When is the Champions League final? Arsenal to face PSG in Budapest

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·06 de maio de 2026

When is the Champions League final? Arsenal to face PSG in Budapest

The biggest game in European club football is fast approaching

After a tense and controversial opening 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid last week that saw Viktor Gyokeres and Julian Alvarez exchange penalties before another spot-kick award for the Gunners was contentiously overturned, Tuesday night’s semi-final second-leg decider at the Emirates Stadium ended with Mikel Arteta’s Premier League leaders heading through 2-1 on aggregate after Bukayo Saka’s late first-half winner in a 1-0 triumph.

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PSG now await in the showpiece fixture of Europe’s elite club competition later this month after the holders squeezed past Bayern Munich in Germany 24 hours later.

PSG ended up edging a nine-goal thriller 5-4 in a modern classic to begin the tie in Paris, before a 1-1 draw in Bavaria then saw them progress 6-5 on aggregate despite Harry Kane’s last-gasp effort to cancel out an early opener from Ousmane Dembele.

Last week, the highest-scoring European Cup semi-final since 1959/60 saw Bayern take an early advantage through Kane’s penalty, only for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Joao Neves and Michael Olise all to score excellent goals before another spot-kick from Dembele had the hosts in front at the interval.

Kvaratskhelia and Dembele both netted again to put PSG in control, only for Dayot Upamecano and Luis Diaz to then bring Bayern back within a goal ahead of a hotly anticipated return fixture at the Allianz Arena in which the goals didn’t fly but remained fascinating fare nonetheless.

Eyes on the prize: Paris Saint-Germain are the current holders of the Champions League

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When is the Champions League final?

This season’s Champions League final between Arsenal and PSG takes place on Saturday May 30, 2026.

The game will be held at the 67,215-capacity Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary.

Kick-off is scheduled for 5pm BST, which is 6pm local time. UEFA have brought that forward from the traditional 8pm BST slot starting from this season, in order to “enhance the matchday experience and benefit fans, teams and host cities” and make the final “even more accessible, inclusive and impactful for everyone involved”.

Last season, PSG finally won their maiden Champions League title at the second attempt with a 5-0 demolition of Inter Milan in Munich.