Australia's women's water polo team blasted its way into the world championships quarter-finals with a 25-2 demolition of Uzbekistan in Barcelona on Saturday.
The Stingers netted 25 goals from 39 attempts to add to their 45 goals totalled against New Zealand, China and South Africa during the group stage.
The win sets up a quarter-final showdown against reigning world champions Greece, who defeated Italy 13-12 in a match-deciding penalty shootout.
Stingers coach Greg McFadden said the performance allowed him an ideal opportunity to rotate the bench and fine-tune the Stingers' play ahead of the quarter-finals.
"I am obviously very glad with this big victory and the way we played even though we can still learn to be more patient to finish our actions," McFadden said.
"Reaching the quarter-finals was only a first step in this competition.
"We are very ambitious and we came here to gain at least a medal and why not the gold medal? Now the serious things start."
Australia will face Greece on Tuesday morning AEST while Australia's men's team faces Germany in an elimination match on Monday morning.
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