2027 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification

The European qualification for the 2027 World Men's Handball Championship will be contested in two rounds between October 2025 and May 2026. ^[1] They join the two already qualified teams: Germany and Denmark.

Format

In the first round of qualification, six teams willbe drawn in to knock-out ties. The winners advance to the qualification phase 2. ^[2]

Qualification phase 1

The draw took place on 26 June 2025. ^{[2] [3]} The winners of each tie advanced to phase 2.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 24 June 2025. ^[2]

Pot 1	Pot 2
Turkey   Luxembourg   Kosovo	Latvia   Cyprus   Great Britain

Overview

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Latvia	–	Luxembourg	1 Nov	2 Nov
Cyprus	–	Turkey	29 Oct	2 Nov
Great Britain	–	Kosovo	29–30 Oct	1–2 Nov

Matches

1 November 2025 20:00	Latvia	v	Luxembourg	d'Coque, Luxembourg City
		Report

2 November 2025 18:30	Luxembourg	v	Latvia	d'Coque, Luxembourg City
		Report

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29 October 2025 19:00	Cyprus	v	Turkey	Eleftheria Indoor Hall, Nicosia
		Report

2 November 2025 14:00	Turkey	v	Cyprus	Ahmet Aytar Spor Salonu, Elazığ
		Report

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29–30 October 2025	Great Britain	v	Kosovo
		Report

1–2 November 2025	Kosovo	v	Great Britain
		Report

References

1. "IHF Council awards events up to 2027". ihf.info. 28 February 2020.
2. "How to follow Men's EHF EURO 2028 Qualifiers promotion round draw". eurohandball.com. 24 June 2025.
3. "Next step in Men's EHF EURO 2028 Qualifiers set". EHF. 26 June 2025.