2022 Copa do Nordeste

The 2022 Copa do Nordeste will be the 19th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition will feature 16 clubs, with Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco having two seeds each, and Alagoas, Maranhão, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe with one seed each. Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste 2022).

2022 Copa do Nordeste
Country Brazil
Dates22 January – TBA
Teams16
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Bahia are the defending champions.

Format

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2021 CBF ranking from Ceará, Bahia and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste.[1]

For the group stage, the 16 teams will be drawn into two groups. Each team will play once against the eight clubs from the other group. Top four teams will qualify for the final stages. Quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played on a single-leg basis and finals will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.[2]

Qualification
Main article: 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. Twenty-four teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste. The teams entered in three rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste.

The winners were CRB (Alagoas), Floresta (Ceará), Sousa and Botafogo-PB (Paraíba).[3]

Teams

The qualified teams are[4]

Association Team Qualification method
Alagoas
1 + 1 berths		 CSA 2021 Campeonato Alagoano champions
CRB 2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Bahia
2 berths		 Atlético de Alagoinhas 2021 Campeonato Baiano champions
Bahia best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Ceará
2 + 1 berths		 Fortaleza 2021 Campeonato Cearense champions
Ceará best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Floresta 2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Maranhão
1 berth		 Sampaio Corrêa 2021 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Paraíba
1 + 2 berths		 Campinense 2021 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Botafogo-PB 2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Sousa 2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Pernambuco
2 berths		 Náutico 2021 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Sport best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Piauí
1 berth		 Altos 2021 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Rio Grande do Norte
1 berth		 Globo 2021 Campeonato Potiguar champions
Sergipe
1 berth		 Sergipe 2021 Campeonato Sergipano champions

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2021, 11:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[5] The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight containing two teams from each of the four pots with the restriction that teams from the same federation (except Floresta and Sousa) could not be drawn against each other. Teams were seeded by their 2021 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).

Group stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight teams each. Each team will play on a single round-robin tournament against the eight clubs from the other group. The top four teams of each group will advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages. The teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria will be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 13).[2]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortaleza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Sport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 CSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sampaio Corrêa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Campinense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Globo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Atlético de Alagoinhas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sergipe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: CBF

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ceará 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Bahia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Náutico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 CRB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Botafogo-PB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Altos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Floresta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sousa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: CBF

Results

Source:CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams will play a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[2]

  • Quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
    • If tied, the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 17).
  • Finals will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.
    • If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 17).
  • Extra time will not be played and away goals rule will not be used in final stages.

Starting from the semi-finals, the teams will be seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams will be ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria will be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Overall goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards in the tournament; 5. Fewest yellow cards in the tournament; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 18).[2]

Quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Group A 1st place – Group A 4th place
Group B 2nd place – Group B 3rd place
Group B 1st place – Group B 4th place
Group A 2nd place – Group A 3rd place

Group C
Group A 1st place–Group A 4th place

Group D
Group B 2nd place–Group B 3rd place

Group E
Group B 1st place–Group B 4th place

Group F
Group A 2nd place–Group A 3rd place

Semi-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Winners C [†] Winners D
Winners E [†] Winners F
  1. † Order to be decided.

Group G
–

Group H
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Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winners G [†] Winners H – –
  1. † Order to be decided.

Group I
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References
  1. "A Copa do Nordeste de 2022 é reformulada e preliminar ganha mais 16 clubes; lista pronta" (in Portuguese). Cassio Zirpoli. 24 July 2021.
  2. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste – 2022" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  3. "Definidos todos os clubes garantidos na fase de grupos da Copa do Nordeste; Veja aqui!" (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 19 November 2021.
  4. "Copa do Nordeste de 2022 tem todos os 16 participantes definidos; veja potes do sorteio" (in Portuguese). Globo. 19 November 2021.
  5. "Sorteio define grupos da Copa do Nordeste 2022" (in Portuguese). CBF. 6 December 2021.
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