Olympic games basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 1956-1957 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 USA USA 100.0 8 8 0 793 365 99.1 45.6 53.5 100.0
2 Uruguay Uruguay 75.0 8 6 2 568 559 71.0 69.9 1.1 55.5
3 Canada Canada 71.4 7 5 2 511 455 73.0 65.0 8.0 83.4
4 Soviet Union Soviet Union 62.5 8 5 3 574 524 71.8 65.5 6.3 78.0
5 France France 62.5 8 5 3 542 497 67.8 62.1 5.7 77.0
6 Bulgaria Bulgaria 62.5 8 5 3 568 545 71.0 68.1 2.9 64.0
7 Formosa Formosa 62.5 8 5 3 582 590 72.8 73.8 -1.0 45.3
8 Philippines Philippines 50.0 8 4 4 573 610 71.6 76.3 -4.7 29.5
9 Brazil Brazil 42.9 7 3 4 500 535 71.4 76.4 -5.0 28.1
10 Japan Japan 42.9 7 3 4 456 501 65.1 71.6 -6.5 21.3
11 Chile Chile 28.6 7 2 5 490 518 70.0 74.0 -4.0 31.6
12 Australia Australia 28.6 7 2 5 488 545 69.7 77.9 -8.2 17.7
13 Singapore Singapore 28.6 7 2 5 446 551 63.7 78.7 -15.0 5.0
14 South Korea South Korea 14.3 7 1 6 464 551 66.3 78.7 -12.4 8.4
15 Thailand Thailand 0.0 7 0 7 331 540 47.3 77.1 -29.8 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.