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 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
Seeding
The 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
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 Israel Luxembourg Lithuania Bosnia and Herzegovina
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 Bulgaria Great Britain Belgium Estonia
|
Groups
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 23 | +14 | 2 | Qualification Phase 2 |
| 2 | Greece
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Great Britain
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2024. 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.
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
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Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Referees: Härgin, Makejev (EST) |
| (18–10) | ||||
| Report |
| 26 October 2024 15:00 |
Great Britain
|
v | Greece
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Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Referees: Härgin, Makejev (EST) |
| Report | ||||
| 27 October 2024 15:00 |
Greece
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v | Lithuania
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Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Referees: Härgin, Makejev (EST) |
| Report | ||||
Group B
| 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 |
First match(es) will be played: 25 October 2024. 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.
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
|
v | Kosovo
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Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt Referees: Bočáková, Jánošíková (SVK) |
| Report | ||||
| 26 October 2024 18:00 |
Kosovo
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v | Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt Referees: Bočáková, Jánošíková (SVK) |
| Report | ||||
| 27 October 2024 16:00 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
v | Belgium
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Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt Referees: Bočáková, Jánošíková (SVK) |
| Report | ||||
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 2 | Qualification Phase 2 |
| 2 | Finland
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Estonia (E)
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 1 |
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2024. 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.
(E) Eliminated
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.
(E) Eliminated
| 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×
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Report | 2×
|
| 25 October 2024 17:00 |
Israel
|
29–44 | Estonia
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Karis Idrottshall, Karis Referees: Radčenko, Pērsis (LAT) |
| (18–10) | ||||
| Report |
| 26 October 2024 15:00 |
Finland
|
v | Israel
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Karis Idrottshall, Karis Referees: Radčenko, Pērsis (LAT) |
| Report | ||||
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 2 | Qualification Phase 2 |
| 2 | Luxembourg
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Bulgaria
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2024. 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.
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
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21–29 | Italy
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Pala Santa Filomena, Chieti Referees: Jakovljević Kovačević (SRB) |
| (10–12) | ||||
| Report |
| 26 October 2024 18:00 |
Luxembourg
|
v | Bulgaria
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Pala Santa Filomena, Chieti Referees: Jakovljević Kovačević (SRB) |
| Report | ||||
| 27 October 2024 18:30 |
Italy
|
v | Luxembourg
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Pala Santa Filomena, Chieti Referees: Jakovljević Kovačević (SRB) |
| Report | ||||
Qualification phase 2
The draw will take place on 15 December 2024.[2] 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
| 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
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References
- ^ "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.