ArenaCup explained

The ArenaCup was the af2's championship game. For the league's first five years, it was held at the arena of the higher seeded team. However, the 2005 ArenaCup was the first to be played at a neutral site in Bossier City, Louisiana. The 2006 ArenaCup was played in Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan.^[1] On August 25, 2007, ArenaCup 8 returned to Bossier City, LA.^[2] ArenaCup 9 was played at the arena of the higher seeded team, the Spokane Shock. ArenaCup 10 was held at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

For the 2000 and 2001 ArenaCups, the game was televised nationally by TNN (now Paramount Network), who carried AFL games at the time. However, when the AFL announced their televised games would be shown on NBC rather than TNN, the ArenaCup telecast was lost. The 2002 ArenaCup was televised by the Vision Network, and the 2003 game was televised by KWHB, a local station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After having no television coverage in 2004, the game was telecast nationally by Fox Sports Net in 2005 and Comcast Sports Net in 2006.

The ArenaCup, along with all assets of af2, were purchased by Arena Football 1 (which became the second incarnation of the Arena Football League) in December 2009. Because that league uses the ArenaBowl as its championship, the ArenaCup was retired.

Results

Game	Date	Winning team		Losing team		Site
	August 10, 2000		68		59	iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois
	August 10, 2001		55		51	iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois
	August 23, 2002		65		47	Carver Arena in Peoria, Illinois
	August 23, 2003		58		40	The Ford Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma
	August 27, 2004		39		26	Germain Arena in Estero, Florida
	August 27, 2005		63		41	CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, Louisiana
	August 26, 2006		57		34	José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico
	August 25, 2007		73		66	CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, Louisiana
	August 25, 2008		56		55 (OT)	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington
	August 22, 2009		74		27	Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada

Most ArenaCup Championships won

Team	Championships	Winning years
	2	2000, 2001
	2	2003, 2007
	2	2006, 2009
	1	2004
	1	2005
	1	2002
	1	2008

Notes and References

Web site: 2006 ArenaCup to be played in Puerto Rico . 2007-03-26 . 2006-07-21 . Af2 .
Web site: 2007 ArenaCup returns to Bossier-Shreveport . 2007-06-10 . 2007-04-19 . Af2 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090123021024/http://www.af2.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3525&ATCLID=870018&ISWIDE=1&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=3525&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT= . 2009-01-23 .