BBC NEWSFifa president Sepp Blatter has called for Africa to be given more places at future World Cup finals.
Africa will have five countries at the 2006 finals in Germany kick in June.
"Those with a bigger representation will automatically have a better chance," he told the Confederation of African Football congress in Cairo.
"What must be done? You've to fight on the pitch and I can assure you that we'll continue to fight for a better African representation."
Blatter was talking at the Confederation of African Football Congress that is taking place in Egypt ahead of the African Cup of Nations.
The continent will be hosting the 2010 finals for the first time, in South Africa.
Though Fifa have not finalised whether South Africa will cost the continent a place at 2010 or will add a sixth slot,
Blatter clearly indicated he favoured the latter.
"In 1998, when I was on the way to the Fifa presidency I had... a project in mind to bring the World Cup to Africa. That has now been done."
Blatter said sceptics who had predicted that a World Cup in Africa would generate less money than previous tournaments had been proved wrong and said South Africa would be a bigger success than Germany.
"The market has not been mistaken, it's the prophets who have made a mistake," Blatter said.
"The 2010 World Cup, with most of the contracts that we have reached with television and sponsors, will bring in more money than that of 2006.
"That means that football is an excellent product... that the Fifa World Cup is even bigger because it has a bigger audience than the Olympic Games."
"Every one wants to be there, and thirdly, and for more me the most important thing, it means people have confidence in Africa."
"The whole world will be behind this World Cup.".
Blatter said that extra money would be available for football development programmes, including an initiative to enable young talented African players to have a career on their own continent, rather than move to Europe.
"Obviously, you'll still need a few stars elsewhere in the world, but not the hundreds and thousands who play in the second or third divisions in other countries," he said.
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