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.
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.
After the 2012/2013 season the license of the team for playing in the second tier league in 2013/2014 was revoked by the ProA.