World Cup basketball (World Cup)

Standings for 2002-2003 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Argentina Argentina 88.9 9 8 1 828 697 92.0 77.4 14.6 91.6
2 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 77.8 9 7 2 806 670 89.6 74.4 15.2 92.9
3 Spain Spain 77.8 9 7 2 728 616 80.9 68.4 12.5 91.1
4 USA USA 66.7 9 6 3 831 679 92.3 75.4 16.9 94.3
5 Germany Germany 66.7 9 6 3 808 727 89.8 80.8 9.0 81.3
6 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 66.7 9 6 3 738 710 82.0 78.9 3.1 63.1
7 Turkey Turkey 50.0 8 4 4 681 681 85.1 85.1 0.0 50.0
8 Brazil Brazil 44.4 9 4 5 742 776 82.4 86.2 -3.8 34.9
9 New Zealand New Zealand 44.4 9 4 5 730 829 81.1 92.1 -11.0 14.6
10 Canada Canada 40.0 5 2 3 388 420 77.6 84.0 -6.4 24.9
11 Russia Russia 37.5 8 3 5 673 693 84.1 86.6 -2.5 40.0
12 Angola Angola 25.0 8 2 6 600 697 75.0 87.1 -12.1 11.1
13 Venezuela Venezuela 20.0 5 1 4 421 472 84.2 94.4 -10.2 16.9
14 Algeria Algeria 20.0 5 1 4 395 476 79.0 95.2 -16.2 6.9
15 China China 12.5 8 1 7 634 728 79.3 91.0 -11.7 12.8
16 Lebanon Lebanon 0.0 5 0 5 367 499 73.4 99.8 -26.4 1.4

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.