The UEFA Champions League final will be held on May 31st, 2025 at Allianz Arena, Munich. See you then.
In a hurry? You don’t need to wade into the details. These services will allow you to watch the Champions League final:
- Fubo: Get 150+ live TV channels including CBS, CBSSN, and the Spanish-language channels Univision, UniMas, Galavision, and TUDN. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.
- Hulu + Live TV: Get access to the CBS channels along with a great on-demand library. Try the Hulu Live free 3-day trial.
- Paramount+: CBS has all the rights to the UEFA, so you can watch the final for just $7.99/month. Try Paramount+ for free!
Watch the whole Champions League season with Paramount+!
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The UCL final is, in most fans’ opinions, the greatest club soccer match in the world — or at least in Europe. It features the final two European clubs standing at the end of an 11-month competition. As a result, it garners tremendous television ratings around the world.
In the United States, 5.4 million people watched the 2022 final, 2.8 million of them on CBS and 2.6 million on Univision. How can you watch the Champions League final?
For English commentary, secure access to either CBS or CBS Sports Network; although the 2021 final was on CBS, the 2020 edition was broadcast on CBSSN. With that said, the 2020 final was played in late August, an atypical timeframe.
If your focus is just on UEFA Champions League final, you can get it all with a subscription to Paramount+ for just $7.99/month.
The Spanish-language broadcast should be available on Univision. UniMas is a less likely possibility. Regardless, Univision NOW ($10.99/mo) offers access to both.
How Can I Watch the Champions League Final?
The next UEFA Champions League final will take place on June 1st, 2024. CBS Sports has broadcasting rights through 2030. So it should be airing on CBS and Paramount+.
If you prefer to watch the final with Spanish commentary, you will need Univision and UniMas or Univision NOW.
Live TV Streaming Services
You can subscribe to a live TV streaming service to garner access to the UEFA Champions League final. But you will generally do so because you are looking to fully replace a cable subscription.
- Fubo (formerly FuboTV): This is a streaming service built from the ground up by soccer fans for soccer fans. It features over 150 channels including over 35 that are dedicated to sports — especially international sports — especially soccer. These include ESPN, Fox Sports, TUDN, and beIN Sports. It comes with unlimited cloud DVR and streaming on up to 10 devices at once for $79.99/month. Our Fubo review provides all the details.
- Hulu + Live TV: If your focus is more general, this is a great option. It offers the outstanding Hulu on-demand library as well as 85+ live TV channels — and get Disney+ and ESPN+. You get unlimited cloud DVR with 9 months of storage and simultaneous streaming on two devices for $82.99/month. For more information, see our Hulu + Live TV review.
- DIRECTV STREAM: This service is more expensive at $129.99/month for the Ultimate plan. But it includes the best support for RSNs in the industry. So if you are also a big fan of your local MLB, NBA, WNBA, NHL, or MLS team, you should look into this. See our DIRECTV STREAM review for more information.
- YouTube TV: This Hulu-style streaming service gives you 85+ live TV channels along with unlimited DVR storage for $82.99/month. See our YouTube TV review for more.
Paramount+
Paramount+ ($7.99/month) is the easiest way for you to watch the Champions League final. You can also utilize it to watch every Champions League match from the play-off round, the step just before the group stage, through to the final and seeing the remaining teams on the precipice of lifting the trophy.
For more information, see our Paramount+ review.
Univision NOW
Univision NOW ($10.99/mo) is another option. As long as Univision or UniMas broadcasts the match, which is expected, it will be available to watch through this over-the-top streaming service. This is also true for any other Champions League matches broadcast on either of those channels.
Other Options
Of course, if the match is on CBS, you can always simply watch it with an antenna and television. The same goes for Univision and UniMas, although those stations are not as widely available.
Another option to consider is attending a watch party, of which there will be numerous taking place across the country. This is a great option if you want to be surrounded by others who are as interested in this match as you are and, in some cases, be amongst devoted supporters of one or both clubs.
Watch Champions League Final Outside US
The UEFA Champions League Final is, if anything, even better covered outside the USA.
- Australia: Stan Sport
- Canada: sports streaming service
- Ireland: Livescore, RTE
- New Zealand: Spark Sport
- UK: BT Sport
Devices to Live Stream the Champions League Final
All the major streaming services support most of the streaming TVs and devices currently in use. We’ll look at Paramount+ and Fubo but the others are similar.
Both Fubo and Paramount+ support LG, Samsung, Vizio, and Android TV-based smart TVs.
