Wellington,January 16:Oceania Football Confederation acting president David Chung will replace the banned Reynald Temarii in the ost permanently after he was elected unopposed to the position at the OFC’s congress in Pago Pago, American Samoa.
Chung had assumed the role in an acting capacity after Temarii was implicated in a votes-for-cash scandal ahead of the decision for hosting rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup and suspended for 12 months by world governing body FIFA.
Tahiti’s Reynald Temarii has appealed the decision after he was found guilty by FIFA’s ethics committee in November of breaching ethics guidelines, banned for one year and fined 5,000 Swiss francs.
Papua New Guinea’s Chung had been expected to face a challenge from New Zealand duo Frank van Hattum and Fred de Jong, but both withdrew their candidacy before the vote, an OFC spokesperson told Reuters from Pago Pago.
Chung will hold the position until 2014.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter attended the meeting.
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Reuters