A legal challenge by players who say staging the Women's World Cup on artificial grass is discriminatory threatens to overshadow the draw for the tournament's group stage this evening.
FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke has described the claim as "a nonsense" as the teams competing in Canada 2015 await their fate.
The lawsuit against FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association has been filed by players, including American star forward Abby Wambach.
It cites gender discrimination - pointing out that every men's World Cup has been played on grass.
But speaking at a news conference in Ottawa, Mr Valcke said: "I'm amazed by the size, or the scale, of the discussion and where we are when it's about artificial pitches.
"Why? Because we have decided at FIFA - and it's part of our statutes and regulations - that artificial pitches can be used as natural grass to make sure we can play football everywhere around the world.
"If anyone is saying the use of the artificial pitch is a question of discrimination, it's a nonsense.
"It's completely crazy to say that. It has nothing to do with discrimination."
Mr Valcke said FIFA was "working every day to develop women's football around the world" - but that artificial pitches were commonplace in Canada.
He added that tournament prize money would increase to $15m (£9.6m) - a 50% rise from the 2011 tournament.
The prize pot for the 2014 men's World Cup was $576m (£370m).
The lawsuit has been filed under Ontario's Human Rights Code.
FIFA has come under attack in recent months over the bidding process for the men's World Cups in 2018 and 2022, won by Russia and Qatar respectively.
Both countries, along with England, have been accused of breaking FIFA rules.
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