Skaters were eligible for the event if they represented a European member nation of the International Skating Union and had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2015 in their place of birth.

In the ladies' event, Russia's Evgenia Medvedeva became the European champion in her first season on the senior international level.

Germany's Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot took silver in their first appearance at Europeans as a pair, while Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov repeated as the bronze medalists.

In the ice dancing event, Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron of France won their second consecutive European title.

Both Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte of Italy and Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev of Russia stepped onto their fourth European podium.