The 2016 Trophée de France was the fourth event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series.

Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final.

The competition, known as the Trophée Éric Bompard since 2004, lost its title sponsor in the summer of 2016 due to a lack of communication from the French Federation of Ice Sports.

[2][3][4][5] The French organisers decided not to replace Mendoza/Kovalev despite the ISU's rules stating that it is "mandatory" to invite another pair if one withdraws more than 14 days before the event.

[18]: 10  The pairs' competition ended up with only six entries after a further withdrawal (Esbrat / Novoselov).