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
22003, 2007
2 2006, 2009
1 2004
1 2005
1 2002
1 2008

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2006 ArenaCup to be played in Puerto Rico . 2007-03-26 . 2006-07-21 . Af2 .
  2. 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 .