 The main protagonists of this time were Filipe Santos, Guilherme Silva, José Carlos Califórnia, Luís Ferreira, Paulo Almeida, Paulo Alves, Pedro Alves, Rui Lopes, Tó Neves and Vítor Fortunato

The first decade of the 21st century has been dominated by Spain on a World and European level in international rink hockey.Portugal, after a 4th-place finish in the 2001 edition of the World Championship, was able to win the 2003 tournament, in which they were hosts, defeating Italy in the final 1–0, while Spain finished in 3rd place.In 2005, Portugal disappointed when Argentina won the event for the fourth time, defeating Spain in the final, and leaving them with 3rd place.