<P> This is a list of all hat - tricks scored during FIFA 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 World Cup qualification matches). Scoring a hat - trick in a World Cup is a relatively rare event: only 52 hat - tricks have been scored in over 800 matches in the 21 editions of the World Cup tournament . As FIFA is the governing body of football, official hat - tricks are only noted when FIFA recognises that at least three goals were scored by one player in one match . </P> <P> The first hat - trick was scored by Bert Patenaude of the United States, playing against Paraguay in 1930; the most recent was by Harry Kane of England, playing against Panama on 24 June 2018 . </P>

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