Football Women's World Cup 1991 / Qualification

The qualifying matches for the women's soccer World Cup in 1991 took place from September 9, 1989 to July 14, 1991.

49 associations had registered for the World Cup. Four African teams withdrew their participation in the course of qualification. A continental championship served as a qualifying tournament on all continents. Teams with a red star have qualified for the final tournament of the respective continental championship. Teams with two red stars have qualified for the World Cup.

For the world championship tournament in China in 1991 a total of 49 teams had registered, including

• 18 teams from Europe
• 3 teams from South America
• 8 teams from North and Central America
• 8 teams from Africa
• 9 teams from Asia
• 3 teams from Oceania

Qualified teams

5 from Europe	Norway	Sweden	Denmark	Germany	Italy
1 from South America	Brazil
1 from North and Central America	United States
1 from Africa	Nigeria
2 (+1 GG) from Asia	People's Republic of China	Chinese Taipei	Japan
1 from Oceania	New Zealand

European Zone / UEFA

Eighteen teams from Europe registered, divided into two groups of three and three groups of four. The first in the group of three and the two best in each group of four qualified for the quarter-finals. The winners of the quarter-finals and the best loser qualified for the 1991 World Cup . In addition, the 1991 women's European championship was played at this tournament . The last four teams played the title in Denmark.

Group stage

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	4th	3	1	0	017: 000	+17	07: 10
2.	Ireland	4th	2	1	1	006: 300	+3	05: 30
3.	Northern Ireland	4th	0	0	4th	001:210	−20	00: 80

11/18/89	Netherlands	-	Ireland	2-0
12/9/89	Northern Ireland	-	Ireland	1: 2
3/17/90	Northern Ireland	-	Netherlands	0: 6

04/29/90	Ireland	-	Netherlands	0-0
09/22/90	Netherlands	-	Northern Ireland	9-0
07.10.90	Ireland	-	Northern Ireland	4-0

Group 2

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sweden	4th	4th	0	0	012: 200	+10	08-00
2.	France	4th	2	0	2	006: 700	−1	04: 40
3.	Poland	4th	0	0	4th	002:110	−9	00: 80

10/15/89	Poland	-	France	1: 3
10/22/89	Sweden	-	Poland	4: 1
05/13/90	France	-	Sweden	0: 2

06/10/90	Poland	-	Sweden	0: 2
09/29/90	France	-	Poland	2-0
10/14/90	Sweden	-	France	4: 1

Group 3

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	6th	5	1	0	012: 000	+12	11: 10
2.	England	6th	2	3	1	004: 200	+2	07: 50
3.	Finland	6th	1	2	3	003: 600	−3	04: 80
4th	Belgium	6th	0	2	4th	001:120	−11	02:10

09/09/89	Finland	-	Norway	0: 1
10/01/89	England	-	Finland	0-0
10/16/89	Norway	-	Belgium	4-0
3/17/90	Belgium	-	England	0: 3
04/07/90	England	-	Belgium	1-0
05/12/90	Finland	-	Belgium	3-0

05/27/90	Norway	-	England	2-0
06/13/90	Norway	-	Finland	4-0
09/02/90	England	-	Norway	0-0
09/27/90	Finland	-	England	0-0
09/27/90	Belgium	-	Norway	0: 1
10/13/90	Belgium	-	Finland	1-0

Group 4

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	6th	5	1	0	018: 100	+17	11: 10
2.	Hungary	6th	3	1	2	007: 700	± 0	07: 50
3.	Czechoslovakia	6th	3	0	3	008:100	−2	06: 60
4th	Bulgaria	6th	0	0	6th	003:180	−15	00:12

10/01/89	Germany	-	Hungary	0-0
10/14/89	ČSFR	-	Bulgaria	2-0
10/28/89	Bulgaria	-	Hungary	0: 3
11/22/89	Germany	-	ČSFR	5-0
04/11/90	Bulgaria	-	Germany	1: 4
04/29/90	ČSFR	-	Germany	0: 1

05/26/90	Hungary	-	ČSFR	2-0
06/09/90	Hungary	-	Bulgaria	2-0
09/26/90	Germany	-	Bulgaria	4-0
09/29/90	ČSFR	-	Hungary	3-0
10/14/90	Hungary	-	Germany	0: 4
10/14/90	Bulgaria	-	ČSFR	2: 3

