World Cup basketball (World Cup)

Standings for 1959-1960 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 77.8 9 7 2 594 463 66.0 51.4 14.6 97.0
2 Brazil Brazil 77.8 9 7 2 683 557 75.9 61.9 14.0 94.5
3 USA USA 77.8 9 7 2 641 582 71.2 64.7 6.5 79.3
4 Philippines Philippines 66.7 6 4 2 415 420 69.2 70.0 -0.8 45.8
5 Bulgaria Bulgaria 55.6 9 5 4 532 512 59.1 56.9 2.2 63.0
6 Argentina Argentina 50.0 6 3 3 381 378 63.5 63.0 0.5 52.7
7 Canada Canada 50.0 6 3 3 367 380 61.2 63.3 -2.1 38.1
8 Formosa Formosa 44.4 9 4 5 522 559 58.0 62.1 -4.1 27.8
9 Uruguay (M) Uruguay (M) 33.3 6 2 4 356 384 59.3 64.0 -4.7 25.9
10 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 33.3 9 3 6 606 665 67.3 73.9 -6.6 21.5
11 Chile (M) Chile (M) 33.3 6 2 4 393 444 65.5 74.0 -8.5 15.5
12 United Arab Republic United Arab Republic 16.7 6 1 5 374 435 62.3 72.5 -10.2 10.9
13 Mexico Mexico 0.0 6 0 6 342 427 57.0 71.2 -14.2 4.4

Standings glossary

Stats abbreviations

  • Rk: rank
  • % Victory: number of win / number of games played
  • Gp: number of games played
  • Gw: number of games won
  • GL: number of games lost
  • Pts+: total number of points scored by the team
  • Pts-: total number of points scored by opposing teams
  • Pts+ /g: total number of points scored by the team per game
  • Pts- /g: total number of points scored by opposing teams per game
  • Diff: difference between points scored and received per game
  • Expected Winning %: through our basketball statistical database and the use of advanced stats, we are able to project a team’s win percentage which then allows us to project how many wins a team is expected to have. These projections are a unique way to understand whether a team has played better or worse than their record indicates.