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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
Thursday, July 30, 2026 Stadium Court 13:00

Match #4: Pool D

(4) Mathias Berntsen/Hendrik Mol, Norway
vs.
(21, Q10) Heitor Barbosa/Vinicius Rezende, Brazil

Mathias Berntsen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Arendal, Aust-Agder

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$156,739.44

Hendrik Nikolai Mol
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 10, 1994 (32 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$145,654.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	US$13,520.40
FIVB	73	0	2	3	0	13	0	15	8	9	4	1	5	6	6	US$268,616.10
Overall	79	0	2	3	0	15	0	15	8	13	4	1	5	6	6	US$282,136.50

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Christian Sorum - 17th	Did not play
2024	Hendrik Mol - 5th	Mathias Berntsen - 5th
2025	Hendrik Mol - 13th	Mathias Berntsen - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	8	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	23	9th	800	US$11,000.00
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
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	4	17th	360	€ 1,000.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool D	Heitor Barbosa / Vinicius Rezende, Brazil (21, Q10)
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool D	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (16)
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool D	Matthew Immers / Leon Luini, Netherlands (9)

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	1	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00
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	30	0	0	1	0	7	0	5	8	4	1	3	$151,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	2	1	0	3	0	7	0	6	3	8	$72,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	$15,000.00
Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	$12,000.00
Total	79	0	2	3	0	15	0	15	8	18	5	12	$280,450.00

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	1	2	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	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
36	0	0	1	0	7	14	4	2	7	$81,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	0	0	1	0	7	13	4	1	7	$75,850.00
33	0	2	1	0	3	7	7	3	10	$37,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	2	1	0	3	7	7	4	9	$38,275.00
14	0	0	2	0	4	4	2	0	2	$11,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	1	$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
8	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	0	$6,250.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	$6,000.00
99	0	2	4	1	17	27	20	8	19	$152,175.00	Total	89	0	3	3	1	15	24	19	6	17	$142,125.00

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 %
2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
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 %
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
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 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2023	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	$34,000.00	19	16	54.3 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	2	0	0	$42,000.00	17	21	44.7 %
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	4	0	0	0	$79,500.00	23	18	56.1 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,700.00	2	5	28.6 %
Total	FIVB	72	0	2	3	0	13	0	15	8	14	5	12	$265,950.00	129	124	51.0 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	$12,000.00	10	13	43.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mathias Berntsen													Hendrik Mol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
											2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	CEV
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
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$875.00	2017	CEV
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
10	0	0	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	$39,750.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	$39,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,350.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,350.00
101	0	2	4	1	18	27	21	8	20	$151,550.00	Total	Total	91	0	3	3	1	15	24	19	6	20	$140,875.00

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	81	63.3%	24	18.8%	23	18.0%	105-23	82.0%	21	17.5%	20	16.7%	79	65.8%	21-99	17.5%	81-79	50.6%	45-43	51.1%	3	2	129-124	51.0%
2025-2026	16	59.3%	6	22.2%	5	18.5%	22-5	81.5%	2	10.0%	5	25.0%	13	65.0%	2-18	10.0%	16-13	55.2%	8-10	44.4%	1	0	25-23	52.1%
Against the Field	12	60.0%	4	20.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	22.2%	7	77.8%	0-9	0.0%	24-14	63.2%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	16-13	55.2%

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	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5
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	26	33	0	0	6	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	44	55
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	7	7	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	13
Total	0	0	32	15	71	73	2	0	29	44	2	3	3	0	0	2	139	137

Heitor Benitto Frank Barbosa
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Miguel Pereira 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$22,650.00

Vinicius Rezende Costa Freitas
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 5, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Victoria

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Miguel Pereira 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$36,025.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	28	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	5	2	1	US$45,000.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Did not play	Andre Loyola - 25th
2016	Did not play	Allison Cittadin - 41st
2024	Vinicius Rezende - 21st	Heitor Barbosa - 21st
2025	Vinicius Rezende - 25th	Heitor Barbosa - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q9	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	23, Q11	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q9	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	23, Q5	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	5	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	9	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q2	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q7	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	22, Q9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q6	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	17	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/29/2026	Qualifier 1	Henrique Camboim / Manaus Costa, Brazil (Q7)	Won 21-12, 21-14	0:31
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool D	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (4)
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool D	Matthew Immers / Leon Luini, Netherlands (9)
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool D	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (16)

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	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	8	4	0	$28,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	3	$16,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Total	28	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	3	10	5	3	$45,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Heitor Barbosa												Vinicius Rezende
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
16	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	4	0	$14,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	0	2	3	8	4	1	$20,750.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	4	$8,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	4	8	$13,775.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
30	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	5	4	$22,650.00	Total	47	1	0	2	0	5	9	11	9	9	$36,025.00

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
2023	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,500.00	5	5	50.0 %
2024	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	1	$9,500.00	10	11	47.6 %
2025	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	3	1	$26,500.00	12	16	42.9 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$5,000.00	2	9	18.2 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	3	10	5	3	$42,500.00	29	41	41.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Heitor Barbosa													Vinicius Rezende
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$800.00
											2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$600.00
											2018	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$500.00
											2019	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$250.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
											2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	$7,125.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	$750.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	$4,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	1	$4,900.00	2024	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	1	$4,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	1	$13,250.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	1	$13,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$2,500.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$2,500.00
29	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	5	4	$21,400.00	Total	Total	46	1	0	2	0	5	9	11	9	9	$34,775.00

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	13	46.4%	7	25.0%	8	28.6%	20-8	71.4%	6	15.8%	9	23.7%	23	60.5%	6-32	15.8%	13-23	36.1%	13-17	43.3%	3	1	29-41	41.4%
2025-2026	7	43.8%	4	25.0%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	2	9.1%	6	27.3%	14	63.6%	2-20	9.1%	7-14	33.3%	6-11	35.3%	1	0	14-25	35.9%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	6	66.7%	1-8	11.1%	4-12	25.0%	2-10	16.7%	0	0	3-11	21.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	11	3	9	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	23
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	4	8	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	16
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	10	15	12	16	0	0	6	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	29	41

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool D