Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan Wasannin Olympics na 1980 da Gasar Zakarun Turai na 1980, an yanke shawarar gudanar da gasar cin kofin nahiyar mata a kowace shekara biyu a kowace shekara <unk> kamar yadda Gasar Kwando ta Turai ta maza. Kungiyar Soviet ta ci gaba da cin nasara amma a ƙarshen 1980s, sakamakon sauyawar tsara, fifikon su ya zama ba shi da ƙarfi kamar yadda yake a da. A shekarar 1986 sun sha wahala a karon farko a gasar kasa da kasa na shekaru 28 - da farko, sun yi rashin nasara a Amurka a wasan karshe na Wasannin Kyauta na 1986 da tazarar maki 23 (60<unk>83) kuma a watan da ya gabata sun yi rashin nasara ga kungiyar Amurka da tazarar maki 20 (88<unk>108) a wasan karshe na Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya na gida.
(duka wasannin an buga su ne a Moscow). Duk da haka, ƙungiyar Soviet ta ci gaba da mamaye yankin Turai. Sun lashe gasar zakarun Turai ta 1987 da aka gudanar a Spain bayan sun doke Czechoslovakia (89<unk>81) a wasan kusa da na karshe da Yugoslavia (83<unk>73) a wasan karshe. Amma a shekara mai zuwa a Wasannin Olympics na 1988 a Seoul, Koriya ta Kudu, Yugoslavia ta sami damar yin aiki mafi kyau - sun dauki lambobin azurfa ta hanyar rasa maki 7 kawai ga tawagar Amurka a wasan karshe (70<unk>77) yayin da tawagar Soviet ta kasa kaiwa karshe kuma ba zato ba tsammani ya gama a matsayi na uku a karo na farko a tarihin su. A zagayen rukuni na gasar zakarun Turai ta 1989 da aka gudanar a Bulgaria, kungiyar Soviet ta doke Czechoslovakia da Netherlands da tazarar maki 3 kawai (78<unk>75 da 59<unk>56 bi da bi) sannan kuma suka kai wasan karshe inda suka sake doke Czechoslovakia da wannan tazarar (64<unk>61). Amma a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1990 a Malaysia, Tarayyar Soviet ta yi rashin nasara a zagaye na biyu na rukuni zuwa Czechoslovakia (79<unk>82) da Yugoslavia (63<unk>64) kuma sun gama a matsayi na biyar. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da kawai lokacin da kungiyar Soviet ta kasa kaiwa podium a gasar kasa da kasa inda suka halarci. Kamar shekaru biyu da suka gabata, Yugoslavia ta dauki lambobin azurfa bayan ta yi rashin nasara ga Amurka a wasan karshe (78 zuwa 88).