List of Africa Cup of Nations hat-tricks

This is a list of hat-tricks in the Africa Cup of Nations, that being when a player scores three or more goals in a tournament match of the Africa Cup of Nations (not including Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches). Hat-tricks have occurred 17 times across the 33 editions.

Main articles: Africa Cup of Nations and Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics
Laurent Pokou of Ivory Coast is the only player to score a hat-trick of five goals in Africa Cup of Nations (1970)

Hat-tricks

Notable Africa Cup of Nations hat-tricks
  • Ad-Diba of  Egypt is the first ever player to score a hat-trick in Africa Cup of Nations in 1957; in the inaugural tournament's final.[1] He is the only player to score a hat-trick in an Africa Cup of Nations final.[1][2]
  • Hassan El-Shazly of  United Arab Republic is the only player to score a hat-trick in two Africa Cup of Nations (1963 and 1970).
  • Laurent Pokou of  Ivory Coast is the only player to score a hat-trick of five goals in Africa Cup of Nations (1970).
  • The fastest hat-trick was scored by Soufiane Alloudi of  Morocco against  Namibia in 2008, (1', 5', 28) in their 5–1 victory.
  • The latest hat-trick without extra time was scored by Francileudo dos Santos of  Tunisia against  Zambia in 2006, (35', 82', 90+3') in their 4–1 victory.
  • The latest hat-trick in extra time was scored by Bernard Chanda of  Zambia against  Congo in the semi-final of 1974, (70', 97', 111') in their 4–2 victory.
  • The shortest hat-trick was scored by Benedict McCarthy of  South Africa against  Namibia in 1998, in the span of 14 minutes; (8', 11', 19', 21') in their 4–1 victory.
  • The longest hat-trick was scored by Laurent Pokou of  Ivory Coast against  Ethiopia in 1970, in the span of 67 minutes; (21', 60', 71', 80', 87') in their 6–1 victory.
  • There is no player who scored a hat-trick in a match that his team drew or lost.
  • 1963; 1970; 1998 and 2006 are the only tournaments to have more than one hat-trick, with two each.
  • On more than 15 occasions there were no hat-tricks scored in a tournament.
  • There has been one occasion when two hat-tricks have been scored in the same match: when Egypt defeated Nigeria 6–3 in the group stage match of 1963; Egyptians Mohamed Morsi Hussein and Hassan El-Shazly scored three goals each.
  •  Egypt holds the record of most hat-tricks scored with 6.
  •  Ethiopia has conceded the most hat-tricks with 3 and conceded the most goals from hat-tricks with 12.

Hat-tricks

A hat-trick is achieved when the same player scores three or more goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

Sequence
 Player No. of
goals		 Time of goals Representing Final
score		 Opponent Tournament Round Date
1.Ad-Diba4[3]2', 7', 68', 89' Egypt4–0 Ethiopia1957Final16 February 1957
2.Mahmoud El-Gohary329', 42', 73' United Arab Republic4–0 Ethiopia1959Final tournament22 May 1959
3.Mohamed Morsi Hussein330', 32', 82' United Arab Republic6–3 Nigeria1963Group stage24 November 1963
4.Hassan El-Shazly342', 44', 81' United Arab Republic6–3 Nigeria1963Group stage24 November 1963
5.Eustache Manglé314', 59', 80' Ivory Coast3–0 Congo-Léopoldville1965Group stage14 November 1965
6.Hacène Lalmas3[4]15', 25', 70' Algeria4–0 Uganda1968Group stage14 January 1968
7.Laurent Pokou521', 60', 71', 80', 87' Ivory Coast6–1 Ethiopia1970Group stage10 February 1970
8.Hassan El-Shazly (II)33', 14', 50' United Arab Republic3–1 Ivory Coast1970Third place16 February 1970
9.Bernard Chanda370', 97', 111' Zambia4–2 Congo1974Semi-final9 March 1974
10.Joël Tiéhi319', 63', 70' Ivory Coast4–0 Sierra Leone1994Group stage27 March 1994
11.Kalusha Bwalya32', 9', 87' Zambia4–0 Sierra Leone1996Group stage24 January 1996
12.Benedict McCarthy4[5][6]8', 11', 19', 21' South Africa4–1 Namibia1998Group stage16 February 1998
13.Hossam Hassan3[7]34', 57', 71' Egypt4–0 Zambia1998Group stage13 February 1998
14.Patrick Mboma331', 44', 65' Cameroon5–3 Zimbabwe2004Group stage29 January 2004
15.Samuel Eto'o3[8]20', 39', 78' Cameroon3–1 Angola2006Group stage21 January 2006
16.Francileudo dos Santos335', 82', 90+3' Tunisia4–1 Zambia2006Group stage22 January 2006
17.Soufiane Alloudi31', 5', 28' Morocco5–1 Namibia2008Group stage21 January 2008

By nation
Nation Hat-tricks for Hat-tricks against
 Egypt 6 0
 Ivory Coast 3 1
 Cameroon 2 0
 Zambia 2 2
 Algeria 1 0
 Morocco 1 0
 South Africa 1 0
 Tunisia 1 0
 Ethiopia 0 3
 Namibia 0 2
 Nigeria 0 2
 Sierra Leone 0 2
 Angola 0 1
 Congo 0 1
 Congo-Léopoldville 0 1
 Uganda 0 1
 Zimbabwe 0 1

See also

References
  1. FIFA : The day it all started for Ad-Diba and the Pharaohs (16 Feb 2017)
  2. "African Nations Cup 1957". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  3. صبرى, عمرو (3 October 2014). تقرير : الديبة .. الاودائماً (in Arabic). Al Ittihad Alexandria Club. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  4. "Algeria vs. Uganda - 14 January 1968". dzfoot. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  5. "Benni McCarthy Career in Facts and Figures". Kick Off. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "African Cup of Nations 1998 - Final Tournament Details". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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