28 November to 13 December 2009 - Organiser: IHF - CHN

• The defending World Champion Russia qualified directly for the final tournament in China.
  
  

• In addition to Russia, the two best ranked teams at EHF EURO 2008 in FYR Macedonia will qualify directly for the World Championship.
  
  

• The remaining places allocated to Europe will be decided through qualification and play-off matches. The qualification tournaments will take place 25 to 30 November 2008 and the play-off matches will commence on the weekend of 6/7 June and end on the following weekend 13/14 June 2009.
  
  

7 to 19 December 2010 - Organiser: EHF - DEN/NOR

As decided at the 2006 EHF Congress in Portugal, Denmark and Norway were awarded the right to organise and host the final tournament of the 9th Women´s European Handball Championship. The competition will take place across 5 venues with the final match being played in Herning (Ballerup), Denmark. The qualification for the sixteen teams participating in this tournament is as follows:

• Denmark and Norway directly qualify as organisers.
  
  
• The winner of EHF Euro 2008 in Macedonia directly qualifies for the final tournament.
  
  
• The remaining 13/14 places will be decided through the qualification that begins in September 2009. The first and second ranked teams in six of the seven groups will qualify, with one team from the seventh qualifying for the final tournament. The new system for the European Championship qualification, which was ratified at the 2006 Congress in Portugal, was introduced in the 2008/2009 season.
  
  The playing periods for the qualification rounds are:
  
  Rounds 1 and 2: 23 to 27 September 2009
  Rounds 3 and 4: 19 to 25 October 2009
  Rounds 5 and 6: 31 to 4 April 2010
  Rounds 7 and 8: 26 to 30 May 2010
  Rounds 9 and 10: 2 to 6 June 2010