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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24 - August 7, 2021

(1) Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway

Anders Berntsen Mol
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1997 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stord, Hordaland

Resides:

Strandvik

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$706,384.94

Christian Sandlie Sørum
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 3, 1995 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oslo

Resides:

Fjerdingby

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$714,781.89

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	55	22	6	6	0	9	0	6	3	2	1	US$1,394,500.00

Previous Tokyo Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	1	5	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	2	9	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2021	Sochi 4 Star	2	17	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	1	1	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	1	1	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	2	3	960	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	1	1	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	1	1	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	1	1	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	1	3	1280	US$35,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	2	2	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	1	1	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	1	1	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/15-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	1	1	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	1	5	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	2	5	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/17-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	2	1	800	US$20,000.00

Tokyo Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/24/2021

Pool A

Christopher McHugh / Damien Schumann, Australia (24)

Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-13

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	49	24	7	0.347	7	3	0	3
	1	16	10	3	0.438	2	0	0	1
	2	20	7	2	0.250	4	1	0	2
	3	13	7	2	0.385	1	2	0	0
Christian Sorum	Total	14	6	3	0.214	0	11	1	0
	1	4	2	2	0.000	0	4	1	0
	2	5	2	0	0.400	0	4	0	0
	3	5	2	1	0.200	0	3	0	0

Mon, 7/26/2021

Pool A

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (13)

Won 21-17, 24-22

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	30	15	10	0.167	8	2	2	2
	1	11	4	4	0.000	5	1	1	2
	2	19	11	6	0.263	3	1	1	0
Christian Sorum	Total	13	6	1	0.385	0	10	0	1
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	0	0
	2	7	3	0	0.429	0	8	0	1

Wed, 7/28/2021

Pool A

Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov, Russian Olympic Committee (12)

Lost 19-21, 19-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	32	18	5	0.406	1	2	3	4
	1	17	10	3	0.412	0	2	1	3
	2	15	8	2	0.400	1	0	2	1
Christian Sorum	Total	16	6	5	0.063	0	10	1	0
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	6	0	0
	2	8	2	4	-0.250	0	4	1	0

Sun, 8/1/2021

Winner 1

Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (9)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	27	20	3	0.630	6	0	1	4
	1	12	11	1	0.833	3	0	0	2
	2	15	9	2	0.467	3	0	1	2
Christian Sorum	Total	12	7	2	0.417	0	5	0	2
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	3	0	1
	2	7	4	2	0.286	0	2	0	1

Wed, 8/4/2021

Winner 2

Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov, Russian Olympic Committee (12)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	24	18	3	0.625	1	3	0	4
	1	10	8	2	0.600	1	1	0	2
	2	14	10	1	0.643	0	2	0	2
Christian Sorum	Total	27	14	2	0.444	0	14	0	0
	1	9	8	0	0.889	0	5	0	0
	2	18	6	2	0.222	0	9	0	0

Thu, 8/5/2021

Semi-Finals

Martins Plavins / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (14)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	15	10	1	0.600	10	0	0	5
	1	14	9	1	0.571	5	0	0	2
	2	1	1	0	1.000	5	0	0	3
Christian Sorum	Total	22	14	4	0.455	0	5	0	0
	1	5	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	0
	2	17	12	2	0.588	0	2	0	0

Sat, 8/7/2021

Gold Medal

Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Oleg Stoyanovskiy, Russian Olympic Committee (2)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	15	12	2	0.667	5	1	2	3
	1	9	7	1	0.667	3	0	2	2
	2	6	5	1	0.667	2	1	0	1
Christian Sorum	Total	17	12	3	0.529	0	5	1	0
	1	2	2	0	1.000	0	2	1	0
	2	15	10	3	0.467	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	192	117	31	0.448	38	11	8	25
Christian Sorum	121	65	20	0.372	0	60	3	3

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Hamburg	Christian Sorum - 3rd	Anders Mol - 3rd
2022	Rome	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st
2023	Tlaxcala	Christian Sorum - 5th	Anders Mol - 5th

