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 (now the current incarnation of the Arena Football League) in December 2009. Because that league uses the ArenaBowl as its championship, the ArenaCup was retired.

Results

GameDateWinning teamLosing teamSite
ArenaCup IAugust 10, 2000Quad City Steamwheelers68Tennessee Valley Vipers59iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois
ArenaCup IIAugust 10, 2001Quad City Steamwheelers55Richmond Speed51iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois
ArenaCup IIIAugust 23, 2002Peoria Pirates65Florida Firecats47Carver Arena in Peoria, Illinois
ArenaCup IVAugust 23, 2003Tulsa Talons58Macon Knights40The Ford Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma
ArenaCup VAugust 27, 2004Florida Firecats39Peoria Pirates26Germain Arena in Estero, Florida
ArenaCup VIAugust 27, 2005Memphis Xplorers63Louisville Fire41CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, Louisiana
ArenaCup VIIAugust 26, 2006Spokane Shock57Green Bay Blizzard34José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico
ArenaCup VIIIAugust 25, 2007Tulsa Talons73Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers66CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, Louisiana
ArenaCup IXAugust 25, 2008Tennessee Valley Vipers56Spokane Shock55 (OT)Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington
ArenaCup XAugust 22, 2009Spokane Shock74Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers27Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada

Most ArenaCup Championships won

TeamChampionshipsWinning years
Quad City Steamwheelers22000, 2001
Tulsa Talons22003, 2007
Spokane Shock22006, 2009
Florida Firecats12004
Memphis Xplorers12005
Peoria Pirates12002
Tennessee Valley Vipers12008

References

  1. ↑ "2006 ArenaCup to be played in Puerto Rico". Af2. 2006-07-21. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
  2. ↑ "2007 ArenaCup returns to Bossier-Shreveport". Af2. 2007-04-19. Archived from the original on 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
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