Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics
Hat-tricks
A hat-trick is achieved when the same player scores three or more goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics

Section Title: Hat-tricks
Table Section Text: 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

1.	Ad-Diba	4	2', 7', 68', 89'	Egypt	4–0	Ethiopia	1957	Final

2.	Mahmoud El-Gohary	3	29', 42', 73'	United Arab Republic	4–0	Ethiopia	1959	Final tournament

3.	Hassan El-Shazly	4	42', 44', 81', 87'	United Arab Republic	6–3	Nigeria	1963	Group stage

4.	Hacène Lalmas	3	15', 25', 70'	Algeria	4–0	Uganda	1968	Group stage

5.	Laurent Pokou	5	21', 60', 71', 80', 87'	Ivory Coast	6–1	Ethiopia	1970	Group stage

6.	Hassan El-Shazly (II)	3	3', 14', 50'	United Arab Republic	3–1	Ivory Coast	1970	Third place

7.	Bernard Chanda	3	70', 97', 111'	Zambia	4–2	Congo	1974	Semifinal

8.	Joël Tiéhi	3	19', 63', 70'	Ivory Coast	4–0	Sierra Leone	1994	Group stage

9.	Kalusha Bwalya	3	2', 9', 87'	Zambia	4–0	Sierra Leone	1996	Group stage

10.	Benedict McCarthy	4	8', 11', 19', 21'	South Africa	4–1	Namibia	1998	Group stage

11.	Hossam Hassan	3	34', 57', 71'	Egypt	4–0	Zambia	1998	Group stage

12.	Patrick Mboma	3	31', 44', 65'	Cameroon	5–3	Zimbabwe	2004	Group stage

13.	Samuel Eto'o	3	20', 39', 78'	Cameroon	3–1	Angola	2006	Group stage

14.	Francileudo dos Santos	3	35', 82', 90+3'	Tunisia	4–1	Zambia	2006	Group stage

15.	Soufiane Alloudi	3	1', 5', 28'	Morocco	5–1	Namibia	2008	Group stage

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