2016 European Badminton Championships

The 2016 European Badminton Championships were the 25th tournament of the European Badminton Championships. They were held in La Roche-sur-Yon, France, from 26 April–1 May 2016. The competitions were held in the Vendéspace.

Seeds

 * 1)  Jan Ø. Jørgensen (final)
 * 2)  Viktor Axelsen (champion)
 * 3) 🇩🇪 Marc Zwiebler (semifinals)
 * 4)  Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rajiv Ouseph (semifinals)
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Brice Leverdez (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇪🇸 Pablo Abian (quarterfinals)
 * 8) 🇪🇪 Raul Must (second round)

Seeds

 * 1) 🇪🇸 Carolina Marín (champion)
 * 2)  Kirsty Gilmour (final)
 * 3)  Line Kjaersfeldt (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇩🇪 Karin Schnaase (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇩🇪 Olga Konon (second round)
 * 6) 🇪🇸 Beatriz Corrales (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇨🇿 Kristína Gavnholt (third round)
 * 8) 🇧🇬 Linda Zetchiri (quarterfinals)

Seeds

 * 1) 🇷🇺 Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov (semifinals)
 * 2)  Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding (champion)
 * 3) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Marcus Ellis / Chris Langridge (semifinals)
 * 4)  Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (final)
 * 5)  Mathias Boe / Mathias Christiansen (withdrew)
 * 6) 🇵🇱 Adam Cwalina / Przemyslaw Wacha (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇩🇪 Michael Fuchs / Johannes Schoettler (quarterfinals)
 * 8) 🇫🇷 Baptiste Careme / Ronan Labar (quarterfinals)

Seeds

 * 1)  Christinna Pedersen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl (champion)
 * 2)  Eefje Muskens / Selena Piek (final)
 * 3) 🇧🇬 Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (quarterfinals)
 * 4) 🇩🇪 Johanna Goliszewski / Carla Nelte (quarterfinals)

Seeds

 * 1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Adcock / Gabby Adcock (quarterfinals)
 * 2)  Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen (champion)
 * 3)  Jacco Arends / Selena Piek (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇵🇱 Robert Mateusiak / Nadieżda Zięba (first round)
 * 5) 🇩🇪 Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇷🇺 Vitalij Durkin / Nina Vislova (second round)
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Ronan Labar / Emilie Lefel (second round)
 * 8)  Niclas Nohr / Sara Thygesen (final)