An investigation has been launched into a fight between two European Commission officials at a charity football match that ended with the police being called and one person in hospital with a concussion.

The Schuman Trophy has been a fixture on the Commission’s calendar for 20 years, with teams from each department playing each other and raising money for children’s charities.

But this year’s event — held on May 21 and sponsored by the likes of Volvo and Belgian financial services firm Easyvest — ended in chaos when a player from the Commission’s interpretation department and one from the administration department came to blows. The former ended up in hospital being treated for concussion.

“We are aware of the incident involving two colleagues which took place during the final game of the Schuman Trophy,” said Commission spokesperson Alexander Winterstein. “Such behavior is totally unacceptable, no matter whether in or outside the work environment. An internal investigation is ongoing.”

The two teams had battled to the final, which was described by a witness from another team as very combative, with players “shoving and using French curses likes putain” (whore). The fight started after a player was shown a red card for aggressive behavior.

“I saw that there was a problem with the players, ” said Marco Pinzarrone, captain of the research and innovation department’s team. “They were pushing each other and after a few minutes it became more and more until one person was on the floor. Immediately they stopped when they saw he was injured.”

One Schuman Trophy organizer, who asked not to be named, downplayed the police intervention, saying “I think it’s practical that when you call an ambulance, police are called.”

“It’s a private event, it’s organized by officials of the institution but by staff regulation you have to have a certain behavior in and outside your working life,” he said.

Organizers seemed to make light of the situation on their website, writing that even though there was no winner, OLAF (the anti-fraud unit) won the “Fair Play 2016” award for being “better behaved during the tournament.”

A spokesman for Volvo said the firm’s sponsorship of the event was dealt with through a local dealership, saying: “I suppose they will continue [with the sponsorship] but we are not involved in this decision.”

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