# 2025 World Women's Handball Championship qualification

The 2025 World Women's Handball Championship qualification decided who qualified for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany and Netherlands. Excluding the previous World Championship, qualifying occurred between October 2024 and April 2025. The championship will feature 32 teams for the third time.

## Qualified teams

| Country | Qualified as | Qualification date | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Germany | Co-host | 28 February 2020 | 15 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Netherlands | Co-host | 28 February 2020 | 14 (1971, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| United States | Wild card | 18 October 2018 | 5 (1975, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995) |
| France | Defending champion | 17 December 2023 | 16 (1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Argentina | Top three of 2024 Central and South American Championship | 29 November 2024 | 12 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Brazil | Top three of 2024 Central and South American Championship | 29 November 2024 | 15 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Uruguay | Top three of 2024 Central and South American Championship | 30 November 2024 | 5 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011) |
| Tunisia | Semifinalists of 2024 African Championship | 4 December 2024 | 10 (1975, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021) |
| Angola | Semifinalists of 2024 African Championship | 4 December 2024 | 17 (1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Senegal | Semifinalists of 2024 African Championship | 4 December 2024 | 2 (2019, 2023) |
| Egypt | Semifinalists of 2024 African Championship | 4 December 2024 | 0 (Debut) |
| South Korea | Semifinalists of 2024 Asian Championship | 6 December 2024 | 20 (1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Kazakhstan | Semifinalists of 2024 Asian Championship | 6 December 2024 | 7 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Japan | Semifinalists of 2024 Asian Championship | 6 December 2024 | 21 (1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Iran | Semifinalists of 2024 Asian Championship | 6 December 2024 | 2 (2021, 2023) |
| Hungary | Semifinalists of 2024 European Championship | 8 December 2024 | 24 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Norway | Semifinalists of 2024 European Championship | 9 December 2024 | 22 (1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Denmark | Semifinalists of 2024 European Championship | 11 December 2024 | 22 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
* ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

## Slot allocation

The slot allocation is as follows:
* AHF (Asia): 4 slots
* CAHB (Africa): 4 slots
* EHF (Europe): 17 slots (including the two co-hosts and defending champion)
* NACHC (North America and the Caribbean): 1 slot
* OCHF (Oceania): 0 slots
* SCAHC (South and Central America): 4 slots
* Wildcards: 2 slots
| Detailed distribution of places (following current IHF rules) | Vacancies | Details | Comments |
| Organisers | 2 | | |
| Reigning world champion | 1 | | |
| Performance places for the continental confederations | 12 | | Based on teams ranked 1–12 in the preceding world championship |
| Africa | | 0 | |
| Asia | | 0 |
| Europe | | 11 |
| North America and the Caribbean | | 0 |
| South and Central America | | 1 | As Brazil ranked 9th in previous World Championship |
| Oceania | | 0 |
| Compulsory places for the continental confederations | 15 | | 17 compulsory places reduced by 1 due to having two organisers |
| Africa | | 4 |
| Asia | | 4 |
| Europe | | 3 | 4 compulsory places reduced by 1 due to having two organisers from Europe |
| North America and the Caribbean | | 1 |
| South and Central America | | 3 |
| Oceania | | 0 or 1 | Place allocated to Oceania or an additional free wild card |
| Wild card | 1 or 2 | |
| Total | 32 | |

