No positive doping tests at Confederations Cup

No players were found positive for using forbidden substances ahead of and during the Confederations Cup in South Africa last month. This was announced by world governing body FIFA.

In a statement, FIFA state that eight players of each team (64 in total) were selected for out-of-competition controls. In order to perform these tests, all teams had to inform FIFA of their players’ whereabouts during the two months prior to the start of the tournament.

Chief Medical Officer Prof. Jiri Dvorak said that “some players were surprised when we woke them up at 7am, but the cooperation of all teams was excellent.

During the actual competition, two players per team were randomly selected to be tested following games. Here too, no players delivered suspicious samples.

Since 1994, only three of 6,483 doping tests performed in FIFA final competitions proved positive.