The host nation ended on 254.550 points - a gap of more than 10 in front of silver medallists Canada who managed 241.200.

With the competition also serving as qualification for the men's all-around and apparatus finals, English gymnasts put in strong performances all over the arena.

James Hall topped the all-around standings on 82.550, while England dominated the individual pieces of apparatus.

Birmingham-born Joe Fraser nearly brought the roof off as he capped England's win with a superb horizontal bar display during the sixth and final rotation.

Fraser, who remarkably was nursing a foot injury and ruptured his appendix in May, scored 14.500 which was the best of the day.

He also scored 14.650 on pommel horse to top those standings as well, while team-mate Giarnni Regini-Moran was the best performer on both floor - scoring 13.850 - and parallel bars where he managed 14.850.

Defending rings champion Courtney Tulloch was superb as he topped the standings in that discipline on 14.700.

Jake Jarman, meanwhile, led the way in vault with an average of 14.975.

Both Tulloch and Hall have now won this title twice in a row, after also claiming it at Gold Coast 2018. 

No country had won three titles in a row before.

"I just love competing, and I had to take up the opportunity to compete in Birmingham," said Fraser, who underwent an operation after his appendicitis diagnosis. 

"I want to deliver routines in front of a home crowd. 

"I did everything in my power to be able to do what I could today, and I'm proud of myself for delivering four for four routines.

"This team got me through it: they believed in me every step of the way. 

"I knew we could do it."

Fraser, who could not target the all-around because of his foot injury, has qualified for four individual finals.

He added: "I did it because we've got a crowd like this. 

"They're all getting behind us. 

"And my team is amazing, so we just pushed through and managed to deliver a gold medal."

Cyprus, second for much of the evening, ended with bronze after a poor floor performance on the fifth rotation had threatened to see them slip out of the medals altogether.

Australia hoped to leapfrog them but were unable to do so as both teams ended on pommel horse, with Cyprus finishing on 239.650 compared to their opponent's 239.000.

Eighteen gymnasts have qualified for the all-around final, with the top eight going through in each apparatus final.

Only two gymnasts per country are allowed in each final.