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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite Montréal
Friday, August 21, 2026 Court #2 17:30

Match #21: Pool C

(3) Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway
vs.
(6) Chase Budinger/Trevor Crabb, United States

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$1,077,363.50

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$1,088,881.01

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$154,606.50
FIVB	76	30	8	9	2	13	0	7	3	2	1	US$1,930,500.00
Overall	87	36	9	10	2	15	0	8	3	2	1	US$2,085,106.50

Previous Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st
2025	Christian Sorum - 1st	Anders Mol - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/12-16/2026	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026	3	2nd	760	€ 15,000.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2026	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	3	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
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

BPT Elite Montréal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool C	Alexander Horst / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (14, Q3)	Won 21-13, 23-21	0:36
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool C	Miles Evans / James Shaw, United States (11)
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool C	Chase Budinger / Trevor Crabb, United States (6)

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	17	5	6	2	5	0	2	2	1	0	0	$876,000.00
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	35	9	10	2	15	0	8	3	2	1	0	$2,064,250.00

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	17	5	6	2	5	5	1	1	1	$444,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	46	17	5	6	2	5	4	1	2	3	$442,000.00
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	36	9	12	3	15	13	2	2	2	$1,040,850.00	Total	112	35	11	10	4	18	14	8	6	5	$1,050,637.50

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	15	4	78.9 %
2026	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	75	30	8	9	2	13	0	7	3	2	1	0	$1,925,500.00	339	74	82.1 %
Total	CEV	11	6	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$140,250.00	57	6	90.5 %

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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2026	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
95	37	9	12	3	15	13	2	2	2	$1,041,600.00	Total	Total	116	36	11	10	4	19	15	9	6	6	$1,052,262.50

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	228	76.5%	47	15.8%	23	7.7%	275-23	92.3%	56	55.4%	19	18.8%	26	25.7%	56-45	55.4%	228-26	89.8%	103-42	71.0%	8	6	339-74	82.1%
2025-2026	37	75.5%	8	16.3%	4	8.2%	45-4	91.8%	7	41.2%	4	23.5%	6	35.3%	7-10	41.2%	37-6	86.0%	15-8	65.2%	2	0	54-14	79.4%
Against the Field	19	86.4%	1	4.5%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1-4	20.0%	38-4	90.5%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	21-6	77.8%

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
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	91	17	0	0	47	9	22	8	6	2	17	5	186	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	185	29	0	0	109	27	44	12	10	2	35	9	389	80

Chase Budinger
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Encinitas, CA

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Haikou 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$138,450.00

Trevor Crabb
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 15, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

104 kg (229 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$200,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	US$37,450.00

Previous Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Miles Evans - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2026	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	5	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	19, Q7	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	2	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Elite Montréal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool C	Miles Evans / James Shaw, United States (11)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:34
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool C	Alexander Horst / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (14, Q3)
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool C	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (3)

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$34,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
Total	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$37,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chase Budinger												Trevor 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	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$33,500.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
23	0	1	0	0	4	8	7	2	0	$59,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	1	0	1	1	12	8	3	2	$79,200.00
39	1	3	1	3	6	9	5	4	7	$65,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	2	1	1	2	7	11	10	0	7	$70,750.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	$6,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	$15,050.00
72	1	5	1	3	12	19	15	7	8	$138,450.00	Total	82	5	2	1	5	9	25	19	4	11	$200,500.00

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	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$32,450.00	12	4	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$32,450.00	12	4	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chase Budinger													Trevor Crabb
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,000.00
											2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,000.00
											2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$15,500.00
											2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$9,050.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$5,750.00	2018	FIVB	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$8,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	4	$12,500.00	2019	FIVB	12	1	0	0	3	2	0	4	2	0	$44,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$3,500.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	1	$13,500.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$6,250.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$13,250.00
13	1	1	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	$25,125.00	2023	FIVB	12	1	1	0	1	3	3	3	0	0	$37,375.00
12	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	0	0	$24,500.00	2024	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	$17,000.00
13	0	1	0	1	3	4	3	1	0	$34,500.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	$9,500.00
5	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$23,825.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	$19,325.00
71	1	5	1	3	12	19	15	7	8	$135,950.00	Total	Total	81	5	2	1	5	9	25	19	4	11	$198,000.00

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	10	76.9%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	10-1	90.9%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	12-4	75.0%
2025-2026	10	76.9%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	10-1	90.9%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	12-4	75.0%
Against the Field	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		10-0	100.0%	0-0		0	0	5-0	100.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	12	4

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/21/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool C