List of Africa Cup of Nations hat-tricks

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

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.

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]
  • Mahmoud El-Gohary of  United Arab Republic is the first and only player to score a hat-trick in an opening match of Africa Cup of Nations in a 4–0 victory against  Ethiopia on the 22 May 1959.
  • 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-Brazzaville 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.
  • Every player that has scored a hat trick in a match during the tournament has won the match.
  • 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  United Arab Republic 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-Diba 4[3] 2', 7', 68', 89'  Egypt 4–0  Ethiopia 1957 Final 16 February 1957
2. Mahmoud El-Gohary 3 29', 42', 73'  United Arab Republic 4–0  Ethiopia 1959 Final tournament 22 May 1959
3. Mohamed Morsi Hussein 3 30', 32', 82'  United Arab Republic 6–3  Nigeria 1963 Group stage 24 November 1963
4. Hassan El-Shazly 3 42', 44', 81'  United Arab Republic 6–3  Nigeria 1963 Group stage 24 November 1963
5. Eustache Manglé 3 14', 59', 80'  Ivory Coast 3–0  Congo-Léopoldville 1965 Group stage 14 November 1965
6. Hacène Lalmas 3[4] 15', 25', 70'  Algeria 4–0  Uganda 1968 Group stage 14 January 1968
7. Laurent Pokou 5 21', 60', 71', 80', 87'  Ivory Coast 6–1  Ethiopia 1970 Group stage 10 February 1970
8. Hassan El-Shazly (II) 3 3', 14', 50'  United Arab Republic 3–1  Ivory Coast 1970 Third place 16 February 1970
9. Bernard Chanda 3 70', 97', 111'  Zambia 4–2  Congo-Brazzaville 1974 Semi-final 9 March 1974
10. Joël Tiéhi 3 19', 63', 70'  Ivory Coast 4–0  Sierra Leone 1994 Group stage 27 March 1994
11. Kalusha Bwalya 3 2', 9', 87'  Zambia 4–0  Sierra Leone 1996 Group stage 24 January 1996
12. Benedict McCarthy 4[5][6] 8', 11', 19', 21'  South Africa 4–1  Namibia 1998 Group stage 16 February 1998
13. Hossam Hassan 3[7] 34', 57', 71'  Egypt 4–0  Zambia 1998 Group stage 13 February 1998
14. Patrick Mboma 3 31', 44', 65'  Cameroon 5–3  Zimbabwe 2004 Group stage 29 January 2004
15. Samuel Eto'o 3[8] 20', 39', 78'  Cameroon 3–1  Angola 2006 Group stage 21 January 2006
16. Francileudo dos Santos 3 35', 82', 90+3'  Tunisia 4–1  Zambia 2006 Group stage 22 January 2006
17. Soufiane Alloudi 3 1', 5', 28'  Morocco 5–1  Namibia 2008 Group stage 21 January 2008
18. Emilio Nsue 3 21', 51', 61'  Equatorial Guinea 4–2  Guinea-Bissau 2023 Group stage 18 January 2024

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
 Equatorial Guinea 1 0
 Ethiopia 0 3
 Namibia 0 2
 Nigeria 0 2
 Sierra Leone 0 2
 Angola 0 1
 Congo-Brazzaville 0 1
 Congo-Léopoldville 0 1
 Guinea-Bissau 0 1
 Uganda 0 1
 Zimbabwe 0 1

See also

  • Football in Africa portal

References

  1. ^ a b FIFA : The day it all started for Ad-Diba and the Pharaohs (16 Feb 2017) [1]
  2. ^ "African Nations Cup 1957". RSSSF. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  3. ^ صبرى, عمرو (3 October 2014). تقرير : الديبة .. الاودائماً (in Arabic). Al Ittihad Alexandria Club. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Algeria vs. Uganda - 14 January 1968". dzfoot. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. 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)
  7. ^ El-Aker, Hosam (June 28, 2015). "Ramadan Tales E5: The Fasting and the Furious – Egypt's Historic 1998 AFCON". King Fut. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  8. ^ "Cameroon v Angola (2006 CAF Africa Cup of Nations)". Goal.com. 21 January 2006.
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