2020 Copa do Nordeste

2020 Copa do Nordeste
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates21 January – 4 August
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsCeará
Runner-upBahia
2021 Copa do BrasilCeará
Tournament statistics
Matches played71
Goals scored166 (2.34 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Vinícius (5 goals)
Best playerVinícius
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The 2020 Copa do Nordeste was the 17th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 16 clubs, with Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco having two seeds each, and Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba, Maranhão and Piauí with one seed each. Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Pré-Copa do Nordeste). The tournament began on 21 January and ended on 4 August.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil, CBF suspended the Copa do Nordeste indefinitely on 17 March 2020.[1] On 7 July 2020, CBF announced that the Copa do Nordeste would be resumed behind closed doors on 21 July 2020.[2] The last round of the group stage, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals were played in Salvador, Feira de Santana, Riachão do Jacuípe, and Mata de São João. All the chosen venues are in the state of Bahia.[3]

Ceará defeated Bahia 4–1 on aggregate in the finals to win their second title. As champions, Ceará originally qualified for the Round of 16 of the 2021 Copa do Brasil,[4] however CBF changed the Copa do Brasil format and Ceará qualified for the 2021 Copa do Brasil third round.[5]

Fortaleza were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals.

  1. ^ "CBF suspende Copa do Nordeste por tempo indeterminado" (in Portuguese). CBF. 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Copa do Nordeste retorna no dia 21 de julho com sede única" (in Portuguese). CBF. 7 July 2020.
  3. ^ "CBF divulga tabela detalhada do retorno da Copa do Nordeste 2020" (in Portuguese). CBF. 10 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Ceará volta a vencer o Bahia e fatura título da Copa do Nordeste 2020" (in Portuguese). CBF. 4 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Com novo formato, Copa do Brasil 2021 terá uma fase a menos" (in Portuguese). CBF. 14 January 2021.