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This is a list of all hat-tricks scored during FIFA Confederations Cups; that is, the occasions when a

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scored three or more

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s in a single football FIFA Confederations Cup finals

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. Scoring a

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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.

Notable hat-tricks

* The first hat-trick was scored by

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of the

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, playing against the

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in the

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; the final hat-trick was scored by Abel Hernández of

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, netting four times against

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in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. * Spain's

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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

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and Japan, 2003 in

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, and

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. * There have been two occasions when two hat-tricks have been scored in the same match : when

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defeated Australia 6–0 in the final match of 1997, Ronaldo and Romário both of Brazil, scored three goals each; and when

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defeated Tahiti 10–0 in 2013,

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scored 4 goals and

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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

List of FIFA Confederations Cup hat-tricks

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Notable hat-tricks

List of FIFA Confederations Cup hat-tricks

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