2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification

The 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification (officially the Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste 2023) was the qualifying tournament of the 2023 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 5 to 8 January 2023.[1] Sixteen teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste.

2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Country Brazil
Dates5 – 8 January 2023
Teams16
Matches played12
Goals scored25 (2.08 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Wallace Pernambucano (4 goals)
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Format changes

Starting from this season, the following format changes were implemented:

  • Sixteen teams competed in the tournament. Every federation had a team qualified by the 2022 CBF ranking, while seven teams qualified by participating in their respective state championships.[2]
  • The teams competed in two rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste.[3]

Qualified teams

Every federation had a team qualified by the 2022 CBF ranking, while the seven best placed federations in the 2022 CBF state ranking (Ceará, Bahia, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba) earned an extra berth in the tournament by participating in their respective state championships.

Association Team Qualification method
Alagoas Alagoas
2 berths		 CSA best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
ASA 2022 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up
Bahia Bahia
2 berths		 Vitória best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
Jacuipense 2022 Campeonato Baiano runners-up
Ceará Ceará
2 berths		 Ferroviário best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
Caucaia 2022 Campeonato Cearense runners-uo
Maranhão Maranhão
2 berths		 Moto Club[a] best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
Cordino 2022 Campeonato Maranhense runners-up
Paraíba Paraíba
2 berths		 Botafogo-PB best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
Sousa 2022 Campeonato Paraibano 3rd place
Pernambuco Pernambuco
2 berths		 Santa Cruz best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
Retrô 2022 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up
Piauí Piauí
1 berth		 Altos best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte
2 berths		 América de Natal best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
Potiguar de Mossoró 2022 Campeonato Potiguar 3rd place
Sergipe Sergipe
1 berth		 Confiança best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
a Imperatriz (2022 CBF ranking 69th place) were excluded from the Copa do Nordeste because they were relegated and did not participate in the 2022 Campeonato Maranhense Série A. They were replaced by the 2022 CBF ranking 74th place Moto Club.[4]

Schedule

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

Round First leg Second leg
First round 5 January 2023
Second round 8 January 2023

Draw

The teams were seeded by their 2022 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).

Pot

For the first round, the sixteen teams were drawn into eight ties, with the best seeded team playing against the sixteenth seeded team, while the second-best seeded team facing the fifteenth-best, third against fourteenth, fourth against thirteenth, etc. The higher-seeded team hosted the leg.

Competition format

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

  • The tournament was played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the 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
Vitória Bahia 2–1 Maranhão Cordino
Jacuipense Bahia 4–1 Piauí Altos
Santa Cruz Pernambuco 2–0 Ceará Caucaia
Botafogo-PB Paraíba 0–0 (3–1 p) Pernambuco Retrô
CSA Alagoas 2–1 Rio Grande do Norte Potiguar de Mossoró
América de Natal Rio Grande do Norte 5–0 Maranhão Moto Club
Confiança Sergipe 1–0 Paraíba Sousa
Ferroviário Ceará 1–1 (4–3 p) Alagoas ASA

Second round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Vitória Bahia 1–0 Bahia Jacuipense
Santa Cruz Pernambuco 2–1 Paraíba Botafogo-PB
CSA Alagoas 0–0 (5–4 p) Rio Grande do Norte América de Natal
Confiança Sergipe 0–0 (4–5 p) Ceará Ferroviário

2023 Copa do Nordeste qualified teams

The following four teams qualified for the 2023 Copa do Nordeste.

State Team
Bahia BahiaVitória
Pernambuco PernambucoSanta Cruz
Alagoas AlagoasCSA
Ceará CearáFerroviário

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Brazil Wallace Pernambucano Rio Grande do Norte América de Natal 4
2 Brazil Jeam Bahia Jacuipense 2
Brazil Welder Bahia Jacuipense

Source:CBF

References
  1. "ELIMINATÓRIAS COPA DO NORDESTE 2023 TABELA BÁSICA/ EDIÇÃO 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  2. "Com direito a polêmica, CBF define critérios para a Copa do Nordeste 2023; tabela sai nesta quarta-feira" (in Portuguese). Globo. 26 October 2022.
  3. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Eliminatória Copa do Nordeste - 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  4. "Presidente do Moto Club anuncia participação do time na Copa do Nordeste 2023" (in Portuguese). Globo. 25 October 2022.
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