geoff hurst was the first player to score a hat trick in a world cup final.
geoff hurst was the first player to score a hat trick in a world cup final.
who was the first player to score a hat trick in a world cup final?
geoff hurst
the match was played under hazy conditions due to nearby wildfires and winds that carried the smoke towards the lower mainland region. the united states struck early, scoring four goals in the first 16 minutes. three of those goals were scored by midfielder carli lloyd, giving her the fastest hat-trick in world cup history. lloyd's first goal at the 3rd minute was the fastest in a women's world cup final, as she drove in a corner kick from megan rapinoe. her goal also marked the first time japan had trailed throughout the tournament. lloyd again scored in the 5th minute off of a free kick from lauren holiday. holiday scored in the 14th minute after japan defender azusa iwashimizu failed to clear the ball on a header and turned over possession. lloyd's goal in the 16th minute, which reuters called "one of the most remarkable goals ever witnessed in a women's world cup", was struck from the halfway line, catching japan goalkeeper ayumi kaihori out of position. the stunning goal meant lloyd became the first woman to score a hat trick in a world cup final and the first player, male or female, to do so since geoff hurst did so for england against west germany in the 1966 final at wembley.
2015 fifa women's world cup final
bullet::::- carolina morace was the first player to score a hat-trick in a world cup match, on 17 november 1991 against chinese taipei.









































bullet::::- the only hat trick in a final was scored by carli lloyd of the united states in the 2015 final against japan. this is also the only hat-trick in any world cup final in normal time, as the only men's world cup final hat-trick wasn't completed until extra time.
list of fifa women's world cup hat-tricks