Head to Head Results
Mol/Sorum lead the series against the field 54-20

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russian Olympic Committee 3-3
8/7/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	2	21-17, 21-18	0:40
7/9/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 3	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	9	Mol/Sorum	1	21-16, 21-19	0:38
9/7/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Semi-Finals	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	Mol/Sorum	2	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:52
6/16/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	2	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	25-23, 19-21, 23-21	1:01
6/2/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	21-17, 21-15	0:35
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	6	Mol/Sorum	2	21-12, 21-13	0:28
Lead the series against # 3 Samba/Tijan, Qatar 3-2
4/26/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Samba/Tijan	10	21-18, 21-18	0:44
4/20/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Samba/Tijan	17	21-19, 22-20	0:42
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	23, Q2	Samba/Tijan	18	21-14, 21-10	0:30
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Samba/Tijan	8	Mol/Sorum	19	18-21, 21-18, 20-18	0:50
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool H	Samba/Tijan	8	Mol/Sorum	9	21-23, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 4 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 2-0
4/25/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Cerutti/Filho	4	21-8, 18-21, 15-12	0:48
8/4/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Cerutti/Filho	5	21-11, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 5 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 6-2
8/4/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Bryl/Fijalek	6	23-21, 21-12	0:48
5/19/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Bryl/Fijalek	2	21-19, 28-26	0:46
10/21/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	2	Bryl/Fijalek	4	21-13, 21-17	0:39
8/18/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	2	Bryl/Fijalek	9	21-19, 21-17	0:40
8/15/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Bryl/Fijalek	9	21-18, 21-16	0:34
8/5/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	3	Bryl/Fijalek	14	21-12, 21-17	0:38
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 1	Bryl/Fijalek	21	Mol/Sorum	19	21-18, 16-21, 16-14	0:54
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 2	Bryl/Fijalek	14	Mol/Sorum	25, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 7 Thole/Wickler, Germany 4-2
7/6/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Thole/Wickler	12	Mol/Sorum	1	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:10
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	1	Thole/Wickler	12	21-18, 21-17	0:36
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Thole/Wickler	16	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:56
8/18/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	2	Thole/Wickler	1	21-16, 16-21, 15-9	1:00
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Thole/Wickler	19, Q1	Mol/Sorum	9	21-18, 22-24, 15-13	0:50
4/18/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 2	Mol/Sorum	23, Q2	Thole/Wickler	Q18	13-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 3-1
9/7/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	2	Goncalves/Schmidt	10	21-17, 21-16	0:38
7/13/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Goncalves/Schmidt	6	21-18, 21-14	0:40
6/16/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Gold Medal	Goncalves/Schmidt	11	Mol/Sorum	2	11-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:52
5/26/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Goncalves/Schmidt	10	14-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 9 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 5-4
8/1/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	21-17, 21-19	0:39
7/27/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	21-17, 21-17	0:35
7/13/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	21	21-17, 21-15	0:34
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	17	21-14, 21-23, 28-26	0:58
8/17/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Mol/Sorum	2	17-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:53
8/5/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	21-18, 21-18	0:42
6/22/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool C	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Mol/Sorum	14	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Mol/Sorum	18	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:46
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	1	Mol/Sorum	9	21-17, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 11 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 3-1
4/19/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Perusic/Schweiner	10	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:48
6/2/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Perusic/Schweiner	8	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:48
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Perusic/Schweiner	18	21-18, 21-16	0:37
9/8/17	FIVB	Montpellier One Star	Winner 2	Perusic/Schweiner	8	Mol/Sorum	1	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 12 Leshukov/Semenov, Russian Olympic Committee 3-1
8/4/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Leshukov/Semenov	12	21-17, 21-19	0:44
7/28/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool A	Leshukov/Semenov	12	Mol/Sorum	1	21-19, 21-19	0:44
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Leshukov/Semenov	16	21-16, 21-18	0:39
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Leshukov/Semenov	19	21-11, 21-9	0:28
Lead the series against # 13 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-1
7/26/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Gavira/Herrera	13	21-17, 24-22	0:47
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	5	Mol/Sorum	1	18-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:48
8/16/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Gavira/Herrera	6	21-14, 21-15	0:28
7/14/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	15	Gavira/Herrera	6	21-18, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 5-0
8/5/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Plavins/Tocs	14	21-15, 21-16	0:37
7/5/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Plavins/Tocs	23	22-20, 21-17	0:48
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	2	Plavins/Tocs	8	21-18, 21-14	0:30
8/16/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Plavins/Tocs	7	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:43
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	15	Plavins/Tocs	18	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 15 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 1-0
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Carambula/Rossi	18	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 16 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 3-0
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Dalhausser/Lucena	12	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:53
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Dalhausser/Lucena	12	By Forfeit
5/25/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	1	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	21-18, 18-21, 16-14	0:50
Lead the series against # 17 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	9	Grimalt/Grimalt	18	21-17, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 18 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 4-0
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Lupo/Nicolai	7	21-12, 19-21, 15-7	0:54
7/6/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	1	Lupo/Nicolai	8	21-13, 21-11	0:39
6/15/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	2	Lupo/Nicolai	6	21-19, 21-17	0:34
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	19	Lupo/Nicolai	3	21-18, 26-24	0:38
Series tied with # 19 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-2
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool B	Kantor/Losiak	18	Mol/Sorum	2	21-16, 21-18	0:40
4/25/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	1	Kantor/Losiak	25, Q6	22-24, 21-14, 15-13	1:06
5/18/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Kantor/Losiak	4	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:48
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool C	Kantor/Losiak	3	Mol/Sorum	19	12-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 22 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 2-1
7/9/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Gerson/Heidrich	20	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:58
8/3/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	1	Gerson/Heidrich	25	21-14, 21-13	0:41
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool D	Gerson/Heidrich	20, Q1	Mol/Sorum	13	21-17, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 24 McHugh/Schumann, Australia 1-0
7/24/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	McHugh/Schumann	24	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:55