2005 Playoffs to Feature Eight Wild Cards
March 8, 2005 - arenafootball2 (af2) News Release
CHICAGO - Keeping with the same format as the past two seasons, 12 teams will qualify for the arenafootball2 postseason which begins the weekend immediately following the last weekend of regular season play, the league office announced today.
Six teams from each the American and National Conference qualify for the playoffs. The six qualifying teams in each conference consist of the two division champions and four Wild Cards, determined by best overall record. Seeding in each conference is based on overall record, with the top two seeds in each conference reserved for the division champions, regardless of record.
In the First Round (August 5-7), the two division winners in each conference receive a bye. The top-seeded Wild Card team hosts the lowest-seeded Wild Card team, while the No. 2 seeded Wild Card team hosts the No. 3 seeded Wild Card team.
In the Second Round (August 12-14), the division winners who had byes in the First Round host the winners from the First Round. The top seeded division champion plays the lowest seeded team advancing from the First Round, while the second-seeded division winner plays the other winner from the First Round.
The winners of the Second Round meet for the Conference Championships on the weekend of August 19-21. For this round seeding no longer matters, meaning the team with the better overall record hosts the Conference Championship game.
The winners of the Conference Championships face off in the 2005 ArenaCup on August 26 or 27 at a neutral site to be announced in the coming weeks.
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