List of FIFA Confederations Cup hat-tricks
This is a list of all hat-tricks scored during FIFA Confederations Cups; that is, the occasions when a footballer scored 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 FIFA Confederations Cup 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.
Fernando Torres of Spain was the only player to score two Confederations Cup hat-tricks
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.
- 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. of goals |
Time of goals | Representing | Final score |
Opponent | Tournament | Round | Date | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vladimír Šmicer | 3 | 42', 68', 71' |  |
6–1 |  |
1997 Saudi Arabia | Group stage | December 17, 1997 | Report |
| 2. | Ronaldo | 3 | 15', 27', 59' (pen.) |  |
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1997 Saudi Arabia | Final | December 21, 1997 | Report |
| 3. | Romário | 3 | 38', 53', 75' | |
6–0 | |
1997 Saudi Arabia | Final | December 21, 1997 | Report |
| 4. | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | 4 | 12', 19', 68', 77' |  |
5–1 |  |
1999 Mexico | Group stage | July 25, 1999 | Report |
| 5. | Marzouk Al-Otaibi | 4 | 8', 34', 78', 85' | |
5–1 |  |
1999 Mexico | Group stage | July 29, 1999 | Report |
| 6. | Ronaldinho | 3 | 11', 65', 90+2' | |
8–2 | |
1999 Mexico | Semi-finals | August 1, 1999 | Report |
| 7. | Luciano Figueroa | 3 | 12', 53', 89' |  |
4–2 | |
2005 Germany | Group stage | June 18, 2005 | Report |
| 8. | Fernando Torres | 3 | 6', 14', 17' |  |
5–0 |  |
2009 South Africa | Group stage | June 14, 2009 | Report |
| 9. | Nnamdi Oduamadi | 3 | 10', 26', 76' |  |
6–1 |  |
2013 Brazil | Group stage | June 17, 2013 | Report |
| 10. | Fernando Torres (II) | 4 | 5', 33', 57', 78' | |
10–0 | |
2013 Brazil | Group stage | June 20, 2013 | Report |
| 11. | David Villa | 3 | 39', 49', 64' | |
10–0 | |
2013 Brazil | Group stage | June 20, 2013 | Report |
| 12. | Abel Hernández | 4 | 2', 24', 45+1', 67' |  |
8–0 | |
2013 Brazil | Group stage | June 23, 2013 | Report |
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