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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
Saturday, April 19, 2025 Stadium Court 09:00

Match #31: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(1) Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway
vs.
(21, Q8) Sam Schachter/Jonathan Pickett, Canada

Anders Berntsen Mol
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stord

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$937,384.94

Christian Sandlie Sørum
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 3, 1995 (30 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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	72	29	7	9	2	12	0	7	3	2	1	US$1,856,500.00

Previous Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	12/4-7/2024	Finals Doha 2024	3	1st	400	US$150,000.00
FIVB	11/6-10/2024	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	2	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/16-20/2024	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	3	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2024	Elite16 Hamburg	2	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/10/2024	Olympic Games Paris 2024	2	3rd	0	US$0.00
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

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/17/2025	Pool A	Julian Horl / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (24, Q6)	Won 21-14, 16-21, 15-8	0:44
Thu, 4/17/2025	Pool A	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (12)	Won 21-11, 21-8	0:30
Sat, 4/19/2025	Winner 2	Jonathan Pickett / Sam Schachter, Canada (21, Q8)	Won 24-22, 21-15	0:41
Sat, 4/19/2025	Winner 3	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (7)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:32
Sun, 4/20/2025	Semi-Finals	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (15)	Lost 18-21, 21-15, 21-23	1:03
Sun, 4/20/2025	Bronze Medal	Michal Bryl / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (5)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 20-18	0:53

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$)
Olympic Games	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$124,000.00
World Tour Finals	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$700,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	16	4	6	2	4	0	2	2	1	0	0	$802,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	7	2	0	0	6	0	3	1	1	1	0	$228,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	72	29	7	9	2	12	0	7	3	2	1	0	$1,856,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Anders Mol												Christian Sorum
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$62,000.00	World Championships	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$62,000.00
6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350,000.00	World Tour Finals	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350,000.00
40	16	4	6	2	4	5	1	1	0	$407,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	16	4	6	2	4	4	1	2	0	$405,000.00
22	7	2	0	0	6	4	1	1	0	$114,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	7	2	0	0	7	4	7	4	0	$123,187.50
5	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,975.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$5,325.00
1	0	0	0	1	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
81	30	7	11	3	12	12	2	2	0	$936,975.00	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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
2018	FIVB	13	3	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	$283,500.00	41	17	70.7 %
2019	FIVB	12	7	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$263,000.00	66	5	93.0 %
2021	FIVB	7	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$203,000.00	29	6	82.9 %
2022	FIVB	10	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$342,000.00	43	10	81.1 %
2023	FIVB	9	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$262,000.00	48	7	87.3 %
2024	FIVB	9	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$288,000.00	46	11	80.7 %
2025	FIVB	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$57,000.00	11	1	91.7 %
Total	FIVB	65	27	6	9	2	9	0	6	3	2	1	0	$1,725,500.00	296	61	82.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Anders Mol													Christian Sorum
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2014	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$8,500.00	2016	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	1	$17,187.50
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$10,850.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	$8,950.00
14	3	1	1	0	4	3	1	1	0	$142,125.00	2018	FIVB	15	3	1	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	$143,025.00
13	8	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$132,000.00	2019	FIVB	14	7	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$133,350.00
7	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$101,500.00	2021	FIVB	8	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$103,000.00
10	5	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	$171,000.00	2022	FIVB	10	5	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	$171,000.00
9	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$131,000.00	2023	FIVB	9	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$131,000.00
9	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	$144,000.00	2024	FIVB	9	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	$144,000.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,500.00	2025	FIVB	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,500.00
74	28	6	11	3	9	11	2	2	2	$871,475.00	Total	Total	90	27	8	9	4	12	11	8	6	5	$880,012.50

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	217	76.1%	45	15.8%	23	8.1%	262-23	91.9%	55	57.3%	18	18.8%	23	24.0%	55-41	57.3%	217-23	90.4%	100-41	70.9%	7	6	324-70	82.2%
2024-2025	53	72.6%	13	17.8%	7	9.6%	66-7	90.4%	15	51.7%	7	24.1%	7	24.1%	15-14	51.7%	53-7	88.3%	28-14	66.7%	4	0	85-21	80.2%
Against the Field	38	74.5%	8	15.7%	5	9.8%	46-5	90.2%	4	25.0%	4	25.0%	8	50.0%	4-12	25.0%	76-10	88.4%	24-18	57.1%	3	0	53-14	79.1%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	12	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	9	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	24	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	18	4	0	0	3	0	5	1	1	0	4	1	31	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	0	83	15	0	0	43	8	20	8	6	2	16	4	171	37
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	35	6	0	0	29	11	9	0	0	0	7	2	82	20
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	5	0	155	26	0	0	89	23	36	11	9	2	29	7	324	70

Sam Schachter
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

North York, ON

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$240,437.50

Jonathan Pickett
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wiarton

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Halifax 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$18,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	1	US$36,250.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Maverick Hatch - 41st	Did not play
2012	Maverick Hatch - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	22, Q12	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	22	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	11/28-12/1/2024	Challenge Nuvali	14	13th	400	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/16-20/2024	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Q5	17th	400	US$0.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/16/2025	Qualifier 1	Bryce Mayer / Tyler Penberthy, Virgin Islands (Q9)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 4/17/2025	Pool D	Jorge Alayo / Noslen Diaz, Cuba (4)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:32
Thu, 4/17/2025	Pool D	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (9)	Lost 12-21, 21-23	0:35
Fri, 4/18/2025	Winner 1	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (14)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:35
Sat, 4/19/2025	Winner 2	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (1)	Lost 22-24, 15-21	0:41

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$17,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$12,250.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	1	0	$36,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sam Schachter												Jonathan Pickett
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals
38	0	1	0	1	1	11	14	4	0	$121,875.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$8,500.00
66	1	2	0	1	8	19	16	10	0	$87,812.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	$6,125.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
119	3	3	0	2	10	34	37	14	0	$240,437.50	Total	14	0	1	0	0	0	7	5	1	0	$18,575.00

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
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$14,250.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$16,250.00	8	9	47.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sam Schachter													Jonathan Pickett
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	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$4,000.00	2011	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2012	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,375.00	2013	FIVB
7	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	$26,400.00	2014	FIVB
10	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	0	$52,787.50	2015	FIVB
16	0	1	0	0	2	4	6	3	0	$33,125.00	2016	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	$25,000.00	2017	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	$18,750.00	2018	FIVB
13	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	0	1	$30,500.00	2019	FIVB
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$4,000.00	2021	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$5,750.00	2022	FIVB
12	1	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	1	$12,500.00	2023	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$5,125.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,450.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$7,125.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$7,125.00
114	3	3	0	2	10	31	36	13	16	$230,437.50	Total	Total	9	0	1	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	$8,575.00

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	12	63.2%	1	5.3%	6	31.6%	13-6	68.4%	1	6.7%	2	13.3%	12	80.0%	1-14	6.7%	12-12	50.0%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	14-20	41.2%
2024-2025	12	63.2%	1	5.3%	6	31.6%	13-6	68.4%	1	6.7%	2	13.3%	12	80.0%	1-14	6.7%	12-12	50.0%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	14-20	41.2%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	1	10.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	12-12	50.0%	2-10	16.7%	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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	2	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9
Total	0	0	3	1	8	12	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	20

Head to Head Results
Mol/Sorum lead the series 2-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/19/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	1	Pickett/Schachter	35	18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:51
4/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Pickett/Schachter	21, Q8	24-22, 21-15	0:41