Four-Time Champion Italy Misses Third Straight World Cup
Italy players during the FIFA World Cup 2026 European playoffs match in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 31.
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One of soccer’s historic powers has reached a once-unfathomable low.
Four-time champion Italy failed to qualify for a third straight World Cup after getting beat in a penalty shootout at 66th-ranked Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European playoffs on Tuesday.