The line-up for the 2025 Copa do Nordeste semifinals is complete after Ceará and Bahia prevailed in their quarter-final ties on 10 July. Ceará edged Sport 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out on a rain-soaked night at Recife’s Ilha do Retiro, earning a place in the last four for the second consecutive season. The match ended level in regulation before goalkeeper highlights and two Sport misses in the shoot-out sent the “Vozão” through. Earlier the same evening, Bahia defeated Fortaleza 2–1 to book the other berth in the bracket. The victory keeps the Salvador club in the hunt for a record-extending fifth regional crown. The semifinals will pit Bahia against Ceará, while CSA face Confiança in the opposite tie, with dates to be confirmed by the regional league.