 Portugal began in very good form, easily winning their group, in the quarter final they demolished Austria 23–0, followed by a 6–1 victory over Germany in the semi-final, but collapsed in the final, once again to Spain, in a game that began evenly matched, but ended with an 8-2 Spain win.Portugal was also unfortunate at the 2011 Rink Hockey World Championship, once again finishing in 3rd place, being eliminated by Argentina in the semi-final by 4-3 and defeating Mozambique by 9-2 for the Bronze medal.Spain would defeat Argentina to win their 15th World Championship, tying Portugal for most ever world titles.