2016 Copa do Nordeste

The 2016 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. Santa Cruz (Pernambuco) qualified to play in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana,^[1] after winning the final against Campinense (Paraíba) 3–2 on aggregate.
Santa Cruz also qualified to play in the 2017 Copa Sudamericana but CONMEBOL reduced the Brazilian berths from 8 to 6. Therefore, the champions Santa Cruz (Copa do Nordeste) and Paysandu (Copa Verde) lost their Copa Sudamericana berths.^[2] Finally, they qualified for the 2017 Copa do Brasil Round of 16.^[3]
Ceará were the defending champion, but were eliminated by Santa Cruz in the quarterfinals.

Qualified teams

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Ranking of second placed teams

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Knockout phase

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

27 April 2016

21:45

Estádio do Arruda, Recife

Attendance: 36,106

Referee: Arilson Bispo da Anunciação
Replaced by Nielson Nogueira Dias (16')

1 May 2016

16:00

Estádio Governador Ernani Sátyro, Campina Grande

Attendance: 19,859

Referee: Jailson Macêdo Freitas

Top scorers

References

^ "Santa Cruz é campeão da Copa do Nordeste 2016". CBF (in Portuguese). 1 May 2016.
^ "Santa Cruz e Papão não terão vaga na Copa Sul-Americana de 2017". Globo (in Portuguese). 30 November 2016.
^ "Após perder vaga na 'Sula', Santa entra em oitavas da Copa do Brasil e pode recorrer à Fifa". Super Esportes (in Portuguese). 1 December 2016.