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| Host city | Warsaw |
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| Country | Poland |
| Dates | 4–10 September |
The 5th Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from September 4 to 10, 2006. This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. Competitions took place in 13 weight classes. [1]
Russia topped the medals table, as they had done in the four previous editions of these championships.
* Host nation (Poland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 |  Turkey | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 |  Poland * | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 |  France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 |  Romania | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 |  Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | 13 | 13 | 26 | 52 | |
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