| Competition: | Women's European Volleyball Championship |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Gender: | women |
| Year: | 1991 |
| Dates: | 28 September – 6 October |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Venues: | Various |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Champions: | Soviet Union |
| Title Number: | 13 |
| Mvp: | Irina Ilchenko |
| Website: | Website |
| Last: | 1989 Women's European Volleyball Championship |
| Next: | 1993 Women's European Volleyball Championship |
The 1991 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 17th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in Italy from 28 September to 6 October 1991, with the final round held in Rome.
| Team | Method of qualification | |
|---|---|---|
| Qualification group 1 runners-up | ||
| Qualification group 2 winners | ||
| Qualification group 1 winners | ||
| Qualification group 4 runners-up | ||
| 1989 edition second place | ||
| Qualification group 3 winners | ||
| Hosts | ||
| Qualification group 2 runners-up | ||
| Qualification group 4 winners | ||
| 1989 edition fourth place | ||
| 1989 edition first place | ||
| Qualification group 3 runners-up |
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for first to fourth place, group stage thirds and fourths played the fifth to eighth place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at ninth place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (first played against second, third played against fourth).
| width=25% | Pool A | width=25% | Pool B | width=25% | Final round | width=25% rowspan=2 | |
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| Ravenna | Bari | Rome |
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