List of FIFA Women's World Cup hat-tricks

This is a list of all hat-tricks scored during FIFA Women's World Cups; that is, the occasions when a footballer has scored three or more goals in a single football World Cup match (not including FIFA Women's World Cup qualification matches). So far, 19 hat-tricks have been scored in 204 matches in the 7 editions of the World Cup tournament. As FIFA is the governing body of football (soccer), official hat-tricks are only noted when FIFA recognises that at least three goals were scored by one player in one match.

The first hat-trick was scored by Carolina Morace of Italy, playing against Chinese Taipei in the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup; the most recent (as of 000000002015-07-05-00005 July 2015) was by Carli Lloyd of the United States, playing against Japan in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

The record number of hat-tricks in a single World Cup tournament is six, which occurred during the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, coinciding with the expansion of the tournament to 24 teams from 16.

Notable World Cup hat-tricks

• Carolina Morace was the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup match, on 17 November 1991 against Chinese Taipei.
• The only hat trick in a Final was scored by Carli Lloyd of the United States in the 2015 final against Japan.
• Michelle Akers is the only player in World Cup history to have scored five goals in a single match. She did this during the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup match between United States and Chinese Taipei.
• There have been four occasions when two hat-tricks have been scored in the same match.
  • 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup: Brazil defeated Mexico, with Sissi and Pretinha, both playing for Brazil, scoring three goals.
  • 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup: Germany defeated Argentina, Birgit Prinz and Sandra Smisek scoing hat-tricks for Germany.
  • 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup: Germany defeated the Ivory Coast, Célia Šašić and Anja Mittag scoring hat-tricks for Germany, making Germany the only nation with two two-hat-trick games.
  • 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup: Switzerland defeated Ecuador, Fabienne Humm and Ramona Bachmann scoring six of Switzerland's 10 goals.
• The briefest hat-trick to be completed - that is, the shortest time between the first and third goals - is the one by Swiss Fabienne Humm in 2015 against Ecuador. She scored at 47', 49', and 52', making the time between her first and third just 5 minutes.^[1]
• The longest hat-trick to be completed - most time between the first and third goals - is the one by Norwegian Ann Kristin Aarønes in 1995 against Canada. She scored at 4', 21', and 90+3', making the time between her first and third 89 minutes.
• The youngest player to score a hat-trick is Inka Grings at 20 years and 236 days.
• The oldest player to score a hat-trick is Carli Lloyd at 32 years and 354 days.
• The quickest hat-trick is by Carli Lloyd, scoring at 3', 5' and 16', playing for the United States in the 2015 Final against Japan. This is also the quickest hat-trick in any World Cup match, as the quickest men's World Cup hat-trick wasn't completed until the 24th minute.

List of World Cup hat-tricks

FIFA Women's World Cup hat-tricks

Sequence	Player	Time of goals	For	Result	Against	Tournament	Round	Date	Ref
7000100000000000000♠1.	Carolina Morace	7001370000000000000♠37', 52', 66'	Italy	5–0	Chinese Taipei	1991, China	8 First round	000000001991-11-17-000017 November 1991	[2]
7000200000000000000♠2.	Michelle Akers5	7000800000000000000♠8', 29', 33', 44' (pen.), 48'	United States	7–0	Chinese Taipei	1991, China	8 Quarterfinals	000000001991-11-24-000024 November 1991	[3]
7000300000000000000♠3.	Carin Jennings	7001100000000000000♠10', 22', 33'	United States	5–2	Germany	1991, China	8 Semifinals	000000001991-11-27-000027 November 1991	[4]
7000400000000000000♠4.	Kristin Sandberg	7001300000000000000♠30', 44', 82'	Norway	8–0	Nigeria	1995, Sweden	8 First round	000000001995-06-06-00006 June 1995	[5]
7000500000000000000♠5.	Ann Kristin Aarønes	7000400000000000000♠4', 21', 90+3'	Norway	7–0	Canada	1995, Sweden	8 First round	000000001995-06-10-000010 June 1995	[6]
7000600000000000000♠6.	Sissi	7001290000000000000♠29', 42', 50'	Brazil	7–1	Mexico	1999, United States	8 First round	000000001999-06-19-000019 June 1999	[7]
7000700000000000000♠7.	Pretinha	7000300000000000000♠3', 12', 90+1'	Brazil	7–1	Mexico	1999, United States	8 First round	000000001999-06-19-000019 June 1999	[8]
7000800000000000000♠8.	Sun Wen	7000900000000000000♠9', 21', 54'	China PR	7–0	Ghana	1999, United States	8 First round	000000001999-06-23-000023 June 1999	[9]
7000900000000000000♠9.	Inka Grings	7001100000000000000♠10', 57', 90+2'	Germany	6–0	Mexico	1999, United States	8 First round	000000001999-06-24-000024 June 1999	[10]
7001100000000000000♠10.	Mio Otani	7001720000000000000♠72', 75', 80'	Japan	6–0	Argentina	2003, United States	8 First round	000000002003-09-20-000020 September 2003	[11]
7001110000000000000♠11.	Birgit Prinz	7001290000000000000♠29', 45+1', 59'	Germany	11–0	Argentina	2007, China	8 First round	000000002007-09-10-000010 September 2007	[12]
7001120000000000000♠12.	Sandra Smisek	7001570000000000000♠57', 70', 79'	Germany	11–0	Argentina	2007, China	8 First round	000000002007-09-10-000010 September 2007	[13]
7001130000000000000♠13.	Ragnhild Gulbrandsen	7001390000000000000♠39', 59', 62'	Norway	7–2	Ghana	2007, China	8 First round	000000002007-09-20-000020 September 2007	[14]
7001140000000000000♠14.	Homare Sawa	7001130000000000000♠13', 39', 80'	Japan	4–0	Mexico	2011, Germany	8 First round	000000002011-07-01-00001 July 2011	[15]
7001150000000000000♠15.	Célia Šašić	7000300000000000000♠3', 14', 31'	Germany	10–0	Ivory Coast	2015, Canada	8 First round	000000002015-06-07-00007 June 2015	[16]
7001160000000000000♠16.	Anja Mittag	7001290000000000000♠29', 35', 64'	Germany	10–0	Ivory Coast	2015, Canada	8 First round	000000002015-06-07-00007 June 2015	[17]
7001170000000000000♠17.	Gaëlle Enganamouit	7001360000000000000♠36', 73', 90+4' (pen.)	Cameroon	6–0	Ecuador	2015, Canada	8 First round	000000002015-06-08-00008 June 2015	[18]
7001180000000000000♠18.	Fabienne Humm	7001470000000000000♠47', 49', 52'	Switzerland	10–1	Ecuador	2015, Canada	8 First round	000000002015-06-12-000012 June 2015	[19]
7001190000000000000♠19.	Ramona Bachmann	7001600000000000000♠60' (pen.), 61', 81'	Switzerland	10–1	Ecuador	2015, Canada	8 First round	000000002015-06-12-000012 June 2015	[20]
7001200000000000000♠20.	Carli Lloyd	3', 5', 16'	United States	5–2	Japan	2015, Canada	8 Final	000000002015-07-05-00005 July 2015	[21][22]

See also

• List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks

References