The Scots made it third time lucky after losing the 2015 and 2018 finals to England and the Netherlands, respectively.

They secured their berth with comfortable 2-0 wins against Belgium and Japan today as Anderson marked a successful return to action following treatment for a back injury.

Ireland had never got past the last 16 in eight attempts but today delivered 2-1 successes over Austria and defending champions the Netherlands – spearheaded by Michael van Gerwen – en route to the final.

The match against the Dutch went to a doubles decider but van Gerwen and Jermaine Wattimena were thumped 4-0 as Lennon came up with superb finishes of 131 and 128.

Lennon opened the final at Barclaycard Arena with a 4-2 win over Anderson.

Wright's 4-2 triumph over O'Connor saw the Scots level before a doubles whitewash moved them 2-1 up overall.

And Wright sealed the crown for Scotland when he defeated Lennon 4-1 in their singles tie to secure the £70,000 top prize, making Scotland only the third nation to win the event.

Elsewhere, New Zealand's run to a first quarter-final was ended when Cody Harris and Haupai Puha lost 2-0 to Japanese pair Seigo Asada and Haruki Muramatsu.

There was also a memorable 4-2 singles victory for Canadian youngster Dawson Murschell against van Gerwen.