In Europe, every year, the best teams from all the leagues come together to play each other and see who is the champion of champions. After this recent pause for European Championship qualifying, matches will resume next week. These will be the final matches in the group stages before the competition moves to the playoffs. The group stage ends with the eight group winners and eight runners up advancing to a knockout stage that ends with a final match in May. Last year Real Madrid won the cup, adding a tenth to there already nine cup victories.