The 2022 Copa do Nordeste was the 19th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region.
Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste 2022).
In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2021 CBF ranking from Ceará, Bahia and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste.
Twenty-four teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste.
The teams entered in three rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste.
The winners were CRB (Alagoas), Floresta (Ceará), Sousa and Botafogo-PB (Paraíba).
[6] The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2021, 11:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.
Each team played on a single round-robin tournament against the eight clubs from the other group.
[3] Source:CBF The 2022 Copa do Nordeste team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.