2026 Copa do Nordeste

For the group stage, the 20 teams were drawn into four groups of five teams each. Each team in Group A will play each team in Group B once, and each team in Group C will play each team in Group D once. The clubs drawn to form Groups A and C will play three home games and two away games. The top two 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).^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vitória	5	3	1	1	14	8	+6	10	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	ASA	5	2	3	0	7	4	+3	9
3	Sousa	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	7
4	Fluminense-PI	5	1	3	1	4	4	0	6
5	Itabaiana	5	0	3	2	4	8	−4	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Confiança	5	2	2	1	7	7	0	8	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Juazeirense	5	1	3	1	8	8	0	6
3	Botafogo-PB	5	1	3	1	8	9	−1	6
4	CRB	5	1	2	2	5	6	−1	5
5	Piauí	5	1	1	3	3	7	−4	4

Source:CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sport	5	4	0	1	11	3	+8	12	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Ceará	5	3	1	1	11	6	+5	10
3	Ferroviário	5	2	1	2	6	8	−2	7
4	América de Natal	5	1	2	2	4	6	−2	5
5	Imperatriz	5	1	1	3	4	7	−3	4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ABC	5	3	1	1	11	4	+7	10	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Fortaleza	5	3	1	1	6	4	+2	10
3	Retrô	5	3	1	1	7	6	+1	10
4	Jacuipense	5	0	1	4	2	8	−6	1
5	Maranhão	5	0	1	4	4	14	−10	1

Source:CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams will play a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[4]

• Quarter-finals will be played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
  • If tied, the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 21).
• Semi-finals and Finals will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.
  • If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 21).
• Extra time will not be played and away goals rule will not be used in final stages.

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 19).^[4]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Vitória

Ceará

[†]

[†]

ABC

Juazeirense

[†]

[†]

Confiança

Fortaleza

[†]

[†]

Sport

ASA

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vitória	E	Ceará
Confiança	F	Fortaleza
Sport	G	ASA
ABC	H	Juazeirense

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Group E winners	I[†]	Group H winners
Group F winners	J[†]	Group G winners

---

---

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Group I winners	K[†]	Group J winners	–	–

---