2024 European Men's Handball Championship qualification
This article describes the qualification process for the EHF EURO 2024. In total 36 teams will compete for 20 remaining places at the final tournament. Format. Prior to the qualifiers, four teams will be automatically qualified: Originally, the qualification process was about to start with Phase 1 in March 2021. The two best-placed teams from this would qualify for the relegation round along with the winner of the 2021 edition of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship. However, after postponing of the Qualification Phase 1 and cancellation of IHF Emerging Nations Championship, both  caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, those two tournaments were merged into 2021 Men's IHF/EHF Trophy. The three best-ranked teams from that tournament qualified to the relegation round. Relegation Round involves eight teams: The four winners advance to the qualifiers – the latest stage of this qualification campaign. Qualifiers will involve 32 teams: Teams will compete for 20 places at EHF EURO 2024. Qualification Phase 1. Since only four teams would have participated in this round, no draw was needed. This phase was planned to be played in a tournament format. On 15 February 2021 the EHF announced that  the tournament was postponed to 30 April to 2 May due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 26 March 2021, the Qualification Phase 1 was cancelled and replaced with the IHF/EHF Trophy. IHF/EHF Trophy. After the 2021 IHF Emerging Nations Championship was cancelled, the EHF announced in March 2021, that the IHF/EHF Trophy would take place in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 14 to 19 June 2021. The three best teams qualified for the relegation round. Relegation round. The four worst-ranked fourth placed teams from the previous cycle join in this round. The draw took place on 19 August  2021, when the teams will be paired in four two-legged ties. Seeding. The seeding was announced on 18 August 2021. Teams relegated from the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship qualification were placed into the seeding pot 2. Overview. All matches were played in January 2022. Matches. "Turkey won 64–54 on aggregate." "Finland won 52–45 on aggregate." "Latvia won 72–55 on aggregate." "Belgium won 59–53 on aggregate." Qualifiers. Qualifiers will be played between October 2022 and April 2023. Like in previous cycles, 32 teams will be divided into eight groups of four, with the winners and runners-up qualifying  for the final tournament, together with the four best third-placed teams which will be determined taking into account only results against top two teams in each group. The draw took place on 31 March 2022. Participating teams. Belarus was excluded due to their involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Seeding. The seeding was announced on 22 March 2022.