The 2016–17 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path was played from 21 September to 30 November 2016.
A total of 32 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide 8 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League.
[3][4] For the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties.
The draw was held on 30 August 2016, 13:45 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
[5][6] There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into four groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.
If away goals were also equal, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).
[1] The eight second round winners advanced to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path.