2017 Copa do Nordeste
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 Brazil
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| Dates | 24 January – 24 May | ||
| Teams | 20 | ||
| Champions | Bahia | ||
| Runners-up | Sport | ||
| 2018 Copa do Brasil | Bahia | ||
| Matches played | 74 | ||
| Goals scored | 183 (2.47 per match) | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) | Régis (6 goals) | ||
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The 2017 Copa do Nordeste was the 12th 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.Bahia defeated Sport 2–1 on aggregate to win their third Copa do Nordeste title. 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.
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss).
If two or more teams were equal on points, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:
If two or more teams were equal on points, the following criteria were applied to determine the host team:
A draw by CBF was held on March 24 to set the matches for the Quarter-finals. The 8 qualified teams were divided in two pots (1-2). Teams from pot 1 were the top four group winners. Pot 2 was composed of the other group winner and the top three runners-up.
The first legs were played on 29 and 30 March, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 April 2017.
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