[winners qualify for Copa Conmebol 1998] First Phase (4 groups of 4 teams, top 2 qualify) Group A Bahia (Salvador-BA) Confiança (Aracaju-SE) Ceará (Fortaleza-CE) CSA (Maceió-AL) [Feb 4] Ceara 3-2 CSA [Feb 11] CSA 0-2 Bahia [Feb 13] Confianca 1-1 Ceara [Feb 26] Ceara 1-0 Bahia Confianca 1-3 CSA [Mar 3] Bahia 0-1 Confianca [Mar 5] Confianca 1-3 Bahia CSA 3-3 Ceara [Mar 12] Bahia 2-0 CSA Ceara 3-0 Confianca [Mar 19] Bahia 2-0 Ceara CSA 3-2 Confianca Table 1.Bahia 6 4 0 2 9- 3 12 Qualified 2.Ceará 6 3 2 1 11- 8 11 Qualified 3.CSA 6 2 1 3 11-13 7 4.Confiança 6 1 1 4 6-13 4 Group B CRB (Maceió-AL) Santa Cruz (Recife-PE) Sergipe (Aracaju-SE) Vitória (Salvador-BA) [Feb 4] CRB 0-2 Santa Cruz [Feb 11] Santa Cruz 3-0 Sergipe [Feb 18] Sergipe 0-0 CRB Santa Cruz 3-1 Vitoria [Feb 26[ CRB 3-2 Sergipe Vitoria 5-2 Santa Cruz [Mar 5] Vitoria 7-1 CRB [Mar 10] Sergipe 0-6 Vitoria [Mar 12] Sergipe 2-0 Santa Cruz CRB 1-0 Vitoria [Mar 18] Vitoria 0-0 Sergipe [Mar 19] Santa Cruz 3-0 CRB Table 1.Santa Cruz 6 4 0 2 13- 8 12 Qualified 2.Vitória 6 3 1 2 19- 7 10 Qualified 3.CRB 6 2 1 3 5-14 7 4.Sergipe 6 1 2 3 4-12 5 Group C América (Natal-RN) Botafogo (João Pessoa-PB) Fluminense (Feira de Santana-BA) Náutico (Recife-PE) [Feb 5] Nautico 0-1 America [Feb 6] Botafogo 1-0 Fluminense [Feb 11] Fluminense 1-2 Nautico [Feb 26] Nautico 0-0 Botafogo Fluminense 1-1 America [Mar 3] America 3-2 Botafogo [Mar 5] America 0-1 Fluminense Botafogo 2-1 Nautico [Mar 12] Botafogo 3-1 America Nautico 1-3 Fluminense [Mar 19] Fluminense 1-2 Botafogo America 5-0 Nautico Table 1.Botafogo 6 4 1 1 10- 6 13 Qualified 2.América 6 3 1 2 11- 7 10 Qualified 3.Fluminense 6 2 1 3 7- 7 7 4.Náutico 6 1 1 4 4-12 4 Group D ABC (Natal-RN) Fortaleza (Fortaleza-CE) Sport (Recife-PE) Treze (Campina Grande-PB) [Feb 6] ABC 4-0 Treze [Feb 11] Fortaleza 0-0 ABC Treze 2-5 Sport [Feb 18] Fortaleza 4-1 Treze [Feb 26] Sport 4-1 ABC Treze 1-3 Fortaleza [Mar 6] ABC 2-1 Sport [Mar 10] Sport 0-0 Fortaleza [Mar 12] ABC 2-0 Fortaleza Sport 6-0 Treze [Mar 19] Treze 1-2 ABC Fortaleza 2-1 Sport Table 1.ABC 6 4 1 1 11- 6 13 Qualified 2.Fortaleza 6 3 2 1 9- 5 11 Qualified 3.Sport 6 3 1 2 17- 7 10 4.Treze 6 0 0 6 5-24 0 Second Phase (2 groups of 4 teams, winners qualify to final] Group E [Mar 26] Fortaleza 1-2 Vitória Botafogo 2-2 Bahia [Mar 31] Bahia 3-1 Botafogo [Apr 2] Vitória awd Botafogo [abd at 1-1 in 79' since Botafogo had only 6 [Apr 9] players left; match awarded 1-0 to Vitória] Fortaleza 1-2 Bahia [Apr 19] Vitória 3-1 Bahia [Apr 21] Botafogo 3-0 Fortaleza [Apr 23] Vitória 4-0 Fortaleza [Apr 26] Bahia 2-2 Vitória [Apr 28] Fortaleza 1-4 Botafogo [May 7] Bahia 7-1 Fortaleza Botafogo 1-0 Vitória Table 1.Vitória 6 4 1 1 12- 5 13 Qualified 2.Bahia 6 3 2 1 17-10 11 3.Botafogo 6 3 1 2 11- 7 10 4.Fortaleza 6 0 0 6 4-22 0 Group F [Mar 26] ABC 0-4 América [Apr 2] América 3-0 Santa Cruz Ceará 1-0 ABC [Apr 9] Santa Cruz 2-1 ABC América 2-0 Ceará [Apr 16] ABC 2-2 Santa Cruz Ceará 1-2 América [Apr 23] Santa Cruz 1-0 Ceará [Apr 30] Ceará 2-0 Santa Cruz América 2-1 ABC [May 7] Santa Cruz 3-1 América ABC 1-1 Ceará Table 1.América 6 5 0 1 14- 5 15 Qualified 2.Santa Cruz 6 3 1 2 8- 9 10 3.Ceará 6 2 1 3 5- 6 7 4.ABC 6 0 2 4 5-12 2 Final First Leg [May 20] Vitória 2-1 América Second Leg [Jun 4] América 3-1 Vitória América FC (Natal-RN) wins the 1998 Copa Nordeste América qualified to Copa Conmebol 1998
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