Futures - Geneva, SUI - 2026

Belgium’s Vandecaveyes cruise to gold in Geneva

Two Italian teams complete the men’s podium in Switzerland

Published 06:30, 29 Jun 2026

Belgium’s Vandecaveye & Vandecaveye in action during the Geneva Futures final (source: cev.eu / redzonefoto.com)

The week after organizing a women’s event, Geneva welcomed a men’s Futures tournament on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Belgium’s Gilles Vandecaveye & Louis Vandecaveye earned their third gold on the Tour. Two Italian teams – Marco Ulisse & Giacomo Spadoni and Tiziano Andreatta & Raoul Acerbi – joined them on the podium in Switzerland.

The 2026 Geneva Futures men’s podium (source: cev.eu / redzonefoto.com)

Seeded second in the main draw bracket, Gilles Vandecaveye & Louis Vandecaveye hammered out five straight-set wins in Geneva to top the podium and collect their third gold and overall sixth medal on the Beach Pro Tour. In the semifinals, the Belgians put together a 2-0 (24-22, 21-13) shutout of 10^th-seeded Tiziano Andreatta & Raoul Acerbi, and went on to master a 2-0 (21-18, 21-12) sweep of the final against another Italian duo – fifth-seeded qualifiers Marco Ulisse & Giacomo Spadoni.

Right on Ulisse’s 25^th birthday, he and his partner brought home their first Beach Pro Tour medal. They entered the Geneva Futures from the qualifications and finished the tournament with silver on a 6-2 win-loss record. In their semifinal match, they managed a hard-fought 2-0 (21-18, 22-20) victory over third-seeded Colin Hilbert & Steve Weber of Luxembourg.

Andreatta & Acerbi lost only two matches in Geneva, both to the Vandecaveye. They recovered from their semifinal loss with a 2-0 (21-16, 24-22) win over Hilbert & Weber for the bronze, their first Beach Pro Tour medal together.