Sun City, FIFA began mid-April to conduct doping tests out of competition for the players to take part in the World Cup, said the world soccer body's, Monday.
FIFA said the blood tests and urine will be conducted without notice. The test was to begin 10 April and will last until the day before the 2010 World Cup begins June 11.
Some 32 finalists have been notified to report the presence of the members of their team to the Cup on March 22.
Drug tests will be conducted during the month-long competition in South Africa, the FIFA medical chief, Jiri Dvorak.
"We will fight against doping seriously and is committed fully comply with the laws Wada (World Antidoping Agency)," he said at a press conference in Sun City, where the Cup ended a three-day medical conference on Monday.
Dvorak said that FIFA had done more than 33.0000 doping tests "for years" with a positive result is only 0.03 percent. (S005/K004)
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