Pakati pa1980 na1990, Cameroon yakakwanisa kusvika kumagumo eAfrican Cup katatu yakateedzana, ichikunda makwikwi maviri muna 1984 na1988 uye ichirasikirwa kamwe chete pamakwikwi eEgypt muna 1986. Chimwe chikwata chakakurumbira panguva iyi chaiva Algeria, pamwe chete ne 1982 yavo yakasimba uye 1986 World Cup kuonekwa, nyika yekuchamhembe kweAfrica yakarasikirwa mumagumo nevakagamuchira Nigeria mumakwikwi e1980
kubvumira Super Eagles kutora mukombe wavo wokutanga. Mushure mekubudiswa kwa1980, Algeria yakasvika kuma semi fainari edhisheni yega yega kunze kwekombe ra1986 kusvika pakupedzisira vakunda makwikwi muna1990. 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.