 Musi wa10 Chikumi 2016, Kanté akaonekwa mumutambo wake wekutanga wekukwikwidza kuFrance nekutanga mutambo wekuvhura weEuro 2016 vachipesana neRomania; akatamba mutambo wese, akaita mapaseti mazhinji, anonyanya kubata, anonyanya kuvharidzira, akafukidza chinhambwe chikuru padanda uye akabatsira chinangwa cheDimitri Payet mukukunda 21. Mumutambo we round of 16 vachipesana neRepublic of Ireland kuParc Olympique Lyonnais, Kanté akatora kadhi yero muminiti yechi27 yechipiri yake yeEuro 2016 iyo yaizomutadzisa kubva kumakwikwi ekupedzisira uye yakatsiviwa naKingsley Coman muminiti yechi46 neFrance ichitevera 01 muhafu yenguva. Kanté haana kushandiswa mumutambo wokupedzisira, iyo France yakarasikirwa ne10 kuPortugal pashure penguva yakawedzerwa. 