The European qualification for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship determined nine European contestants at the final tournament, which joined six already qualified teams: Sweden and Poland, as co-hosts, Denmark, as title holder, and three best ranked teams at 2022 European Men's Handball Championship excluding Sweden, Poland and Denmark.
The winners of nine ties (home and away matches) proceeded to the second part.
The Phase 2 part 2 comprised nine winners from the first part which faced the nine highest-ranked teams from the 2022 European Championship which haven't qualified directly for the World Championship.
The winners of nine ties (home and away matches) qualified for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.
The qualification phase 2 draw took place on the final weekend of the EHF EURO 2022 in Budapest.
The winners from Part 1 advanced and faced the nine highest-ranked teams from 2022 European Men's Handball Championship (other than the six direct qualifiers as described at the beginning of the article).