The Legends Cup, originally known as the Lingerie Bowl, was the championship game of the LFL—originally the Lingerie Football League and later the Legends Football League—which operated from 2009 to 2019. It was a game of full-contact American football with female athletes playing seven-on-seven tackle football.
Lingerie Bowl II (2005)
Los Angeles Temptation defeated New York Euphoria
Lingerie Bowl III (2006)
New York Euphoria 13-12 Los Angeles Temptation
Lingerie Bowl IV (2007)
Lingerie Bowl IV was to air opposite Super Bowl XLI's halftime show, but the PPV broadcast was cancelled. Horizon had announced that the cancellation was due to having reached a deal with an unspecified cable network to broadcast the following year's game.
Lingerie Bowl V (2008)
The game was announced to be held at a downtown golf course in Scottsdale, Arizona (a neighbor to Super Bowl XLII host city Glendale, Arizona) as the first Lingerie Bowl to be held outside of Los Angeles. Organizers had planned a three-day "Experience Village" in downtown Scottsdale, including activities, live music, autograph sessions, and a "Football After Dark" party on the eve of the game, but no formal applications had been approved as of February 2007. Residents of Scottsdale also displayed opposition towards the hosting of the event in the city. Additionally, Horizon did not elaborate on the previously announced broadcasting deal it had allegedly reached for Lingerie Bowl V.
Lingerie Bowl VII (2010)
Lingerie Bowl VII featured the winners of the LFL's Western and Eastern Conference in a game played on February 6, 2010, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The game returned to traditional pay-per-view television instead of the failed Internet broadcast from the previous year.
Lingerie Bowl IX (2012)
The Orleans Arena was selected as the host venue for Lingerie Bowl IX played on February 5, 2012. The game moved to before the Super Bowl, instead of its usual halftime, to allow a full game to be played instead of the abbreviated games of previous years; the game also aired on MTV2 instead of on pay-per-view.
Lingerie Bowl Canada I (2012)
With the creation of LFL Canada the first Canadian Lingerie Bowl was played on November 17, 2012, between the Saskatoon Sirens and the BC Angels at the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia, one week before the CFL's Grey Cup. The BC Angels won the inaugural championship game 25–12 with BC Angels' quarterback Mary Ann Hanson the game's MVP.
Legends Cup (2013)
In 2012, the league decided to officially move the next LFL United States season to a spring league, beginning in April 2013. Along with the re-branding of the league, the now Legends Cup was to be played at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 1, 2013. However, due to ticket sales exceeding the 3,000 seat capacity of Highmark, an announcement was made on June 1, 2013, that the game would be moved to Philadelphia's PPL Park, the 2013 home of the Philadelphia Passion. On July 5, 2013, LFL once again moved the game, this time back to the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, citing an agreement having been made to have the publicized game played there for the next 3 years.
LFL Canada Legends Cup 2013
The 2013 LFL Canada Legends Cup was scheduled to be played on Saturday, 16 November 2013 at Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta between the first and second placed teams of the 2013 LFL Canada season.
LFL Australian Legends Cup 2013–14
With the creation of LFL Australia the first 2013–14 LFL Australian Legends Cup was scheduled to be played on Saturday, 8 February 2014 at nib Stadium in Perth between the first and second placed teams of the 2013–14 LFL Australia season.
Results
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Game
! Winner
! Final score
! Loser
! Venue
! City
! Date
|-
| Lingerie Bowl I
| Team Dream
| 6–0
| Team Euphoria
| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| Los Angeles
| 2/1/2004
|-
| Lingerie Bowl II
| Los Angeles Temptation
|
| Team Euphoria
| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| Los Angeles
| 2/6/2005
|-
| Lingerie Bowl III
| New York Euphoria
| 13–12
| Los Angeles Temptation
| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| Los Angeles
| 2/5/2006
|-
| Lingerie Bowl IV
| colspan=6 style="text-align:center;" |Cancelled
|-
| Lingerie Bowl V
| colspan=6 style="text-align:center;" |Cancelled
|-
| Lingerie Bowl VI
| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" |Cancelled
| Caliente Resorts
| Pasco County, Florida
| 1/31/2009
|-
| Lingerie Bowl VII
| Los Angeles Temptation
| 27–14
| Chicago Bliss
| Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
| Hollywood, Florida
| 2/6/2010
|-
| Lingerie Bowl VIII
| Los Angeles Temptation
| 26–25
| Philadelphia Passion
| Thomas & Mack Center
| Paradise, Nevada
| 2/6/2011
|-
| Lingerie Bowl IX
| Los Angeles Temptation
| 28–6
| Philadelphia Passion
| Orleans Arena
| Paradise, Nevada
| 2/5/2012
|-
| Lingerie Bowl Canada I
| BC Angels
| 25–12
| Saskatoon Sirens
| Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre
| Abbotsford, British Columbia
| 11/17/2012
|-
| LFL US Legends Cup 2013
| Chicago Bliss
| 34–18
| Philadelphia Passion
| Orleans Arena
| Paradise, Nevada
| 9/1/2013
|-
| LFL Canada Legends Cup 2013
| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" |Cancelled
| Stampede Corral
| Calgary, Alberta
| 11/16/2013
|-
| LFL Australia Legends Cup 2013–14
| New South Wales Surge
| 36–15
| Western Australia Angels
| nib Stadium
| Perth, Western Australia
| 2/8/2014
|-
| LFL US Legends Cup 2014
| Chicago Bliss
| 24–18
| Atlanta Steam
| Citizens Business Bank Arena
| Ontario, California
| 9/6/2014
|-
| LFL US Legends Cup 2015
| Seattle Mist
| 27–21
| Chicago Bliss
| ShoWare Center
| Kent, Washington
| 8/23/2015
|-
| LFL US Legends Cup 2016
| Chicago Bliss
| 31–26
| Seattle Mist
| WestWorld
| Scottsdale, Arizona
| 8/28/2016
|-
| LFL US Legends Cup 2017
| Seattle Mist
| 38–28
| Atlanta Steam
| Citizens Business Bank Arena
| Ontario, California
| 9/3/2017
|-
| LFL US Legends Cup 2018
| Chicago Bliss
| 28–20
| Austin Acoustic
| H-E-B Center
| Cedar Park, Texas
| 9/8/2018
|-
| LFL US Legends Cup 2019
| Seattle Mist
| 56–20
| Los Angeles Temptation
| accesso ShoWare Center
| Kent, Washington
| 9/7/2019
|-
|}
References
External links
- Legends Football League and Legends Cup official website