The 2024 Copa do Nordeste (officially the Copa do Nordeste Betnacional 2024 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 21st edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region.
Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste 2024).
In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2023 CBF ranking from Ceará, Bahia and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste.
Sixteen teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste.
The teams entered in two rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste.
[4] The winners were ABC (Rio Grande do Norte), Altos (Piauí), Botafogo-PB (Paraíba) and Juazeirense (Bahia).
The draw for the group stage was held on 18 January 2024, 19:30, at the Teatro Silvio Mendes in Teresina.
[7] The teams were seeded into four pots based on the 2023 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).