FIFA will decide next month on the prickly question of how many places each continent will be allocated at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
With South America hoping for an extra spot, CONCACAF, representing North and Central America and the Caribbean, says that their region what the quota increased to four direct places.
Meanwhile, Asia refuses to settle for anything less than the four-and-a-half berths it had in 2010.
The stage is set for a heated two-day session when the executive committee meets in Zurich on March 2-3.
