1979 Intercontinental Cup

1979 Intercontinental Cup

Malmö FF Olimpia 1 3
First leg
Malmö FF Olimpia 0 1
Date	18 November 1979
Venue	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance	5,000
Second leg
Olimpia Malmö FF 2 1
Date	2 March 1980
Venue	Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance	47,000
← 1977 (not held in 1978) 1980 →

The 1979 Intercontinental Cup was a football final played on a two-legged system. It was the last time in the history of the Cup 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 European Cup 1978–79), with Olimpia emerging as the champion after an aggregate score of 3-1. Since the European champion Nottingham Forest F.C. declined to play the final, Malmö FF took its place as the runners-up of the European competition.

Malmö FF v Olimpia

Olimpia v Malmö FF