2024 Copa do Nordeste
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates3 February – 9 June
Teams16
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored51 (2.13 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Five players
(2 goals each)
All statistics correct as of 16 February 2024.
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The 2024 Copa do Nordeste (officially the Copa do Nordeste Betnacional 2024 for sponsorship reasons)[1] is the 21st edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition features 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 (Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste 2024). The Copa do Nordeste began on 3 February and will end on 9 June 2024.[2]

Ceará are the defending champions.

Format

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2023 CBF ranking from Ceará, Bahia and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste.

For the group stage, the 16 teams were 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.[3]

Qualification

Main article: 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification

The 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification (officially the Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste 2024) was the qualifying tournament of the 2024 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 6 to 14 January 2024. Sixteen teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste. The teams entered in two rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste.[4]

The winners were ABC (Rio Grande do Norte), Altos (Piauí), Botafogo-PB (Paraíba) and Juazeirense (Bahia).[5]

Teams

The qualified teams are[6]

Association Team Qualification method
Alagoas Alagoas
1 berth 		CRB 2023 Campeonato Alagoano champions
Bahia Bahia
2 + 1 berths 		Bahia 2023 Campeonato Baiano champions
Vitória best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Juazeirense 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Ceará Ceará
2 berths 		Fortaleza 2023 Campeonato Cearense champions
Ceará best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Maranhão Maranhão
1 berth 		Maranhão 2023 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Paraíba Paraíba
1 + 1 berths 		Treze 2023 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Botafogo-PB 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Pernambuco Pernambuco
2 berths 		Sport 2023 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Náutico best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Piauí Piauí
1 + 1 berths 		River 2023 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Altos 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte
1 + 1 berths 		América de Natal 2023 Campeonato Potiguar champions
ABC 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Sergipe Sergipe
1 berth 		Itabaiana 2023 Campeonato Sergipano champions

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Stage First leg Second leg
Group Stage Round 1: 4 February
Round 2: 10 February
Round 3: 14 February
Round 4: 21 and 28 February
Round 5: 6 and 13 March
Round 6: 20 March
Round 7: 24 March
Round 8: 27 March
Quarter-finals 10 April
Semi-finals 24 April
Finals 5 June 9 June

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 18 January 2024, 19:30, at the Teatro Silvio Mendes in Teresina.[7] The teams were seeded into four pots based on the 2023 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). They 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 Juazeirense) could not be drawn into the same group.

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).[3]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alagoas CRB 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Paraíba Botafogo-PB 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
3 Pernambuco Sport 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
4 Ceará Ceará 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
5 Bahia Vitória 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
6 Piauí River 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
7 Maranhão Maranhão 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
8 Rio Grande do Norte América de Natal 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2024. Source: CBF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bahia Bahia 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Ceará Fortaleza 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3 Pernambuco Náutico 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
4 Paraíba Treze 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
5 Bahia Juazeirense 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
6 Sergipe Itabaiana 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
7 Piauí Altos 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
8 Rio Grande do Norte ABC 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2024. 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:[3]

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 20).[3]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
           
Group A winners
Group A 4th place
[†]
[†]
Group B runners-up
Group B 3rd place
[†]
[†]
Group B winners
Group B 4th place
[†]
[†]
Group A runners-up
Group A 3rd place
  1. † Order to be decided.

Quarter-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Group A winners C Group A 4th place
Group B runners-up D Group B 3rd place
Group B winners E Group B 4th place
Group A runners-up F Group A 3rd place

Group C

Group A winners – Group A 4th place

Group D

Group B runners-up – Group B 3rd place

Group E

Group B winners – Group B 4th place

Group F

Group A runners-up – Group A 3rd place

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Group C winners G[†] Group D winners
Group E winners H[†] Group F winners
  1. † Order to be decided.

Group G

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Group H

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Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Group G winners [†] Group H winners – –
  1. † Order to be decided.

Group I

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References

  1. ^ "Betnacional tem acordo de naming rights com a Copa do Nordeste" (in Portuguese). YOGONET. 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ "COPA DO NORDESTE TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2024" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste – 2024" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  4. ^ "Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste: CBF divulga regulamento e tabela básica" (in Portuguese). CBF. 8 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Copa do Nordeste define os quatro últimos clubes classificados" (in Portuguese). CBF. 14 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Copa do Nordeste 2024 tem todos os participantes da edição definidos; veja" (in Portuguese). Globo. 14 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Copa do Nordeste 2024: Confira os grupos sorteados" (in Portuguese). CBF. 18 January 2024.
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