List of AFC Asian Cup hat-tricks

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Hossein Kalani scored the first hat-trick in the tournament's history, in the 1972 edition. Hossein Kalani at Shiroudi Stadium.jpg
Hossein Kalani scored the first hat-trick in the tournament's history, in the 1972 edition.

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.

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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

Key
4Player scored four goals in the match
No.TournamentPlayerTime of goalsRepresentingResultOpponentRoundDateRef.
1 Flag of Thailand.svg 1972 Hossein Kalani 34', 70', 78'State Flag of Iran (1964).svg  Iran 3–0Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg  Iraq Group stage9 May 1972 [1] [2]
2 Ali Jabbari 80', 86', 88'State Flag of Iran (1964).svg  Iran 3–2Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 13 May 1972 [2]
3 State Flag of Iran (1964).svg 1976 Gholam Hossein Mazloumi 63', 74', 80'State Flag of Iran (1964).svg  Iran 8–0Flag of South Yemen.svg  South Yemen Group stage8 June 1976 [3]
4 Flag of Kuwait.svg 1980 Behtash Fariba 411', 34', 80', 82'Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 7–0Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Group stage22 September 1980 [4]
5 Choi Soon-ho 26', 53', 78' (pen.)Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 4–1Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 24 September 1980 [5]
6 Shen Xiangfu 1', 5', 72'Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6–0Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 25 September 1980
7 Xu Yonglai 16', 79', 89'
8 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 1996 Ali Daei 466', 76', 83', 89' (pen.)Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 6–2Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea Quarter-finals16 December 1996 [6]
9 Flag of Lebanon.svg 2000 Akinori Nishizawa 14', 25', 49'Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8–1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Group stage17 October 2000 [7]
10 Naohiro Takahara 18', 20', 57'
11 Lee Dong-gook 30', 76', 90+1'Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3–0Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 19 October 2000 [8]
12 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 35', 78', 86'Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 5–0Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 20 October 2000 [9]
13 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2004 Ali Karimi 10', 20', 77'Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 4–3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Quarter-finals31 July 2004 [10]
14 Flag of Qatar.svg 2011 Ismail Abdullatif 416', 19', 35', 77'Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 5–2Flag of India.svg  India Group stage14 January 2011 [11]
15 Shinji Okazaki 8', 13', 80'Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5–0Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 17 January 2011 [12]
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2015 Hamza Al-Dardour 435', 45+2', 75', 80'Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 5–1Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine Group stage16 January 2015 [13]
17 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2019 Almoez Ali 49', 11', 55', 60'Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 6–0Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Group stage13 January 2019 [14]
18 Vitalij Lux 24', 51', 77'Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 3–1Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 16 January 2019 [15]
19 Flag of Qatar.svg 2023 Akram Afif 22' (pen.), 73' (pen.), 90+5' (pen.)Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 3–1Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Final 10 February 2024 [16]

By nation

NationHat-tricks
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 6
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 2
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 1
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 1
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 1

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