title: 2018 Copa do Brasil First Stage
text: # 2018 Copa do Brasil First Stage
  
  The 2018 Copa do Brasil first stage was the first stage of the 2018 Copa do Brasil football competition. It was played from 30 January to 7 February 2018. A total of 80 teams competed in the first stage to decide 40 places in the second stage of the 2018 Copa do Brasil.
  
  ## Draw
  
  The draw for the first and second stage was held on 15 December 2017, 15:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Teams were seeded by their CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). The 80 qualified teams were divided in eight groups (A-H) with 10 teams each. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: A vs. E; B vs. F; C vs. G; D vs. H. The lower ranked teams hosted the first stage match.
  
  | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Atlético Mineiro (5) Botafogo (8) Atlético Paranaense (9) Internacional (10) São Paulo (11) Fluminense (12) Sport (15) Ponte Preta (16) Coritiba (17) Vitória (18) | Figueirense (19) Atlético Goianiense (20) Goiás (22) Avaí (23) Santa Cruz (25) Paysandu (26) Ceará (27) Paraná (28) Criciúma (29) Joinville (30) | ABC (31) Náutico (32) Juventude (33) Bragantino (35) CRB (36) Oeste (37) Boa Esporte (38) Sampaio Corrêa (39) Londrina (40) Vila Nova (41) | América de Natal (43) Botafogo (45) ASA (47) Cuiabá (50) Salgueiro (51) Confiança (54) Remo (57) CSA (59) Rio Branco (64) Ituano (65) |
  | Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H |
  | Globo (67) Santos (69) Caxias (71) Madureira (72) Caldense (74) Boavista (76) Aparecidense (78) Nacional (80) Atlético Acreano (81) Parnahyba (92) | São Caetano (93) Novo Hamburgo (96) Ceilândia (97) Altos (98) URT (101) Treze (102) Itabaiana (104) Brusque (108) Sinop (110) Fluminense de Feira (118) | São Raimundo (121) Vitória da Conquista (122) Brasiliense (145) Cordino (157) Real Ariquemes (157) União Rondonópolis (157) Independente (166) Interporto (167) Nova Iguaçu (201) Cianorte (205) | Internacional de Limeira (no rank) Uberlândia (no rank) Aimoré (no rank) Tubarão (no rank) Ferroviário (no rank) Floresta (no rank) Manaus (no rank) Corumbaense (no rank) Novoperário (no rank) Atlético Itapemirim (no rank) |
  
      $^1$ At the time of the draw, Dom Bosco (172).
  
  ## Format
  
  In the first stage, each tie was played on a single match basis. The lower CBF ranked team hosted the match. If tied, the higher CBF ranked team would advance to second stage.
  
  ## Matches
  
  All times are Brasília summer time, BRT (UTC−2)
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Caxias | 0–0 | Atlético Paranaense |
  | Tubarão | 2–0 | América de Natal |
  | Brusque | 0–1 | Ceará |
  | Real Ariquemes | 0–1 | Londrina |
  | Boavista | 1–1 | Internacional |
  | Atlético Itapemirim | 0–2 | Remo |
  | São Caetano | 1–1 | Criciúma |
  | Cianorte | 2–0 | ABC |
  | Caldense | 0–1 | Fluminense |
  | Novoperário | 2–3 | Salgueiro |
  | Ceilândia | 2–3 | Avaí |
  | Interporto | 0–0 | Juventude |
  | Parnahyba | 1–1 | Coritiba |
  | Uberlândia | 2–0 | Ituano |
  | Sinop | 0–1 | Goiás |
  | Vitória da Conquista | 0–0 | Boa Esporte |
  | Nacional | 0–0 | Ponte Preta |
  | Internacional de Limeira | 1–0 | Rio Branco |
  | URT | 1–1 | Paraná |
  | Independente | 0–1 | Sampaio Corrêa |
  | Madureira | 0–1 | São Paulo |
  | Manaus | 2–2 | CSA |
  | Novo Hamburgo | 2–1 | Paysandu |
  | União Rondonópolis | 1–3 | CRB |
  | Globo | 0–2 | Vitória |
  | Corumbaense | 1–0 | ASA |
  | Altos | 2–1 | Atlético Goianiense |
  | Nova Iguaçu | 1–1 | Bragantino |
  | Atlético Acreano | 1–1 | Atlético Mineiro |
  | Floresta | 0–2 | Botafogo |
  | Treze | 0–2 | Figueirense |
  | Brasiliense | 1–1 | Oeste |
  | Santos | 1–2 | Sport |
  | Ferroviário | 2–1 | Confiança |
  | Itabaiana | 0–1 | Joinville |
  | São Raimundo | 0–1 | Vila Nova |
  | Aparecidense | 2–1 | Botafogo |
  | Aimoré | 1–2 | Cuiabá |
  | Fluminense de Feira | 2–0 | Santa Cruz |
  | Cordino | 1–1 | Náutico |
  