The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification process saw 48 teams from the six FIFA confederations compete for the 12 places in the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup finals. The places were divided as follows: Africa - represented by CAF: 1 berth Asia - AFC: 3 (one of those was eventual host China, who did not qualify automatically) Europe - UEFA: 5 North, Central America & the Caribbean - CONCACAF: 1 Oceania - OFC: 1 South America - CONMEBOL: 1 All of the confederations used their regional championship tournament to determine qualification. Hosts China PR also entered the qualifying process. The first qualification match was played on 9 September 1989 and the qualification concluded on 14 July 1991. A total of 445 goals were scored in the 111 qualifying matches (an average of 4.01 per match). Four teams withdrew during the qualification without playing a match: Congo, Senegal, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, all of which are African teams. Qualified teams Qualification process 1 8 nations started, but Martinique were not eligible for World Cup qualification, because they are only members of CONCACAF and not FIFA. 2 China was selected as host after it qualified to the tournament Confederation qualification processes Africa (CAF) (8 teams competing for 1 berth) Qualified: The only African team to qualify to the World Cup was the winner of the 1991 African 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 |} Asia (AFC) (9 teams competing for 3 berths) Qualified: – – 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 China PR, Japan, and Chinese Taipei qualified for the World Cup. Europe (UEFA) (18 teams competing for 5 berths) Qualified: