List of Africa Cup of Nations hat-tricks explained

See main article: Africa Cup of Nations and Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics. 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 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 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 on the 22 May 1959.
• Hassan El-Shazly of is the only player to score a hat-trick in two Africa Cup of Nations (1963 and 1970).
• Laurent Pokou of 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 against in 2008, (1', 5', 28) in their 5–1 victory.
• The latest hat-trick without extra time was scored by Francileudo dos Santos of against in 2006, (35', 82', 90+3') in their 4–1 victory.
• The latest hat-trick in extra time was scored by Bernard Chanda of against in the semi-final of 1974, (70', 97', 111') in their 4–2 victory.
• The shortest hat-trick was scored by Benedict McCarthy of against in 1998, in the span of 14 minutes; (8', 11', 19', 21') in their 4–1 victory.
• The slowest hat-trick was scored by Laurent Pokou of against in 1970, in the span of 67 minutes; (21', 60', 71', 80', 87') in their 6–1 victory.
• The longest hat-trick was scored by Ad-Diba of against in 1957, in the span of 88 minutes; (2', 7', 68', 89') in their 4–0 victory; in the inaugural tournament's final.^[3]
• 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 defeated 6–3 in the group stage match of 1963; Egyptians Mohamed Morsi Hussein and Hassan El-Shazly scored three goals each.
• holds the record of most hat-tricks scored with 6.
• 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
.	Ad-Diba	4^[4]	2', 7', 68', 89'		4–0		1957	Final	16 February 1957
.		3	29', 42', 73'		4–0		1959	Final tournament	22 May 1959
.	Mohamed Morsi Hussein	3	30', 32', 82'		6–3		1963	Group stage	24 November 1963
.		3	42', 44', 81'		6–3		1963	Group stage	24 November 1963
.	Eustache Manglé	3	14', 59', 80'		3–0		1965	Group stage	14 November 1965
.		3^[5]	15', 25', 70'		4–0		1968	Group stage	14 January 1968
.		5	21', 60', 71', 80', 87'		6–1		1970	Group stage	10 February 1970
.	(II)	3	3', 14', 50'		3–1		1970	Third place	16 February 1970
.		3	70', 97', 111'		4–2		1974	Semi-final	9 March 1974
.		3	19', 63', 70'		4–0		1994	Group stage	27 March 1994
.		3	2', 9', 87'		4–0		1996	Group stage	24 January 1996
.		4^[6] ^[7]	8', 11', 19', 21'		4–1		1998	Group stage	16 February 1998
.		3^[8]	34', 57', 71'		4–0		1998	Group stage	13 February 1998
.		3	31', 44', 65'		5–3		2004	Group stage	29 January 2004
.		3^[9]	20', 39', 78'		3–1		2006	Group stage	21 January 2006
.		3	35', 82', 90+3'		4–1		2006	Group stage	22 January 2006
.		3	1', 5', 28'		5–1		2008	Group stage	21 January 2008
.		3	21', 51', 61'		4–2		2023	Group stage	18 January 2024

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
	1	0
	0	3
	0	2
	0	2
	0	2
	0	1
	0	1
	0	1
	0	1
	0	1
	0	1

See also

• List of hat-tricks
• List of Africa Women Cup of Nations hat-tricks
• List of African Nations Championship hat-tricks

Notes and References

1. [FIFA]
2. Web site: African Nations Cup 1957. RSSSF. 2017-09-06.
3. [FIFA]
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5. Web site: Algeria vs. Uganda - 14 January 1968 . dzfoot . 31 October 2014 . 30 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200330042725/http://www.dzfoot.com/iframe_include/fiche.php?id=1769 . dead .
6. Web site: Benni McCarthy Career in Facts and Figures. Kick Off. 1 June 2013. 15 April 2017.
7. Web site: African Cup of Nations 1998 - Final Tournament Details. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 31 July 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115941/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/98a-det.html. 4 March 2016.
8. News: Ramadan Tales E5: The Fasting and the Furious – Egypt’s Historic 1998 AFCON. Hosam. El-Aker. King Fut. June 28, 2015. July 5, 2016.
9. Web site: Cameroon v Angola (2006 CAF Africa Cup of Nations). 21 January 2006. Goal.com.