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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
Saturday, May 2, 2026 Court #2 10:00

Match #41: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(5) Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway
vs.
(11) Andy Benesh/Taylor Crabb, United States

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$960,484.94

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$968,881.89

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	74	30	7	9	2	12	0	7	3	2	1	US$1,902,700.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Christian Sorum - 3rd	Anders Mol - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	5	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
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

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/29/2026	Pool E	Adrielson Dos Santos / Arthur da Silva, Brazil (20, Q4)	Lost 15-21, 21-14, 12-15	0:47
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool E	Leo Dillier / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (17, Q1)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool E	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (8)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:34
Sat, 5/2/2026	Winner 1	Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb, United States (11)

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	39	17	4	6	2	4	0	2	2	1	0	0	$848,200.00
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	74	30	7	9	2	12	0	7	3	2	1	0	$1,902,700.00

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
42	17	4	6	2	4	5	1	1	0	$430,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	17	4	6	2	4	4	1	2	0	$428,100.00
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
83	31	7	11	3	12	12	2	2	0	$960,075.00	Total	99	30	9	9	4	15	12	8	6	0	$968,612.50

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 %
2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	8	2	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	73	30	7	9	2	12	0	7	3	2	1	0	$1,896,500.00	332	72	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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
82	31	7	11	3	12	12	2	2	2	$956,975.00	Total	Total	98	30	9	9	4	15	12	8	6	5	$965,512.50

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	224	76.7%	45	15.4%	23	7.9%	269-23	92.1%	55	56.1%	19	19.4%	24	24.5%	55-43	56.1%	224-24	90.3%	100-42	70.4%	8	6	332-72	82.2%
2025-2026	33	76.7%	6	14.0%	4	9.3%	39-4	90.7%	6	42.9%	4	28.6%	4	28.6%	6-8	42.9%	33-4	89.2%	12-8	60.0%	2	0	47-12	79.7%
Against the Field	38	80.9%	6	12.8%	3	6.4%	44-3	93.6%	7	43.8%	2	12.5%	7	43.8%	7-9	43.8%	76-8	90.5%	26-10	72.2%	3	0	54-9	85.7%

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	87	17	0	0	45	8	21	8	6	2	17	4	179	39
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	159	28	0	0	91	23	37	11	9	2	30	7	332	72

Andy Benesh
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Height:

203 cm (6'9")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$127,000.00

Taylor Crabb
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 26, 1992 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

185 cm (6'0")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Chetumal 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$172,625.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$25,700.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Miles Partain - 5th	Did not play
2025	Miles Partain - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	11	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	11	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/29/2026	Pool B	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (14)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-5	0:40
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool B	Heitor Barbosa / Vinicius Rezende, Brazil (23, Q11)	Won 21-15, 27-25	0:41
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool B	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (2)	Lost 24-26, 21-19, 12-15	0:54
Sat, 5/2/2026	Winner 1	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$25,700.00
Total	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$25,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andy Benesh												Taylor Crabb
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
21	1	1	3	0	4	9	2	0	0	$94,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	1	2	4	6	4	0	0	$78,850.00
9	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	$15,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	1	0	2	0	4	14	8	5	0	$63,775.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
36	2	2	3	1	8	13	4	1	0	$127,000.00	Total	59	1	0	3	3	10	21	14	6	0	$172,625.00

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
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$19,500.00	8	5	61.5 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$19,500.00	8	5	61.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andy Benesh													Taylor Crabb
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$15,500.00
											2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	$23,000.00
											2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	$27,750.00
											2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	0	0	$32,900.00
											2020	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$300.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	$22,500.00
8	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$10,975.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$9,375.00
9	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	$56,625.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$3,250.00
7	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$24,000.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$22,250.00	2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$9,750.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$9,750.00
35	2	2	3	1	8	13	4	1	1	$123,900.00	Total	Total	58	1	0	3	3	10	21	14	6	0	$169,525.00

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	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	5-2	71.4%	2-3	40.0%	1	0	8-5	61.5%
2025-2026	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	5-2	71.4%	2-3	40.0%	1	0	8-5	61.5%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	10-2	83.3%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	7-4	63.6%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	5
Total	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	5

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1