The 2028 European Men's Handball Championship qualification tournament is a Handball competition that was played from January 2025 to 9 May 2027 to determine the 20 EHF member men's national teams that will join the automatically qualified teams in the final tournament. Alongside the qualifiers, the EHF Euro Cup also takes place.
The remaining eligible teams contest a qualification tournament to determine the teams securing the remaining 20 places in the final tournament. The qualification tournament consists of three rounds: qualification phase 1, promotion round, and qualification phase 2.
Qualification phase 1:
Four teams;
Round-robin tournament format;
The two top-ranked teams after all matches played advances to the promotion round.
Like in previous cycles, 32 teams will be divided into eight groups of four, to be played as round-robin tournaments. The eight group winners and runners-up qualify for the final tournament, together with the four best third-placed teams, which will be determined taking into account only results against top two teams in each group. It will be played between November 2026 and May 2027.
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2026. Source: EHF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2026. Source: EHF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2026. Source: EHF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2026. Source: EHF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2026. Source: EHF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2026. Source: EHF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2026. Source: EHF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2026. Source: EHF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2026. Source: EHF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) draw.
Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2026. Source: EHF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
↑The match, originally scheduled for 11 January 2026, was postponed after the Cypriot team was involved in a traffic accident and some delegation members received medical treatment.[4]
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Cyprus 
Bulgaria (H)
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