They also support the TV devices Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Roku.
If you want, you can watch on smartphones and tablets based on Android and iOS. And you can use them to cast to a compatible TV with Chromecast.
You can also use the gaming system Xbox One. Paramount Plus supports the PlayStation as well.
What Is the Champions League Final?
The Champions League final is the culmination of an 80-team competition involving clubs from 54 countries playing over an 11-month span. It gets reduced to the two playing in this match and the one lifting the trophy at the end of it.
History of the Champions League Final
The first Champions League final, then called the European Cup final, was played on Jun 13th, 1956, when Real Madrid outlasted Reims, 4-3, in front of 38,239 at Paris’ historic Parc des Princes. Just 16 clubs took part in this competition, which involved some teams getting in via invites. This feature continued for four more years before the clubs started to all be selected on merit.
Real Madrid was the early powerhouse of this competition, claiming its first five editions before being stunned by Barcelona, 4-3 on aggregate, in the 1960-61 first round. The Catalan side ultimately advanced to the final, where they fell short of fellow Iberian club, Benfica, 3-2, in Bern, Switzerland.
The initial club from the British Isles to lift this trophy was Celtic, who did so after defeating Inter Milan, 2-1, in the 1967 final, played in Lisbon, Portugal. Manchester United followed suit a year later, cruising past Benfica, 3-1, while playing in its home country. London’s Wembley Stadium hosted that match.
Real Madrid has also been a recent dynasty, claiming four Champions League finals in a five-year span, winning every one between 2014-18 with the exception of 2015, which was claimed by Barcelona. The winners that followed this run were Liverpool (2019), Bayern Munich (2020), and Chelsea (2021).
What Is the Format of the Champions League Final?
Except for the preliminary round semifinals and final at the very start of the competition and this match at the end, every step of the Champions League involves clubs playing their opponents twice — once at home and once away. This includes the round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals.
However, the final has always been played as a single match at a predetermined site. Sometimes, a team will play the final in its home stadium – Bayern Munich in 2012 is a recent example – but the match is still treated as a neutral site as far as every other aspect of the game is concerned, including ticket allotment.
The locations of the coming final are as follows:
- 2024: London, UK
- 2025: Munich, Germany.
There has been some talk of holding the 2026 edition in the United States but this has sparked much controversy given that this would be the first time the event was ever held outside Europe.
At least one club from every UEFA country with the exception of Liechtenstein enters this competition. (Liechtenstein is not included because it does not have its own league; all of its clubs play in Switzerland’s league setup.) The majority of these teams are eliminated, however, by the time the group stage starts in September when the competition’s giant clubs join.
UEFA Champions League Teams
Here is the list of all the conference league teams that have participated this season:
- Manchester City
- Arsenal FC
- Real Madrid
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Bayern Munich
- FC Barcelona
- Borussia Dortmund
- Atlético de Madrid
- Manchester United
- Newcastle United
- Inter Milan
- AC Milan
- SSC Napoli
- RB Leipzig
- Real Sociedad
- SL Benfica
- PSV Eindhoven
- Feyenoord Rotterdam
- FC Porto
- SS Lazio
- Red Bull Salzburg
- Sevilla FC
- RC Lens
- Galatasaray
- 1.FC Union Berlin
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- SC Braga
- Celtic FC
- Royal Antwerp FC
- FC Copenhagen
- Red Star Belgrade
- BSC Young Boys
2024-2025 Champions League Final Schedule
Eight teams will proceed to the finals. Here are all the UEFA champions league matches that will take place during the playoffs:
Playoffs
Quarterfinals:
- First leg
- Apr 8
- Apr 9
- Second leg
- Apr 15
- Apr 16
Semifinals:
- 1st leg
- Apr 29
- Apr 30
- 2nd leg:
- May 6
- May 7
Final: May 31
Wrapping Up
Cord cutters looking to watch the UEFA Champions League final can do so with either a Paramount+ subscription for English-language coverage or a Univision NOW subscription for Spanish-language commentary.
But serious soccer fans should probably go with Fubo, which provides the best selection of international matches available.
FAQs
What is the cheapest way to stream the Champions League final?
The cheapest way to stream the Champions League final is by paying for a month of Paramount Plus for $7.99/month. Or, if you time it right, for free with a trial. With that said, you may want to consider utilizing that service throughout the year as it carries every Champions League match from the play-off round. An annual subscription is even less.
You can also watch over-the-air in many locations with an HD antenna via CBS.
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