The sole qualification event for the canoe sprint events at the 2015 European Games will be the 2014 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Brandenburg 11–13 July 2014.

Qualification summary

NOC	Men									Women						Total
	C1 200	C1 1000	C2 1000	K1 200	K1 1000	K1 5000	K2 200	K2 1000	K4 1000	K1 200	K1 500	K1 5000	K2 200	K2 500	K4 500	Boats	Athletes
Austria					X	X				X	X	X				4	2
Azerbaijan	X	X	X	X	X	X				X	X	X				9	7
Belarus	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		14	13
Belgium				X	X	X					X	X				5	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina					X	X				X						3	2
Bulgaria				X	X		X				X	X				5	4
Croatia				X	X	X				X	X	X				6	2
Cyprus				X	X	X										3	1
Czech Republic	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X		X		X	X	11	14
Denmark					X	X				X	X					2	1
Finland					X	X		X			X	X				5	4
France	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X				X	10	12
Georgia	X			X						X	X	X				5	3
Germany	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15	20
Great Britain	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	13	15
Greece				X	X	X				X	X					5	3
Hungary	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15	16
Ireland	X			X			X	X		X	X	X				7	5
Italy	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	13	9
Latvia	X				X					X	X					4	4
Lithuania	X			X			X	X		X	X					6	7
Macedonia					X	X										2	1
Moldova	X	X								X	X	X				5	2
Netherlands				X	X						X	X				2	1
Norway					X	X					X					2	1
Poland	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14	16
Portugal	X			X	X	X		X	X	X	X		X	X	X	11	13
Romania		X	X	X	X				X			X	X	X	X	8	13
Russia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14	19
Serbia		X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12	13
Slovakia	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X		12	15
Slovenia					X	X		X		X	X					5	4
Spain	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		13	13
Sweden				X			X			X	X	X			X	4	7
Switzerland					X	X										2	1
Turkey	X	X		X	X	X				X	X	X	X	X		10	6
Ukraine	X		X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	13	14
Total quotas	20	14	10	27	31	29	16	17	10	27	27	24	13	14	13	289	286

Qualification rules

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is restricted to one boat per event, a maximum of fifteen boats, and therefore a maximum of 26 qualified athletes. Azerbaijan, as host, is guaranteed entry of three athletes, in three boats; K1-1000 metres and C1-1000 metres for men, and the K1-500 metres for women.

The bulk of qualification (all places other than host and 'universality' places) will be awarded by virtue of performance in the 2014 European Canoe Sprint Championships. Places will be awarded to NOCs rather than individual athletes. Each event has a quota of places available as set out below:^[1]

In the event an athlete qualifies in two boats (e.g. K1-1000m and K2-1000m), he or she will be allowed to compete in both events, but will only take up the quota place in the larger boat; the unused quota place in the smaller boat will then be redistributed. Where a boat qualifies in two events of the same boat size but over two distances (e.g. 200m and 1000m in K2), that boat will be allowed to compete in both events, but will only take up the quota place in the longer event; the unused quota place in the shorter event will then be redistributed. In both cases this will allow for more boats to compete in a particular event than there are quota places.

Qualified countries

Men's events

Place	K1 200m	K1 1000m	K1 5000m	K2 200m	K2 1000m	K4 1000m	C1 200m	C1 1000m	C2 1000m
1	SRB	BLR	GER	GER	GER	CZE	RUS	GER	HUN
2	GBR	DEN	DEN	RUS	FRA	SVK	ESP	HUN	RUS
3	RUS	GER	POR	LTU	SVK	POR	POR	RUS	CZE
4	ESP	BUL	HUN	GBR	RUS	HUN	GER	BLR	GER
5	SWE	POR	BLR	ESP	LTU	RUS	UKR	ITA	ESP
6	HUN	BEL	SRB	FRA	HUN	SRB	AZE	SVK	BLR
7	LTU	POL	SLO	HUN	UKR	BLR	HUN	MDA	AZE
8	LAT	SRB	FRA	SWE	SLO	POL	BLR	CZE	POL
9	SVK	FRA	UKR	UKR	ESP	ROU	SVK	FRA	ROU
10	BEL	CZE	CZE	POL	IRL	GER	GEO	ROU	UKR
11	ROU	SLO	ESP	SRB	CZE	—	LTU	GBR	—
12	POL	HUN	RUS	SVK	SRB		CZE	ESP
13	FRA	SVK	SUI	ITA	GBR		POL	POL
14	GER	SUI	—	BUL	FIN		FRA	SRB
15	CZE	ESP		—	—		IRL	AZE*
16	ITA	UKR					—	—
17	IRL	NOR
18	UKR	GBR
19	BLR	FIN
20	GEO	NED
21	AZE	RUS
22	NED	CYP
23	TUR	AZE*
Reall.	BUL	CRO	BEL	BLR	POR	—	LAT	TUR	—
Reall.	CRO	AUT	FIN	IRL	ITA		GBR	—
Reall.	POR	TUR	AUT	—	BLR		ITA
Reall.	CYP	ITA	POL		—		MDA
Reall.	GRE	ROU	SVK				TUR
Reall.	—	GRE	ITA				—
Reall.		BIH	BIH
Reall.		MKD	GRE
Reall.		IRL	IRL
Reall.		—	CRO
Reall.			AZE
Reall.			CYP
Reall.			GBR
Reall.			MKD
Reall.			NOR
Reall.			TUR
Boats	27	31	29	16	17	10	20	14	10

Women's events

Place	K1 200m	K1 500m	K1 5000m	K2 200m	K2 500m	K4 500m
1	HUN	HUN	HUN	BLR	HUN	HUN
2	RUS	GER	BLR	HUN	POL	POL
3	POR	POR	BUL	GBR	SRB	RUS
4	FRA	AUT	GBR	SRB	RUS	GER
5	POL	POL	ITA	GER	GER	UKR
6	SWE	DEN	SRB	RUS	GBR	SWE
7	GER	GBR	CZE	POL	BLR	FRA
8	SVK	RUS	ROU	POR	SVK	ROU
9	AUT	ESP	GER	SVK	ITA	POR
10	SRB	SWE	UKR	ROU	UKR	GBR
11	DEN	FRA	SWE	UKR	ROU	—
12	GBR	BUL	NED	ITA	CZE
13	UKR	NOR	POL	ESP	POR
14	ROU	SLO	—	TUR	TUR
15	BLR	ITA		—	—
16	ITA	UKR
17	GRE	NED
18	SLO	AZE*
Reall.	ESP	GRE	IRL	—	ESP	ITA
Reall.	GEO	ROU	RUS		—	SRB
Reall.	LAT	SRB	BEL			CZE
Reall.	CRO	LAT	ESP			—
Reall.	AZE	FIN	AUT
Reall.	TUR	TUR	SVK
Reall.	LTU	IRL	TUR
Reall.	BIH	GEO	CRO
Reall.	IRL	BLR	AZE
Reall.	CZE	CRO	FIN
Reall.	—	BEL	GEO
Reall.		LTU	MDA
Boats	27	27	24	13	14	13

^* Host quota

• Italic: National federation has qualified a boat but the athlete that did this was already counted in another boat.

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