The 2009 AF2 season was the
AF2
The AF2 (often styled as af2, and short for arenafootball2) was the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like its parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football r ...
's 10th and final season. It was preceded by
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
. The regular season began on Friday, March 20 and finished on Saturday, July 25. The league champion was the
Spokane Shock, who defeated the
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers 74–27 in
ArenaCup X.
League info
Standings
''Through Week 18''
* ''Green indicates clinched playoff berth''
* ''Purple indicates division champion''
* ''Gray indicates best conference record''
Playoffs
ArenaCup X
ArenaCup X was the tenth and final edition of
arenafootball2's championship game in which the National Conference Champions
Spokane Shock defeated the American Conference Champions
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers, 74–27. The game was held on Saturday, August 22, 2009. As part of the league's tenth anniversary celebrations, the game was held at the neutral-site
Orleans Arena
Orleans Arena is a 9,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Paradise, Nevada, in the Las Vegas Valley. It is located at the The Orleans, Orleans Hotel and Casino and is operated by Coast Casinos, a subsidiary of Boyd Gaming, Boyd Gaming Corporation. ...
(within the Orleans Resort & Casino) in
Las Vegas
Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-l ...
.
Because of legal issues regarding the ownership of arenafootball2 (the original Arena Football League had owned a controlling stake), the league legally disbanded two weeks after the game was played because of the parent's bankruptcy. AF2's board of directors formed a new entity, Arena Football One, that assumed the
Arena Football League
The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 Arena Football League season, 1987 season, making it the third longest-runnin ...
identity after winning a bankruptcy court sale in late 2009. Future championships for that league which, while "new", consists of AF2's board of directors, use the
ArenaBowl as its championship, leading to the retirement of the ArenaCup.
The "new" Arena Football League began in 2010 with the defending champion Shock moving up. They went on to defeat the
Tampa Bay Storm
The Tampa Bay Storm were a professional arena football team based in Tampa, Florida, US. It played in the Arena Football League (AFL). Originally the team was located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and operated as the Pittsburgh Gladiators. The ...
in
ArenaBowl XXIII, thus winning consecutive titles in the premier level in consecutive years, with different league identities.
Scoring Summary
References
External links
2009 af2 stats
{{Spokane Shock
Af2 seasons
Arena
An arena is a large enclosed venue, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, Music, musical performances or Sport, sporting events. It comprises a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for specta ...