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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Hamburg
Friday, August 7, 2026 Court #2 15:00

Match #21: Pool C

(3) Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway
vs.
(6) Elouan Chouikh/Joadel Gardoque, France

Anders Berntsen Mol
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stord

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,089,863.50

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:

117

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,101,381.01

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	11	6	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	US$155,461.50
FIVB	76	31	8	9	2	13	0	7	3	2	1	US$1,955,500.00
Overall	87	37	9	10	2	15	0	8	3	2	1	US$2,110,961.50

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st
2019	Christian Sorum - 3rd	Anders Mol - 3rd
2022	Christian Sorum - 13th	Anders Mol - 13th
2023	Christian Sorum - 3rd	Anders Mol - 3rd
2024	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st
2025	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
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

BPT Elite16 Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/6/2026	Pool C	Jiri Sedlak / Jakub Sepka, Czechia (14, Q3)	Won 21-15, 14-21, 16-14	0:43
Thu, 8/6/2026	Pool C	Nils Ehlers / Lui Wust, Germany (11)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 8/7/2026	Pool C	Elouan Chouikh / Joadel Gardoque, France (6)	Won 21-19, 21-11	0:33
Sat, 8/8/2026	Winner 2	Stefan Boermans / Alexander Brouwer, Netherlands (2)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:39
Sun, 8/9/2026	Semi-Finals	Yorick de Groot / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (10)	Won 16-21, 24-22, 19-17	0:58
Sun, 8/9/2026	Gold Medal	Nils Ehlers / Lui Wust, Germany (11)	Lost 20-22, 9-21	0:36

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	41	18	5	6	2	5	0	2	2	1	0	0	$901,000.00
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
Confederation Championship	10	5	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$133,750.00
Total	86	36	9	10	2	15	0	8	3	2	1	0	$2,089,250.00

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
44	18	5	6	2	5	5	1	1	1	$456,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	46	18	5	6	2	5	4	1	2	3	$454,500.00
22	7	2	0	0	6	4	1	1	1	$114,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	7	2	0	0	7	4	7	4	1	$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	1	$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
10	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$66,875.00	Confederation Championship	11	5	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$68,125.00
95	37	9	12	3	15	13	2	2	2	$1,053,350.00	Total	112	36	11	10	4	18	14	8	6	5	$1,063,137.50

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 %
2017	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	11	1	91.7 %
2018	FIVB	13	3	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	$283,500.00	41	17	70.7 %
2018	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00	8	2	80.0 %
2019	FIVB	12	7	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$263,000.00	66	5	93.0 %
2019	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	7	0	100.0 %
2020	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
2021	FIVB	7	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$203,000.00	29	6	82.9 %
2021	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
2022	FIVB	10	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$342,000.00	43	10	81.1 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
2023	FIVB	9	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$262,000.00	48	7	87.3 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
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 %
2025	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
2026	FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$69,000.00	14	4	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	75	30	8	9	2	13	0	7	3	2	1	0	$1,925,500.00	338	74	82.0 %
Total	CEV	10	6	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$125,250.00	52	5	91.2 %

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
											2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$250.00
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
											2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00	2017	CEV	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,875.00
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
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,375.00	2018	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,375.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2019	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2020	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2021	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
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	$10,000.00	2025	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$34,500.00	2026	FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$34,500.00
94	37	8	12	3	15	13	2	2	2	$1,034,100.00	Total	Total	115	36	10	10	4	19	15	9	6	6	$1,044,762.50

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	233	76.9%	47	15.5%	23	7.6%	280-23	92.4%	56	55.4%	19	18.8%	26	25.7%	56-45	55.4%	233-26	90.0%	103-42	71.0%	8	6	344-74	82.3%
2025-2026	42	77.8%	8	14.8%	4	7.4%	50-4	92.6%	7	41.2%	4	23.5%	6	35.3%	7-10	41.2%	42-6	87.5%	15-8	65.2%	2	0	59-14	80.8%
Against the Field	26	86.7%	3	10.0%	1	3.3%	29-1	96.7%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	3-7	30.0%	52-6	89.7%	12-6	66.7%	2	0	34-6	85.0%

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	93	17	0	0	48	9	23	8	6	2	18	5	191	41
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	16	3	6	1	1	0	5	1	50	6
Total	0	0	5	0	187	29	0	0	110	27	45	12	10	2	36	9	394	80

Elouan Chouikh-Barbez
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 1, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$50,553.93

Joadel Gardoque
France

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$49,599.40

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$2,892.50
FIVB	17	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	3	2	3	1	US$93,442.41
Overall	18	2	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	2	3	1	US$96,334.91

Previous Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	11	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	12	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	16	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	17, Q1	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	29, Q7	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Elite16 Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/6/2026	Pool C	Nils Ehlers / Lui Wust, Germany (11)	Lost 17-21, 11-21	0:30
Thu, 8/6/2026	Pool C	Jiri Sedlak / Jakub Sepka, Czechia (14, Q3)	Won 24-22, 23-25, 15-11	0:50
Fri, 8/7/2026	Pool C	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (3)	Lost 19-21, 11-21	0:33
Sat, 8/8/2026	Winner 1	Paul Henning / Lukas Pfretzschner, Germany (4)	Won 21-18, 21-7	0:29
Sat, 8/8/2026	Winner 2	Yorick de Groot / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (10)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:32

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	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	$78,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	$13,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	18	2	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	2	3	1	$95,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Elouan Chouikh												Joadel Gardoque
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	1	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$39,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	1	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$39,450.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	$6,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	$6,625.00
13	2	0	0	2	1	4	4	0	0	$1,800.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$1,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
30	3	0	0	2	4	10	6	4	1	$49,125.00	Total	24	2	0	0	0	6	9	3	3	1	$48,475.00

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
2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00	7	4	63.6 %
2025	FIVB	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	$54,850.00	23	14	62.2 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$29,400.00	8	11	42.1 %
Total	FIVB	16	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	2	3	1	$88,250.00	38	29	56.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Elouan Chouikh													Joadel Gardoque
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$250.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$550.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$300.00
7	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	0	$2,450.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	$2,300.00
9	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	$27,425.00	2025	FIVB	9	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	$27,425.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$14,700.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$14,700.00
28	3	0	0	2	4	8	6	4	1	$45,375.00	Total	Total	22	2	0	0	0	6	7	3	3	1	$44,725.00

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	23	56.1%	9	22.0%	9	22.0%	32-9	78.0%	6	20.7%	2	6.9%	21	72.4%	6-23	20.7%	23-21	52.3%	15-11	57.7%	0	0	38-32	54.3%
2025-2026	20	55.6%	7	19.4%	9	25.0%	27-9	75.0%	4	17.4%	1	4.3%	18	78.3%	4-19	17.4%	20-18	52.6%	11-10	52.4%	0	0	31-28	52.5%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	12-14	46.2%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	9-8	52.9%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	7	12	1	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	16	17
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	3	4	6	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	13
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	11	3	14	21	1	0	10	10	2	0	0	0	2	0	40	34

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

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/7/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Chouikh/Gardoque	6	21-19, 21-11	0:33

Overall Head to Head Results
Mol/Sorum lead the series 2-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/13/26	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Chouikh/Gardoque	14	21-16, 21-12	0:33
8/7/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Chouikh/Gardoque	6	21-19, 21-11	0:33