 This reorganization of the sport wouldn't make much difference to Portugal as it remained the dominant European power with 9 titles out of 11 championships, between 1957 and 1977, winning the European titles in 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1977 respectively.At the World Championships, Portugal would win 5 titles, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1968 and 1974 respectively, out of 11 participations .This new generation was dominated by world class greats such as Fernando Adrião, José Vaz Guedes, Amadeu Bouçós, Júlio Rendeiro, Francisco Velasco, António Ramalhete, Manuel Carrello, Passos Viana, the 'Spiderman'/'Homem Aranha' goalkeeper Alberto Moreira and the great world class-genius António Livramento.