2025 World Men's Handball Championship qualification

Sixteen teams competed in the Asian Championship, held at the Sheikh Khalifa Sports City Hall in Isa Town, Bahrain, from 11 to 25 January 2024.

Since New Zealand, failed to make the top 5 of the championship, Oceania's spot was made into a second wildcard.

[5][6][7][8] Sixteen teams competed in the African Championship, held in Cairo, Egypt, from 17 to 27 January 2024.

[15] Six teams competed in the South and Central American Championship, held at the La Casa del Handball Argentino in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 16 to 20 January 2024.

After no Oceanian team achieved a top 5 finish in the Asian Championship, two wildcards were given out by the IHF.

[23][24][25] Prior to their selection, Switzerland's coach, Andy Schmid, stated that after their narrow penalty shootout loss to Slovenia, The Swiss' performance merited a wildcard.