Group 5

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Denmark	6th	5	1	0	018: 200	+16	11: 10
2.	Italy	6th	3	2	1	008: 400	+4	08: 40
3.	Switzerland	6th	2	1	3	003:170	−14	05: 70
4th	Spain	6th	0	2	4th	003:130	−10	02:10

10/14/89	Switzerland	-	Denmark	0: 4
11/04/89	Spain	-	Switzerland	0-0
11/25/89	Spain	-	Denmark	1: 3
12/02/89	Italy	-	Switzerland	4: 1
02/10/90	Italy	-	Spain	3: 1
04/07/90	Switzerland	-	Italy	0: 4

04/28/90	Denmark	-	Italy	1-0
05/02/90	Switzerland	-	Spain	2: 1
05/23/90	Denmark	-	Switzerland	4-0
06/13/90	Denmark	-	Spain	5-0
10/6/90	Italy	-	Denmark	1: 1
10/21/90	Spain	-	Italy	0-0

Final round

Quarter finals

	Result
November 14, 1990 in Kristiansand
Norway	2: 1	Hungary
November 25, 1990 in Budapest
Hungary	0: 2	Norway
Total:
Norway	3: 1	Hungary

	Result
November 18, 1990 in Malmö
Sweden	1: 1	Italy
December 8, 1990 in Castellammare
Italy	0-0	Sweden
Total:
Sweden	(a)1: 1 (a)	Italy

	Result
November 24, 1990 in Vejle
Denmark	0-0	Netherlands
December 8, 1990 in Denekamp
Netherlands	0: 1 a.d.	Denmark
Total:
Denmark	1-0	Netherlands

	Result
November 25, 1990 in High Wycombe
England	1: 4	Germany
December 16, 1990 in Bochum
Germany	2-0	England
Total:
England	1: 6	Germany

Semi-final tournament in Denmark

	Result
July 10, 1991 in Hjørring
Denmark	0: 0 n.V. (7: 8 p.e. )	Norway

	Result
July 11, 1991 in Frederikshavn
Italy	0: 3	Germany

Game for third place

	Result
July 14, 1991 in Aalborg
Denmark	2: 1 a.d.	Italy

final

	Result
July 14th, 1991 in Aalborg
Germany	3: 1 a.d.	Norway

South America / CONMEBOL

→ Main article : CONMEBOL

The three registered teams played a simple tournament round without a second leg for qualifying for the 1991 World Cup in China and at the same time for the title of South American champions. The tournament was held in Maringá (Brazil).

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	2	2	0	0	012: 100	+11	04-00
2.	Chile	2	1	0	1	002: 600	−4	02: 20
3.	Venezuela	2	0	0	2	000: 700	−7	00: 40

April 28, 1991	Brazil - Venezuela	6-0
May 1, 1991	Chile - Venezuela	1-0
May 5, 1991	Brazil - Chile	6: 1

North and Central America / CONCACAF

→ Main article : CONCACAF

The seven registered national teams played a tournament in Port-au-Prince , the capital of Haiti. Initially, the teams played in two groups of four, the two best in each group qualified for the semi-finals, where the tournament was continued in a knockout system. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 1991 World Cup, at the same time it was also the continental championship of the CONCACAF countries . Since Martinique was not a FIFA member, the team would not have been eligible for the World Cup if they had won the tournament.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	034: 000	+34	06th
2.	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	004:120	−8	03
3.	Mexico	3	0	2	1	009:160	−7	02
4th	Martinique	3	0	1	2	002:210	−19	01

April 18, 1991	United States	-	Mexico	12: 0
April 18, 1991	Martinique	-	Trinidad and Tobago	01: 1
April 20, 1991	Trinidad and Tobago	-	Mexico	03: 1

April 20, 1991	United States	-	Martinique	12: 0
April 22, 1991	Martinique	-	Mexico	01: 8
April 22, 1991	United States	-	Trinidad and Tobago	10-0

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Canada	3	3	0	0	017: 000	+17	06th
2.	Haiti	3	2	0	1	005: 200	+3	04th
3.	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	002:110	−9	02
4th	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	001:120	−11	00

