| Copa do Nordeste qualification | |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Continental Cup Title: | 2023 Copa do Nordeste |
| Matches: | 12 |
| Goals: | 25 |
| Prev Season: | 2022 |
| Next Season: | 2024 |
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.[1] Sixteen teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste.
Starting from this season, the following format changes were implemented:
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 | CSA | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| ASA | 2022 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up | ||
| Bahia | Vitória | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| Jacuipense | 2022 Campeonato Baiano runners-up | ||
| Ceará | Ferroviário | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| Caucaia | 2022 Campeonato Cearense runners-uo | ||
| Maranhão | Moto Club | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| Cordino | 2022 Campeonato Maranhense runners-up | ||
| Paraíba | Botafogo-PB | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| Sousa | 2022 Campeonato Paraibano 3rd place | ||
| Pernambuco | Santa Cruz | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| Retrô | 2022 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up | ||
| Piauí | Altos | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| Rio Grande do Norte | América de Natal | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| Potiguar de Mossoró | 2022 Campeonato Potiguar 3rd place | ||
| Sergipe | Confiança | best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified |
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[1]
| Round | First leg | Second leg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 5 January 2023 | ||
| Second round | 8 January 2023 | ||
The teams were seeded by their 2022 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.
The teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[3]
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The following four teams qualified for the 2023 Copa do Nordeste.
| State | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Vitória | ||
| Santa Cruz | ||
| CSA | ||
| Ferroviário |
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wallace Pernambucano | América de Natal | 4 |
| 2 | Jeam | Jacuipense | 2 |
| Welder | Jacuipense |