Shalifu Mumuni scored a seven-minute hat-trick Saturday to steer AshantiGold of Ghana into the CAF Confederation round of 32.
He netted after one, six and eight minutes of the first half as AshantiGold cruised to a 3-0 victory over Akonangui of Equatorial Guinea to finish 4-1 aggregate winners of the preliminary tie.
The record for the fastest CAF club competition hat-trick is five minutes set by Zambian Lazarous Kambole two seasons ago playing for Zesco United in a Champions League group match.
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