(Mol/Sørum – Bryl/Losiak 21–18, 21–18) Anders Mol (25) and Christian Sørum (27) both secured a very lucrative prize money after winning the final of the world series final.
Mol and Sørum have recently participated in the tournament “The Finals”. After winning the semi-final earlier on Sunday, the Norwegian volleyball stars also emerged victorious from the final against Poland’s Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak. The tournament is considered the last in the 2022 season.
The Norwegians thus secured a gain on the whole 150,000 US dollars eachwhich corresponds to just under NOK 1.5 million at today’s exchange rate.
– This is amazing. We had a good year last year and it was good to end it with a win here in Doha. We have played against so many good teams here. I am very proud and very tired, says Anders Mol to the organiser.
The six-foot-tall 25-year-old was unstoppable towards the end of the second set, blocking almost every ball coming from the Polish opponents.
– The differences between the teams in this tournament is that I have Anders Mol by my side. He carried the team in this final and had some incredible blocks. I am very happy and proud of the team, sums up partner Sørum.
Poles Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak got off to the best start in the first set, but the Norwegian world champions rose midway through and pulled away.
With excellent defensive play and superb blocking, Mol and Sørum took control of the set, and went to the second set with 21–18.
Bryl and Losiak also led for a long time in the match’s second set, and looked to fight back at 16–14. But the Norwegian boys got up, equalised, and eventually came out victorious from the set with the same result as in the first set.
Thus 2–0 in the set and another achievement by the Norwegian star duo.
The tournament “The Finals” is organized by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), and the ten best teams in the world take part. The group winners from the two groups in the tournament advanced straight to the semi-finals.
The Norwegian duo made it to the final after winning against the Italians Paolo Nicolai and Samuele Cottafava earlier on Sunday. Mol/Sørum won there 2–1 in sets.
The Italians beat Dutch Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen in the bronze final.
