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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
June 1 - 5, 2016

(25) 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:

4th (CEV C&S Lausanne 2013)

Career CEV Best:

9th (Biel 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$19,493.54

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:

120

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,040,977.40

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
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$2,788.00
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$169.73
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	US$9,375.00
Overall	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	3	1	US$12,332.73

Previous Biel Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Did not play	Runar Sannarnes - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	24, Q5	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2016	Fortaleza Open	17	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	25, Q8	17th	180	US$1,200.00
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

CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/1/2016	Pool H	Philip Gabathuler / Mirco Gerson, Switzerland (8)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:45
Thu, 6/2/2016	Pool H	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (9)	Lost 16-21, 12-21	0:28
Fri, 6/3/2016	Pool H	Maciej Kosiak / Maciej Rudol, Poland (24)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:47
Fri, 6/3/2016	Winner 1	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (16)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:37
Sat, 6/4/2016	Winner 2	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (6)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	$11,875.00

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$1,500.00	Confederation Championship	10	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$60,625.00
29	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	7	0	$17,487.50	Total	107	34	9	10	4	17	14	8	6	0	$1,006,137.50

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	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	$9,375.00	19	19	50.0 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	$9,375.00	19	19	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %

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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2012	CEV
											2012	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2013	CEV
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$562.50	2013	CEV C&S
											2013	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2014	CEV
											2014	CEV Under Age	2	1	0	0	0	1	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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$250.00
											2015	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1	$4,687.50	2016	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1	$4,687.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
38	0	0	0	1	1	4	8	9	15	$18,300.00	Total	Total	23	1	1	0	2	5	2	5	3	4	$6,187.50

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2015-2016	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	11	2	9	14	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	21

Head to Head Results
Kvamsdal/Sorum trail the series against the field 4-14 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-3
6/4/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25	21-17, 21-19	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 8 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
6/1/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool H	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25	Gabathuler/Gerson	8	18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:45
Trail the series against # 9 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-2
6/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	9	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25	21-16, 21-12	0:28
11/10/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	9	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25, Q4	21-18, 25-23	0:37
Trail the series against # 11 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool H	Bockermann/Fluggen	9	Kvamsdal/Sorum	24, Q5	21-13, 21-16	0:32
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
Trail the series against # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
6/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25	Erdmann/Matysik	16	21-19, 21-18	0:37
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 # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-1
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool H	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	8	Kvamsdal/Sorum	24, Q5	23-25, 21-17, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 24 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 1-2
6/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool H	Kvamsdal/Sorum	25	Kosiak/Rudol	24	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:47
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 # 31 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 0-1
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool H	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	25, Q7	Kvamsdal/Sorum	24, Q5	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 32 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