Perpetua Nkwocha of Nigeria is the only player, as at the 2022 edition, to have scored a hat-trick in back-to-back editions of the tournament, once in 2004 and 2006 and twice in 2010.
Veronica Phewa from South Africa scored the first-ever hat-trick in the tournament's history in her side's group-stage win over Zimbabwe at the 2002 edition.
Nigeria's Perpetua Nkwocha]] (in the final of the 2004 edition) and Asisat Oshoala (in 2016) are the only players to score 4 goals in match at an edition of the tournament.
Nigeria (6) is the leading hat-trick scoring team at the tournament, with Perpetua Nkwocha (4) accounting for 80% of them.
Cameroon has conceded the most hat-tricks (4) in the tournament as of the 2022 edition.
^"Oshoala, Oparanozie claim individual honours". CAFOnline.com. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2022. With five goals, Oparanozie received the 'Scorpion Zinc' [Top Scorer] award for scoring the most goals at the two-week championship...