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| Date | June 27, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | INTRUST Bank Arena | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Wichita, KS | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB David Olson (WIC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 4,772 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Eversport | ||||||||||||||||||
Champions Bowl II was the second title game of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). It was played on June 27, 2016.
The three teams (ordered by seeding) that made the postseason in the Northern Division were the Wichita Force, Bloomington Edge, and Sioux City Bandits. In the Southern Division, the playoff teams were the Texas Revolution, Amarillo Venom, and Dodge City Law. On Saturday, June 11, Bloomington (at home) defeated Sioux City, 65–45. That same night, Amarillo defeated visiting Dodge City, 98–56. This matched Amarillo against Texas and Bloomington against Wichita in their division championships. Wichita won 52–51 and Amarillo won 57–53, setting up a matchup for Monday, June 27 for the second Champions Bowl.
| Northern Division | |||||
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| W | L | PCT | PF | PA | |
| x-Wichita Force | 10 | 2 | .833 | 593 | 516 |
| y-Bloomington Edge | 7 | 5 | .583 | 546 | 440 |
| y-Sioux City Bandits | 7 | 5 | .583 | 499 | 434 |
| Omaha Beef | 7 | 5 | .583 | 514 | 487 |
| Chicago Eagles | 3 | 9 | .250 | 486 | 584 |
| Salina Liberty | 2 | 10 | .167 | 413 | 575 |
| Southern Division | |||||
| W | L | PCT | PF | PA | |
| z-Texas Revolution | 10 | 2 | .833 | 814 | 625 |
| y-Amarillo Venom | 8 | 4 | .667 | 642 | 611 |
| y-Dodge City Law | 8 | 4 | .667 | 653 | 523 |
| Duke City Gladiators | 6 | 6 | .500 | 568 | 573 |
| San Angelo Bandits | 2 | 10 | .167 | 537 | 688 |
| Mesquite Marshals | 2 | 10 | .167 | 479 | 688 |
| Round 1 | Division Championships | Champions Bowl II | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Amarillo | 57 | ||||||||||||
| Southern Division | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Texas | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Dodge City | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Amarillo | 98 | ||||||||||||
| S2 | Amarillo | 45 | ||||||||||||
| N1 | Wichita | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Bloomington | 51 | ||||||||||||
| Northern Division | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Wichita | 52 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Sioux City | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Bloomington | 65 | ||||||||||||
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