Defending champion Reanne Evans beat Emma Bonney 5–3 in the final to win her second world title.

Reanne Evans was the reigning champion, having won the 2005 World Women's Snooker Championship.

The 2006 tournament was played at the Cambridge Snooker Centre, the same venue as the 2005 championship.

[2] Other events were held at the same venue alongside the women's snooker world championship.

Bonney also lost in the final of the 2005 World Women's Billiards Championship, 164–193 to Chitra Magimairaj.