Joven Alba
Died2016
Sport country Philippines
Pool games9-Ball
Tournament wins
MajorTeam snooker at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games

Joven Alba (24 August 1969-2016) was a Filipino professional pool and snooker player. Alba was a professional pool player between 2009 and 2013, and having played snooker beforehand.[1] Alba's biggest accomplishment was winning the team snooker event at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.[2] Alongside partners Leonardo Andam and Alex Pagulayan the Filipino team defeated Thailand team of Nitiwat Kanjanjanasri, Phaithoon Phonbun and Supoj Saenla in the final.[3][4]

In pool, Alba reached the quarter-finals of both the 2010 and 2011 WPA World Eight-ball Championships, losing to Darren Appleton on both occasions.[5][6]

Death

Alba died in 2016, according to Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/EzoneDubai/photos/rest-in-peace-my-friend-uae-national-billiard-team-coach-joven-alba-/1069740596444557/?paipv=0&eav=AfbTcHksDsqfl60FzZuexMjf9ai13iXP89nt7V-SqNnXNLNKU6_hOO9VW8EwgKxmcm4&_rdr)

Achievements

References

  1. ↑ "Joven ALBA - AZBilliards.com". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "Billiards in the Philippines and the SEA Games". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  3. ↑ "The 23rd SEA Games Schedule". 2005seagames.com. Südostasienspiele 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Billiards & Snooker Results – Summary of all Matches". 2005seagames.com. Südostasienspiele 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-06-15. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  5. ↑ "Day Four of the World 8-Ball Championships". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "World 8-Ball Final 16". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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