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:^[2]

• Match 23: Winner Match 19 v Winner Match 20
• Match 24: Winner Match 21 v Winner Match 22

The third place play-off match-up was:^[2]

• Match 25: Loser Match 23 v Loser Match 24

The final match-up was:^[2]

• Match 26: Winner Match 23 v Winner Match 24

The top two placed teams from each of the three groups, plus the two best-placed third teams, qualified for the knockout stage.

More information Group, Winners ...

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third-placed teams (Best two qualify)
A	China	Norway	Denmark
B	United States	Sweden	—
C	Germany	Italy	Chinese Taipei

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