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 will play a singled round-robin with the winners advancing to the second phase, where the teams will be joined by the remaining ten teams from the European Championship and play play-off games to determine the qualified teams.
Qualification phase 1
editSeeding
editThe draw was held on 30 July in Vienna, Austria.[1][2] The winner of each group advance 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
editGroup A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification Phase 2 |
| 2 | Lithuania
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Great Britain
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | Great Britain
|
v | Greece
|
|
| Report | ||||
| 26 October 2024 | Lithuania
|
v | Great Britain
|
|
| Report | ||||
| 27 October 2024 | Greece
|
v | Lithuania
|
|
| Report | ||||
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosovo
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification Phase 2 |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Belgium
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | Belgium
|
v | Kosovo
|
|
| Report | ||||
| 26 October 2024 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
v | Belgium
|
|
| Report | ||||
| 27 October 2024 | Kosovo
|
v | Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
|
| Report | ||||
Group C
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification Phase 2 |
| 2 | Israel
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Estonia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | Estonia
|
v | Finland
|
|
| Report | ||||
| 26 October 2024 | Israel
|
v | Estonia
|
|
| Report | ||||
| 27 October 2024 | Finland
|
v | Israel
|
|
| Report | ||||
Group D
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification Phase 2 |
| 2 | Luxembourg
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Bulgaria
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | Bulgaria
|
v | Italy
|
|
| Report | ||||
| 26 October 2024 | Luxembourg
|
v | Bulgaria
|
|
| Report | ||||
| 27 October 2024 | Italy
|
v | Luxembourg
|
|
| Report | ||||
Qualification phase 2
editThe draw will take place on 15 December 2024.[2] The four winners of phase 1 will join 18 teams. The games willbe played on 9 and 10 April and 12 and 13 April 2025.
Teams
edit| Teams |
|---|
 Norway Denmark Sweden Montenegro Spain Hungary Slovenia Romania Croatia Czech Republic Poland Serbia Austria Switzerland North Macedonia Ukraine Iceland Slovakia Portugal Turkey Faroe Islands
|
References
edit- ^ "12 teams eye path to 2025 Women's World Championship". eurohandball.com. 29 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Qualification phase 1 draw outlines World Championship path". eurohandball.com. 30 July 2024.