Golden Eaglets coach Nduka Ugbade has dedicated his team’s win against Zambia to members of the Chipolopolo senior men’s squad that died in an air crash in 1993.

The Eaglets got their campaign at this year’s U-17 AFCON off to a good start with a 1-0 win in Group B on Sunday.

Reflecting on the 30th anniversary of the crash, Ugbade said the Eaglets’ win is dedicated to the Zambian team that lost their lives.

On the evening of 27 April 1993, a DHC-5 Buffalo transport aircraft of the Zambian Air Force crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Libreville, Gabon.