 Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final. | |||||||
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| Date | 29 May 2022 | ||||||
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| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Scott McKenna (Nottingham Forest)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Jon Moss | ||||||
| Attendance | 80,019 | ||||||
The 2022 EFL Championship play-off final was an association football match which was played on 29 May 2022 at Wembley Stadium, London, England, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League. The top two teams of the 2021–22 EFL Championship, Fulham and Bournemouth, gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the clubs placed from third to sixth in the table took part in the 2022 English Football League play-offs. Huddersfield Town and Nottingham Forest competed for the final place in the 2022–23 Premier League season.
Jonathan Moss was the referee for the match, which was played in front of 80,019 spectators. Nottingham Forest took the lead in the 43rd minute when Huddersfield's Levi Colwill scored an own goal attempting to defend a cross from James Garner. Despite Huddersfield's claims for two penalty kicks, neither were awarded and Huddersfield ended with no shots on target. Nottingham Forest won the match 1–0 to gain promotion back to the Premier League for the first time in 23 years.[2]
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