Kammala wannan jumla: A Gasar Zakarun Turai ta 1979 a Zagreb, Hoffmann ya gama a gaban Vladimir Kovalyov na Tarayyar Soviet da Robin Cousins na Burtaniya don lashe taken nahiyarsa ta huɗu. Ya dauki tagulla a bayan 'yan wasan kwaikwayo guda a
Gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1979 a Vienna.