Jonathan David: first host nation hat-trick at World Cup in 60 years!
Canada’s Jonathan David became in the game vs Qatar (6-0) the 6th player in the history of the World Cup to score a hat-trick while representing a host nation, and the first to do so in 60 years, since Geoff Hurst for England in the legendary 1966 World Cup final.
*David’s hat-trick is the 2nd scored by a Juventus player in the history of the World Cup.
Only Paolo Rossi had achieved this feat before, against Brazil in the 3-2 quarter-final victory in 1982.
*David is just the second player to score a World Cup hat-trick for a non-European or non-South American team, after USA’s Bert Patenaude who scored the very first hat-trick in the competition history, in 1930 against Paraguay.
| WORLD CUP | HAT-TRICKS | OF | HOST | NATIONS |
| Player | Country | Goals | Date | Game |
| Pedro Cea | Uruguay | 3 | 27.07.1930 | Yugoslavia 6-1 |
| Angelo Schiavio | Italy | 3 | 27.05.1934 | USA 7-1 |
| Ademir | Brazil | 4 | 09.07.1950 | Sweden 7-1 |
| Josef Hügi | Switzerland | 3 | 26.06.1954 | Austria 5-7 |
| Geoff Hurst | England | 3 | 30.07.1966 | Germany 4-2 |
| Jonathan David | Canada | 3 | 18.06.2026 | Qatar 6-0 |