England underlined their credentials as potential Hockey World Cup winners by sealing top spot in pool D with an 8-2 win over Wales.
Sam Ward took 73 seconds to open the scoring before Will Calnan deflected in a second.
Some brilliant saves from Toby Reynolds-Cotterill kept Wales in the game, but Calnan added his second and Tom Sorsby smashed home a fourth to end the first half.
Wales improved in the third, but England captain Zach Wallace scored a fifth from a rebound.
Sam Hooper added a sixth through the legs of his Wimbledon Hockey Club team-mate in the fourth, with Henry Croft and Nick Bandurak also scoring.
Gareth Furlong scored two late consolation goals from a penalty stroke and penalty corner.
England's high-tempo offence made life difficult for the Welsh defence with clever deflections giving the attackers lots of shooting chances.
England had mathematically qualified for the second round after two games, but showed no signs of letting up as Zak Jones' side were ruthless in attack.
England had 14 penalty corners to just one for Wales, though Wales did score through their lone attempt, as Furlong bagged his fourth goal of the World Cup to move to the top of the goalscoring charts.
The world ranking and funding gap between the two sides was clear as Wales struggled to create chances against a resolute English defence.
Many of the Welsh squad have full-time jobs or study, and players are responsible for funding their own international travel, with just three of the 20 players in the Wales squad being full-time athletes with GB.
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It was the second time the sides had met at a Hockey World Cup, with England winning 5-0 at the 2023 tournament in India.
The two goals for Wales equals the most they have ever scored in a single game against world number three side England.
Only Japan are ranked lower than 15th-ranked Wales at the tournament.
Zak Jones, a former Wales head coach and captain will be hoping his England side can progress to the semi-finals.
With a change to the format of the competition this year, there are no quarter-final matches, but a second pool stage.
The result from England's game against second place in the pool will carry over and they will also face hosts the Netherlands and either Argentina or New Zealand in second round fixtures on Saturday and Monday.
Wales meanwhile will play against Japan and Argentina or New Zealand in ninth-16th classification matches on Saturday and Monday in Amsterdam before playing their final match of the World Cup on Friday, 28 August.
India play Pakistan in the other Pool D match on Wednesday as the fierce rivals battle for the other second round spot on offer.
Men's Hockey World Cup Pool D fixturesSaturday, 15 August
India 3-1 Wales
England 4-1 Pakistan
Monday, 17 August
Pakistan 3-3 Wales
India 2-4 England
Wednesday, 19 August
England 8-2 Wales
Pakistan v India (14:00 BST)
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