World Cup basketball (World Cup)

Standings for 1970-1971 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 83.3 6 5 1 445 397 74.2 66.2 8.0 83.0
2 Soviet Union Soviet Union 77.8 9 7 2 780 547 86.7 60.8 25.9 99.3
3 Brazil Brazil 77.8 9 7 2 704 650 78.2 72.2 6.0 75.2
4 Cuba Cuba 75.0 8 6 2 660 546 82.5 68.3 14.2 93.3
5 USA USA 66.7 9 6 3 703 577 78.1 64.1 14.0 94.0
6 Italy Italy 55.6 9 5 4 665 632 73.9 70.2 3.7 67.0
7 South Korea South Korea 50.0 8 4 4 668 644 83.5 80.5 3.0 62.5
8 Panama Panama 50.0 8 4 4 661 674 82.6 84.3 -1.7 43.3
9 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 44.4 9 4 5 702 758 78.0 84.2 -6.2 25.6
10 Canada Canada 37.5 8 3 5 625 705 78.1 88.1 -10.0 15.8
11 Uruguay (M) Uruguay (M) 22.2 9 2 7 564 692 62.7 76.9 -14.2 5.5
12 Australia Australia 12.5 8 1 7 579 698 72.4 87.3 -14.9 6.9
13 United Arab Republic United Arab Republic 0.0 8 0 8 573 809 71.6 101.1 -29.5 0.8

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.