The biggest club football game of the season will get major national airtime in the US.
The 2022 UEFA Champions League final between European giants Liverpool and Real Madrid will be televised nationally for an American audience from the Stade de France, just outside Paris. And it will be available in two languages.
UEFA’s marquee is held annually at a neutral venue to celebrate the best club side on the European landscape, and television channels from around the world flock to cover a game that often features the best-seeded teams in the world. US-based rights holders CBS and Univision will send crews for full on-site coverage, including pre- and post-game shows.
This year, a total of 80 teams took part in the different stages of the competition and after May 28, one will remain. Below is everything you need to know to see it in the US.
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TV channel for the final of the Champions League in the USA
- Date: Saturday May 28th
- Time: 3 p.m. ET
- TV channel: CBS
- Spanish Language TV: University, TUDN
- Stream: fuboTV, Paramount+, ViX
The game will be broadcast in the US on CBS (English), Univision and TUDN (Spanish), with all three channels streaming on fuboTV, which is available as a free trial for new users.
CBS will have its full crew in France: Kate Abdo will host a 90-minute pregame show, a halftime show and an hour-long postgame show with analysts Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards.
Peter Schmeichel, Jules Breach, Guillem Balague and Jenny Chiu take on part-time jobs. Clive Tyldesley will be the play-by-play voice alongside Rob Green as analyst. Christina Unkel will crack big referee decisions.
Univision/TUDN Spanish-language coverage of the event begins an hour before the game, led by former players Javier Zanetti, Ivan “Bam Bam” Zamorano, hosts Lindsay Casinelli and Tony Cherchi, match broadcasters Diego Balado and Luis Omar Tapia and part-time reporter Daniel Chanona.
The game can also be watched for free in Spanish on ViX, Univision’s free streaming platform. ViX is available for free on iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, Roku devices, Samsung Smart TVs and web at vix.com
How Liverpool reached the Champions League final
Liverpool was a perfect 6v6 in the group stage and then benefited from a lucky draw in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the tournament.
| date | Round | location | result |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2022 | final | Stade de France Saint Denis, France |
?? |
| May 3, 2022 | semifinals 2nd leg |
Estadio de la Ceramica Villarreal, Spain |
Villarreal 2-3 Liverpool |
| April 27, 2022 | semifinals 1st leg |
Anfield Liverpool, UK |
Liverpool 2-0 Villarreal |
| April 13, 2022 | Quarterfinals 2nd leg |
Anfield Liverpool, UK |
Liverpool 3-3 Benfica |
| April 5, 2022 | Quarterfinals 1st leg |
Estadio da Luz Lisbon, Portugal |
Benfica Lisbon 1:3 |
| March 8, 2022 | round of 16 2nd leg |
Anfield Liverpool, UK |
Liverpool 0-1 Inter |
| February 16, 2022 | round of 16 1st leg |
San Siro Milan, Italy |
Inter 0-2 Liverpool |
| December 7, 2021 | Group B | San Siro Milan, Italy |
AC Milan 1-2 Liverpool |
| November 24, 2021 | Group B | Anfield Liverpool, UK |
Liverpool 2-0 Porto |
| November 3, 2021 | Group B | Anfield Liverpool, UK |
Liverpool 2-0 Atlético Madrid |
| October 19, 2021 | Group B | Wanda Metropolitano Madrid, Spain |
Atletico Madrid 2-3 Liverpool |
| September 28, 2021 | Group B | Estadio do Dragao Porto, Portugal |
Porto 1-5 Liverpool |
| September 15, 2021 | Group B | Anfield Liverpool, UK |
Liverpool 3-2 AC Milan |
How Real Madrid reached the Champions League final
Real Madrid had to come from behind in every knockout round against world-class opponents to reach the final. Do they have another dramatic finish in them to extend their trophy haul in tournament records?
| date | Round | location | result |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2022 | final | Stade de France Saint Denis, France |
?? |
| May 4, 2022 | semifinals 2nd leg |
Santiago Bernabeu Madrid, Spain |
Real Madrid 3-1 Manchester City (at) |
| April 26, 2022 | semifinals 1st leg |
Etihad Stadium Manchester, England |
Manchester City 4-3 Real Madrid |
| April 12, 2022 | Quarterfinals 2nd leg |
Santiago Bernabeu Madrid, Spain |
Real Madrid 2-3 Chelsea (at) |
| April 6, 2022 | Quarterfinals 1st leg |
stamford bridge London, United Kingdom |
Chelsea 1-3 Real Madrid |
| March 9, 2022 | round of 16 2nd leg |
Santiago Bernabeu Madrid, Spain |
Real Madrid 3-1 PSG |
| February 15, 2022 | round of 16 1st leg |
Prince Park Paris, France |
PSG 1-0 Real Madrid |
| December 7, 2021 | Group D | Santiago Bernabeu Madrid, Spain |
Real Madrid 2-0 Inter |
| November 24, 2021 | Group D | Sheriff’s Sports Complex Tiraspol, Moldova |
FC Sheriff 0-3 Real Madrid |
| November 3, 2021 | Group D | Santiago Bernabeu Madrid, Spain |
Real Madrid 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk |
| October 19, 2021 | Group D | NSK Olympic Stadium Kyiv, Ukraine |
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-5 Real Madrid |
| September 28, 2021 | Group D | Santiago Bernabeu Madrid, Spain |
Real Madrid 1-2 FC Sheriff |
| September 15, 2021 | Group D | San Siro Milan, Italy |
Inter 0-1 Real Madrid |
Champions League final stadium 2022
The 2022 UEFA Champions League final will be played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, just north of central Paris.
This year’s original venue was the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. However, some postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic meant that the final venues were all postponed by a year. While Istanbul has been postponed to 2023, Saint Petersburg (Russia) was set to become the 2022 venue.
However, when Russia invaded Ukraine in February, UEFA pulled the final from the Russian city and instead chose Saint-Denis, France to host the 2022 Champions League final.
This year’s game is the first Champions League final to be played in France since 2006, when Barcelona beat Arsenal 2-1 in comeback style. The Stade de France also hosted the 2000 Champions League final (Real Madrid 3, Valencia 0). The stadium’s most famous event was arguably the 1998 World Cup Final, which France beat Brazil on home soil.
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What happens if the Champions League final ends in a draw?
If the Champions League final ends deadlocked after 90 minutes of regulations, 30 minutes of overtime will be played (two 15-minute halves).
But if 30 minutes of bonus soccer still doesn’t produce a winner, then a penalty shootout will be the ultimate judge. Each team would take at least five penalty kicks each, and if the shootout score is the same after both teams have taken their five kicks, they proceed to the sudden death rounds. If one of the teams makes their attempt and the other doesn’t, a winner is crowned.
The last Champions League final to require a penalty shootout was the 2016 edition, as derby rivals Madrid failed to separate after 120 minutes.
After a 1-1 draw, Real Madrid needed penalties to defeat bitter rivals Atletico Madrid 5-3. Real made all five shots while Juanfran missed Atletico’s fourth penalty, which meant Atletico didn’t even have to try their last shot.
