| 1979 Intercontinental Cup | |
| Team1: | Malmö FF |
| Team1association: |  |
| Team1score: | 1 |
| Team2: | Olimpia |
| Team2score: | 3 |
| Details: | on aggregate |
| Firstleg: | First leg |
| Team1score1: | 0 |
| Team2score1: | 1 |
| Date1: | 18 November 1979 |
| Stadium1: | Malmö Stadion |
| City1: | Malmö |
| Referee1: | Pat Partridge (England) |
| Attendance1: | 4,811 |
| Secondleg: | Second leg |
| Team1score2: | 1 |
| Team2score2: | 2 |
| Date2: | 2 March 1980 |
| Stadium2: | Defensores del Chaco |
| City2: | Asunción |
| Referee2: | Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay) |
| Attendance2: | 47,000 |
| Previous: | 1977 (not held in 1978) |
| Next: | 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] __TOC__
| GK | ||||
| DF | ||||
| DF | Ingemar Erlandsson | |||
| DF | Kent Jönsson (c) | |||
| DF | Mats Arvidsson | |||
| MF | Claes Malmberg | |||
| MF | Anders Ljungberg | |||
| MF | Robert Prytz | |||
| MF | ||||
| FW | Thomas Sjöberg | |||
| FW | Jan-Olov Kindvall | |||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| Manager: | ||||
| Bob Houghton | ||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Ever Hugo Almeida | |||
| DF | Alicio Solalinde | |||
| DF | ||||
| DF | Miguel A. Piazza | |||
| DF | Flaminio Sosa | |||
| MF | ||||
| MF | Rogelio Delgado | |||
| MF | Luis Torres (c) | |||
| MF | Eduardo Ortiz | |||
| FW | Mauro Céspedes | |||
| FW | Evaristo Isasi | |||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| Manager: | ||||
| Luis Cubilla | ||||
| GK | Ever Hugo Almeida | |||
| DF | Alicio Solalinde | |||
| DF | Roberto Paredes | |||
| DF |  Daniel Di Bartolomeo | |||
| DF | Flaminio Sosa | |||
| MF | ||||
| MF | Carlos Yaluk | |||
| MF | Luis Torres (c) | |||
| FW | Osvaldo Aquino | |||
| FW | ||||
| FW | Evaristo Isasi | |||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| FW | Miguel Michelagnoli | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Luis Cubilla | ||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | ||||
| DF | ||||
| DF | Tim Parkin | |||
| DF | Kent Jönsson (c) | |||
| DF | Mats Arvidsson | |||
| MF | Magnus Andersson | |||
| MF | Ingemar Erlandsson | |||
| MF | Robert Prytz | |||
| MF | ||||
| FW | ||||
| FW | Tommy Andersson | |||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| MF | ||||
| MF | ||||
| FW | Tore Cervin | |||
| FW | Sanny Åslund | |||
| GK | John Hansen | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Bob Houghton | ||||