<Tr> <Th> Weather </Th> <Td> Sunny 20 ° C (68 ° F) 37% humidity </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 2017 2019 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2017--18 UEFA Champions League, the 63rd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Cup to the UEFA Champions League . It was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine on 26 May 2018, between Spanish side and defending champions Real Madrid, who had won the competition in each of the last two seasons, and English side Liverpool . </P> <P> Real Madrid won the final 3--1 for their third consecutive and 13th overall Champions League title, becoming the first team to achieve three back - to - back titles since Bayern Munich defeated Saint - Étienne in the 1976 European Cup Final; it was additionally their fourth title in five seasons . They also earned the right to play the winners of the 2017--18 UEFA Europa League, Atlético Madrid, in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup and to enter the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup . They also qualified to enter the group stage of the 2018--19 UEFA Champions League, but since they already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the champions of the 2017--18 Czech First League, the 11th - ranked association according to next season's access list . </P>

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