List of AFC Asian Cup hat-tricks
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This is a list of hat-tricks in the AFC Asian Cup, that being when a player scores three or more goals in a tournament match of the AFC Asian Cup (not including qualification matches). Hat-tricks have occurred nineteen times across the eighteen editions.
The first tournament was held in 1956, however no hat-tricks were scored in the first four competitions. The first instance was in 1972, where Hossein Kalani scored three goals for Iran against Iraq in the group stage.[1] Later on in the same tournament again for Iran, Ali Jabbari scored three goals inside nine minutes to defeat Thailand 3–2. The first time a player would score four goals in a match would be 1980, where Behtash Fariba achieved the feat in a 7–0 win for Iran over Bangladesh. After 1980, three tournaments went by without a hat-trick before Ali Daei scored four goals for Iran in a 6–2 win over South Korea in 1996, also marking the first time at least three goals were scored in a match in the knockout stage. Two tournaments later in 2004, another knockout stage hat-trick was achieved by Ali Karimi for Iran in a 4–3 win against South Korea, again in the quarter-finals. In the 2023 tournament, Akram Afif became the first player to register a hat-trick in the final of the competition, scoring all three of Qatar's goals in their 3–1 victory against Jordan; he was also the first player whose hat-trick consisted solely of penalty kicks.
Iran have scored the most hat-tricks with six, while Bangladesh and Uzbekistan have conceded the most, with three each. No player has ever scored multiple hat-tricks in the Asian Cup, and every hat-trick scorer has had their side go on to win their match.
Hat-tricks
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4 | Player scored four goals in the match |
No. | Tournament | Player | Time of goals | Representing | Result | Opponent | Round | Date | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() |
Hossein Kalani | 34', 70', 78' | ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Group stage | 9 May 1972 | [1][2] |
2 | Ali Jabbari | 80', 86', 88' | ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
13 May 1972 | [2] | ||
3 | ![]() |
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi | 63', 74', 80' | ![]() |
8–0 | ![]() |
Group stage | 8 June 1976 | [3] |
4 | ![]() |
Behtash Fariba4 | 11', 34', 80', 82' | ![]() |
7–0 | ![]() |
Group stage | 22 September 1980 | [4] |
5 | Choi Soon-ho | 26', 53', 78' (pen.) | ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
24 September 1980 | [5] | ||
6 | Shen Xiangfu | 1', 5', 72' | ![]() |
6–0 | ![]() |
25 September 1980 | |||
7 | Xu Yonglai | 16', 79', 89' | |||||||
8 | ![]() |
Ali Daei4 | 66', 76', 83', 89' (pen.) | ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals | 16 December 1996 | [6] |
9 | ![]() |
Akinori Nishizawa | 14', 25', 49' | ![]() |
8–1 | ![]() |
Group stage | 17 October 2000 | [7] |
10 | Naohiro Takahara | 18', 20', 57' | |||||||
11 | Lee Dong-gook | 30', 76', 90+1' | ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
19 October 2000 | [8] | ||
12 | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 35', 78', 86' | ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
20 October 2000 | [9] | ||
13 | ![]() |
Ali Karimi | 10', 20', 77' | ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals | 31 July 2004 | [10] |
14 | ![]() |
Ismail Abdullatif4 | 16', 19', 35', 77' | ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
Group stage | 14 January 2011 | [11] |
15 | Shinji Okazaki | 8', 13', 80' | ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
17 January 2011 | [12] | ||
16 | ![]() |
Hamza Al-Dardour4 | 35', 45+2', 75', 80' | ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
Group stage | 16 January 2015 | [13] |
17 | ![]() |
Almoez Ali4 | 9', 11', 55', 60' | ![]() |
6–0 | ![]() |
Group stage | 13 January 2019 | [14] |
18 | Vitalij Lux | 24', 51', 77' | ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
16 January 2019 | [15] | ||
19 | ![]() |
Akram Afif | 22' (pen.), 73' (pen.), 90+5' (pen.) | ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
Final | 10 February 2024 | [16] |
By nation
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6 |
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3 |
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2 |
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2 |
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2 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Asian Cup 1972". Inside World Football. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Asia's greatest national teams: IR Iran (1970s)". Asian Football Confederation. 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Iran Wins 8-0; To Face Chinese". The Japan Times. 10 June 1976. p. 10.
- ^ "Profile: Behtash Fariba". Team Melli. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
Fariba continued to be a star of the team and he was the first Iranian footballer to score four goals in an international match which was against Bangladesh in that championship
- ^ "아시아축구 韓國(한국) 「아랍에미레이트」 大破(대파) 4대1". 동아일보 (in Korean). 25 September 1980. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ "Magical Moments: Ali Daei vs Korea Republic (1996 AFC Asian Cup)". Asian Football Confederation. 6 June 2020.
- ^ Himmer, Alastair (19 October 2000). "Japan runs riot over Uzbekistan". The Japan Times.
- ^ "Lion King eases South Korea through". BBC Sport. 19 October 2000.
- ^ "World Cup - Squad - Mohammed Al-Shlhoub". BBC Sport. 30 May 2002.
Few can forget his amazing hat-trick against Uzbekistan at Lebanon 2000.
- ^ "Iran wreaks its Asian Cup revenge on S Korea". Independent Online. 31 July 2004.
- ^ "India trail 1-4 at half-time against Bahrain". The Times of India. 14 January 2011.
- ^ "Okazaki hits hat trick as Japan routs Saudis". The Japan Times. 19 January 2011.
- ^ Veo, Valerio (17 January 2015). "Jordan beat Palestine, but how good are they against stronger opposition?". ESPN.
- ^ "Almoez Ali makes history as Qatar thump North Korea to reach Asian Cup knockouts". ESPN. 13 January 2019.
- ^ Caygill, Graham (16 January 2019). "Vitali Lux's hat-trick puts Kyrgyzstan in good position to qualify for Asian Cup last 16". The National.
- ^ "Afif stars as Qatar defeat Jordan to retain title". Asian Football Confederation. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.