OFC News

Results of the Election of the Papua New Guinea Football Association which took place at the Papua New Guinea Football Associations'Annual General Assembly held in Kimbe, Papua New Guinea on Saturday 14th August 2004 the following people were duly elected to the PNGFA Executive Committee for 2004-2008:

President: David Chung

Senior Vice President: Seth Daniel

Junior Vice President: John Bomata

Executive Committee Members: Joe Turia, Kurt Reimann

David Chung beat the other presidential candidate Kisakiu Posman in a close vote of 11-9.

Members of the PNGFA that attended the Annual General Assembly gave praise to outgoing President - Madiu Andrew (who did not stand for re-election) for his hard work and achievements over the last 4 years. Other former members of the PNGFA Executive Committee who did not stand for re-election were Cathy Davani, Noel Mobiha and Joe Toman.

Caption: Former PNGFA President - Madiu Andrew (left) congratulates new PNGFA President DavidChung.

A draw for the Olyroos with a narrow loss for the Matildas on the first day of the Olympic competition in Athens 2004.

The Matildas were narrowly beaten by Brazil in their opening match with the Brazilian teams showing many of the silky skills associated with their male counterparts. Brazil won 1 - 0 with the only goal coming in the 36th minute from the Brazilian player Marta just inside the Matildas penalty area.

The Matildas'next game is against Greece on Saturday in Thessaloniki.

The Olyroos fared better with a 1 -1 draw against Tunisia. The Olyroos went ahead on the stroke of halftime with a goal from John Aloisi after some brilliant work by Ahmad Elrich. The goal did not inspire the Australian team to better things in the second half and it would appear the equaliser was well deserved based upon the run of play.

The Olyroos play there next game against Serbia and Montenegro on Saturday in a game the Australian U23's must win if they are to proceed to the next stage of the competition.

Australian referee Krystyna Szokolai is appointed as Fourth Official for the Women's Tournament at Athens 2004.

Krystyna will be the Fourth Official in the match between Germany and China to be played at Patras. She is the first of the OFC Referees and Assistant referees to receive an appointment for the Athens 2004 Men's and Women's tournaments.