The 2017–18 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path was played from 27 September to 22 November 2017.
A total of 32 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide 8 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League.
[3] 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 29 August 2017, 14:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
[4][5] There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.
[6] In both rounds, if the aggregate score was tied after full-time of the second leg, the away goals rule was used to decide the winner.
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.