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The copper-coloured strip helped to earn the national team its nickname of 'Chipolopolo', meaning 'Copper Bullets'.
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"I really want to travel and even visit the site of the crash," said Evans Chilela, a member of the Chipolopolo Soccer Fans Association.
BBC News - Home 2012
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The Chipolopolo coach went on to praise the man who invited him to take up the Zambian reins once more, ahead of this Nations Cup campaign.
BBC News - Home 2012
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Nineteen years after a plane crash which killed 18 members of their squad in Libreville, the Chipolopolo returned to the Gabon capital to record the most famous victory in the country's history.
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The Chipolopolo have never won the competition but the two-times runners-up have now reached the final of the competition for the first time since 1994.
BBC News - Home 2012
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Chipolopolo supporters who can afford the air fare have chartered two planes for their team's third appearance in a continental final.
BBC News - Home 2012
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In the lead-up to the finals, Zambians at home and abroad rejected predictions Ivory Coast was too strong for their Chipolopolo.
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Zambia players visit site close to 1993 plane crash Zambia's players have visited the site close to where 18 Chipolopolo players died in a plane crash in 1993.
BBC News - Home 2012
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In the lead-up to the final, Zambians at home and abroad rejected predictions that Ivory Coast would be too strong for their Chipolopolo.
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Renard had been linked with several national teams in Africa since leading the Chipolopolo to the last eight of the Cup of Nations in Angola in January.
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