The European qualification for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship was contested in two rounds between November 2023 and May 2024.
[1] They joined the six already qualified teams: Croatia and Norway, as co-hosts, Denmark as co-host and title holder, France as defending runner-ups, and Sweden and Germany as the two best ranked teams at 2024 European Men's Handball Championship not already qualified.
In the first round of qualification, ten teams were drawn in to knock-out ties.
The winners advanced to part one of the qualification phase 2, where they join Lithuania, Ukraine and Belgium.
The winners of phase 1 joined Belgium, Lithuania and Ukraine.
[7] A draw held on 27 January 2024 paired seeded with unseeded teams into eleven two-legged fixtures, with the first leg played on 8 and 9 May and the second leg played on 11 and 12 May 2024.
[10] The winners qualified for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship final tournament.
The 22 teams were seeded according to the ranking of the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.