The European qualification for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship, in Germany will be played over two rounds. The 2017 hosts Germany and the 2015 Chammpion Norway qualified automatically for the World Championship.
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In the first round of qualification, the 15 teams who did not participate in the 2016 European Championship were split into four groups. The first and second placed teams from Groups 1–3 and the first placed team from Group 4 joined the 11 teams from the European Championship that did not qualify directly in a playoff to determine the nine teams that qualify for the 2017 World Championship.
Seeding
The draw was held on 24 June 2016. The first and second placed teams from Group 1–3 and the group winner of Group 4 advanced to the playoff round.
Qualification phase 2
The draw was held on 17 December 2016 at Gothenburg. The teams play a home-and away series to determine the final tournament participants.