Continental force but can Portugal land success in Halmstad

Portugal could very well be a force to contend with in Halmstad with Marcos Freitas, Tiago Apolonia and João Monteiro leading the team’s efforts. Diogo Carvalho and young star João Geraldo also make the selection.Victorious at the 2014 European Team Championships held in Lisbon and then one year later at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Portugal has become one of the stalwarts of European table tennis over the past couple of years but on the world stage the team is yet to make a real statement.Never before in the history of the competition has Portugal won a medal at the World Team Championships but two years back at the most recent edition of the event the trio of Marcos Freitas, Tiago Apolonia and João Monteiro achieved a respectable top eight finish in Kuala Lumpur.