| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Dates | 12 October – 18 November 2021 |
| Teams | 24 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 70 (2.92 per match) |
| Top goal scorer | Negueba (3 goals) |
The2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification (officially theEliminatórias Copa do Nordeste 2022) was the qualifying tournament of the2022 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 12 October to 18 November 2021.[1] Twenty-four teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste.
The tournament was renamed fromPré-Copa do Nordeste toEliminatórias Copa do Nordeste. Starting from this season, the following format changes were implemented:
The three best placed federations in the 2021CBF state ranking (Ceará, Bahia, and Pernambuco) earned three berths in the tournament, while the remaining six federations earned two. Additionally, it also qualified the three best placed teams in the CBF 2021 ranking not already qualified regardless of the federation.
| Association | Team | Qualification method |
|---|---|---|
 Alagoas2 berths | CRB | 2021 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up |
| ASA | best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
 Bahia3 + 1 berths | Bahia de Feira | 2021 Campeonato Baiano runners-up |
| Juazeirense | 2021 Campeonato Baiano 3rd place | |
| Vitória | best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| Jacuipense | best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
 Ceará3 berths | Ferroviário | 2021 Campeonato Cearense 3rd place |
| Atlético Cearense | 2021 Campeonato Cearense 4th place | |
| Floresta | best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
 Maranhão2 berths | Moto Club | 2021Campeonato Maranhense runners-up |
| Imperatriz | best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
 Paraíba2 + 1 berths | Sousa | 2021 Campeonato Paraibano runners-up |
| Botafogo-PB | best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| Treze | best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
 Pernambuco3 berths | Santa Cruz | 2021 Campeonato Pernambucano 4th place |
| Retrô[a] | 2021 Campeonato Pernambucano 7th place | |
| Central | best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
 Piauí2 berths | Fluminense-PI | 2021Campeonato Piauiense runners-up |
| River | best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
 Rio Grande do Norte2 berths | ABC | 2021Campeonato Potiguar runners-up |
| América de Natal | best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
 Sergipe2 + 1 berths | Lagarto | 2021Campeonato Sergipano runners-up |
| Confiança | best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| Itabaiana | best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified |
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[1]
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|
| First round | 12–16 October 2021 | |
| Second round | 19–21 October 2021 | |
| Third round | 26–30 October 2021 | 2–18 November 2021 |
The draw for the group stage was held on 2 September 2021, 12:00, at the CBF headquarters inRio de Janeiro.[5] The teams were seeded by their 2021CBF ranking (shown in parentheses) and divided in four pots.
| Pot I | Pot II | Pot III A | Pot III B |
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For the first round, the sixteen teams from the Pots I and II were drawn into eight ties, with the teams from the Pot I hosting the leg. For the second round, the eight teams from the Pots III A and III B were drawn into eight ties, while the eight winners of the first round were allocated without any draw into the ties. For the third round, the eight winners of the second round were allocated without any draw into the following four ties, with the team in each tie with the higher CBF ranking hosting the second leg. Teams from the Pot III A could not be drawn into the same tie.
The teams played asingle-elimination tournament with the following rules:[3]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| River | 5–0 | Lagarto |
| Moto Club | 3–2 | Retrô |
| Treze | 1–3 | Floresta |
| Juazeirense | 1–0 | Central |
| ASA | 1–2 | Sousa |
| Jacuipense | 1–0 | Atlético Cearense |
| Itabaiana | 1–1(3–1p) | Bahia de Feira |
| Imperatriz | 1–1(5–4p) | Fluminense-PI |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| CRB | 2–1 | River |
| América de Natal | 1–1(4–5p) | Moto Club |
| Santa Cruz | 3–3(2–4p) | Floresta |
| Ferroviário | 4–0 | Juazeirense |
| Confiança | 1–1(4–5p) | Sousa |
| ABC | 4–2 | Jacuipense |
| Vitória | 3–0 | Itabaiana |
| Botafogo-PB | 2–0 | Imperatriz |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto Club | 2–3 | CRB | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Floresta | 1–1(4–3p) | Ferroviário | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Sousa | 4–2 | ABC | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Botafogo-PB | 3–3(6–5p) | Vitória | 1–1 | 2–2 |
The following four teams qualified for the 2022 Copa do Nordeste.
| State | Team |
|---|---|
| Alagoas | CRB |
| Ceará | Floresta |
| Paraíba | Sousa |
| Paraíba | Botafogo-PB |
Source:CBF
