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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.

Format

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

  • The tournament was played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
  • If tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners.
  • Extra time would not be played and away goals rule would not be used during the tournament.

Format changes

Starting from this season, the following format change was implemented:

  • For the second round, the eight qualified teams were seeded by their CBF ranking and they were drawn into four ties, with the best seeded team playing against the eighth seeded team, the second-best seeded team facing the seventh-best, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. The higher-seeded team will host the leg.

Qualified teams

Every federation had a team qualified by the 2023 CBF ranking, while the seven best placed federations in the 2023 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.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

First round

Draw

The teams were seeded by their 2023 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).

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.

Matches

Second round

Draw

The teams were seeded by their 2023 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).

For the second round, the eight teams were drawn into four ties, with the best seeded team playing against the eighth seeded team, the second-best seeded team facing the seventh-best, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. The higher-seeded team hosted the leg.

Matches

2024 Copa do Nordeste qualified teams

The following four teams qualified for the 2024 Copa do Nordeste.

Top goalscorers

References