Note: Single-source report; awaiting corroboration.
The 2026 UEFA Champions League final will conclude the 71st season of Europe's top club football competition with a match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal. Paris Saint-Germain, the reigning 2025 champions, aim to become only the second club to defend the title since the competition was renamed the UEFA Champions League. Arsenal, last runners-up in 2006, seek their first Champions League trophy, potentially becoming the 25th club to win the competition.
The final is scheduled for Saturday, 30 May 2026, at 18:00 Central European Time. The match will be hosted for the first time in Hungary’s capital at the Puskás Aréna, which opened in November 2019 on the site of the former Ferenc Puskás Stadion. The earlier kick-off time is intended to improve logistics and the experience for fans, teams, and host cities.
If scores are level at the end of normal time, two 15-minute periods of extra time will be played. If still tied, a penalty shoot-out will determine the winner.
Entertainment for the event will feature a kickoff show presented by Pepsi®, headlined by The Killers. A short film starring Brandon Flowers and Sir David Beckham will launch the show, highlighting a playful race to the final.