1991 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

(8 teams competing for 1 berth)

Qualified:  Nigeria

The only African team to qualify to the World Cup was the winner of the 1991 CAF Women's Championship, Nigeria.

The eight teams were paired together into two knockout ties. The winners of these ties advanced to the second round, who used the same format as the first round. The final round is a two-leg final between the two winners of the second round. The winner, Nigeria qualified to the World Cup and won the tournament by defeating Cameroon 6–0 on aggregate.

Final Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nigeria	6–0	Cameroon	2–0	4–0

(9 teams competing for 3 berths)

Qualified:  China PR –  Chinese Taipei –  Japan

The 1991 AFC Women's Championship, consisting of nine teams, served as the AFC's qualifying tournament.

The first round was composed of two groups, one of four teams and the other of five. The top two teams of the groups advanced to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, the winners advanced to the final and the losers played the third-place match. The winner, China; runners-up, Japan; and third place, Chinese Taipei, qualified to the World Cup.

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	China PR	1
	North Korea	0
					China PR	5
					Japan	0
	Japan	0 (5)
	Chinese Taipei	0 (4)
					Third place
					Chinese Taipei	0 (5)
					North Korea	0 (4)

China PR, Japan, and Chinese Taipei qualified for the World Cup.

(18 teams competing for 5 berths)

Qualified:  Denmark –  Germany –  Italy –  Norway –  Sweden

The first official edition of the UEFA Women's Championship served also as UEFA's qualifying tournament for the World Cup. Out of the 18 teams participating in the tournament, the qualifiers were the four semi-finalists—Denmark, Germany, Italy, and Norway—and the best quarter-final loser, Sweden, who lost their two-leg quarter-final clash against Italy on a single away goal.

The UEFA Women's Championship had held its own qualifying campaign. It began in September 1989, and ended with a final four–style tournament in Denmark, held in July 1991, only four months before the World Cup.

Germany won the tournament by beating Norway 3–1 in extra time.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Norway	4–1	Hungary	2–1	2–0
Sweden	1–13	Italy	1–1	0–0
Denmark	1–0	Netherlands	0–0	1–0 (a.e.t.)
England	1–6	Germany	1–4	0–2

• ³ Italy won based on the away goals rule and qualified; Sweden qualified for being the best quarter-final loser.

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	Norway	0 (8)
	Denmark	0 (7)
					Norway	1
					Germany	3 (a.e.t.)
	Germany	3
	Italy	0
					Third place
					Denmark	2 (a.e.t.)
					Italy	1

Denmark, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Sweden qualified for the World Cup.

(7 teams competing for 1 berth) ⁵

Qualified:  United States

The 1991 CONCACAF's Women's Championship, despite being an unofficial competition, determined the CONCACAF's single qualifier for the World Cup – the winner, the United States. The tournament took place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in April 1991 and consisted of 8 teams.

Knockout Stage

	Semifinals				Final
	Canada	6
	Trinidad and Tobago	0
					United States	5
					Canada	0
	United States	10
	Haiti	0
					Third place
					Trinidad and Tobago	4
					Haiti	2

• ⁵Martinique were not members of FIFA

United States qualified for the World Cup.

(3 teams competing for 1 berth)

Qualified:  New Zealand

Only three teams participated in the tournament which took place in Sydney, Australia in May 1991: Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. The teams played in a round-robin tournament in which each team played 2 matches against each opponent, with the first placed team qualifying.

The competition was eventually decided through goal-difference, as the matches between Australia and New Zealand ended with one win to each side, and both teams won all matches against Papua New Guinea.

Final standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
New Zealand	4	3	0	1	28	1	+27	6	1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
Australia	4	3	0	1	21	1	+20	6
Papua New Guinea	4	0	0	4	0	47	−47	0

(3 teams competing for 1 berth)

Qualified:  Brazil

The first edition of the Sudamericano Femenino (Women's South American Championship), held in April–May 1991 determined CONMEBOL's qualifier. The host of the tournament Brazil won the tournament and with it the right to represent South America in the World Cup.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	2	2	0	0	12	2	+10	4
2	Chile	2	1	0	1	2	6	−4	2
3	Venezuela	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Brazil qualified for the World Cup.