## Summary
### Summary of qualification process

The World Championship hosts will be directly qualified, along with the reigning world champions. In regards to the 12 performance spots, and based on the results of the 2025 Women's World Championship, Europe receives 11 more spots, while South and Central America takes 1.
Map of each IHF federation. :
| Detailed summary of 2025 World Women's Handball Championship qualification process ||||||||
| Confederation | Direct slots | Teams started | Teams eliminated | Teams qualified | Percentage of entered teams with spots in finals | Qualifying start date | Qualifying end date |
| AHF | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | 3 December 2024 | 10 December 2024 |
| CAHB | 4 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 33% | 27 November 2024 | 7 December 2024 |
| EHF | 15+2 | 34+2 | 19 | 15+2 | 44.11% | 24 October 2024 | 13 April 2025 |
| NACHC | 1+1 | TBD | TBD | 1+1 | TBD% | TBD 205 | TBD 2025 |
| OCHF | 0 or 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.25% | 3 December 2024 | 10 December 2024 |
| SCAHC | 4 | TBD | TBD | 4 | TBD% | 26 November 2024 | TBD 2025 |
| Total | 28+2+2 | TBD+2 | TBD | 28+2+2 | | 24 October 2024 | TBD 2025 |

### Summary of qualified teams

| Competition | Dates | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nations | 28 February 2020 | Cairo | 2 | Germany Netherlands |
| 2023 World Championship | 17 December 2023 | Denmark Norway Sweden | 1 | France |
| 2024 South and Central American Championship | 26–30 November 2024 | Niterói | 3+1 | Argentina Brazil Uruguay |
| 2024 African Championship | 27 November – 7 December 2024 | Kinshasa | 4 | Angola Egypt Senegal Tunisia |
| 2024 Asian Championship | 3–10 December 2024 | New Delhi | 4 | Iran Japan Kazakhstan South Korea |
| 2024 European Championship | 28 November – 15 December 2024 | Austria Hungary Switzerland | 3 | Denmark Hungary Norway |
| 2025 Nor.Ca. Women's Championship | | | 1 | |
| European qualification | 24 October 2024 – 13 April 2025 | | 11 | |
| Wild card | 18 October 2018 | Doha | 2 | United States |
^ 1. To bear in mind the 2028 Summer Olympics, the IHF Council awarded the United States wild cards for the 2025 and 2027 World Championships.
^ 2. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finish within the top 5, they will qualify for the World Championships. If either finishes sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot. As New Zealand didn't registered and Australia withdrew before the draw, the place is transferred.

## 2023 World Championship

World champion directly qualified for 2025 edition. France won the 2023 World Championship to secure their ticket to the 2025 edition.
| Rank | Team |
| | France |
| | Norway |
| | Denmark |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Netherlands |
| 6 | Germany |
| 7 | Montenegro |
| 8 | Czech Republic |
| 9 | Brazil |
| 10 | Hungary |
| 11 | Slovenia |
| 12 | Romania |
| 13 | Spain |
| 14 | Croatia |
| 15 | Angola |
| 16 | Poland |
| 17 | Japan |
| 18 | Senegal |
| 19 | Austria |
| 20 | Argentina |
| 21 | Serbia |
| 22 | South Korea |
| 23 | Ukraine |
| 24 | Cameroon |
| 25 | Iceland |
| 26 | Congo |
| 27 | Chile |
| 28 | China |
| 29 | Paraguay |
| 30 | Kazakhstan |
| 31 | Iran |
| 32 | Greenland |

## Asia

Eight teams competed in the Asian Championship, held at the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi, India, from 3 to 10 December 2024. The top 4 reached the world championship. Since Australia withdrew before the competition started, Oceania's spot was made into a second wildcard. Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and South Korea reached the world championship.
| Group A | Group B |
| Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  South Korea 3 6 2  Kazakhstan 3 4 3  China 3 2 4  Singapore 3 0 Source: Asianhandball | Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Japan 3 6 2  Iran 3 4 3  India (H) 3 2 4  Hong Kong 3 0 Source: Asianhandball (H) Hosts |

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 8 December | 8 December |
| South Korea | 33 |
| South Korea | 33 | 10 December | 10 December |
| Iran | 20 | 10 December | 10 December |
| Iran | 20 | South Korea | 24 |
| 8 December | 8 December | | South Korea | 24 |
| 8 December | 8 December | Japan | 25 |
| Japan | 30 | Japan | 25 |
| Kazakhstan | 23 | | |
| Kazakhstan | 23 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 10 December | 10 December |
| | | Iran | 22 |
| | | Kazakhstan | 28 |

### Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | South Korea |
| | Kazakhstan |
| 4 | Iran |
| 5 | China |
| 6 | India |
| 7 | Hong Kong |
| 8 | Singapore |
* Qualified for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship

## Africa

Twelve teams competed in the African Championship, held at the Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium in Kinshasa, DR Congo, from 27 November to 7 December 2024. The top four from the championship qualified. Those teams ended up being Angola, Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia.
| Group A | Group B |
| Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Congo 5 8 2  Egypt 5 8 3  Senegal 5 8 4  Algeria 5 4 5  Cape Verde 5 2 6  Kenya 5 0 Source: CAN | Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Angola 5 10 2  Cameroon 5 8 3  DR Congo (H) 5 6 4  Tunisia 5 3 5  Guinea 5 3 6  Uganda 5 0 Source: CAN (H) Hosts |

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 4 December | 4 December | | | |
| Congo | 24 | | | |
| Congo | 24 | 6 December | 6 December | | |
| Tunisia | 28 | 6 December | 6 December | |
| Tunisia | 28 | Tunisia | 18 | |
| 4 December | 4 December | | Tunisia | 18 | |
| 4 December | 4 December | Senegal | 26 | |
| Cameroon | 19 | Senegal | 26 | |
| Cameroon | 19 | | | | 7 December | 7 December |
| Senegal | 26 | | | | 7 December | 7 December |
| Senegal | 26 | | | | Senegal | 18 |
| 4 December | 4 December | | | | | Senegal | 18 |
| 4 December | 4 December | | | | Angola | 27 |
| Egypt | 23 | | | | Angola | 27 |
| Egypt | 23 | 6 December | 6 December | | | |
| DR Congo | 22 | 6 December | 6 December | | | |
| DR Congo | 22 | Egypt | 22 | | | |
| 4 December | 4 December | | Egypt | 22 | | | |
| 4 December | 4 December | Angola | 36 | | Third place | Third place |
| Angola | 34 | Angola | 36 | | Third place | Third place |
| Angola | 34 | | | | 7 December | 7 December |
| Algeria | 15 | | | | 7 December | 7 December |
| Algeria | 15 | | | | Tunisia | 25 |
| | | | | | Egypt | 22 |

### Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Angola |
| | Senegal |
| | Tunisia |
| 4 | Egypt |
| 5 | DR Congo |
| 6 | Congo |
| 7 | Cameroon |
| 8 | Algeria |
| 9 | Guinea |
| 10 | Cape Verde |
| 11 | Uganda |
| 12 | Kenya |
* Team qualified for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship

## Europe

The three highest ranked non-qualified teams secure a ticket to the world championship.
| Rank | Team |
| | Norway |
| | Denmark |
| | Hungary |
| 4 | France |
| 5 | Sweden |
| 6 | Netherlands |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Montenegro |
| 9 | Poland |
| 10 | Slovenia |
| 11 | Romania |
| 12 | Switzerland |
| 13 | Spain |
| 14 | Austria |
| 15 | Czech Republic |
| 16 | Iceland |
| 17 | Faroe Islands |
| 18 | North Macedonia |
| 19 | Croatia |
| 20 | Türkiye |
| 21 | Serbia |
| 22 | Portugal |
| 23 | Ukraine |
| 24 | Slovakia |
* Team qualified for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship

### European qualification

From October 2024 to April 2025, the EHF organised a separate qualification for 11 places.

### Bracket

The draw took place on 15 December 2024 in Vienna.
| 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 |

## North America and Caribbean

The championship will be held in 2025 at a date to be determined.

## South and Central America

Six teams competed in the South and Central American Championship, held at the Colégio Niterói in Niterói, Brazil, from 26 to 30 November 2024. The top three from the championship qualified. Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay would finish in top three and advance to the world championship.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Argentina | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | Uruguay | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Paraguay | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Chile | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | El Salvador | 5 | 0 |