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.
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.
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: