Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tsakanin 1980 da 1990, Kamaru ta yi nasarar kaiwa wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin Afirka sau uku a jere, inda ta lashe gasar sau biyu a 1984 da 1988 kuma ta yi rashin nasara sau daya a bugun fanareti da Masar a gasar 1986, wata kungiyar da ta yi fice a wannan lokacin ita ce Aljeriya, tare da bayyanar da suka yi a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1982 da ta 1986, kasar ta Arewacin Afirka ta yi rashin nasara a wasan karshe da mai masaukin baki Najeriya a gasar 1980 wanda ya baiwa Super Eagles damar daukar kofin farko. Bayan bugun 1980, Aljeriya ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe a kowane bugun ban da na 1986
har sai da suka lashe gasar a shekarar 1990. Gasar ta hudu ta Ghana ta zo ne a gasar cin kofin 1982 inda suka doke Libya mai masaukin baki a wasan karshe. Wasan ya ƙare a wasan 1<unk>1 bayan mintuna 120 kuma Ghana ta lashe bugun penariti don zama zakarun.