The 18 teams involved, which did not qualify for the Women’s EHF EURO 2022, learned their opponents during a draw at the EHF Office in Vienna.
The nine fixtures are as follows, with the team named first having the home right in the first leg:
- Azerbaijan vs Portugal
- Faroe Islands vs Kosovo
- Slovakia vs Latvia
- Iceland vs Israel
- Greece vs Bosnia Herzegovina
- Ukraine vs Luxembourg
- Bulgaria vs Italy
- Austria vs Finland
- Great Britain vs Türkiye
The first leg will be played on 2/3 November, followed by the second leg on 5/6 November.
The nine winners enter phase 2 of Qualification Europe, where they will be joined by 10 of the 16 participants from the EHF EURO 2022, plus Czech Republic.
A total of 16 European teams will be in the 32-team field for the 2023 World Championship: the co-hosts Norway (who are also the defending champions), Sweden, and Denmark; the three best-ranked teams from the EHF EURO 2022; and the 10 winners from phase 2 of European Qualification.
The final tournament in Scandinavia takes place in November and December 2023.
