1979 Intercontinental Cup
Malmö FF Olimpia
Sweden Paraguay
1 3
on aggregate
First leg
Malmö FF Olimpia
0 1
Date18 November 1979
VenueMalmö Stadion, Malmö
RefereePat Partridge (England)
Attendance4,811
Second leg
Olimpia Malmö FF
2 1
Date2 March 1980
VenueDefensores del Chaco, Asunción
RefereeJuan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
Attendance47,000

The 1979 Intercontinental Cup was an association football final played on a two-legged system. It was the last time in the history of the tournament that this format was used before Toyota became the main sponsor in 1980 and a single-game final was held each year in Japan. The final was played between Olimpia Asunción of Paraguay (winners of the 1979 Copa Libertadores) and Malmö FF of Sweden (runners-up of the 1978–79 European Cup), with Olimpia emerging as the champion after a 3–1 aggregate score win. Malmö FF took its place as the runners-up of the European competition since the European champions Nottingham Forest declined to play the final.[1]

Match details

First leg

1979 Intercontinental Cup
First leg
Malmö FF Sweden0–1Paraguay Olimpia
Report
  • E. Isasi 41'
Attendance: 4,811
Malmö FF
Olimpia

Second leg

Second leg
Olimpia Paraguay2–1Sweden Malmö FF
  • Solalinde 39'
  • Michelagnoli 71'
 Report
Attendance: 47,000

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