| Tourney Name: | IIHF European Women's Championship |
| Year: | 1991 |
| Country: | Czechoslovakia |
| Dates: | 15–23 March |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Type: | ihw |
| Winners: | Finland |
| Count: | 2 |
| Games: | 25 |
| Goals: | 239 |
| Nextseason: | 1993 |
The 1991 IIHF European Women Championships was held from 15 to 23 March 1991 in Czechoslovakia. Finland skated to their 2nd consecutive tournament with a 2–1 victory of Sweden in the final, after trailing 1–0 at the end of the 2nd period.
Denmark picked up the bronze medal with a victory over Norway in the 3rd place game. The tournament holds the record for the most teams competing in a single IIHF Women's tournament (10) and most games played at the tournament (25).
Ten teams entered the championship. All of the teams were entered into the final tournament without any qualification. These were:
The teams were divided into two groups of five teams. Each team played each other once within the group. The teams then played a play-off game against the team with the same position in the opposing group, i.e. the Group Winners played off for Gold and Silver, 2nd place in each group, for Bronze and 4th place etc.
All times local (GMT+4)
All times local (GMT+4)
| Rk. | Team | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualified for 1992 World Championship | |||
| Qualified for 1992 World Championship | |||
| Qualified for 1992 World Championship | |||
| 4. | Qualified for 1992 World Championship | ||
| 5. | Qualified for 1992 World Championship | ||
| 6. | |||
| 7. | Compete in Group B in 1993 | ||
| 8. | Compete in Group B in 1993 | ||
| 9. | Compete in Group B in 1993 | ||
| 10. | Compete in Group B in 1993 |