[1] The bulk (295 from 330) of qualification quota places were awarded based on European rankings as of 31 December 2014.

Host country athletes were not restricted to the ranking qualification standard.

Azerbaijan was guaranteed 9 host quota places, 5 for men and 4 for women.

Nations with entries in both the relevant men's and women's events would be able to compete with existing shooters.

A total of 330 athletes from 48 nations competed in Shooting at the 2015 European Games:[3]