Australia's 2022 World Cup bid may be over, after suspended Oceania chief Reynald Temarii rejected FIFA conditions to allow his replacement to participate.
FIFA had said acting Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) president David Chung could only replace Temarii on the voting panel for the decision, if the Tahitian waived his right to appeal his one year ban.
Temarii has vowed to press on with his appeal against the FIFA ban for ethics violations however, saying he's yet to even be told exactly what he's been punished for.
The OFC representative had been mandated to vote for Australia to get the 2022 tournament but Chung confirmed the region will now not participate in the vote.
Chung confirmed in a statement that, "The OFC will not have a voice at the voting table in Zurich on December 2".
Frank Lowy, who is heading Australia's bid, is now not overly confident heading into the decision, but is hopeful Australia gets a just result.
"We are just at work doing our best to make sure that as many friends as we can have on the executive committee will be voting for us".
The decision will be made at approximately 2:00 am (AEST) Friday morning.
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