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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 [[José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum|Coliseo de Puerto Rico]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.af2.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3525&ATCLID=510967&SPID=1590&ISWIDE=1 |title=2006 ArenaCup to be played in Puerto Rico |access-date=2007-03-26 |date=2006-07-21 |work=Af2 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On August 25, 2007, ArenaCup 8 returned to Bossier City, LA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.af2.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3525&ATCLID=870018&ISWIDE=1&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=3525&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT= |title=2007 ArenaCup returns to Bossier-Shreveport |access-date=2007-06-10 |date=2007-04-19 |work=Af2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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= |archive-date=2009-01-23 }}</ref>  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 (2010)|Arena Football League]]) in December 2009. Because that league uses the [[ArenaBowl]] as its championship, the ArenaCup was retired.
== Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Game || Date || colspan="2"|Winning team || colspan="2"|Losing team || Site
|-
| [[ArenaCup I]] || August 10, 2000 || [[Quad City Steamwheelers]] || 68 || [[Tennessee Valley Vipers]] || 59 || [[iWireless Center]] in [[Moline, Illinois]]
|-
| [[ArenaCup II]] || August 10, 2001 || [[Quad City Steamwheelers]] || 55 || [[Richmond Speed]] || 51 || iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois
|-
| [[ArenaCup III]] || August 23, 2002 || [[Peoria Pirates]] || 65 || [[Florida Firecats]] || 47 || [[Carver Arena]] in [[Peoria, Illinois]]
|-
| [[ArenaCup IV]] || August 23, 2003 || [[Tulsa Talons]] || 58 || [[Macon Knights]] || 40 || The Ford Center in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]
|-
| [[ArenaCup V]] || August 27, 2004 || [[Florida Firecats]] || 39 || [[Peoria Pirates]] || 26 || [[Germain Arena]] in [[Estero, Florida]]
|-
| [[ArenaCup VI]] || August 27, 2005 || [[Memphis Xplorers]] || 63 || [[Louisville Fire]] || 41 || [[CenturyTel Center]] in [[Bossier City, Louisiana]]
|-
| [[ArenaCup VII]] || August 26, 2006 || [[Spokane Shock]] || 57 || [[Green Bay Blizzard]] || 34 || [[José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]
|-
| [[ArenaCup VIII]] || August 25, 2007 || [[Tulsa Talons]] || 73 || [[Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers]] || 66 || CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, Louisiana
|-
| [[ArenaCup IX]] || August 25, 2008 || [[Tennessee Valley Vipers]] || 56 || [[Spokane Shock]] || 55 (OT) || [[Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena]] in [[Spokane, Washington]]
|-
| [[ArenaCup X]] || August 22, 2009 || [[Spokane Shock]] || 74 || [[Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers]] || 27 || [[Orleans Arena]] in [[Paradise, Nevada]]
|}
==Most ArenaCup Championships won==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team !! Championships !! Winning years
|-
| [[Quad City Steamwheelers]] || 2 || 2000, 2001
|-
| [[Tulsa Talons]] || 2|| 2003, 2007
|-
| [[Spokane Shock]] || 2 || 2006, 2009
|-
| [[Florida Firecats]] || 1 || 2004
|-
| [[Memphis Xplorers]] || 1 || 2005
|-
| [[Peoria Pirates]] || 1 || 2002
|-
| [[Tennessee Valley Vipers]] || 1 || 2008
|}
==References==
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