The European qualification for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship, in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, was played over two rounds.
In the first round of qualification, 18 teams who were not participating at the 2022 European Championship played a knockout round with the winners advancing to the second phase, where the teams were joined by the remaining ten teams from the European Championship and play play-off games to determine the qualified teams.
The draw was held on 29 June 2022 in Vienna, Austria.
[1][2] The winner of each tie advanced to the play-off round.
[3][4] The nine winners of phase 1, the Czech Republic and ten teams from the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship played in this round.