List of Africa Cup of Nations hat-tricks
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; at the final match of the tournament inauguration.[1] - Ad-Diba of Egypt is the first and only player to score hat-trick in the final game of Africa Cup of Nations in 1957.[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 victory of 5–1. - The later hat-trick without extra time was scored by Francileudo dos Santos of
Tunisia against Zambia in 2006, 35', 82', 90+3' in their victory of
4–1. - The later hat-trick with extra time was scored by Bernard Chanda of
Zambia against Congo in semi final of 1974, 70', 97', 111' in their victory of 4–2. - The shortest hat-trick was scored by Benedict McCarthy of
South Africa against Namibia in 1998, with 14 minutes; 8', 11', 19', 21' in their victory of 4–1. - The longest hat-trick was scored by Laurent Pokou of
Ivory Coast against Ethiopia in 1970, with 67 minutes; 21', 60', 71', 80', 87' in their victory of 6–1. - Ad-Diba of
Egypt and Benedict McCarthy of South Africa are the only players to score all the hat-trick goals of match alone that which are more than 3 goals without the interrupting goal in 1957 and 1998 with 4 goals each. - There is no player who scored hat-trick in a losing match or drawing match of Africa Cup of Nations.
- 1963; 1970; 1998 and 2006 are the only tournaments to have scored more than one hat-trick with two each tournament.
- In more than 15 occasions there were no hat-tricks scored there.
- There have 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; Mohamed Morsi Hussein and Hassan El-Shazly both playing for Egypt, scored three goals each.
Egypt holds a record of most hat-tricks scored with 5. Ethiopia has conceded more hat-tricks with 3 and conceded most goals from hat-tricks with 12 goals.
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-Diba | 4[3] | 2', 7', 68', 89' | 4–0 | 1957 | Final | 16 February 1957 | ||
2. | Mahmoud El-Gohary | 3 | 29', 42', 73' | 4–0 | 1959 | Final tournament | 22 May 1959 | ||
3. | Mohamed Morsi Hussein | 3 | 30', 32', 82' | 6–3 | 1963 | Group stage | 24 November 1963 | ||
4. | Hassan El-Shazly | 3 | 42', 44', 81' | 6–3 | 1963 | Group stage | 24 November 1963 | ||
5. | Eustache Manglé | 3 | 14', 59', 80' | 3–0 | 1965 | Group stage | 14 November 1965 | ||
6. | Hacène Lalmas | 3[4] | 15', 25', 70' | 4–0 | 1968 | Group stage | 14 January 1968 | ||
7. | Laurent Pokou | 5 | 21', 60', 71', 80', 87' | 6–1 | 1970 | Group stage | 10 February 1970 | ||
8. | Hassan El-Shazly (II) | 3 | 3', 14', 50' | 3–1 | 1970 | Third place | 16 February 1970 | ||
9. | Bernard Chanda | 3 | 70', 97', 111' | 4–2 | 1974 | Semifinal | 9 March 1974 | ||
10. | Joël Tiéhi | 3 | 19', 63', 70' | 4–0 | 1994 | Group stage | 27 March 1994 | ||
11. | Kalusha Bwalya | 3 | 2', 9', 87' | 4–0 | 1996 | Group stage | 24 January 1996 | ||
12. | Benedict McCarthy | 4[5][6] | 8', 11', 19', 21' | 4–1 | 1998 | Group stage | 16 February 1998 | ||
13. | Hossam Hassan | 3[7] | 34', 57', 71' | 4–0 | 1998 | Group stage | 13 February 1998 | ||
14. | Patrick Mboma | 3 | 31', 44', 65' | 5–3 | 2004 | Group stage | 29 January 2004 | ||
15. | Samuel Eto'o | 3[8] | 20', 39', 78' | 3–1 | 2006 | Group stage | 21 January 2006 | ||
16. | Francileudo dos Santos | 3 | 35', 82', 90+3' | 4–1 | 2006 | Group stage | 22 January 2006 | ||
17. | Soufiane Alloudi | 3 | 1', 5', 28' | 5–1 | 2008 | Group stage | 21 January 2008 | ||
By nation
Nation | Hat-tricks for | Hat-tricks against |
---|---|---|
6 | 0 | |
3 | 1 | |
2 | 0 | |
2 | 2 | |
1 | 0 | |
1 | 0 | |
1 | 0 | |
1 | 0 | |
0 | 3 | |
0 | 2 | |
0 | 2 | |
0 | 2 | |
0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | |
See also
References
- FIFA : The day it all started for Ad-Diba and the Pharaohs (16 Feb 2017)
- "African Nations Cup 1957". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
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