The 2017 EFL Championship play-off final was an association football match that was played on 29 May 2017 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Huddersfield Town and Reading.

The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League.

Although Michael Hefele was the first to miss, Reading's Liam Moore's shot was wayward and Jordan Obita's attempt was saved by Danny Ward, leaving Christopher Schindler to score the winning penalty for the Terriers.

Reading finished four points behind Brighton & Hove Albion (who were promoted in second place) and nine behind league winners Newcastle United.

With ten minutes of the game remaining, Reading's defender Paul McShane was shown a straight red for a foul on Kevin McDonald.

[3] In the second leg, Reading won 1–0 at their home ground, the Madejski Stadium, with a penalty scored by Yann Kermorgant after Fulham's Tomáš Kalas had handled the ball.

Ali Al-Habsi, the Reading goalkeeper, made a number of saves to keep a clean sheet and was praised by his manager Jaap Stam: "It was a terrific performance.

[13] The German-born Elias Kachunga was Huddersfield's top scorer for the season with 12 goals, while Reading's Kermorgant was his team's most prolific striker having scored 18 times prior to the semi-finals.

[15] Reading were without captain Paul McShane who was shown a straight red card in their play-off semi-final first leg game at Fulham.

In the 4th minute, Huddersfield won a free kick which was taken by Aaron Mooy but the resulting cross was headed wide by Michael Hefele.

Kachunga was then brought down by Joey van den Berg who received the first yellow card of the game from the referee Neil Swarbrick.

[24] Five minutes later Mooy brought down Kermorgant and was awarded a free kick, which John Swift struck wide of the Huddersfield goal from 35 yards.

[27] Smith was then booked for a foul on Williams before a snatched shot by Quaner from a Mooy cross, intended for Nahki Wells, went wide.

Al-Habsi then stopped a Rajiv van La Parra chance before McCleary shot high and wide past the Huddersfield goal.

[31] Reading started the second half of extra time but Huddersfield enjoyed the early possession with missed chances from Hefele and Van La Parra.

With three minutes of extra time remaining, Palmer passed to Wells just inside the Reading penalty area but his shot was wide of the left post.

[21][30][33] Man of the Match: Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town) It was the first time since the play-off format was introduced in 1987 that a final ended goalless.

[36] Huddersfield's first season back in the top tier of English football since 1972 saw them end the Premier League in 16th place, four points ahead of the relegation zone.

[35][37] It was described by Paul Doyle in The Guardian as "the Premier League's greatest survival story", with Wagner in particular noted as "a leader of rare charisma and intelligence".

[38] Reading finished the 2017–18 EFL Championship season in 20th position, three points above the relegation places,[39] with Stam leaving the club in March 2018 after a run of one win in eighteen games.