# 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. Sixteen teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste.

## 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.
* The teams competed in two rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste.

## 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 2 berths | CSA | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Alagoas 2 berths | ASA | 2022 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up |
| Bahia 2 berths | Vitória | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Bahia 2 berths | Jacuipense | 2022 Campeonato Baiano runners-up |
| Ceará 2 berths | Ferroviário | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Ceará 2 berths | Caucaia | 2022 Campeonato Cearense runners-uo |
| Maranhão 2 berths | Moto Club | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Maranhão 2 berths | Cordino | 2022 Campeonato Maranhense runners-up |
| Paraíba 2 berths | Botafogo-PB | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Paraíba 2 berths | Sousa | 2022 Campeonato Paraibano 3rd place |
| Pernambuco 2 berths | Santa Cruz | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Pernambuco 2 berths | Retrô | 2022 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up |
| Piauí 1 berth | Altos | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Rio Grande do Norte 2 berths | América de Natal | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Rio Grande do Norte 2 berths | Potiguar de Mossoró | 2022 Campeonato Potiguar 3rd place |
| 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.

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
| First round | 5 January 2023 | 5 January 2023 |
| Second round | 8 January 2023 | 8 January 2023 |

## Draw

The teams were seeded by their 2022 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).
Pot :
| Vitória (25) CSA (30) Confiança (44) Santa Cruz (46) Botafogo-PB (51) Ferroviário (52) América de Natal (61) Jacuipense (65) | Altos (66) Moto Club (74) ASA (91) Retrô (114) Caucaia (140) Sousa (143) Potiguar de Mossoró (157) Cordino (181) |
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:
* The tournament was played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
** If tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners.
* 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 | 2–1 | Cordino |
| Jacuipense | 4–1 | Altos |
| Santa Cruz | 2–0 | Caucaia |
| Botafogo-PB | 0–0 (3–1 p) | Retrô |
| CSA | 2–1 | Potiguar de Mossoró |
| América de Natal | 5–0 | Moto Club |
| Confiança | 1–0 | Sousa |
| Ferroviário | 1–1 (4–3 p) | ASA |

## Second round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Vitória | 1–0 | Jacuipense |
| Santa Cruz | 2–1 | Botafogo-PB |
| CSA | 0–0 (5–4 p) | América de Natal |
| Confiança | 0–0 (4–5 p) | Ferroviário |

## 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualified teams

The following four teams qualified for the 2023 Copa do Nordeste.
| State | Team |
| Bahia | Vitória |
| Pernambuco | Santa Cruz |
| Alagoas | CSA |
| Ceará | Ferroviário |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Wallace Pernambucano | América de Natal | 4 |
| 2 | Jeam | Jacuipense | 2 |
| 2 | Welder | Jacuipense | 2 |
Source:CBF