Coventry defeated Middlesbrough 1-0 on Wednesday and will now play Luton in the Championship play-off final.
Gustavo Hamer’s 57th-minute strike clinched Coventry’s 1-0 aggregate victory in the semi-final second leg at the Riverside Stadium.
Mark Robins’ side head to Wembley on May 27 bidding for a return to the Premier League for the first time since 2001.
Luton, looking to reach the top-flight for the first time since 1992, beat Sunderland 2-0 to earn a 3-2 aggregate success in their semi-final second leg on Tuesday.
Coventry finished fifth in the Championship, while third placed Luton were 10 points ahead of them.
While Coventry, FA Cup winners in 1987, can look forward to making more history for their club at Wembley, Middlesbrough will spend a seventh year in the second tier.
It was a frustrating end to former Manchester United star Michael Carrick’s impressive first year as a manager.