Rigopiano avalanche; 29 people are killed when the Hotel Rigopiano is demolished by an avalanche, following a series of earthquakes in the Abruzzo region.[2]
21 January – A bus carrying Hungarian studentscrashes nearVerona with 16 people dead.[3]
13 November –Italy failed to qualify for the2018 FIFA World Cup after a 0–1 aggregate loss toSweden in the two-leg play-off, missing World Cup for the first time since1958. The head coachGian Piero Ventura was subsequently sacked.[6]