 Lopez and Verdasco celebrate a winning point in Barcelona
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Defending champions Spain clinched their fourth Davis Cup title after taking an unassailable 3-0 lead over the Czech Republic in Barcelona.
Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco sealed it with a 7-6 (9-7) 7-5 6-2 win over Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych.
Czech captain Jaroslav Navratil had initially planned to play Jan Hajek and Lukas Dlouhy but changed his mind.
Spain had led 2-0 after wins for David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal in Friday's singles rubbers.
Spain got an early break in the opening set to lead 3-1 but Stepanek and Berdych quickly broke back and with neither pair able to impose themselves on the game, it was no surprise that the set went to a tie-break.
The Czechs saved two set points and also had one of their own, but Lopez and Verdasco held their nerve and from 7-6 down they won the next three points to take the set.
The second set followed the same pattern, but in the 11th game the visitors took a 40-0 lead before somehow losing their way and Spain won the next five points in a row with Verdasco clinching the game with a shot that gave Berdych no chance.
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Lopez then held serve in the following game to take a two-set lead, wrapping it up with an ace.
The confident Spaniards broke again in the opening game of the third set and from then on there was no way back for the Czechs.
Lopez and Verdasco converted their sixth break point of the fifth game to go 4-1 up and although Stepanek held his serve to stay in the match at 1-5, the hosts quickly wrapped up the win to spark wild celebrations.
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