Menegatti and Cicolari entered their first World Championships in Rome as the No. 13 seeds. With a partisan crowd, they topped their group and won their first knockout match against Russia's Anastasia Vasina and Anna Vozakova. They were eliminated from the competition in the Round of 16 by China's Xue Chen and Zhang Xi in straight sets. They ended the year sixth in the world rankings, and Menegatti was named the FIVB Most Improved Player.