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The ArenaCup is the af2

Af2

af2 is the name of the Arena Football League's minor league, which started play in 2000. The rules are the same as for the parent league. af2 plays its season from April to July....
's championship game. For the league's first five years, it was held at the arena of the higher seeded team. However, as their parent league, the AFL, has changed, the af2 has changed too. The 2005 Arena Cup was the first to be played at a neutral site in Bossier City, Louisiana

Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
. The 2006 ArenaCup was played in Coliseo de Puerto Rico

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum

The Jos? Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, officially named "Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jos? Miguel Agrelot" , is the biggest indoor arena in Puerto Rico dedicated to entertainment....
in San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico

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The ArenaCup is the af2

Af2

Louisiana

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum

The Jos? Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, officially named "Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jos? Miguel Agrelot" , is the biggest indoor arena in Puerto Rico dedicated to entertainment....
in San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan is the Capital and largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico. As of the United States Census Bureau, it has a population of 433,733, making it the List of United States cities by population city under the jurisdiction of the United States....
. On August 25, 2007, ArenaCup 8 returned to Bossier City, LA. The af2 recently announced that Arena Cup9 would once again be held at the arena of the higher seeded team.

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

Spike TV

Spike , a division of MTV Networks, is an United States cable television television network designed for an audience described demographically as "young adult males." The network began life as The Nashville Network , founded by WSM, Inc....
), 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

KWHB

KWHB is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is an owned-and-operated station of the LeSEA network. The station runs a schedule of Christian programming along with a few hours of secular general entertainment daily....
, a local station in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a U.S. state and a sovereignty located in the South Central United States and Southern United States of the United States of America ....
. After having no television coverage in 2004, the game was telecast nationally by Fox Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of Cable television regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation....
in 2005 and Comcast Sports Net in 2006.

