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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Court #2 19:30

Match #77: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(1) Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway
vs.
(35) Jonathan Pickett/Sam Schachter, 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$935,384.94

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$943,781.89

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	72	29	7	9	2	12	0	6	3	2	1	US$1,852,500.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	1	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	1	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	1	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	1	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	1	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	1	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
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

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool A	Hans Hannibal / Nicolas Llambias, Uruguay (48)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:39
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool A	Adrian Heidrich / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (25)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:37
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool A	Leo Dillier / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (24)	Won 24-26, 21-16, 15-12	0:56
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Jonathan Pickett / Sam Schachter, Canada (35)

World Championships Results

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

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	1	3rd	1280	US$35,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	8	1st	1600	US$60,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	1	5th	960	US$18,000.00

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	0	0	0	0	0	$120,000.00
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	6	3	2	1	0	$1,852,500.00

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	0	0	0	0	$60,000.00	World Championships	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$60,000.00
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	11	2	2	0	$934,975.00	Total	97	29	9	9	4	15	11	8	6	0	$943,512.50

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	8	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$177,000.00	38	9	80.9 %
Total	FIVB	71	29	7	9	2	12	0	6	3	2	1	0	$1,845,500.00	323	69	82.4 %

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
8	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$88,500.00	2025	FIVB	8	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$88,500.00
80	30	7	11	3	12	11	2	2	2	$931,475.00	Total	Total	96	29	9	9	4	15	11	8	6	5	$940,012.50

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	76.4%	45	15.8%	22	7.7%	262-22	92.3%	54	56.8%	18	18.9%	23	24.2%	54-41	56.8%	217-23	90.4%	99-40	71.2%	7	6	323-69	82.4%
2024-2025	53	73.6%	13	18.1%	6	8.3%	66-6	91.7%	14	50.0%	7	25.0%	7	25.0%	14-14	50.0%	53-7	88.3%	27-13	67.5%	4	0	84-20	80.8%
Against the Field	58	66.7%	18	20.7%	11	12.6%	76-11	87.4%	18	47.4%	7	18.4%	13	34.2%	18-20	47.4%	116-18	86.6%	72-36	66.7%	4	0	98-27	78.4%

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	8	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	23	2
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	88	22	36	11	9	2	29	7	323	69

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$17,475.00

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$239,337.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	1	US$34,050.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	4	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	21, Q8	9th	600	US$7,500.00
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

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool K	Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (14)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:38
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool K	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (11)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 9-15	0:48
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool K	Jose Mondlane / Osvaldo Mungoi, Mozambique (38)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:32
Tue, 11/18/2025	Lucky Loser	Matthew Immers / Ruben Penninga, Netherlands (33)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:48
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (1)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Josh Binstock - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Sam Pedlow - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Sam Pedlow - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Daniel Dearing - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Daniel Dearing - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	35	33rd	320	US$4,800.00

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	0	0	0	$4,800.00
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	2	1	0	$34,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jonathan Pickett												Sam Schachter
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$23,900.00
											World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$8,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	1	0	1	1	11	14	4	0	$121,875.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	$6,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	66	1	2	0	1	8	19	16	10	0	$87,812.50
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
14	0	1	0	0	0	7	4	1	0	$17,475.00	Total	119	3	3	0	2	10	34	36	14	0	$239,337.50

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
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	1	$32,050.00	12	16	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	1	$34,050.00	14	19	42.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jonathan Pickett													Sam Schachter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$4,000.00
											2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,375.00
											2014	FIVB	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	$26,400.00
											2015	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	0	$52,787.50
											2016	FIVB	16	0	1	0	0	2	4	6	3	0	$33,125.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	$25,000.00
											2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	$18,750.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	0	1	$30,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,000.00
											2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$4,000.00
											2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$5,750.00
											2023	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	1	$12,500.00
5	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,450.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$5,125.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	1	$16,025.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	1	$16,025.00
14	0	1	0	0	0	7	4	1	1	$17,475.00	Total	Total	119	3	3	0	2	10	34	36	14	17	$239,337.50

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	12	66.7%	1	5.6%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	1	6.7%	2	13.3%	12	80.0%	1-14	6.7%	12-12	50.0%	2-7	22.2%	0	0	14-19	42.4%
2024-2025	12	66.7%	1	5.6%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	1	6.7%	2	13.3%	12	80.0%	1-14	6.7%	12-12	50.0%	2-7	22.2%	0	0	14-19	42.4%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	1	7.1%	2	14.3%	11	78.6%	1-13	7.1%	10-22	31.3%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	7-15	31.8%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	19

Head to Head Results
Mol/Sorum lead the series 1-0

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