The ArenaCup was the

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'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,

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. The 2006 ArenaCup was played in Coliseo de Puerto Rico in

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. On August 25, 2007, ArenaCup 8 returned to Bossier City, LA. ArenaCup 9 was played at the arena of the higher seeded team, the Spokane Shock. ArenaCup 10 was held at the Orleans Arena in

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. For the 2000 and 2001 ArenaCups, the game was televised nationally by TNN (now

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), who carried AFL games at the time. However, when the AFL announced their televised games would be shown on

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rather than TNN, the ArenaCup telecast was lost. The 2002 ArenaCup was televised by the Vision Network, and the 2003 game was televised by

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, a local station in

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. After having no television coverage in 2004, the game was telecast nationally by

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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

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) in December 2009. Because that league uses the ArenaBowl as its championship, the ArenaCup was retired.

Results

Most ArenaCup Championships won

References

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