How to watch Champions League in the USA: Full TV schedule for 2021 on CBS channels, live streams

Zac Al-Khateeb

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The 2020-21 Champions League has finally reached its final match, overcoming months of play affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to get here.

This year, the Champions League will feature an all-English final between Premier League teams Chelsea, looking for its second title in three visits, and Manchester City, making its first-ever appearance in the final.

Of particular interest to U.S. audiences: An American is guaranteed to win the Champions League trophy in either Chelsea's Christian Pulisic (expected to be the first American to take the field in a Champions League final) and Man City's Zack Steffen, who likely will start on the bench.

The 2020-21 Champions League final will conclude the tournament on Saturday in Estadio Dragao in Porto, Portugal; the final initially was slated for Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium, but UEFA organizers moved the match after the UK placed Turkey on its "red list" due to COVID-19. Essentially, Chelsea and Man City supporters would have faced travel restrictions had it remained in Istanbul.

Here's everything you need to know about the 2020-21 Champions League, including dates, times, TV channels and streaming options:

MORE: Watch the Champions League final live with fuboTV (7-day free trial)

How to watch Champions League games in USA

The Champions League TV and streaming schedule is ... convoluted.

Let's start with the Round of 16: Only two matches from each of the first and second legs will be available to watch on cable (CBS Sports Network). Those games that appear on CBSSN can also be streamed on fuboTV, which is offering a seven-day free trial. For the second leg, Paramount+ (a rebrand of CBS All Access) will stream the Champions League matches.

All second leg matches are also available on Spanish language networks, TUDN and Galavision, which can also be streamed on fuboTV.

The Champions League quarterfinals can only be streamed on Paramount+. The semifinal matches will air on CBSSN and stream on Paramount+ and fuboTV.

The Champions League final will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+; fuboTV is also a streaming option for each of the semifinal and final matches.

Champions League TV schedule 2021

Here is the full Champions League results and schedule for 2021, starting with the Round of 16 and including start times and TV channels for games broadcast in the United States.

Champions League Round of 16 first leg results

Tuesday, Feb. 16

Match
Barcelona 1, PSG 4
RB Leipzig 0, Liverpool 2

Wednesday, Feb. 17

Match
Juventus 1, FC Porto 2
Sevilla vs. Borussia Dortmund

Tuesday, Feb. 23

Match
Chelsea 1, Atletico Madrid 0
Bayern Munich 4, Lazio 1

Wednesday, Feb. 24

Match
Borussia Monchengladbach 0, Manchester City 2
Atalanta 0, Real Madrid 1

Champions League Round of 16 second leg results

Bolded teams advance

Tuesday, March 9

Match
Juventus 3, FC Porto 2
Borussia Dortmund 2, Sevilla 2

Wednesday, March 10

Match
Liverpool 2, RB Leipzig City 0
PSG 1, Barcelona 1

Tuesday, March 16

Match
Manchester City 2, Borussia Monchengladbach 0
Real Madrid 3, Atalanta 1

Wednesday, March 17

Match
Bayern Munich 2, Lazio 1
Chelsea 2, Atletico Madrid 0

Champions League quarterfinals first leg results

Tuesday, April 6

Match
Real Madrid 3, Liverpool 1
Man City 2, Dortmund 1

Wednesday, April 7

Match
PSG 3, Bayern 2
Chelsea 2, Porto 0

Champions League quarterfinals second leg results

Bolded teams advance

Tuesday, April 13

*PSG advances on away goals

Match
Bayern 1, PSG* 0
Porto 1, Chelsea 0

Wednesday, April 14

Match
Liverpool 0, Real Madrid 0
Man City 2, Dortmund 1

Champions League semifinals first leg results

Tuesday, April 27

Match
Chelsea 1, Real Madrid 1

Wednesday, April 28

Match
Manchester City 2, PSG 1

Champions League semifinals second leg results

Bolded teams advance

Tuesday, May 4

Match
Manchester City 2, PSG 0

Wednesday, May 5

Match
Chelsea 2, Real Madrid 0

Champions League Final

The Champions League final will air simultaneously on CBS and Paramount+, though fuboTV is also an option.

Saturday, May 29

Match Time (ET) TV channel Streaming
Manchester City vs. Chelsea 3 p.m. CBS Paramount+, fuboTV (7-day free trial)

Zac Al-Khateeb

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Zac Al-Khateeb has been part of The Sporting News team since 2015 after earning his Bachelor's (2013) and Master's (2014) degrees in journalism at the University of Alabama. Prior to joining TSN, he covered high school sports and general news in Alabama. A college sports specialist, Zac has been a voter for the Biletnikoff Award and Heisman Trophy since 2020.