2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification

The 2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification (officially the Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste 2022) was the qualifying tournament of the 2022 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 12 October to 18 November 2021.[1] Twenty-four teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste.

2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Country Brazil
Dates12 October – 18 November 2021
Teams24
Matches played24
Goals scored70 (2.92 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Negueba (3 goals)
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Format changes

The tournament was renamed from Pré-Copa do Nordeste to Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste. Starting from this season, the following format changes were implemented:

  • The tournament was expanded from eight to twenty-four teams. The teams either qualified by participating in their respective state championships or by the 2021 CBF ranking.[2]
  • The teams competed in three rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste (initially 8 teams would compete in one round).[3]

Qualified teams

The three best placed federations in the 2021 CBF state ranking (Ceará, Bahia, and Pernambuco) earned three berths in the tournament, while the remaining six federations earned two. Additionally, it also qualified the three best placed teams in the CBF 2021 ranking not already qualified regardless of the federation.

Association Team Qualification method
Alagoas Alagoas
2 berths		 CRB 2021 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up
ASA best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Bahia Bahia
3 + 1 berths		 Bahia de Feira 2021 Campeonato Baiano runners-up
Juazeirense 2021 Campeonato Baiano 3rd place
Vitória best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Jacuipense best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Ceará Ceará
3 berths		 Ferroviário 2021 Campeonato Cearense 3rd place
Atlético Cearense 2021 Campeonato Cearense 4th place
Floresta best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Maranhão Maranhão
2 berths		 Moto Club 2021 Campeonato Maranhense runners-up
Imperatriz best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Paraíba Paraíba
2 + 1 berths		 Sousa 2021 Campeonato Paraibano runners-up
Botafogo-PB best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Treze best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Pernambuco Pernambuco
3 berths		 Santa Cruz 2021 Campeonato Pernambucano 4th place
Retrô[a] 2021 Campeonato Pernambucano 7th place
Central best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Piauí Piauí
2 berths		 Fluminense-PI 2021 Campeonato Piauiense runners-up
River best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte
2 berths		 ABC 2021 Campeonato Potiguar runners-up
América de Natal best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Sergipe Sergipe
2 + 1 berths		 Lagarto 2021 Campeonato Sergipano runners-up
Confiança best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Itabaiana best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
a Salgueiro, Afogados and Vera Cruz (2021 Campeonato Pernambucano 3rd place, 5th place and 6th place, respectively) declined to participate in the Copa do Nordeste. They were replaced by the 7th place Retrô.[4]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[1]

Round First leg Second leg
First round 12–16 October 2021
Second round 19–21 October 2021
Third round 26–30 October 2021 2–18 November 2021

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 2 September 2021, 12:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[5] The teams were seeded by their 2021 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses) and divided in four pots.

Pot I Pot II Pot III A Pot III B

For the first round, the sixteen teams from the Pots I and II were drawn into eight ties, with the teams from the Pot I hosting the leg. For the second round, the eight teams from the Pots III A and III B were drawn into eight ties, while the eight winners of the first round were allocated without any draw into the ties. For the third round, the eight winners of the second round were allocated without any draw into the following four ties, with the team in each tie with the higher CBF ranking hosting the second leg. Teams from the Pot III A could not be drawn into the same tie.

Competition format

The teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[3]

  • The first and second rounds were played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
  • The third round was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.
  • Extra time would not be played and away goals rule would not be used during the tournament.

First round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
River Piauí 5–0 Sergipe Lagarto
Moto Club Maranhão 3–2 Pernambuco Retrô
Treze Paraíba 1–3 Ceará Floresta
Juazeirense Bahia 1–0 Pernambuco Central
ASA Alagoas 1–2 Paraíba Sousa
Jacuipense Bahia 1–0 Ceará Atlético Cearense
Itabaiana Sergipe 1–1 (3–1 p) Bahia Bahia de Feira
Imperatriz Maranhão 1–1 (5–4 p) Piauí Fluminense-PI

Second round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
CRB Alagoas 2–1 Piauí River
América de Natal Rio Grande do Norte 1–1 (4–5 p) Maranhão Moto Club
Santa Cruz Pernambuco 3–3 (2–4 p) Ceará Floresta
Ferroviário Ceará 4–0 Bahia Juazeirense
Confiança Sergipe 1–1 (4–5 p) Paraíba Sousa
ABC Rio Grande do Norte 4–2 Bahia Jacuipense
Vitória Bahia 3–0 Sergipe Itabaiana
Botafogo-PB Paraíba 2–0 Maranhão Imperatriz

Third round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Moto Club Maranhão 2–3 Alagoas CRB 2–1 0–2
Floresta Ceará 1–1 (4–3 p) Ceará Ferroviário 0–0 1–1
Sousa Paraíba 4–2 Rio Grande do Norte ABC 3–0 1–2
Botafogo-PB Paraíba 3–3 (6–5 p) Bahia Vitória 1–1 2–2

2022 Copa do Nordeste qualified teams

The following four teams qualified for the 2022 Copa do Nordeste.

State Team
Alagoas AlagoasCRB
Ceará CearáFloresta
Paraíba ParaíbaSousa
Paraíba ParaíbaBotafogo-PB

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Brazil Negueba Rio Grande do Norte ABC 3
1 Brazil Arthur Paraíba Sousa 2
Brazil Éderson Paraíba Botafogo-PB
Brazil Edson Cariús Ceará Ferroviário
Brazil Emerson Negueba Alagoas CRB
Brazil Fabio Alves Ceará Floresta
Brazil Igor Bádio Piauí River
Brazil Maílson Ceará Floresta
Brazil Pipico Pernambuco Santa Cruz
Brazil Wallace Lima Maranhão Moto Club
Brazil Wallyson Rio Grande do Norte ABC

Source:CBF

References
  1. "ELIMINATÓRIAS COPA DO NORDESTE 2022 TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2021" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  2. "Copa do Nordeste terá quase o dobro de participantes em 2022; confira mudanças" (in Portuguese). Globo. 24 July 2021.
  3. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste - 2022" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  4. "Após 3 desistências em 30 horas, Retrô herda a última vaga de PE no Nordestão de 2022" (in Portuguese). Cassio Zirpoli. 27 August 2021.
  5. "Sorteio define confrontos das Eliminatórias da Copa do Nordeste 2022" (in Portuguese). CBF. 2 September 2021.
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