The invention belongs to the field of chemical crystallization technologies for drugs and particularly relates to a novel single febuxostat crystal form A and a preparation method thereof. According to the crystal form A provided by the invention, the grain size D50 is 16-25 microns, the grain size distribution curve of the crystal form A is of normal unimodal distribution, a preparation of the crystal form A has good dissolubility and a zero-deflection dissolution curve, and the bioavailability is high. The invention further provides the preparation method which can be used for preparing the single febuxostat crystal form A, and the yield reaches up over 86%; meanwhile, the preparation process is stable, the crystallization conditions are mild, and the volume of a consumed solvent is small, so that during industrial large-scale production, the production cost is reduced greatly, and the recovery and mechanical applying of the solvent are facilitated; the solvent is an aqueous solution containing ethanol and is non-toxic and harmless, so that the construction of an environmental-friendly and safe production environment is facilitated, and the preparation method is very suitable for industrial large-scale production.