Handball: Victory towards Croatia - Germany certified for World Cup in Japan

Wednesday 06/05/2019
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The German girls's handball group received the return leg towards Croatia at 25:21 (14: 9) and secured their participation within the World Cup finals from 30 November to 15 December in Japan. Within the first leg, the group performed 24h24.

After a great begin, the German match had a break earlier. Nevertheless, the group recovered in the course of the primary half. Within the second half, the Croatians, towards whom the DHB group had triumphed in 2001 and 2003 within the World Cup playoffs, began robust. It's due to a strong protection that Germany has lastly received the match.

"Our protection was the important thing to success at this time," coach Henk Groener stated. Along with goaltender Alicia Stolle, goalkeeper Dinah Eckerle, who stated after the match that the group was "joyful that we had been profitable and that we may go to Japan," was notably sensible.

After the ultimate whistle, Axel Kromer of the DHB Sport Board emphasised the significance of success. "Participation within the World Cup is essential as a result of an enormous match could have a huge effect on younger gamers," he stated, seeking to the longer term. "We now have the prospect to win the ticket for the Olympics."

In Japan, German handball gamers with good efficiency can guarantee participation within the 2020 Summer time Video games in Tokyo.

Fb and the brand new world forex | Funding information

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Fb is engaged on the creation of its personal cryptocurrency, which might have the credentials for a brand new world forex. Now some particulars have grow to be identified.

The forex must be tied to the greenback and open to everybody, together with non-Fb customers. Fb needs to depend on blockchain know-how.

Because of this funds could be made straight between the events ("peer-to-peer") with out the intermediation of a financial institution, as is at the moment the case. In the event you pay with a cryptocurrency, you don't want a financial institution that handles the transaction and requires cash for it. Direct funds can subsequently be significantly cheaper than conventional transactions.

Extra customers than america and within the euro space

An infinite potential guarantees the hyperlink of cryptocurrency to the greenback. So a Fb coin (FB forex) can be price as a lot because the US forex. In keeping with its personal estimates, 2.7 billion individuals use Fb, WhatsApp, Instagram or Messenger each month.

Though not all Fb customers ought to need to use the brand new fee strategies. But when solely 1 / 4 of them opted for the brand new technique of fee, the brand new forex would have extra customers than america and the euro space along with the residents, explains the previous long-time chief economist of the Deutsche Financial institution, Thomas Mayer, to the "FAZ",

"Issues for a world forex"

"In consequence, most individuals on the planet would have entry to Fb cash," says Mayer. Because the model is robust, the shopping for energy is thought and funds can be low cost, FB Coin would have the credentials for a world forex. "Fb would get a set of economic information and the US affect on the worldwide financial and monetary system can be even stronger."

Nonetheless, the instance ought to rapidly do faculty. Mayer estimates that different main know-how corporations like Amazon or PayPal will difficulty their very own currencies with a view to retain their customers and get their information. "If these have been additionally linked to the greenback, the monetary energy of the US Federal Reserve can be monumental, presumably solely Chinese language corporations like Alibaba or Tencent would have one thing to oppose," concludes the founding director of the Flossbach von Storch Analysis Institute.

Nonetheless, state regulators such because the US Federal Reserve haven't but given the inexperienced mild to the mission. A Fb spokeswoman didn't touch upon hypothesis on her personal forex and referred to earlier data, based on which the Group checks a number of new functions.