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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 22:00

Match #92: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(23) Mathias Berntsen/Hendrik Mol, Norway
vs.
(29) Christoph Dressler/Philipp Waller, Austria

Mathias Berntsen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Arendal, Aust-Agder

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$138,676.38

Hendrik Nikolai Mol
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 10, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Strandvik

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$128,876.38

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	70	0	2	3	0	13	0	13	8	9	3	1	5	6	6	US$253,416.10

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	8	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	18, Q3	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	10	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	10	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	13	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool B	Adrian Mol / Markus Mol, Norway (26)	Won 24-22, 21-15	0:38
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool B	Luke Ryan / Zachery Schubert, Australia (47)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:38
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool B	Stefan Boermans / Yorick de Groot, Netherlands (2)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:36
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Christoph Dressler / Philipp Waller, Austria (29)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Hendrik Mol - 17th	Mathias Berntsen - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Hendrik Mol - 17th	Mathias Berntsen - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	30	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	27	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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$)
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$21,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	0	0	1	0	7	0	4	8	3	1	0	$140,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	2	1	0	3	0	7	0	6	3	0	$72,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	$15,000.00
Total	70	0	2	3	0	13	0	13	8	13	5	0	$253,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mathias Berntsen												Hendrik Mol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
33	0	0	1	0	7	13	3	2	0	$76,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	0	0	1	0	7	12	3	1	0	$70,250.00
33	0	2	1	0	3	7	7	3	0	$37,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	2	1	0	3	7	7	4	0	$38,275.00
14	0	0	2	0	4	4	2	0	0	$11,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	0	$7,500.00
											U23 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
88	0	2	4	1	15	25	14	7	0	$138,325.00	Total	80	0	3	3	1	13	22	14	6	0	$128,525.00

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
2018	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	6	$16,500.00	14	20	41.2 %
2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	3	$17,500.00	23	16	59.0 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	$12,000.00	10	10	50.0 %
2022	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	$55,750.00	21	17	55.3 %
2023	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	$34,000.00	19	16	54.3 %
2024	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	2	0	0	$42,000.00	17	21	44.7 %
2025	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	4	0	0	0	$68,500.00	22	17	56.4 %
Total	FIVB	69	0	2	3	0	13	0	13	8	13	5	12	$246,250.00	126	118	51.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mathias Berntsen													Hendrik Mol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2014	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$400.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	$8,400.00	2017	FIVB
15	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	6	$9,550.00	2018	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	6	$8,250.00
10	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	3	$8,750.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	3	$10,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$6,000.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$6,000.00
10	0	1	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	$27,875.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	$27,875.00
10	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	$17,000.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	$17,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	0	0	$21,000.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	0	0	$21,000.00
9	0	0	1	0	3	5	0	0	0	$34,250.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	3	5	0	0	0	$34,250.00
87	0	2	4	1	15	25	14	7	19	$134,825.00	Total	Total	79	0	3	3	1	13	22	14	6	17	$125,025.00

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	80	64.0%	23	18.4%	22	17.6%	103-22	82.4%	21	18.3%	19	16.5%	75	65.2%	21-94	18.3%	80-75	51.6%	44-41	51.8%	2	2	126-118	51.6%
2024-2025	23	56.1%	10	24.4%	8	19.5%	33-8	80.5%	4	12.5%	8	25.0%	20	62.5%	4-28	12.5%	23-20	53.5%	14-16	46.7%	2	2	39-38	50.6%
Against the Field	18	54.5%	6	18.2%	9	27.3%	24-9	72.7%	1	2.4%	6	14.6%	34	82.9%	1-40	2.4%	36-66	35.3%	14-30	31.8%	0	1	25-49	33.8%

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	7	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
World Tour Finals	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	11	6	24	29	0	0	6	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	42	50
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	16	8	22	22	2	0	11	13	2	1	1	0	0	2	54	46
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	1	9	7	0	0	8	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	21	16
Total	0	0	32	15	62	62	2	0	25	36	2	3	3	0	0	2	126	118

Christoph Dressler
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 2, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Feldbach

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$95,268.20

Philipp Waller
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 26, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Linz

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$124,559.88

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	3	0	1	US$55,800.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	1	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	10	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	22, Q13	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q7	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	18	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	15	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	12	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	17, Q2	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	3	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	18, Q2	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	17	4th	680	US$7,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool E	Lukas Pfretzschner / Sven Winter, Germany (20)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:37
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool E	Michal Bryl / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (5)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 9-15	0:53
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool E	Hongjun Du / Yanwei Wang, China (44)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:32
Tue, 11/18/2025	Lucky Loser	Adrian Mol / Markus Mol, Norway (26)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (23)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Thomas Kunert - 33rd	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Robin Seidl - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Alexander Huber - 17th	Robin Seidl - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	29	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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$21,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$30,000.00
Total	13	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	3	0	0	$55,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christoph Dressler												Philipp Waller
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$8,300.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$13,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
28	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	3	0	$19,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	1	1	10	5	1	0	$41,500.00
51	0	0	1	2	3	10	18	5	0	$47,387.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	0	1	4	5	12	5	6	0	$58,750.00
24	4	2	1	2	6	2	3	3	0	$19,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	3	1	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	$10,090.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
114	4	2	2	4	10	18	31	13	0	$94,237.50	Total	77	3	1	2	5	10	27	10	8	0	$123,740.00

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
2025	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	3	0	1	$55,800.00	28	25	52.8 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	3	0	1	$55,800.00	28	25	52.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christoph Dressler													Philipp Waller
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$3,150.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	$3,000.00	2014	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	$1,600.00	2015	FIVB
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	1	$13,387.50	2016	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	$7,850.00	2017	FIVB
15	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	7	$10,000.00	2018	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	5	$9,990.00
8	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	$5,300.00	2019	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	3	$21,000.00
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	$7,900.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	$8,000.00
9	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	1	0	$8,450.00	2022	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	$31,975.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$150.00	2023	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$5,375.00
8	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	$3,650.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	$14,000.00
13	0	0	0	2	1	6	3	0	1	$27,900.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	1	6	3	0	1	$27,900.00
114	4	2	2	4	10	18	31	13	30	$94,237.50	Total	Total	77	3	1	2	5	10	27	10	8	11	$123,740.00

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	17	58.6%	7	24.1%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	3	13.0%	7	30.4%	13	56.5%	3-20	13.0%	17-13	56.7%	10-12	45.5%	1	0	28-25	52.8%
2024-2025	17	58.6%	7	24.1%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	3	13.0%	7	30.4%	13	56.5%	3-20	13.0%	17-13	56.7%	10-12	45.5%	1	0	28-25	52.8%
Against the Field	3	30.0%	4	40.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	2	12.5%	5	31.3%	9	56.3%	2-14	12.5%	6-18	25.0%	12-16	42.9%	0	0	9-17	34.6%

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	4	1	4	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	9	5	0	0	8	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	17	14
Total	0	0	4	1	14	11	1	0	9	9	0	2	0	2	0	0	28	25

Head to Head Results
Berntsen/Mol 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
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool C	Berntsen/Mol	10	Dressler/Waller	15	21-16, 21-16	0:33