2025 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification explained

The European qualification for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship, in Germany and the Netherlands will be played over two rounds.

In the first round of qualification, 12 teams who were not participating at the 2024 European Championship played a single round-robin with the winners advancing to the second phase, where the teams were joined by the remaining ten teams from the European Championship and play play-off games to determine the qualified teams.

Qualification phase 1

Seeding

The draw was held on 30 July in Vienna, Austria.^{[1] [2]} The winner of each group advanced to the play-off round.

Groups

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Qualification phase 2

The draw will take place on 15 December 2024. The four winners of phase 1 will join 18 teams. The games will be played on 9 and 10 April and 12 and 13 April 2025.

Teams

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 12 teams eye path to 2025 Women’s World Championship. 29 July 2024 . eurohandball.com.
2. Web site: Qualification phase 1 draw outlines World Championship path. 30 July 2024 . eurohandball.com.