When is the 2026 Champions League Final? | How to watch & more

Jonathan Victoria • 12 May 2026 Features

An exciting campaign is sure to have a thrilling end.

When is the 2026 Champions League Final? | How to watch & more

The stage is set and the stakes are sky-high. Europe’s footballing elite are ready to write the next chapter of Champions League history - and you won’t want to miss a moment.

Find out the details of this year's competition, including when and where the Champions League Final is and more.

How can I watch the 2026 Champions League Final?

Coverage of the three European football competitions - Champions League, Europa League and UEFA Conference League - is exclusive to TNT Sports in the UK.

TNT Sports on BT

BT is of course the home for TNT Sports, so it is obviously the main place that you can get TNT Sports packages.

If you’re not already a BT customer or are but don’t have TNT Sports, you can purchase a TNT Sports package now to get yourself set up and ready in time to watch the semi-finals and the final.

There are two options available to you via Digital TV:

Sport + Fibre 2
- EE TV with TNT Sports channels
- Discovery+ Premium subscription
- Brilliant BT Fibre 2 broadband
Full Works + Fibre 2
- EE TV with TNT Sports and all NOW packs (Entertainment, Cinema and Sports)
- Discovery+ Premium subscription
- Brilliant BT Fibre 2 broadband

For existing customers who don’t already have TNT Sports with their package, you can add it on at a cost of £22 a month on a rolling 31-day contract, meaning you can cancel it whenever you’d like.

Champions League on Virgin Media

Once again, like with the previous two, you can get TNT Sports added on to your existing Virgin TV package or added to a package that you are making. And once again, it is available on a 31-day rolling contract for a standard monthly cost of £18.

Can I stream the 2026 Champions League final?

In the past, the Champions League final has been shown live via YouTube as well as on TV. While it is unconfirmed whether that will be the case again as of yet, you can watch the final online via HBO Max.

TNT Sports recently moved its streaming home from Discover+ to HBO Max. If you sign up to BT/EE TV with TNT Sports included you’ll be given a HBO Max account with access to sport. The same also goes for if you have/opt for Sky Ultimate TV and add Sky Sports to your package.

The HBO Max app is available on many devices, including:

Smart TV
Streaming sticks (Fire TV etc.)
Mobile
Tablet
PC/laptop

Story of the 2025/26 Champions League

The sophomore season of the newly revamped Group Stage format proved a success once again, with the highlight being Benfica’s stunning victory over Real Madrid in the final match, with a goal from their keeper of all players securing their place in the knockout round playoffs.

Bodo/Glimt were a feel-good surprising package, beating last year’s finalists Inter Milan on their way to a Round of 16 appearance.

Bayern and PSG were keeping neutral fans entertained in their matchups thanks to their free-scoring natures. This ended with them meeting in the semi-finals and an all-time memorable first-leg nine-golf thriller.

Who is playing in the 2026 Champions League final?

This year’s final will be contested between Arsenal and defending champions PSG.

The pair met three times during the 2024/25 campaign, first during matchday two of the Group Stage where Arsenal claimed a 2-0 victory, then again during the semi-finals when PSG beat them in both legs on the way to winning their first Champions League title.

The two’s paths to Budapest have seen them take very different approaches.

PSG is the highest scoring team in this year's tournament with 44 goals. What’s made their run so impressive is the fact they failed to qualify automatically for the knockout rounds, having to go through the playoffs.

This seemed to light a fire in them, as every round has seen four or more goals scored from the Parisian side.

On the opposite side, Arsenal has taken a more defensive approach in their games. They clear the field on clean sheets with nine in total - second best being their North London rivals Tottenham with six.

They’ve won by a mere one or two goals in each of their knockout games to make the final, but if it works then who are we to bash them.

When is the 2026 Champions League final?

The Champions League Final will be played on Saturday 30th May, with kickoff slated for 5pm.

This marks a change from the normal kickoff time of roughly 8pm as UEFA aims to deliver the game to a wider and younger audience by starting the final earlier.