The knockout stage of the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 24 November with the quarter-finals and ended on 30 November 1991 with the final match, held at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou. A total of eight teams (the top two teams from each group, along with the two best third-placed teams) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament.[1]
All times listed are local, CST (UTC+8).
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of 80 minutes of normal playing time, 20 minutes of extra time was played (two periods of 10 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
The quarter-final match-ups depended on the two third-placed teams which qualified. FIFA set out the following schedule for the semi-finals:
The third place play-off match-up was:
The final match-up was:
In the quarter-finals, all matches were played on 24 November 1991. The specific match-ups and schedule depended on which two third-placed teams qualified for the quarter-finals:
| Third-placed teams qualify from groups | Match 19 Tianhe 19:45 | Match 20 Jiangmen 19:45 | Match 21 Zhongshan 15:30 | Match 22 Foshan 19:45 | |||
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| A | B | 1A v 3B | 2A v 1C | 3A v 1B | 2B v 2C | ||
| A | C | 1A v 2B | 2A v 2C | 3A v 1C | 1B v 3C | ||
| B | C | 1A v 3B | 2A v 1C | 1B v 3C | 2B v 2C | ||
The top two placed teams from each of the three groups, plus the two best-placed third teams, qualified for the knockout stage.
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See main article: 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Final.