2013 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification

The European qualification for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship, in Spain, was played over two rounds. The 2013 hosts Spain, the 2011 holders France and the 3 best teams from the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship, Denmark, Serbia and Croatia were qualified automatically for the World Championship. In the first round of qualification, 21 teams who were not participating at the European Championship were split into seven groups. The group winners and the remaining 11 teams from the European Championship played a playoff afterwards to determine the other nine qualifiers.

Group stage
The draw was held on July 3, 2011 at 12:00 at Brno, Czech Republic.

Seedings
Following the main round of the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship was concluded, five of the sixteen participants earned an automatic spot for the World Championship, namely Spain (hosts), France (title holders), Croatia, Denmark and Serbia. The remaining eleven teams were split into two pots, with the 7 best ranked national teams in the first one, and the remaining four in the second one.

The drawing procedure was carried out on 29 January 2012 at the Belgrade Arena during the final day of the European Championship. Games are scheduled to be played on 9–10 June and 16–17 June 2012.

Matches
All times are local.