Past ArenaCup results

Date Played	Winning Team		Losing Team		Site
August 10, 2000	Quad City Steamwheelers Quad City Steamwheelers The Quad City Steamwheelers are a professional arena football team. They are a charter member of the af2. They play their home games at i wireless Center in Moline, Illinois....	68	Tennessee Valley Vipers Tennessee Valley Vipers The Tennessee Valley Vipers are a professional arena football team, currently playing in af2, the minor league for the Arena Football League, where they are the 2008 defending ArenaCup champions....	59	Moline, Illinois Moline, Illinois Moline is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States, with an estimated population of 43,016 in 2007. Moline is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline, Illinois and Rock Island, Illinois in Illinois and the cities of Davenport, Iowa and Bettendorf, Iowa in Iowa....
August 10, 2001	Quad City Steamwheelers Quad City Steamwheelers The Quad City Steamwheelers are a professional arena football team. They are a charter member of the af2. They play their home games at i wireless Center in Moline, Illinois....	55	Richmond Speed Richmond Speed The Richmond Speed were one of the original 15 teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season. They started off in the American Conference in 2000, before going over to the Northeast Division in 2001, then to the Atlantic Division from 2002-2003....	51	Moline, Illinois Moline, Illinois Moline is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States, with an estimated population of 43,016 in 2007. Moline is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline, Illinois and Rock Island, Illinois in Illinois and the cities of Davenport, Iowa and Bettendorf, Iowa in Iowa....
August 23, 2002	Peoria Pirates Peoria Pirates The Peoria Pirates are a professional arena football team currently playing in af2, the minor league to the Arena Football League. They play their home games at Peoria Civic Center and are coached by Bruce Cowdrey....	65	Florida Firecats Florida Firecats The Florida Firecats are a professional arena football team. They are a 2001 expansion member of the af2. They play their home games at Germain Arena in Estero, Florida, which is halfway between Naples, Florida and Fort Myers, Florida....	47	Peoria, Illinois Peoria, Illinois Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, Illinois, in the United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city was the sixth largest in Illinois and had a total population of 112,936....
August 23, 2003	Tulsa Talons Tulsa Talons The Tulsa Talons are a professional arena football franchise in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Talons are a charter member of the minor league Arena Football 2, also known as af2....	58	Macon Knights Macon Knights The Macon Knights were a professional arena football team, playing in the af2 league. They were a 2001 af2 season expansion member of af2. They played their home games at Macon Coliseum....	40	Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and List of United States cities by population in the United States. With an estimated population of 384,037 in 2007, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 905,755 residents projected to reach one million between 2010 and 2012....
August 27, 2004	Florida Firecats Florida Firecats The Florida Firecats are a professional arena football team. They are a 2001 expansion member of the af2. They play their home games at Germain Arena in Estero, Florida, which is halfway between Naples, Florida and Fort Myers, Florida....	39	Peoria Pirates Peoria Pirates The Peoria Pirates are a professional arena football team currently playing in af2, the minor league to the Arena Football League. They play their home games at Peoria Civic Center and are coached by Bruce Cowdrey....	26	Estero, Florida Estero, Florida Estero is a census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, Florida, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the CDP population was 9,503....
August 27, 2005	Memphis Xplorers Memphis Xplorers The Memphis Xplorers were a professional arena football team. They were a 2001 expansion member of the af2. They played their home games at DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi ....	63	Louisville Fire Louisville Fire The Louisville Fire was an arena football team that played its home games at the Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. They were a 2001 expansion team of the af2....	41	Bossier City, Louisiana Bossier City, Louisiana Bossier City is a city in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States.As of the 2000 United States Census, the city had a total population of 56,461....
August 26, 2006	Spokane Shock Spokane Shock The Spokane Shock are a professional arena football team in the af2 from Spokane, Washington, USA. They play their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena....	57	Green Bay Blizzard Green Bay Blizzard The Green Bay Blizzard is a professional arena football team, that plays in the af2, the minor league of the Arena Football League. They play their home games at US Cellular Field at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin....	34	San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan is the Capital and largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico. As of the United States Census Bureau, it has a population of 433,733, making it the List of United States cities by population city under the jurisdiction of the United States....
August 25, 2007	Tulsa Talons Tulsa Talons The Tulsa Talons are a professional arena football franchise in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Talons are a charter member of the minor league Arena Football 2, also known as af2....	73	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers are a minor league arena football team playing in the af2. The team is part of the East Division in the American conference....	66	Bossier City, Louisiana Bossier City, Louisiana Bossier City is a city in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States.As of the 2000 United States Census, the city had a total population of 56,461....
August 25, 2008	Tennessee Valley Vipers Tennessee Valley Vipers The Tennessee Valley Vipers are a professional arena football team, currently playing in af2, the minor league for the Arena Football League, where they are the 2008 defending ArenaCup champions....	56	Spokane Shock Spokane Shock The Spokane Shock are a professional arena football team in the af2 from Spokane, Washington, USA. They play their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena....	55 (OT)	Spokane, Washington Spokane, Washington Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. Spokane is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, as well as the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region....

Most ArenaCup Championships Won

Team	Championships	Winning years
Quad City Steamwheelers Quad City Steamwheelers The Quad City Steamwheelers are a professional arena football team. They are a charter member of the af2. They play their home games at i wireless Center in Moline, Illinois....	2	2000, 2001
Tulsa Talons Tulsa Talons The Tulsa Talons are a professional arena football franchise in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Talons are a charter member of the minor league Arena Football 2, also known as af2....	2	2003, 2007
Florida Firecats Florida Firecats The Florida Firecats are a professional arena football team. They are a 2001 expansion member of the af2. They play their home games at Germain Arena in Estero, Florida, which is halfway between Naples, Florida and Fort Myers, Florida....	1	2004
Memphis Xplorers Memphis Xplorers The Memphis Xplorers were a professional arena football team. They were a 2001 expansion member of the af2. They played their home games at DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi ....	1	2005
Peoria Pirates Peoria Pirates The Peoria Pirates are a professional arena football team currently playing in af2, the minor league to the Arena Football League. They play their home games at Peoria Civic Center and are coached by Bruce Cowdrey....	1	2002
Spokane Shock Spokane Shock The Spokane Shock are a professional arena football team in the af2 from Spokane, Washington, USA. They play their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena....	1	2006
Tennessee Valley Vipers Tennessee Valley Vipers The Tennessee Valley Vipers are a professional arena football team, currently playing in af2, the minor league for the Arena Football League, where they are the 2008 defending ArenaCup champions....	1	2008