Following extensive pre-tournament out-of competition testing, the in-competition anti-doping program is under way for UEFA EURO 2012 with all 31 matches subject to controls.

Everyone is hard at work at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Accredited Laboratory at the Institute of Sport in Warsaw as the UEFA EURO 2012 anti-doping activities swing into another gear. In fact, the hard work has been in progress for some time.

UEFA's extensive UEFA EURO 2012 pre-tournament out-of-competition anti-doping program involved blood and urine samples being collected from all 16 participating teams at key points during their preparations, with subsequent analysis being carried out by laboratory director Dorota Kwiatkowska and her team in Warsaw.

Now the in-competition program is operational for the final round in Poland and Ukraine. All 31 matches will be subject to controls, while teams and players may be subject to no-notice testing in rest periods between matches.

The Warsaw laboratory is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Its staff can count on the help of specialists from the laboratories in Lausanne (Switzerland) and Seibersdorf (Austria) that were deployed at UEFA EURO 2008. Poland's government has also provided excellent support to the laboratory, which has been able to procure new high-quality equipment. Dr Kwiatkowska and her team are doing excellent work, thanks in no small part to the training assistance given by world renowned expert Martial Saugy, UEFA's official website reported.