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| Date | 18 November 1979 | ||||||
| Venue | Malmö Stadion, Malmö | ||||||
| Referee | Pat Partridge (England) | ||||||
| Attendance | 4,811 | ||||||
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| Date | 2 March 1980 | ||||||
| Venue | Defensores del Chaco, Asunción | ||||||
| Referee | Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay) | ||||||
| Attendance | 47,000 | ||||||
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]