April 16, 1991	Canada	-	Costa Rica	6-0
April 17, 1991	Jamaica	-	Haiti	0: 1
April 19, 1991	Canada	-	Jamaica	9-0

April 19, 1991	Haiti	-	Costa Rica	4-0
April 21, 1991	Jamaica	-	Costa Rica	1: 2
April 21, 1991	Canada	-	Haiti	2-0

Semifinals

04/25/1991	United States	-	Haiti	10-0
04/25/1991	Canada	-	Trinidad and Tobago	6-0

Game for third place

04/27/1991

Trinidad and Tobago

-

Haiti

4: 2

final

04/28/1991

United States **

-

Canada

5-0

Asian Zone / AFC

→ Main article : 1991 Asian Women's Football Championship

The tournament in Fukuoka , Japan served as both a World Cup qualifier and an Asian championship. It took place from May 26th to June 8th 1991. The first three nations qualified for the 1991 World Cup .

Group stage

Group A

China - Taiwan Thailand - South Korea Taiwan - South Korea China - Thailand Taiwan - Thailand China - South Korea	3: 0 3: 0 9: 0 10: 1 0: 0 10: 0		country	Gates	Pt
		1.	People's Republic of China *	23: 1	6-0
		2.	Chinese Taipei *	9: 3	3: 3
		3.	Thailand	4:10	3: 3
		4th	South Korea	0:22	0: 6

Group B

Hong Kong - Singapore Japan - North Korea Japan - Hong Kong North Korea - Malaysia North Korea - Hong Kong Malaysia - Singapore North Korea - Singapore Japan - Malaysia Japan - Singapore Hong Kong - Malaysia	2: 0 1: 0 4: 1 12: 0 5: 0 1: 0 8: 0 12: 0 10: 0 0: 0		country	Gates	Pt
		1.	Japan *	27: 1	8-0
		2.	North Korea *	25: 1	6: 2
		3.	Hong Kong	3: 9	3: 5
		4th	Malaysia	1:24	3: 5
		5.	Singapore	0:21	0: 8

Final round

Semifinals

06/06/1991	People's Republic of China	-	North Korea	1-0
06/06/1991	Japan	-	Chinese Taipei	0: 0 a.d., 5: 4 in E.

Game for third place

06/08/1991

Chinese Taipei **

-

North Korea

0: 0 a.d., 5: 4 in E.

final

06/08/1991

People's Republic of China **

-

Japan **

5-0

African Zone / CAF

→ Main article : Confédération Africaine de football

Eight African teams determined in three knockout rounds the African champion and also the representative of Africa at the 1991 Women's World Cup . With Senegal, Zimbabwe, the Republic of the Congo and Zambia, a total of four of the eight nations withdrew their participation in the course of the tournament.

Quarter finals

02/16/1991	Nigeria	-	Ghana	5: 1
03/03/1991	Ghana	-	Nigeria	1: 2
	Guinea	-	Senegal	Senegal waived
	Zambia	-	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe waived
	Cameroon	-	Republic of the Congo	Republic of the Congo waived

Semifinals

05/04/1991	Nigeria	-	Guinea	3-0
05/19/1991	Guinea	-	Nigeria	0: 4
	Cameroon	-	Zambia	Zambia renounced

final

06/15/1991	Nigeria	-	Cameroon	2-0
06/30/1991	Cameroon	-	Nigeria **	0: 4

Oceanic Zone / OFC

→ Main article : Oceania Football Confederation

Between 19 and 25 May, three oceanic teams determined the Oceania champion and also the representative of Oceania at the 1991 World Cup in China in a tournament in Sydney (Australia) .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	New Zealand	4th	3	0	1	028: 100	+27	06: 20
2.	Australia	4th	3	0	1	021: 100	+20	06: 20
3.	Papua New Guinea	4th	0	0	4th	000:470	−47	00: 80

May 19, 1991	New Zealand	-	Papua New Guinea	16: 0
May 20, 1991	New Zealand	-	Australia	01-0
May 21, 1991	Australia	-	Papua New Guinea	12: 0

May 23, 1991	New Zealand	-	Papua New Guinea	11: 0
May 24, 1991	New Zealand	-	Australia	00: 1
May 25, 1991	Australia	-	Papua New Guinea	08-0

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