World Cup (W) basketball (World Cup)

Standings for 1979-1980 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Canada (W) Canada (W) 87.5 8 7 1 563 460 70.4 57.5 12.9 94.3
2 Korea (W) Korea (W) 87.5 8 7 1 620 514 77.5 64.3 13.2 93.1
3 USA (W) USA (W) 83.3 6 5 1 463 402 77.2 67.0 10.2 87.7
4 Netherlands (W) Netherlands (W) 66.7 6 4 2 499 355 83.2 59.2 24.0 99.1
5 Brazil (W) Brazil (W) 66.7 6 4 2 494 389 82.3 64.8 17.5 96.5
6 Australia (W) Australia (W) 57.1 7 4 3 506 412 72.3 58.9 13.4 94.6
7 Italy (W) Italy (W) 42.9 7 3 4 466 412 66.6 58.9 7.7 84.7
8 Bolivia (W) Bolivia (W) 33.3 6 2 4 270 481 45.0 80.2 -35.2 0.0
9 Japan (W) Japan (W) 25.0 8 2 6 489 466 61.1 58.3 2.8 66.2
10 France (W) France (W) 25.0 8 2 6 482 525 60.3 65.6 -5.3 23.3
11 Malaysia (W) Malaysia (W) 16.7 6 1 5 267 532 44.5 88.7 -44.2 0.0
12 Senegal (W) Senegal (W) 0.0 6 0 6 277 448 46.2 74.7 -28.5 0.1

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.