2022 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2022 UEFA Champions League Final will be the final match of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, the 67th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 30th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It is scheduled to be played on 28 May 2022. The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. However, due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final, the final hosts were shifted back a year, which resulted  in the 2022 final being given to the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg. In February 2022, UEFA confirmed they would consider removing Saint Petersburg as the host of the final due to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian crisis. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, UEFA called an extraordinary meeting of the executive committee, where it was expected to officially pull the match out of Russia. A day later, UEFA confirmed that the final would be moved to the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, located just north of Paris. It will be the third time that the UEFA  Champions League final would be held in the stadium, having previously hosted the 2000 and 2006 finals. The winners will play against the winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League in the 2022 UEFA Super Cup. Venue. The final was originally awarded to the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany; however, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the 2020 final to be relocated from the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul to the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, the Allianz Arena was reawarded with the 2023 final and the 2022 final was given to the original host of the 2021 final, the Krestovsky  Stadium in Saint Petersburg. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, UEFA organised an emergency meeting of its executive committee on 25 February, at which they decided to move the final to the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. Other cities proposed as replacement hosts were Amsterdam, Barcelona, Munich and Rome. France has not hosted a UEFA Champions League Final since 2006. Host selection. An open bidding process was launched on 28 September 2018 by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Women's Champions League in  2021. Associations had until 26 October 2018 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 15 February 2019. UEFA announced on 1 November 2018 that two associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2021 UEFA Champions League final, and on 22 February 2019 that both associations submitted their dossiers by the deadline. The Krestovsky Stadium was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019, where the hosts for the 2021 and 2023 UEFA Champions League finals were also appointed. On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due  to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, Saint Petersburg would instead host the 2022 final. Pre-match. Identity. Prior to the eventual relocation of the final's venue, the logo of the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 26 August 2021 in Istanbul. Ambassador. The ambassador for the final is former Russia and Zenit Saint Petersburg forward Andrey Arshavin. However, it is yet to be determined whether he remains as the ambassador for the final after its relocation to Saint-Denis. Match. Details. The  home team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>