World Cup basketball (World Cup)

Standings for 1982-1983 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 1 986 780 109.6 86.7 22.9 96.3
2 USA USA 77.8 9 7 2 857 768 95.2 85.3 9.9 82.1
3 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 77.8 9 7 2 894 809 99.3 89.9 9.4 80.1
4 Spain Spain 66.7 9 6 3 925 846 102.8 94.0 8.8 77.6
5 Panama Panama 57.1 7 4 3 667 612 95.3 87.4 7.9 76.8
6 Brazil Brazil 57.1 7 4 3 639 589 91.3 84.1 7.2 75.6
7 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 57.1 7 4 3 678 654 96.9 93.4 3.5 62.3
8 Australia Australia 50.0 8 4 4 644 695 80.5 86.9 -6.4 25.7
9 Canada Canada 37.5 8 3 5 686 696 85.8 87.0 -1.2 45.0
10 Uruguay (M) Uruguay (M) 28.6 7 2 5 559 628 79.9 89.7 -9.8 16.5
11 China China 14.3 7 1 6 557 678 79.6 96.9 -17.3 6.1
12 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 0.0 7 0 7 555 709 79.3 101.3 -22.0 3.2
13 Colombia (M) Colombia (M) 0.0 6 0 6 473 656 78.8 109.3 -30.5 1.0

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.