2022 FA Cup Final
The 2022 FA Cup Final is an association football match scheduled to be played at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on 14 May 2022. Chelsea and Liverpool will meet, just as in the 2022 EFL Cup Final. This will be the second time that the same pair of teams meet in both the EFL Cup Final and the FA Cup Final of the same season, after Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday in 1993. Organised by the Football Association (FA), it is the 141st final of the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup) and the showpiece match of  English football's primary cup competition. The match will be televised live in the United Kingdom on free-to-air channels BBC One and ITV. In the UK, live radio coverage will be provided by BBC Radio 5 Live and talkSPORT. The winners qualify for the group stage of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League. They will also face the 2021–22 Premier League champions in the 2022 FA Community Shield, unless the team is also champions, in which the losing team will face the Premier League champions. Should either winning team place in the top five of the 2021–22 Premier League , the Europa League position will go to the sixth place Premier League team. Route to the final. Chelsea. As a Premier League team, Chelsea entered the competition in the third round. They beat Chesterfield at home in the third round. They beat Plymouth Argyle at home in the fourth round. They beat Luton away in the fifth round. They beat Middlesbrough away in the quarter-final. They beat Crystal Palace in the semi-final. The semi-final took place at a neutral venue. Liverpool. As a Premier League team, Liverpool entered the competition in the third round. They beat Shrewsbury  Town at home in the third round. They beat Cardiff City at home in the fourth round. They beat Norwich City at home in the fifth round. They beat Nottingham Forest away in the quarter-final. They beat Manchester City in the semi-final. The semi-final took place at a neutral venue. Pre-match. This was the sides' second meeting in an FA Cup final, having met in 2012, when Chelsea won 2–1. They also met in four other title-deciding matches; the 2005 and 2022 League Cup finals, the 2006 FA Community Shield, and the 2019 UEFA Super  Cup; Chelsea won the 2005 meeting and Liverpool won the other three. Match. Details. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>