The European qualification for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship, in Japan, was played over two rounds.
[1] In the first round of qualification, 16 teams who were not participating at the 2018 European Championship were split into four groups.
[2] The winner from each group and the best second-ranked team advanced to the play-off round.
Each group played their matches in a mini-tournament at a pre-selected location.
[4][5] The teams played a home-and away series to determine the participants for the final tournament.