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List of Africa Cup of Nations hat-tricks

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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

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Notable Africa Cup of Nations hat-tricks

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Hat-tricks

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.