The European qualification for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship was contested in two rounds between November 2023 and May 2024. They joined the six already qualified teams: Croatia and Norway, as co-hosts, Denmark as co-host and title holder, France as defending runner-ups, and Sweden and Germany as the two best ranked teams at 2024 European Men's Handball Championship not already qualified.
Format In the first round of qualification, ten teams were drawn in to knock-out ties. The winners advanced to part one of the qualification phase 2, where they join Lithuania, Ukraine and Belgium. The advancing teams then joined the 18 teams participating at the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship for the final qualifiers.
Qualification phase 1 The draw took place on 5 July 2023. The winners of each tie advanced to phase 2.
Seeding The 10 teams were seeded according to the current men's national team ranking.
Pot 1Pot 2
Overview
Matches All times are UTC+1.
Israel won 63–58 on aggregate.
Finland won 58–28 on aggregate.
Estonia won 58–51 on aggregate.
Slovakia won 58–51 on aggregate.
Italy won 65–64 on aggregate.
Qualification phase 2 Part 1 The winners of phase 1 joined Belgium, Lithuania and Ukraine. The matches were played in March 2024. The draw was made on 21 November 2023.
Qualified teams
from Phase 1
Seeding The eight teams were seeded according to the current men's national team ranking.
Pot 1Pot 2
Overview
Matches All times are UTC+1.
Italy won 62–56 on aggregate.
Estonia won 73–62 on aggregate.
Slovakia won 52–49 on aggregate.
46–46 on aggreagate. Lithuania won 4–3 on penalties.
Part 2 The four winners from Part 1 joined the 18 teams from the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship final tournament that did not qualify directly for the 2025 World Championship. A draw held on 27 January 2024 paired seeded with unseeded teams into eleven two-legged fixtures, with the first leg played on 8 and 9 May and the second leg played on 11 and 12 May 2024. The winners qualified for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship final tournament.
Seeding The 22 teams were seeded according to the ranking of the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship. The 11 best-ranked teams were placed in Pot 1, while the remaining seven teams were placed together with the four winners from Part 1 in Pot 2.
Pot 1Pot 2
Overview
Matches All times are UTC+2.
Hungary won 69–49 on aggregate.
60–60 on aggregate. Slovenia won 4–1 on penalties.
Portugal won 55–45 on aggregate.
Austria won 64–56 on aggregate.
Iceland won 87–49 on aggregate.
Netherlands won 58–56 on aggregate.
Spain won 54–53 on aggregate.
Italy won 66–58 on aggregate.
Czech Republic won 59–51 on aggregate.
Poland won 61–54 on aggregate.
North Macedonia won 61–60 on aggregate.
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References
External links EHF website