Düsseldorf Baskets

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Düsseldorf Baskets
Founded	2008
Dissolved	2014
History	See Names
Arena	Turkish Airlines Arena 3,670 seats
Location	Düsseldorf, Germany
Team colors	Turquoise, White

Düsseldorf Baskets was a professional basketball club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

History

The team was formed in 2008, when the Bayer company decided to dramatically decrease its sponsorship for its Bayer Giants Leverkusen. As a result, the Bayer Giants went down to Germany's Regional 1 (4th division) to restructure. The license for the Basketball Bundesliga was transferred to Düsseldorf, who chose to keep the name Giants.^[1] The tourism investment of Ozaltin Group, Gloria Hotels & Resorts became the main sponsor of Germany Beko Basketball League’s entrenched team Duesseldorf Giants.^[2] The name of the team was changed to "Gloria Giants" for the 2010-11 season. They ended on the 17th place in the 2009–10 season and relegated from the Bundesliga, but Gloria Hotels & Resorts invested more money in the club to get an immediate return to the first tier with a wild-card. The following season the team relegated again. In 2012 the club name was changed to Düsseldorf Baskets. After the 2012/2013 season the license of the team for playing in the second tier league in 2013/2014 was revoked by the ProA.^[3] Due to that the team did not take part in any competition in the 2013/2014 season. In March 2014 the team filed for bankruptcy.^[4]

Names

2008–2010: Düsseldorf Giants
2010–2012: Gloria Giants Düsseldorf
2012–2014: Düsseldorf Baskets

Results

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason
2008–09	1	BBL	12	–
2009–10	1	BBL	17	Relegated^[5]
2010–11	1	BBL	18	Relegated
2011–12	2	Pro A	6	Semifinalist
2012–13	2	Pro A	3	Runner-up

Logos

References

^ Burkert, Andreas (17 May 2010). "Rekordmeister zieht um". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2018.
^ "Turkish Hotel to Sponsor for German Basketball Team". Anadolu Agency. 2010-07-24. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
^ "Die Junge Liga - Düsseldorf akzeptiert den Lizenzentzug". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
^ "Aus für die Düsseldorf Baskets - Didin meldet Insolvenz an". 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ Club received a wild-card to avoid relegation.

External links

Team profile at eurobasket.com
Official website (in German)

This article about a basketball team in Germany is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Categories:

Hidden categories: