1979 Intercontinental Cup

1979 Intercontinental Cup
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	18 November 1979
Venue	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Referee	Pat Partridge (England)
Attendance	4,811
Second leg
Date	2 March 1980
Venue	Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Referee	Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
Attendance	47,000
	← 1977; (not held in 1978) 1980 →

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]