Portugal National Roller Hockey (quad) Team
Portugal national roller hockey team is the most successful roller hockey team of the world, even facing the competition of the strong sides of Spain, Italy and Argentina.
Portugal has been the dominant power in the sport, holding the most titles of the Rink Hockey World Championship, with 15, and of the Rink Hockey European Championship, with 20. However the team failed to impress in the only presence of roller hockey at the Olympic Games, at 1992 Olympic Games, in Barcelona, as a demonstration sport, finishing in fourth place.
The Portuguese national rink hockey side is the one that attracts more passionate interest in Portugal, after the football national team, due to its tradition of being the most successful sport for his country and of having some of the best ever rink hockey players, like António Livramento and Vítor Hugo.
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