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{{Infobox Snooker tournament<br />
|tournament_name = Bombay International<br />
|image = <br />
|venue = [[Bombay Gymkhana]]<br />
|location = [[Bombay]]<br />
|country = India<br />
|establishment = 1979<br />
|organisation = [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]]<br />
|format = Invitational event<br />
|prizefund = <br />
|final year= 1980<br />
|Current Champion = <br />
|Final Champion = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Virgo]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Bombay International''' was a professional invitational [[snooker]] tournament. The winners of the two editions were [[John Spencer (snooker player)|John Spencer]] and [[John Virgo]] respectively.<br />
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== History ==<br />
This was the first snooker tournament to be held in both [[India]] and [[Asia]]. In its first year it featured six players in round-robin, with [[John Spencer (snooker player)|John Spencer]] winning the most matches and topping the table to collect the £2,000 prize. In its second year, eight players competed, with the addition of a knockout stage. [[John Virgo]] collected the £3,000 winners cheque, defeating [[Cliff Thorburn]] <br />
13–7 in the final.<ref name=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk>{{cite web|title=Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160510/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html#Bombay|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Winners==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto"<br />
|-<br />
! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Year<br />
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Winner<br />
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Runner-up<br />
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Final score<br />
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Season<br />
|-<br />
| [[1979 Bombay International|1979]]<ref name="Cuesport">{{cite book|last=Hayton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=147}}</ref> <br />
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Spencer (snooker player)|John Spencer]]<br />
| {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Dennis Taylor]]<br />
| style="text-align: center" | Round-robin<br />
| [[Snooker season 1978/1979|1978/79]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1980 Bombay International|1980]]<ref name="Cuesport" /><br />
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Virgo]] <br />
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Cliff Thorburn]] <br />
| style="text-align: center" | 13–7<br />
| [[Snooker season 1979/1980|1979/80]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Snooker non-ranking competitions]]<br />
[[Category:Snooker competitions in India]]<br />
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1979]]<br />
[[Category:Recurring events disestablished in 1980]]<br />
[[Category:1979 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:1980 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Sport in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct snooker competitions]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct sports competitions in India]]</div>
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