Pakati pa1980 na1990, Cameroon yakakwanisa kusvika kumagumo eAfrican Cup katatu yakateedzana, ichikunda makwikwi maviri muna 1984 na1988 uye ichirasikirwa kamwe chete pakurohwa neEjipitori mu1986, rimwe boka rinotonga munguva iyi raiva Algeria, pamwe chete ne 1982 yavo yakasimba uye 1986 World Cup yakaonekwa, nyika yekuchamhembe kweAfrica yakarasikirwa mumagumo nevakagamuchira Nigeria mumakwikwi e1980 achibvumira super eagles kutora mukwikwidzi wavo wekutanga. Mushure mekubudiswa kwa1980
, Algeria yakasvika kuma semi fainari edhisheni yega yega kunze kwe 1986 mukombe kusvikira pakupedzisira vakunda makwikwi muna 1990. Mukombe wechina weGhana wakauya mumakwikwi e1982 apo vakarova muenzi Libya mumutambo wekupedzisira. Mutambo uyu wakapera wakangofanana 1<unk>1 mushure memaminitsi zana nemakumi maviri uye Ghana yakakunda penalty shootout kuti ive shasha.