Krychowiak continued to feature in the national team, playing the defensive midfield position in effort to qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 in France. On 14 November 2014, he scored his first international goal in a 4–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying win in Georgia. He scored his second goal in Poland's final qualifying match against Ireland in a 2–1 victory which made Poland qualify for Euro 2016. In May 2016, Krychowiak was called by the national team for the UEFA Euro 2016 preliminary squad and later made the cut to be included in the 23 man squad ahead of the tournament. In Poland's opening game against Northern Ireland, he was voted man of the match following Poland's first ever win at a European Championship. Krychowiak played in the next two matches against Germany and Ukraine, earning a total four points to help Poland qualify for the knockout stage. He started the whole game and scored the final penalty in a 5–4 penalty shootout win over Switzerland in the round of 16. Krychowiak played every minute of the national side's historic Euro 2016 campaign, which ended in the quarter-finals losing to Portugal 3–5 in a penalty shootout. Following this, he was named Team of the Tournament by the EFE.