Hat-Tricks in Men’s Hockey World Cup (1971-2023)
The 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup has witnessed players across nations scoring hat-tricks – as many 9 hat-tricks have been scored in the 15th World Cup.
Talking statistically, as many as 64 hat-tricks have been scored in the Men’s Hockey World Cup starting with the inaugual edition at Barcelona in 1971. A number of stalwarts have scored hat-tricks in the marquee event on more than one occasions. Pakistan’s Tanvir Dar has scored three hat-tricks in the World Cup – two against Australia and the Netherlands in the 1971 edition and against Argentina in the 1973 edition.
Netherlands’ trio of Floris Bovelander, Taeke Taekema, Taco Van den Honert, then West Germany’s Wolfgang Strodter, India’s Rajinder Singh, New Zealand’s Andy Hayward, Argentina’s Gonzallo Peillat, and Australia’s Tom Craig have scored two hat-tricks in the World Cup.
Four players – Tanvir Dar (1971), Wolfgang Strodter (1978), Taco Van den Honert (1994), Rajinder Singh (1982), and Gonzallo Peillat (2014) have scored two hat-tricks in the same World Cup. Interestingly, the only World Cup match to witness three hat-tricks was the Pakistan-New Zealand game at the 1982 Bombay World Cup, where the Pakistani troika of Hassan Sardar, Manzoor Sr, and Hanif Abdul Khan scored hat-tricks.
In all players from 13 countries have slammed hat-tricks in the World Cup. Taco Van den Honert scored a five-goal hat-trick against Belgium in their 8-1 win in the 1994 edition at Sydnsy, while his country-mate Taeke Taekema also a five-goal hat-trick against India in their 6-1 win in the 2006 edition at Monchengladbach. Australia’s Luke Doerner was another one to notch up a a five-goal hat-trick against South Africa in the 2010 edition at New Delhi, while Belgium’s Tom Boon lapped up a five-goal hat-trick against Japan in the 2018edition at The Hague.
| Player | Country | Opponent | World Cup Edition | Venue |
| Tanvir Dar | Pakistan | Australia | 1971 | Barcelona |
| Tanvir Dar | Pakistan | Netherlands | 1971 | Barcelona |
| Juan Amat | Spain | Kenya | 1973 | Amstelveen |
| Ties Kruize | Netherlands | Malaysia | 1973 | Amstelveen |
| Tanvir Dar | Pakistan | Argentina | 1973 | Amstelveen |
| Graeme Walter | Australia | Ghana | 1975 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Brian Disbury | England | Ghana | 1975 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Mohinder Singh | India | Ghana | 1975 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Gustavo Paolucci | Argentina | Ghana | 1975 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Paul Svehlik | England | Spain | 1975 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Manzoor-ul-Hassan | Pakistan | West Germany | 1975 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Wolfgang Strodter | West Germany | Poland | 1978 | Buenos Aires |
| Ian Cooke | Australia | Belgium | 1978 | Buenos Aires |
| Wolfgang Strodter | West Germany | Belgium | 1978 | Buenos Aires |
| Shaikh Shahnaz | Pakistan | Ireland | 1978 | Buenos Aires |
| Munawar-uz-Zaman | Pakistan | Italy | 1978 | Buenos Aires |
| Paul Litjens | Netherlands | Italy | 1978 | Buenos Aires |
| Manzoor Hussain | Pakistan | Argentina | 1982 | Bombay |
| Rajinder Singh | India | New Zealand | 1982 | Bombay |
| Hassan Sardar | Pakistan | New Zealand | 1982 | Bombay |
| Craig Davies | Australia | Netherlands | 1982 | 1982 |
| Manzoor Sr | Pakistan | New Zealand | 1982 | Bombay |
| Rajinder Singh | India | Malaysia | 1982 | Bombay |
| Hanif Abdul Khan | Pakistan | New Zealand | 1982 | Bombay |
| Qasim Zia | Pakistan | New Zealand | 1986 | London |
| Karol Podzorski | Poland | Spain | 1986 | London |
| Floris Bovelander | Netherlands | Soviet Union | 1990 | Lahore |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | Pakistan | Spain | 1990 | Lahore |
| Iganacio Escude | Spain | Pakistan | 1990 | Lahore |
| Carlos Geneyro | Argentina | Ireland | 1990 | Lahore |
| Javier Arnau | Spain | Belarus | 1994 | Sydney |
| Jorgi Lombi | Argentina | Belarus | 1994 | Sydney |
| Taco Van den Honert | Netherlands | Belgium | 1994 | Sydney |
| Sven Meinhardt | Germany | Belgium | 1994 | Sydney |
| Floris Bovelander | Netherlands | South Korea | 1994 | Sydney |
| Taco Van den Honert | Netherlands | South Africa | 1994 | Sydney |
| Stephen Veen | Netherlands | India | 1998 | Utrecht |
| Hayden Shaw | New Zealand | Belgium | 2002 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Santa Freixa | Spain | Japan | 2006 | Monchengladbach |
| Taeke Taekema | Netherlands | India | 2006 | Monchengladbach |
| Jang Jong-hyun | South Korea | Canada | 2010 | New Delhi |
| Luke Doerner | Australia | South Africa | 2010 | New Delhi |
| Taeke Taekema | Netherlands | Argentina | 2010 | New Delhi |
| Andy Hayward | New Zealand | South Africa | 2010 | New Delhi |
| Tom Boon | Belgium | Malaysia | 2014 | Hague |
| Andy Hayward | New Zealand | South Africa | 2014 | Hague |
| Gonzallo Peillat | Argentina | New Zealand | 2014 | Hague |
| Gonzallo Peillat | Argentina | South Korea | 2014 | Hague |
| Justin Reid-Ross | South Africa | Malaysia | 2014 | Hague |
| Chris Ciriello | Australia | Netherlands | 2014 | Hague |
| Blake Govers | Australia | China | 2018 | Bhubaneshwar |
| Jereon Hertzberger | Netherlands | Malaysia | 2018 | Bhubaneshwar |
| Tom Craig | Australia | England | 2018 | Bhubaneshwar |
| Jeremy Hayward | Australia | France | 2023 | Bhubaneshwar |
| Tom Craig | Australia | France | 2023 | Bhubaneshwar |
| Thiery Brinkman | Netherlands | Chile | 2023 | Bhubaneshwar |
| Jip Jansen | Netherlands | Chile | 2023 | Bhubaneshwar |
| Blake Govers | Australia | South Africa | 2023 | Rourkela |
| Victor Charlet | France | Argentina | 2023 | Rourkela |
| Nicolas Della Torre | Argentina | France | 2023 | Rourkela |
| Tom Boon | Belgium | Malaysia | 2023 | Rourkela |
| Niklas Wellen | Germany | South Korea | 2023 | Rourkela |
