The Australian women's water polo team have picked up bronze at the World Cup, leading from start to finish in a 12-9 win over Russia in Sydney.
But the Australian men's team couldn't follow suit, losing to Italy 16-10 in a feisty bronze medal match on Sunday.
On a day of high drama, Greece captain Stylianos Argyropoulos Kanakakis scored with 12.7 seconds remaining to lift his nation to a thrilling 15-14 win over Hungary in the men's final.
The win marked Greece's maiden men's World Cup gold medal.
In the women's final, the fifth-ranked US beat world No.1 Spain 13-9 to claim gold.
The Aussie Stingers were gutted on Friday night after missing out on a spot in the women's gold medal match through a 10-6 loss to arch rivals the US.
But they set aside that disappointment in Sunday's third place play-off, with Alice Williams scoring four goals and Tilly Kearns adding three to lead the world No.6 Australians to victory over Russia.
"We really played like ourselves today - it was just so nice to come out here and finish with a really good result in front of an amazing home crowd," Stingers coach Bec Rippon said.
"We don't get many opportunities to play in these big moments, and for this team the semi-final the other day was only the second ever semi-final that we've played in.
"So to have opportunities like this, under pressure and with a crowd, you can't buy that kind of experience, so we're really grateful for that experience and happy to step up in it as well."
Australia's men's team, ranked a lowly ninth in the world, stunned defending world champions Spain in the quarter-finals before suffering a heartbreaking 13-12 defeat to world No.2 Hungary in Saturday night's semi-final.
The Aussie Sharks vowed to bounce back hard against Italy, but the visitors blew the bronze medal game wide open with six goals to three in the second quarter.
Australia closed to within two goals in the final term, and tempers threatened to boil over several times in the dying minutes as players from both sides scrapped hard.
But Italy maintained their calm to score the last four goals, helping ease the pain of their 10-9 semi-final loss to Greece.
Nicolas Constantin-Bicari and Jacob Mercep scored three goals apiece for Australia, but Italy simply had too much firepower.
Giacomo Cannella scored five goals for the visitors, while Filippo Ferrero had four in a player-of-the-match performance.
Sharks coach Tim Hamill was pleased with his team's performances but disappointed not to earn a medal.
Their gutsy display through the tournament came just two years after the Sharks made a surprise run to the quarter-finals at the Paris Olympics.
"Certainly pleased but not celebrating fourth place at this particular moment," Hamill said.
"To get so close in the semi-final ... it will still take some time to look forward from. But proud of how we played this week.
"We showed in Paris some fight, some spark and some character and we've been missing a little bit of that since.
"But I think this week has shown that it's back, and really excited to (see) where we can take this program moving forward."
The Australian men's and women's teams have now secured places at the 2027 World Aquatics World Championships in Budapest.
