World Cup basketball (World Cup)

Standings for 1967-1968 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 88.9 9 8 1 733 536 81.4 59.6 21.8 98.7
2 Brazil Brazil 77.8 9 7 2 725 596 80.6 66.2 14.4 93.9
3 USA USA 77.8 9 7 2 675 583 75.0 64.8 10.2 88.5
4 Mexico Mexico 75.0 8 6 2 534 486 66.8 60.8 6.0 78.8
5 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 66.7 9 6 3 679 643 75.4 71.4 4.0 68.1
6 Italy Italy 50.0 8 4 4 551 514 68.9 64.3 4.6 72.5
7 Peru Peru 50.0 8 4 4 471 496 58.9 62.0 -3.1 32.8
8 Poland Poland 44.4 9 4 5 666 676 74.0 75.1 -1.1 44.8
9 Argentina Argentina 33.3 9 3 6 607 712 67.4 79.1 -11.7 9.8
10 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 25.0 8 2 6 548 575 68.5 71.9 -3.4 33.9
11 Japan Japan 25.0 8 2 6 504 589 63.0 73.6 -10.6 10.3
12 Uruguay (M) Uruguay (M) 16.7 6 1 5 347 419 57.8 69.8 -12.0 6.8
13 Paraguay Paraguay 0.0 8 0 8 436 651 54.5 81.4 -26.9 0.4

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.