Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe 1980 Olympic Games na 1980 European n'asọmpi, e kpebiri na-enwe ụmụ nwanyị continental ndorondoro biennially ọ bụla odd afọ <unk> dị nnọọ ka ndị ikom European Nkata n'asọmpi. Ndị otu Soviet gara n'ihu na-emeri mana na ngwụcha afọ 1980, n'ihi mgbanwe nke ọgbọ, ịdị elu ha abụrụla nke na-enweghị atụ dịka ọ dị na mbụ. N'afọ 1986, ha meriri mbụ ha na asọmpi mba ụwa ruo afọ iri abụọ na asatọ - na mbụ, ha meriri ndị United States na egwuregwu ikpebi nke 1986 Goodwill Games site na oke nke isi iri abụọ na atọ (23) na ọnwa na-esote ha meriri ndị otu US site na oke nke isi iri abụọ (208) na egwuregwu ikpeazụ nke ụlọ.
World Championship (egwuregwu abụọ a mere na Moscow). Ka o sina dị, ndị otu Soviet nọgidere na-achịkwa na mpaghara Europe. Ha meriri 1987 European Championship nke emere na Spain mgbe ha meriri Czechoslovakia (89<unk>81) na ọkara ikpeazu na Yugoslavia (83<unk>73) na egwuregwu ikpeazụ. Mana n'afọ na-eso ya na 1988 Summer Olympics na Seoul, South Korea, Yugoslavia jisiri ike rụọ ọrụ ka mma - ha weere ọlaọcha ọlaọcha site na ịhapụ naanị 7 isi na ndị otu US na egwuregwu ikpeazụ (70<unk>77) ebe ndị otu Soviet na-eju anya na-emezughị njedebe ikpeazụ ma na-atụghị anya na ọ gwụchara naanị n'ọnọdụ nke atọ maka oge mbụ na akụkọ ntolite ha. Na agba nke 1989 European Championship nke emere na Bulgaria, ndị otu Soviet meriri Czechoslovakia na Netherlands site na ọdịiche nke naanị 3 isi (78<unk>75 na 59<unk>56 n'otu n'otu) wee ruo na njedebe ebe ha meriri Czechoslovakia ọzọ site na otu ọdịiche (64<unk>61). Mana na 1990 World Championship na Malaysia, Soviet Union meriri na agba nke abụọ na Czechoslovakia (79<unk>82) na Yugoslavia (63<unk>64) wee kwụsị naanị n'ọnọdụ ise. Ọ bụ oge mbụ na naanị oge mgbe ndị otu Soviet na-adabaghị n'elu ikpo okwu n'asọmpi mba ụwa ebe ha sonyere. Dị ka afọ abụọ gara aga, Yugoslavia were ọlaọcha mgbe ha meriri US na egwuregwu ikpeazụ (78 <unk> 88).