Hat-trick

A hat-trick in sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times in three consecutive attempts. In North America it is often rendered as hat trick, with no hyphen. (The Oxford English Dictionary has it unhyphenated and gives a variety of examples published in the 19th and 20th centuries both with and without the hyphen.)

Football (soccer)

A hat-trick occurs in football when a player scores three goals in a single game.

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In most professional games the scorer of the hat-trick is allowed to return home with the match ball as a souvenir.

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Some regard a "true" hat-trick as one where the player scores with both feet and their head in the same match (or by a header, leg shot, and penalty or free kick), though this is obviously very rare. Another definition of a "true" hat-trick is where a player scores three goals in the same half of the match - i.e., in the same net. Yet another definition, known in Germany and in Norway, is that the player scores three goals in the same net without anyone else scoring between the player's first and third goal.

Related Topics:
Germany - Norway

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Scoring two goals in the same match is also commonly known as a brace.

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