2025 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification

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. The winner of each group advanced to the play-off round.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Italy Greece Kosovo Finland	Israel Luxembourg Lithuania Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bulgaria Great Britain Belgium Estonia

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	2	2	0	0	62	47	+15	4	Qualification Phase 2
2	Greece	2	1	0	1	44	42	+2	2
3	Great Britain	2	0	0	2	40	57	−17	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

25 October 2024 18:00	Lithuania	37–23	Great Britain	Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Attendance: 250 Referees: Härgin, Makejev (EST)
	three players 6	(18–10)	Kesselring, Thornewell 4
	1× 2×	Report	6×

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26 October 2024 15:00	Great Britain	17–20	Greece	Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Attendance: 200 Referees: Härgin, Makejev (EST)
	Thornewell 5	(9–12)	Andritsou 8
	1× 3×	Report	2× 5×

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27 October 2024 15:00	Greece	24–25	Lithuania	Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Attendance: 580 Referees: Härgin, Makejev (EST)
	Andritsou, Chatziparasidou 6	(11–11)	Arciševskaja 5
	5×	Report	2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kosovo	2	2	0	0	64	54	+10	4	Qualification Phase 2
2	Belgium	2	1	0	1	56	59	−3	2
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	2	53	60	−7	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

25 October 2024 20:00	Belgium	28–32	Kosovo	Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt Attendance: 968 Referees: Bočáková, Jánošíková (SVK)
	Antonissen 12	(12–19)	Demaj 11
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

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26 October 2024 18:00	Kosovo	32–26	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt Attendance: 83 Referees: Bočáková, Jánošíková (SVK)
	Demaj 13	(18–12)	Kolašinac 8
	1× 7×	Report	2×

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27 October 2024 16:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27–28	Belgium	Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt Attendance: 1,115 Referees: Bočáková, Jánošíková (SVK)
	three players 6	(13–16)	Antonissen 9
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	2	2	0	0	55	40	+15	4	Qualification Phase 2
2	Estonia	2	0	1	1	46	53	−7	1
3	Finland	2	0	1	1	42	50	−8	1

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

24 October 2024 17:00	Estonia	24–24	Finland	Karis Idrottshall, Karis Attendance: 350 Referees: Radčenko, Pērsis (LAT)
	Molkova 9	(12–12)	Peitsaro 6
	1× 2×	Report	2×

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25 October 2024 17:00	Israel	29–22	Estonia	Karis Idrottshall, Karis Attendance: 90 Referees: Radčenko, Pērsis (LAT)
	Vakrat 6	(18–10)	Molkova, Tuusis 4
	3×	Report	6×

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26 October 2024 15:00	Finland	18–26	Israel	Karis Idrottshall, Karis Attendance: 360 Referees: Radčenko, Pērsis (LAT)
	Aarnio 4	(7–11)	Vakrat 7
	1×	Report	1× 3×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	2	2	0	0	68	41	+27	4	Qualification Phase 2
2	Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	54	50	+4	2
3	Luxembourg	2	0	0	2	41	72	−31	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

25 October 2024 18:00	Bulgaria	21–29	Italy	Pala Santa Filomena, Chieti Attendance: 550 Referees: Jakovljević Kovačević (SRB)
	Sarandeva 7	(10–12)	Squizziato 6
	3×	Report	5×

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26 October 2024 18:00	Luxembourg	21–33	Bulgaria	Pala Santa Filomena, Chieti Attendance: 110 Referees: Jakovljević Kovačević (SRB)
	Welter 5	(10–16)	Ivanova 12
	3×	Report	1× 2×

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27 October 2024 18:30	Italy	39–20	Luxembourg	Pala Santa Filomena, Chieti Attendance: 540 Referees: Jakovljević Kovačević (SRB)
	Mangone 8	(21–11)	Wirtz 7
	3×	Report	3×

Qualification phase 2

The draw took 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.

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2
Sweden Montenegro Poland Slovenia Romania Switzerland Spain Austria Czech Republic Iceland Faroe Islands	North Macedonia Croatia Turkey Serbia Portugal Ukraine Slovakia Italy Lithuania Israel Kosovo

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Switzerland	–	Slovakia	9–10 Apr	12–13 Apr
Italy	–	Romania	9–10 Apr	12–13 Apr
Poland	–	North Macedonia	9–10 Apr	12–13 Apr
Sweden	–	Kosovo	9–10 Apr	12–13 Apr
Slovenia	–	Serbia	9–10 Apr	12–13 Apr
Portugal	–	Montenegro	9–10 Apr	12–13 Apr
Faroe Islands	–	Lithuania	9–10 Apr	12–13 Apr
Czech Republic	–	Ukraine	9–10 Apr	12–13 Apr
Croatia	–	Spain	9–10 Apr	12–13 Apr
Austria	–	Turkey	9–10 Apr	12–13 Apr
Iceland	–	Israel	9–10 Apr	12–13 Apr

External links

• Official website