If no Oceania team places among the top five at the Asian Championship, the IHF will award an additional wild card.

In addition, there will be 12 performance places for the continental confederations, which are based on the teams ranked 1–12 in the preceding World Championship.

According to the new qualification system and taking into consideration the results of the 2025 Men's World Championship, 20 out of 32 places are distributed as follows: ^ 1.

To bear in mind the 2028 Summer Olympics, the IHF Council awarded the United States wild cards for the 2025 and 2027 World Championships.

[7] Six venues were ultimately announced in October 2024, with the opening match to be played in Munich and the final in Cologne.