FIFA will use the dope testing laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland, for next year's football World Cup.
According to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the Rio lab will probably not be ready in time for 2014 World Cup. WADA president John Fahey announced Tuesday that the lab in Rio was unlikely to be in a position to test the samples.
"Following the recent decision by WADA to revoke the accreditation of the LADETEC laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, and after thorough consideration and discussion with WADA and the Brazilian authorities, FIFA has decided to use the WADA accredited laboratory in Lausanne to analyze blood and urine samples on the occasion of the upcoming World Cup in Brazil," read a statement from FIFA.
WADA revoked accreditation for Brazil's testing lab in Rio in August, and it will take time to be allowed back in again, according to Fahey.
The move would no doubt run up costs for anti-doping tests during the 2014 World Cup.
Blood samples have to be tested within 36 hours to be valid.
The global anti-doping body conducts regular quality controls on its 35 laboratories worldwide.
