UEFA has completed its Euro 2012 anti-doping program, with no prohibited substances detected in any of the players.
Both blood and urine samples were collected by UEFA from players at all doping controls prior to and during the tournament. This meant that each of the 16 teams were visited at their pre-tournament training camp, and were also tested after each match, according to the report posted on the UEFA official Web site.
Ten players per team were tested out-of-competition and two players per team after each match. Tournament samples were analyzed within 24 hours of receipt by the laboratory to ensure that all results were known before a team’s next fixture in the competition. No prohibited substances were detected in either the in-competition or pre-tournament out-of-competition program.
“Once again UEFA has shown its commitment to remain at the forefront of anti-doping initiatives in elite football by staging a comprehensive program of doping controls on all teams and players competing in the EURO final tournament. The combination of pre-tournament and tournament testing, combined with use of the latest laboratory analysis, can have left no room for players to succeed by illegal means. Once again we have a tournament and an anti-doping program to be proud of,” said Chairman of the UEFA Medical Committee Michel D’Hooghe.
UEFA recalled that all team medical staff signed an anti-doping charter before the tournament to confirm their commitment to ensuring a drug-free tournament, and all players selected for doping control proved fully cooperative with the process both in and out of competition.
