Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ma'aikatan kulob din uku na Kudancin Amurka da suka lashe gasar cin kofin Intercontinental Cup Peñarol, Santos, da Racing ne suka gabatar da ra'ayin gasar. A watan Nuwambar 1968, an sanar da gasar a Buenos Aires. A farkon wannan shekarar a watan Satumba, Estudiantes de La Plata ta doke Manchester United a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1968.
amma ba za a haɗa shi cikin Supercup na 1968 na Intercontinental ba. Madadin haka, Estudiantes zai kasance a cikin bugun 1969. An tuntubi jami'an UEFA da suka dace kuma an shirya gasar za ta fara a watan Nuwamba kuma ta hada da Real Madrid da Inter baya ga masu cin kofin Intercontinental na Kudancin Amurka uku da suka gabata.