England's Luke Littler and Luke Humphries won the World Cup of Darts with a 10-5 victory over Netherlands' Michael van Gerwen and Gian van Veen.
In a battle between the top four players in the world, it was the top seeded world No 1 and world No 2 that came out on top against the second seeded world No 3 and world No 4, England coming up with their most dominant performance of the tournament in the moment it mattered.
It is a record-extending sixth win for England. It marks Humphries' second win after his 2024 triumph with Michael Smith, while it is Littler's first World Cup win on his second attempt.
England averaged a remarkable 104.7, which is the highest average ever in a World Cup final.
The battle between England and Netherlands marked the first time the top two seeds have contested the World Cup final since 2020 when Wales' Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton took on England's Smith and Rob Cross, with Wales taking the spoils.
Littler and Humphries take home £100,000 for their win, with Van Gerwen and Van Veen claiming £48,000.
It completes England's redemption after the two Lukes were knocked out in the second round last year by Germany's Ricardo Pietreczko and Martin Schindler on their debut.
Victory means Littler's target of the clean sweep is still on, with just the European Championships missing from his stellar CV.
"I'm absolutely delighted. That's the best we've played all tournament," Littler told Your Site.
"That's what we needed to be doing. We can't be doing the rest.
"We've had tough challenges over the past two days, and this was our best performance because we needed to put it in.
"We got the job done. Delighted."
Littler and Humphries entered the tournament with the pressure on them that it was 'inevitable' they would win and this time around, they turned their potential into actuality.
It was a close contest in the final early on. England went 3-2 up after the first session thanks to a break of throw after Van Gerwen missed tops twice, allowing Littler to pin D10.
It was in the second session where England moved things up a notch and, in moments, averaged over 110. That allowed them to find the doubles that had been lacking in earlier performances and win four out of the five legs on offer to move 5-2 ahead.
Netherlands battled hard to get back into the game, Van Veen finding maximum after maximum, but their fight ended in the 14th leg when they had the chance to break the throw but Van Gerwen bust D4 by hitting D13.
Needing just one leg for victory, England then fired in T20 after T20, Humphries clinching the title on D8.
England romped into the final with an 8-3 demolition of Scotland's Gary Anderson and Cameron Menzies, the Scottish duo falling away after being one of the stand out teams in their last two encounters, while England looked to have properly clicked.
Prior to that, England came through a World Cup of Darts classic to beat Wales' Nick Kenny and Jonny Clayton in a last-leg thriller in the quarter-finals.
England were 4-0 down but battled back, a massive 170 checkout in the 13th leg bringing a crucial break of throw with Clayton waiting to pounce on 66.
Then, as Kenny could not take out 84 to give Wales the win, Littler held his nerve to pin D2, headbutting the stage in delight.
Van Gerwen and Van Veen combined to secure a comprehensive 8-4 victory over hosts Germany's Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko in the quarters.
They then made light work of sending home defending champions Northern Ireland's Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney who they dispatched in an 8-3 victory, the Northern Irish pair struggling on doubles while the Dutch duo's imperious scoring helped them take four legs on the spin without response to get the contest going.
Scotland made it through to the semis with a hard-fought 8-5 victory over Republic of Ireland's Mickey Mansell and Willie O'Connor, Menzies crucial maximums along with Anderson's finishing seeing them into the last four.
Meanwhile, Rock took out a monumental 144 finish in the quarters, with Latvia waiting on 24, to win an 8-7 last-leg thriller.
Latvia's Madars Razma and Valters Melderis pushed Rock and Gurney all the way and thought they would get the chance to win it before they were dealt the heartbreak of Rock coming through clutch with a T20, T20, D12.
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