[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League Path to decide 16 of the 24 places in the knockout phase (play-offs and the round of 16 onwards) of the 2023–24 UEFA Youth League.
The youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the UEFA Champions League Path.
For the UEFA Champions League Path, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four.
The group runners-up would face the winners of the domestic champions path second round in the knockout round play-offs, while the third and fourth-placed teams were eliminated from European competitions for the season.
If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria was applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 14 Group formation and match system – UEFA Champions League path group stage, Regulations of the UEFA Youth League):[3] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).