Sweden’s Henrik Larsson took silver with a time of 6.52 seconds, with Azu’s GB team-mate Andrew Robertson third in Saturday night time’s ultimate in 6.55 seconds.
With simply 0.06 seconds separating the highest three, Azu admitted he needed to endure a nervy wait after crossing the end line to see if he had clinched victory.
“In these moments all the pieces’s heightened, you are tremendous conscious of everybody. The additional away somebody is from you, the extra in entrance of you they appear,” he added.
“The 2 guys to my proper have been going nicely, and I may see them so I made certain I dipped for all the pieces I had.
“Watching it again, I did see from begin to end I used to be within the lead, however in these moments you’ll be able to’t actually inform, it appears like a totally completely different race.
“I acquired again to my room and I watched the race. Fairly a surreal second however I am tremendous proud of the end result.”
Azu is now focusing on choice for the World Athletics Indoor Championships, which occur between 21 and 23 March in Nanjing, China.
And Azu feels his time of sub-6.5 seconds within the Netherlands proves he can compete on the highest stage this 12 months.
“I feel the choice assembly is tomorrow so till then we’re ready, however fingers crossed,” he added.
“I’ve all the time believed I can run 6.4 so it is good to lastly obtain it. The time speaks for itself, folks see that and know I will be aggressive on the world stage this 12 months.”
Robertson, 34, obtained a late call-up to the GB squad and mentioned he “cannot actually ask for something higher” after touchdown his first particular person worldwide medal.
“I used to be really a reserve simply shortly after the nationals. I had a sense there was a chance that I used to be going to go, so I nonetheless skilled and stayed sharp simply in case,” he mentioned.
“Once I acquired the decision on Monday that an athlete had withdrawn so there was a chance to go, I mentioned ‘completely, I will be there immediately’.
“Every week later I am a bronze medallist. I am unable to actually ask for something higher.”