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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Fuzhou Open
April 19 - 23, 2016

(25, Q8) 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 Fuzhou Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Oivind Hordvik - 41st	Did not play
2014	Oivind Hordvik - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	28, Q7	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	24, Q4	17th	180	US$1,200.00
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

Fuzhou Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 4/19/2016	Qualifier 1	Toni Hellmuth / Eric Stadie, Germany (Q25)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:30
Tue, 4/19/2016	Qualifier 2	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (Q9)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:36
Wed, 4/20/2016	Pool H	Jian Li / Zhuoxin Li, China (8)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:32
Wed, 4/20/2016	Pool H	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (9)	Lost 21-23, 19-21	0:37
Thu, 4/21/2016	Pool H	Dmitri Barsuk / Nikita Liamin, Russia (24, Q5)	Lost 12-21, 21-16, 10-15	0:36
Fri, 4/22/2016	Winner 1	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (13)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:33

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$5,200.00	15	14	51.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$5,200.00	15	14	51.7 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$2,600.00	2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$2,600.00
25	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	13	$13,900.00	Total	Total	11	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	3	$2,600.00

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	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	8	66.7%	2-10	16.7%	10-16	38.5%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	7-11	38.9%

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 7-9 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Bourne/Hyden	5	Kvamsdal/Sorum	28, Q7	21-19, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 8 Li/Li, China 1-0
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25, Q8	Li/Li	8	21-17, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 9 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-2
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25, Q8	23-21, 21-19	0:37
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 # 12 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	12	Kvamsdal/Sorum	28, Q7	23-21, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 13 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-1
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	13	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25, Q8	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 20 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 0-2
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Kosiak/Rudol	21	Kvamsdal/Sorum	28, Q7	21-15, 19-21, 15-8	0:42
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 1	Kosiak/Rudol	17	Kvamsdal/Sorum	22, Q2	21-18, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 24, Q5 Barsuk/Liamin, Russia 0-1
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Barsuk/Liamin	24, Q5	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25, Q8	21-12, 16-21, 15-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 27, Q11 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 1-0
4/12/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Qualifier 2	Kvamsdal/Sorum	28, Q7	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	Q10	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 30 Bao/Ha, China 2-0
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool F	Kvamsdal/Sorum	22, Q2	Bao/Ha	27, Q7	21-13, 21-16	0:36
11/9/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Qualifier 2	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25, Q4	Bao/Ha	Q13	18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # Q3 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 # Q9 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-0
4/19/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25, Q8	Garcia/Marco	Q9	21-18, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # Q25 Hellmuth/Stadie, Germany 1-0
4/19/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 1	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25, Q8	Hellmuth/Stadie	Q25	21-15, 21-17	0:30