World Cup basketball (World Cup)

Standings for 2006-2007 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Spain Spain 100.0 9 9 0 797 599 88.6 66.6 22.0 98.2
2 USA USA 88.9 9 8 1 932 748 103.6 83.1 20.5 95.5
3 Greece Greece 88.9 9 8 1 720 643 80.0 71.4 8.6 82.8
4 Argentina Argentina 77.8 9 7 2 781 630 86.8 70.0 16.8 95.2
5 France France 66.7 9 6 3 616 593 68.4 65.9 2.5 62.9
6 Italy Italy 66.7 6 4 2 454 438 75.7 73.0 2.7 62.2
7 Turkey Turkey 66.7 9 6 3 669 673 74.3 74.8 -0.5 47.9
8 Lithuania Lithuania 55.6 9 5 4 712 667 79.1 74.1 5.0 71.3
9 Germany Germany 55.6 9 5 4 699 698 77.7 77.6 0.1 50.5
10 Angola Angola 50.0 6 3 3 513 474 85.5 79.0 6.5 75.0
11 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 40.0 5 2 3 432 440 86.4 88.0 -1.6 43.7
12 Lebanon Lebanon 40.0 5 2 3 357 451 71.4 90.2 -18.8 3.7
13 Serbia & Montenegro Serbia & Montenegro 33.3 6 2 4 484 439 80.7 73.2 7.5 79.5
14 Slovenia Slovenia 33.3 6 2 4 518 523 86.3 87.2 -0.9 46.7
15 Australia Australia 33.3 6 2 4 443 462 73.8 77.0 -3.2 35.8
16 Nigeria Nigeria 33.3 6 2 4 448 471 74.7 78.5 -3.8 33.3
17 China China 33.3 6 2 4 488 550 81.3 91.7 -10.4 15.9
18 New Zealand New Zealand 33.3 6 2 4 407 472 67.8 78.7 -10.9 11.3
19 Brazil Brazil 20.0 5 1 4 399 392 79.8 78.4 1.4 56.1
20 Japan Japan 20.0 5 1 4 322 393 64.4 78.6 -14.2 5.9
21 Venezuela Venezuela 20.0 5 1 4 336 426 67.2 85.2 -18.0 3.6
22 Senegal Senegal 0.0 5 0 5 355 451 71.0 90.2 -19.2 3.5
23 Panama Panama 0.0 5 0 5 326 429 65.2 85.8 -20.6 2.1
24 Qatar Qatar 0.0 5 0 5 310 456 62.0 91.2 -29.2 0.5

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.