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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Match #35: Pool E

(5) Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway
vs.
(8) Tim Berger/Timo Hammarberg, Austria

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	73	29	7	9	2	12	0	7	3	2	1	US$1,856,500.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	1	9th	800	US$11,000.00
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

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool E	Mateus De Paula / Adelmo Goncalves, Brazil (20, Q6)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:35
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Leo Dillier / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (17, Q2)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Tim Berger / Timo Hammarberg, Austria (8)

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	38	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	73	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
41	16	4	6	2	4	5	1	1	0	$407,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	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
82	30	7	11	3	12	12	2	2	0	$936,975.00	Total	98	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	9	3	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$188,000.00	39	10	79.6 %
Total	FIVB	72	29	7	9	2	12	0	7	3	2	1	0	$1,856,500.00	324	70	82.2 %

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
9	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$94,000.00	2025	FIVB	9	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$94,000.00
81	30	7	11	3	12	12	2	2	2	$936,975.00	Total	Total	97	29	9	9	4	15	12	8	6	5	$945,512.50

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	218	76.2%	45	15.7%	23	8.0%	263-23	92.0%	55	57.3%	18	18.8%	23	24.0%	55-41	57.3%	218-23	90.5%	100-41	70.9%	7	6	325-70	82.3%
2025-2026	27	73.0%	6	16.2%	4	10.8%	33-4	89.2%	6	50.0%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	6-6	50.0%	27-3	90.0%	12-7	63.2%	1	0	40-10	80.0%
Against the Field	37	80.4%	6	13.0%	3	6.5%	43-3	93.5%	6	40.0%	2	13.3%	7	46.7%	6-9	40.0%	74-10	88.1%	24-10	70.6%	2	0	51-10	83.6%

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
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	84	15	0	0	43	8	20	8	6	2	16	4	172	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	156	26	0	0	89	23	36	11	9	2	29	7	325	70

Tim Berger
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$50,575.98

Timo Hammarberg
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 10, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wiener Neustadt

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$58,839.95

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	26	1	2	1	1	7	0	5	0	3	1	4	US$92,904.89
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	29	1	3	1	1	8	0	6	0	3	1	4	US$92,904.89

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Timo Hammarberg - 25th	Tim Berger - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	15	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	6	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	17, Q2	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	18, Q2	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	1	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	12	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	13	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	22, Q11	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q5	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool E	Leo Dillier / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (17, Q2)	Lost 23-21, 13-21, 14-16	0:48
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Mateus De Paula / Adelmo Goncalves, Brazil (20, Q6)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (5)

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	12	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	4	0	$63,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$18,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,400.00
U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	28	1	2	1	1	8	0	6	0	4	4	0	$92,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tim Berger												Timo Hammarberg
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	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
12	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	4	0	$31,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	1	0	0	3	3	1	4	0	$34,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$11,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	$16,625.00
10	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	$2,350.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	2	2	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	$2,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
32	2	2	1	1	10	7	4	4	0	$49,475.00	Total	35	2	3	2	2	9	7	5	4	0	$57,575.00

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
2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2023	FIVB	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	14	5	73.7 %
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
2024	FIVB	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$7,700.00	15	8	65.2 %
2025	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	4	0	3	0	2	4	0	$74,250.00	28	20	58.3 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	25	1	2	1	1	7	0	5	0	4	4	0	$92,650.00	61	36	62.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	13	3	81.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tim Berger													Timo Hammarberg
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2023	FIVB	6	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	1	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	$6,850.00	2024	FIVB	9	0	1	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	$13,350.00
14	0	1	0	0	4	3	2	4	0	$37,125.00	2025	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	4	3	2	4	0	$37,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
32	2	3	1	1	10	7	4	4	0	$49,475.00	Total	Total	35	2	4	2	2	9	7	5	4	0	$57,575.00

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	42	73.7%	6	10.5%	9	15.8%	48-9	84.2%	12	30.8%	6	15.4%	21	53.8%	12-27	30.8%	42-21	66.7%	18-15	54.5%	1	0	61-36	62.9%
2025-2026	19	67.9%	3	10.7%	6	21.4%	22-6	78.6%	9	36.0%	2	8.0%	14	56.0%	9-16	36.0%	19-14	57.6%	12-8	60.0%	1	0	32-22	59.3%
Against the Field	9	69.2%	1	7.7%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	9	64.3%	4-10	28.6%	18-18	50.0%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	14-13	51.9%

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	5	5	13	2	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	23	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	1	11	3	0	0	6	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	25	11
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
Total	0	0	9	6	38	10	1	0	15	17	3	2	1	1	1	2	68	38

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool E

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

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool E
8/2/25	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2025	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	1	Berger/Hammarberg	9	21-17, 21-15	0:33