The defending champions trailed 6½-5½ going into the final day in Malaysia's capital, but ultimately triumphed 14-10.

Belgium's Thomas Pieters scored the winning point courtesy of a one-hole win over South Korea's Byeong Hun An.

He sealed it with a par on the 18th hole with four matches still on the course at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club. 

"I'm delighted the way these 12 came out," Europe captain Thomas Bjørn was reported as saying by BBC Sport.

"They have been fantastic all week.

"We had a really good group and we worked hard.

"It was mostly up to them last night and they wanted to go out and show what they are really about and they certainly did that."

Wins for Sweden’s Alex Noren, Spain’s Rafa Cabrera Bello and England’s Tommy Fleetwood put Europe into an 8½-5½ lead with Malaysians Nicholas Fung and Gavin Green, and India's S.S.P Chawrasia, losing out. 

Thailand’s Poom Saksansin then defeated England’s Paul Casey by one hole to reduce the deficit before Sweden’s Henrik Stenson got Europe back on the winning trail with a 2&1 victory over Japan’s Hideto Tanihara.

Austria's Bernd Wiesberger and France's Alex Levy also put points on the board for Europe, at the expense of Thailand's Phachara Khongwatmai and Kiradech Aphibarnrat respectively, and Pieters sealed victory by finishing one-up on An.

"It's always nice to get the winning point," the 25-year-old was reported as saying by BBC Sport.

"I got off to a good start, then played pretty poorly during the middle, then made a couple of very good birdies."

England’s Tyrrell Hatton registered Europe's eighth victory with success over India's Anirban Lahiri, while compatriot Matthew Fitzpatrick halved his match with South Korea’s Sunghoon Kang.

Asia, who were aiming to secure the title for the first time in the event’s third edition, won the last two matches.

China's Li Haotong and Japan’s Yuta Ikeda beat Ireland’s Paul Dunne and England’s Ross Fisher respectively.