[1] In late July Villa competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival where he helped Italy win gold as a team.

Additionally he and teammate Arianna Grillo won gold in the mixed pairs portion of the competition.

[2] In August Villa competed at the European Championships where he helped Italy win gold as a team.

[3] In late March Villa competed at the second Junior World Championships alongside Manuel Berettera and Tommaso Brugnami.

[4][5] During the all-around final Villa won bronze, 0.001 points ahead of Tomoharu Tsunogai and behind Qin Guohuan of China and Ángel Barajas of Colombia.