This is a list of all hat-tricks scored during the FIFA Confederations Cup; this is an occasion when a footballer scores three or more goals in a single football FIFA Confederations Cup finals match. Scoring a hat-trick in a FIFA Confederations Cup was a relatively rare event: only 9 hat-tricks were scored in 108 matches in the 8 editions of the tournament. As FIFA is the governing body of football, official hat-tricks are only noted when FIFA recognises that at least three goals were scored by one player in one match.
Notable hat-tricks
The first hat-trick was scored by Vladimír Šmicer of the Czech Republic, playing against the United Arab Emirates in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup; the final hat-trick was scored by Abel Hernández of Uruguay, netting four times against Tahiti in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Spain's Fernando Torres became the first player to score hat tricks at two different FIFA Confederations Cups. He completed his first hat trick against New Zealand in 2009, while repeating that same feat in 2013 against Tahiti.
Mexico's Cuauhtémoc Blanco and Saudi Arabia's Marzouk Al-Otaibi in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup; and Spain's Fernando Torres and Uruguay's Abel Hernández in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup each scored four goals in single game.
Ronaldo and Romário both of Brazil are only players to score hat-tricks in the final match in 1997 against Australia in 6–0 victory.
Aside from the first two King Fahd tournaments (1992 King Fahd Cup and 1995 King Fahd Cup), where no hat-tricks were scored, only on three occasions were there no hat-tricks scored during an entire Confederations Cup tournament; the 2001 edition in South Korea and Japan, 2003 in France, and 2017 in Russia.
There have been two occasions when two hat-tricks have been scored in the same match : when Brazil defeated Australia 6–0 in the final match of 1997, Ronaldo and Romário both of Brazil, scored three goals each; and when Spain defeated Tahiti 10–0 in 2013, Torres scored 4 goals and Villa scored 3 goals for Spain.
Brazil and Spain scored the most hat-tricks with 3 each.
Tahiti hold the record of conceding the most hat-tricks with 4, also conceding at least one in every match they've played in at the tournament.
The record number of hat-tricks in a single FIFA Confederations Cup tournament is four, which occurred during the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.
List of FIFA Confederations Cup hat-tricks # Player No. ofgoals Time of goals Representing Finalscore Opponent Tournament Round Date Report.3', 68', 71'6–1 1997 Saudi ArabiaGroup stage17 December 1997Report.3', 27', 59' (pen.)6–0 Final21 December 1997Report.3', 53', 75'6–021 December 1997Report.4', 19', 68', 77'5–1 1999 Mexico Group stage25 July 1999Report.4', 34', 78', 85'5–129 July 1999Report.3', 65', 90+2'8–2Semi-finals1 August 1999Report.3', 53', 89'4–22005 Germany Group stage18 June 2005Report.3', 14', 17'5–02009 South Africa14 June 2009Report.3', 26', 76'6–1 2013 Brazil17 June 2013Report. (II)4', 33', 57', 78'10–020 June 2013Report.3', 49', 64'10–020 June 2013Report.4', 24', 45+1', 67'8–023 June 2005Report
See also FIFA Confederations Cup records and statistics FIFA Confederations Cup
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