Kvamsdal/Sorum	22, Q2	Plavins/Regza	6	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 25, Q5 Durant/Soderberg, Australia 0-1
4/6/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool H	Durant/Soderberg	25, Q5	Kvamsdal/Sorum	24, Q4	21-13, 16-21, 15-13	0:43
Trail the series against # 26, Q8 Bryl/Kujawiak, Poland 0-1
4/6/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 1	Bryl/Kujawiak	26, Q8	Kvamsdal/Sorum	24, Q4	21-11, 26-24	0:36
Lead the series against # Q13 Eglseer/Mullner, Austria 1-0
4/4/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Qualifier 2	Kvamsdal/Sorum	24, Q4	Eglseer/Mullner	Q13	21-19, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # Q25 Metral/Zandbergen, Switzerland 1-0
10/21/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Qualifier 1	Kvamsdal/Sorum	Q4	Metral/Zandbergen	Q29	21-18, 26-24	0:35
Lead the series against # Q29 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-0
4/4/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Qualifier 1	Kvamsdal/Sorum	24, Q4	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q29	21-19, 12-21, 15-6	0:49