AIK IF Solna of Sweden's Riksserien won the tournament for the third consecutive time.

[1] An additional group was introduced in the Qualification of this tournament, adding four teams and bringing the total number of participating teams to seventeen from sixteen countries.

As the defending cup holders, AIK IF progressed directly to the Super Final and did not participate in the Qualification.

Each of the Qualification groups and the Super Final were played as single round-robin tournaments.

Content in this article is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de:IIHF European Women Champions Cup 2006; see its history for attribution.