Copa do Nordeste: quarter-final ties confirmed | OneFootball

Vitória, Ceará, ABC, Juazeirense, Confiança, Fortaleza, Sport, and ASA are the clubs that have qualified for the quarterfinals of the Copa do Nordeste. The spots and matchups were decided this Wednesday, with ten games played in the final round of the group stage.

Now, the competition moves into the knockout stage with the following matchups: Vitória vs. Ceará, ABC vs. Juazeirense, Confiança vs. Fortaleza, and Sport vs. ASA.

In the quarterfinals, the matches will be single-leg ties, with home-field advantage going to the teams that performed better in the initial stage and finished first in their respective groups.

In Group A, Vitória finished first, followed by ASA. In Group B, Confiança came in first and Juazeirense in second. In Group C, Sport, the only team to secure qualification in advance, finished as the leader, with Ceará as runner-up.

In Group D, ABC and Fortaleza qualified in that order, both with 10 points—the same total as Retrô, which failed to advance because of goal difference.

Check out the results from the final round of the group stage:

Juazeirense 1 x 1 ASA

CRB 3 x 1 Sousa

Botafogo-PB 1 x 1 Fluminense-PI

Confiança 2 x 2 Vitória

Piauí 1 x 1 Itabaiana

Fortaleza 2 x 0 Sport

Retrô 2 x 1 América-RN

ABC 4 x 1 Ferroviário

Maranhão 1 x 3 Ceará

Jacuipense 0 x 1 Imperatriz

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