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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
Sunday, July 28, 2024 Stadium Court 21:00

Match #2: Pool B

(2) Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway
vs.
(23) Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile

Anders Berntsen Mol
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1997 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stord

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$748,384.94

Christian Sandlie Sørum
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 3, 1995 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oslo

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$756,781.89

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	60	24	6	8	1	9	0	6	3	2	1	US$1,478,500.00

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna	2	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	3	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	3	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	3	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	12/6-9/2023	BPT Finals Doha 2023	2	2nd	0	US$80,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	1	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	1	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/28/2024

Pool B

Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (23)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	14	10	3	0.500	3	0	0	4
	1	8	5	2	0.375	1	0	0	2
	2	6	5	1	0.667	2	0	0	2
Christian Sorum	Total	20	18	0	0.900	0	9	1	1
	1	9	8	0	0.889	0	6	1	1
	2	11	10	0	0.909	0	3	0	0

Wed, 7/31/2024

Pool B

Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (14)

Won 21-12, 21-15

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	13	11	2	0.692	4	1	2	2
	1	5	4	1	0.600	2	1	0	1
	2	8	7	1	0.750	2	0	2	1
Christian Sorum	Total	25	17	1	0.640	0	9	1	0
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	6	1	0
	2	13	9	0	0.692	0	3	0	0

Fri, 8/2/2024

Pool B

Matthew Immers / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (11)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	14	8	1	0.500	5	3	2	4
	1	6	4	0	0.667	4	1	2	2
	2	8	4	1	0.375	1	2	0	2
Christian Sorum	Total	30	16	5	0.367	0	6	1	0
	1	14	7	3	0.286	0	2	0	0
	2	16	9	2	0.438	0	4	1	0

Mon, 8/5/2024

Winner 1

Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (19)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	19	11	3	0.421	6	1	3	4
	1	6	2	2	0.000	6	1	1	1
	2	13	9	1	0.615	0	0	2	3
Christian Sorum	Total	21	11	2	0.429	0	6	1	0
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	2	1	0
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	4	0	0

Wed, 8/7/2024

Winner 2

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (18)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	12	10	0	0.833	5	1	1	5
	1	5	4	0	0.800	3	0	1	2
	2	7	6	0	0.857	2	1	0	3
Christian Sorum	Total	31	19	2	0.548	0	7	0	1
	1	17	11	2	0.529	0	2	0	0
	2	14	8	0	0.571	0	5	0	1

Thu, 8/8/2024

Semi-Finals

Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (3)

Lost 13-21, 21-17, 13-15

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	16	9	2	0.438	6	1	2	4
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	0	0	2
	2	4	2	1	0.250	3	0	1	0
	3	6	4	0	0.667	3	1	1	2
Christian Sorum	Total	38	11	11	0.000	0	9	1	1
	1	11	3	6	-0.273	0	0	0	1
	2	14	4	4	0.000	0	7	1	0
	3	13	4	1	0.231	0	2	0	0

Sat, 8/10/2024

Bronze Medal

Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (13)

Won 21-13, 21-16

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	Total	11	7	3	0.364	7	0	4	5
	1	3	2	1	0.333	1	0	3	3
	2	8	5	2	0.375	6	0	1	2
Christian Sorum	Total	19	13	2	0.579	0	3	0	1
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	3	0	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anders Mol	99	66	14	0.525	36	7	14	28
Christian Sorum	184	105	23	0.446	0	49	5	4
Total	283	171	37	0.473	36	56	19	32
Opponents	310	158	62	0.310	22	52	3	40

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Christian Sorum - 3rd	Anders Mol - 3rd
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Christian Sorum - 3rd	Anders Mol - 3rd
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st
2022	World Championships	Rome	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st
2022	World Tour Finals	Doha	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Christian Sorum - 5th	Anders Mol - 5th
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Christian Sorum - 2nd	Anders Mol - 2nd

Esteban Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 1991 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santiago

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$242,307.78

Marco Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 11, 1989 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Queilen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$242,307.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	114	5	2	1	4	8	0	29	5	21	2	3	14	15	1	3	1	US$484,532.15

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Marco Grimalt - 4th	Esteban Grimalt - 4th
2023	Marco Grimalt - 13th	Esteban Grimalt - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna	7	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	8	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	Q2	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	5	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	14, Q4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	18, Q5	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	16, Q11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	Q7	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	17, Q4	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	Q5	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Q5	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	14	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	15, Q8	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	Q6	21st	340	US$0.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/28/2024

Pool B

Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (2)

Lost 14-21, 16-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Esteban Grimalt	Total	26	13	5	0.308	0	3	0	3
	1	13	5	3	0.154	0	2	0	1
	2	13	8	2	0.462	0	1	0	2
Marco Grimalt	Total	12	7	2	0.417	1	0	1	2
	1	7	4	1	0.429	1	0	0	1
	2	5	3	1	0.400	0	0	1	1

Wed, 7/31/2024

Pool B

Matthew Immers / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (11)

Lost 19-21, 16-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Esteban Grimalt	Total	18	10	2	0.444	0	4	0	4
	1	9	7	1	0.667	0	2	0	3
	2	9	3	1	0.222	0	2	0	1
Marco Grimalt	Total	27	13	7	0.222	5	0	1	0
	1	11	6	3	0.273	3	0	0	0
	2	16	7	4	0.188	2	0	1	0

Fri, 8/2/2024

Pool B

Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (14)

Won 21-15, 23-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Esteban Grimalt	Total	21	17	0	0.810	0	6	1	3
	1	8	6	0	0.750	0	4	0	2
	2	13	11	0	0.846	0	2	1	1
Marco Grimalt	Total	17	12	2	0.588	5	0	0	1
	1	10	7	2	0.500	3	0	0	1
	2	7	5	0	0.714	2	0	0	0

Sat, 8/3/2024

Lucky Loser

Daniel Dearing / Sam Schachter, Canada (20)

Won 2-1 Retired

0:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Esteban Grimalt	Total	1	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	1
	1	1	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	1
Marco Grimalt	Total	0	0	0		0	0	1	0
	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0

Mon, 8/5/2024

Winner 1

Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (13)

Lost 14-21, 13-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Esteban Grimalt	Total	31	12	9	0.097	0	2	0	3
	1	19	8	5	0.158	0	2	0	3
	2	12	4	4	0.000	0	0	0	0
Marco Grimalt	Total	14	5	4	0.071	4	3	0	2
	1	4	1	0	0.250	2	2	0	2
	2	10	4	4	0.000	2	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Esteban Grimalt	97	53	16	0.381	0	15	1	14
Marco Grimalt	70	37	15	0.314	15	3	3	5
Total	167	90	31	0.353	15	18	4	19
Opponents	155	103	23	0.516	15	29	5	15

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Marco Grimalt - 33rd	Esteban Grimalt - 33rd
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Marco Grimalt - 19th	Esteban Grimalt - 19th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Marco Grimalt - 37th	Esteban Grimalt - 37th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Marco Grimalt - 33rd	Esteban Grimalt - 33rd
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th
2022	World Tour Finals	Doha	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th

Head to Head Results
Mol/Sorum lead the series 7-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/28/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-14, 21-16	0:37
7/12/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	24-22, 18-21, 28-26	1:12
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	1	Grimalt/Grimalt	14	21-12, 21-15	0:32
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	23-21, 21-17	0:41
10/1/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	21-15, 21-11	0:33
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	21-12, 18-21, 15-9	0:50
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	9	Grimalt/Grimalt	18	21-17, 21-17	0:36