England made a good start to the men’s final with Rajiv Ouseph taking the first game against 20-year-old Anders Antonsen by a comfortable 21-12 scoreline at the Kazan Gymnastics Stadium.

Antonsen, however, recovered well to secure the next two games 21-15, 21-19 to give his side a 1-0 advantage in the tie.

Experienced duo Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding then doubled the Danes’ advantage with a comprehensive 21-18, 21-13 victory over Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge in the doubles.

With the tie firmly going against them, England were given a surprise lifeline when Sam Parsons defeated 2015 European Games silver medallist Emil Holst 21-16, 21-10 in the second singles match.

England's Peter Briggs and Sean Vendy, who needed to win their match to keep England in the tie, then took this momentum into their doubles match against Kim Astrup and Mathias Christiansen and took the first game 21-19.

They then pushed the Danish duo beyond the 21-point mark in the second game and were on the verge of putting England level in the tie at 2-2 overall.

Astrup and Christiansen, however, eventually took the second game 29-27, giving them the platform to win the third by a relatively comfortable 21-12 scoreline, handing their team the title.

Denmark have now won each of the seven men's titles available since the competition’s debut in 2006.

It had looked like there could be a shock on the cards in the women’s final between Germany and favourites Denmark when Fabienne Deprez defeated 2015 European Junior champion Mia Blichfeldt 21-15, 21-15 in the opening match.

Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen, the Olympic silver medallists at Rio 2016, then swung the momentum back in Denmark's favour by beating Isabel Herttrich and Olga Konon 21-15, 21-11.

Luise Heim gave Germany renewed hope in the second singles match of the day as she secured the first game 21-16 to go 1-0 up against Line Kjærsfeldt, part of the two Danish teams that won the 2014 and 2016 European Championships.

Kjærsfeldt, however, recovered well to take the next two games 21-8, 21-13 to put Denmark on the brink of a third successive title.

Maiken Fruergaard and Sara Thygesen then had the honour of securing that title for the Danes as they beat Johanna Goliszewski and Carla Nelte 21-19, 21-14 to make the overall final score 3-1.

Denmark have now the women's title on three consecutive occasions.