World Cup basketball (World Cup)

Standings for 1974-1975 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 1 860 637 95.6 70.8 24.8 98.5
2 USA USA 88.9 9 8 1 938 758 104.2 84.2 20.0 95.1
3 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 85.7 7 6 1 629 568 89.9 81.1 8.8 80.5
4 Mexico Mexico 71.4 7 5 2 640 623 91.4 89.0 2.4 59.3
5 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 57.1 7 4 3 653 595 93.3 85.0 8.3 78.5
6 Cuba Cuba 55.6 9 5 4 718 738 79.8 82.0 -2.2 40.6
7 Brazil Brazil 44.4 9 4 5 716 718 79.6 79.8 -0.2 49.0
8 Spain Spain 44.4 9 4 5 769 814 85.4 90.4 -5.0 31.2
9 Canada Canada 33.3 9 3 6 729 760 81.0 84.4 -3.4 35.9
10 Argentina Argentina 28.6 7 2 5 692 676 98.9 96.6 2.3 58.1
11 Australia Australia 28.6 7 2 5 614 614 87.7 87.7 0.0 50.0
12 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 28.6 7 2 5 568 620 81.1 88.6 -7.5 22.8
13 Philippines Philippines 28.6 7 2 5 644 769 92.0 109.9 -17.9 7.8
14 Central African Rep. Central African Rep. 0.0 7 0 7 477 757 68.1 108.1 -40.0 0.2

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.