This article describes the qualification for the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship.
The draw was held in Vienna, Austria on 24 March 2015 at 11:30 local time.
32 teams had registered for participation and compete for 14 places at the final tournament in 2 distinct Qualification Phases.
[2][3] To determine the best third-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which qualified directly for the final tournament, only the results against the first, and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account, while results against the fourth-placed team were not included.
As a result, four matches played by each third-placed team counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.