# 2023 Copa do Brasil first round

The 2023 Copa do Brasil first round was the first round of the 2023 Copa do Brasil football competition. It was played from 21 February to 2 March 2023. A total of 80 teams competed in the first round to decide 40 places in the second round of the tournament.

## Draw

The draw for the first and second rounds was held on 8 February 2023, 14:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Teams were seeded by their CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). The 80 qualified teams were divided in eight groups (A-H) with 10 teams each. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: A vs. E; B vs. F; C vs. G; D vs. H. The lower-ranked teams hosted the first round match.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Santos (9) Grêmio (11) América Mineiro (12) Atlético Goianiense (13) Ceará (14) Bahia (15) Botafogo (16) Red Bull Bragantino (17) Goiás (19) Cuiabá (20) | Juventude (21) Vasco da Gama (22) Coritiba (23) Chapecoense (24) Avaí (25) CRB (27) CSA (28) Vitória (29) Vila Nova (30) Ponte Preta (31) | Sampaio Corrêa (32) Criciúma (33) Operário Ferroviário (35) Londrina (36) Náutico (37) Remo (38) Tombense (39) Brasil de Pelotas (40) Brusque (41) ABC (44) | Ituano (46) Botafogo (48) Manaus (49) Volta Redonda (52) Ypiranga (53) Ferroviário (54) Botafogo (56) Santa Cruz (59) Brasiliense (61) América de Natal (62) |
| Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H |
| Campinense (64) Jacuipense (67) São Raimundo (73) Tocantinópolis (76) Bahia de Feira (80) Caldense (84) Atlético de Alagoinhas (85) ASA (87) Sergipe (88) Ceilândia (91) | União Rondonópolis (93) Real Noroeste (96) Retrô (98) Marcílio Dias (101) Tuna Luso (118) Fluminense (118) São Luiz (121) Nova Iguaçu (127) Humaitá (132) Trem (132) | São Bernardo (145) Vitória (145) Nova Mutum (148) Tuntum (166) Caucaia (168) Real Ariquemes (171) Maringá (185) Operário (200) Marília (214) Cordino (220) | Parnahyba (243) Resende (no rank) Athletic (no rank) Democrata GV (no rank) Iguatu (no rank) Camboriú (no rank) Águia de Marabá (no rank) Falcon (no rank) Princesa do Solimões (no rank) São Francisco (no rank) |

## Format

In the first round, each tie was played on a single-legged basis. The lower-ranked team hosted the match. If tied after 90 minutes, the higher-ranked team would automatically advance to second round.

## Matches

Times are BRT (UTC−3), as listed by CBF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Campinense | 0–2 | Grêmio |
| Resende | 1–2 | Ferroviário |
| Fluminense | 0–4 | Ponte Preta |
| Cordino | 0–2 | Brasil de Pelotas |
| Caldense | 0–3 | Ceará |
| Princesa do Solimões | 1–1 | Ituano |
| União Rondonópolis | 0–1 | CRB |
| Operário | 1–0 | Operário Ferroviário |
| Sergipe | 1–1 | Botafogo |
| Athletic | 1–1 | Brasiliense |
| São Luiz | 1–0 | Juventude |
| Vitória | 0–1 | Remo |
| ASA | 1–1 | Goiás |
| Águia de Marabá | 2–1 | Botafogo |
| Tuna Luso | 0–1 | CSA |
| Marília | 0–3 | Brusque |
| Tocantinópolis | 1–1 | América Mineiro |
| Democrata GV | 1–1 | Santa Cruz |
| Marcílio Dias | 1–0 | Chapecoense |
| Maringá | 2–1 | Sampaio Corrêa |
| Jacuipense | 1–4 | Bahia |
| Camboriú | 1–0 | Manaus |
| Humaitá | 0–3 | Coritiba |
| Real Ariquemes | 0–3 | Criciúma |
| Atlético de Alagoinhas | 0–0 | Atlético Goianiense |
| Falcon | 1–3 | Volta Redonda |
| Real Noroeste | 1–1 | Vila Nova |
| São Bernardo | 0–1 | Náutico |
| Bahia de Feira | 1–1 | Red Bull Bragantino |
| São Francisco | 1–1 | Ypiranga |
| Trem | 0–4 | Vasco da Gama |
| Tuntum | 0–5 | ABC |
| Ceilândia | 0–1 | Santos |
| Iguatu | 1–0 | América de Natal |
| Retrô | 3–2 | Avaí |
| Caucaia | 0–0 | Tombense |
| São Raimundo | 4–3 | Cuiabá |
| Parnahyba | 0–0 | Botafogo |
| Nova Iguaçu | 2–0 | Vitória |
| Nova Mutum | 4–2 | Londrina |