No one had been identified as responsible for theft of money from the Egyptian national soccer team's hotel rooms, police said on Monday.

Briefing journalists in Pretoria on the Confederations Cup security operations, deputy national police commissioner Andre Pruis said: "No suspect has been identified and the hotel staff members who had access to the rooms have been completely cleared through fingerprint and polygraph tests."

He said the case had been forwarded to the director of public prosecutions for a decision.

"We have not closed the case. We have referred it to the director of public prosecutions for them to take a decision, and not us."

He said hotel staff had twice passed polygraph tests and this indicated to police they had not tampered with the Egyptians' rooms.

"We don't have a suspect."

He said footage obtained from the hotel indicated that no person other than the Egyptian team, two children of the coaching staff and hotel staff members had access to the rooms of the hotel in Illovo, Johannesburg.

He said the footage also indicated that no women had accompanied players into their rooms.

The deputy commissioner said no major security breach occurred during the Confederations Cup.

"There had been 39 cases reported of which 29 were theft relating to cellphones, five were robberies, one case of reckless driving and two cases of corruption – in which it has been alleged that police officials were asking foreign currency from the visitors," he said

The corruption case was being investigated and in the other cases suspects had appeared in court.

Pruis said the sentencing of two men who entered the rooms of Brazilian nationals in Pretoria was an indication of the effectiveness of a dedicated court for the Confederation Cup tournament.

"They were arrested and sentenced to a total of ten years imprisonment, within two days," he said.

Egypt ambassador, Mohamed Zayed, said he had confidence in the security measures, and the manner in which the police investigated the theft.

"We have confidence in South Africa. The team is doing its best to come back next year (for the World Cup). We will support the people and government of South Africa."

Although security measures were put in place, extra measures could have been used, Zayed said.

"The team should have not been allocated rooms on the first floor of a hotel. It is easy for someone to enter the rooms through a window," he said. The Egyptian team discovered that money amounting to R19 000 was stolen from their rooms after they scored an emphatic 1-0 win over Italy.

Zayed said the police and video footage from the hotel had cleared the players of allegations that they drank alcohol and entertained women.

"Those journalists who reported on the allegations should correct it or we will take extra measures."

Pruis said a newspaper report was not helping in the investigation as it mention a 'faceless' top cop.

"Who is this top cop, name him," he said.

Sapa