Gloria Giants Düsseldorf

Gloria Giants Düsseldorf
Founded	2008
League	BBL
Arena	Turkish Airlines Arena (3,670 seats)
Based in	Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
Team colors	white and turquoise
Head coach	Murat Didin
Website	www.Giants-Duesseldorf.de

Gloria Giants Düsseldorf is a professional basketball club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ^[1] 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. The tourism investment of Ozaltin Group, Gloria Hotels & Resorts has been the main sponsor of Germany Beko Basketball League’s entrenched team Duesseldorf Giants. ^[2] The name of the team will be changed to " Gloria Giants " during 2010-11 season.

References

1. ^ http://www.giants-duesseldorf.de/news
2. ^ "Turkish Hotel to Sponsor for German Basketball Team". Anadolu Agency. 2010-07-24. http://www.aa.com.tr/index.php?option=com_haber&popup=hayrinti&haber_id=277011. Retrieved 2010-07-25.