Tournament details | |
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Country | Brazil |
Dates | 24 January – 24 May |
Teams | 20 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Bahia |
Runner-up | Sport |
2018 Copa do Brasil | Bahia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 74 |
Goals scored | 183 (2.47 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Régis (6 goals) |
Best player | Régis |
The 2017 Copa do Nordeste was the 14th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 20 clubs, with Bahia and Pernambuco having three seeds each, and Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba, Maranhão and Piauí with two seeds each.[1]
Bahia defeated Sport 2–1 on aggregate to win their third Copa do Nordeste title.[2] After the format changes implemented by CONMEBOL, Bahia did not qualify to Copa Sudamericana. Instead, they had a berth in the Round of 16 of the 2018 Copa do Brasil.
Santa Cruz were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Sport in the semi-finals.