The CaMoO4:Eu3+, Li+ red phosphors were synthesized by combustion synthesis with urea or urea-thiourea as fuels, and their crystalline phase, morphology and luminescent properties were investigated. The XRD results demonstrated that all the diffraction peaks of the products can be well indexed to the pure tetragonal phase of CaMoO4. The SEM photographs showed that the particles of sample using urea as fuel are agglomeration, while the particles of sample using urea-thiourea mixture fuels are non-agglomeration. The powder can be effectively excited by ultraviolet with wavelength of 395 nm, and exhibits a strong red emission with maximum wavelength at 615 nm. The luminescent intensity of the phosphor with mixture fuels had 2.2 times stronger than that of the phosphor with single fuel, and its chromaticity coordinates (0.65, 0.35) was closer to NTSC standard values (0.67, 0.33).