Olympic games basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 1972-1973 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 100.0 9 9 0 757 590 84.1 65.6 18.5 97.0
2 USA USA 88.9 9 8 1 660 401 73.3 44.6 28.7 99.9
3 Cuba Cuba 77.8 9 7 2 687 577 76.3 64.1 12.2 91.9
4 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 77.8 9 7 2 734 617 81.6 68.6 13.0 91.8
5 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 66.7 9 6 3 727 700 80.8 77.8 3.0 62.9
6 Brazil Brazil 55.6 9 5 4 731 646 81.2 71.8 9.4 84.8
7 Italy Italy 55.6 9 5 4 650 605 72.2 67.2 5.0 73.1
8 Australia Australia 55.6 9 5 4 684 676 76.0 75.1 0.9 54.1
9 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 44.4 9 4 5 625 642 69.4 71.3 -1.9 40.8
10 Spain Spain 44.4 9 4 5 646 670 71.8 74.4 -2.6 37.6
11 Poland Poland 33.3 9 3 6 690 703 76.7 78.1 -1.4 43.5
12 Germany Germany 33.3 9 3 6 634 672 70.4 74.7 -4.3 30.8
13 Philippines Philippines 33.3 9 3 6 610 739 67.8 82.1 -14.3 6.5
14 Japan Japan 22.2 9 2 7 585 792 65.0 88.0 -23.0 1.5
15 Senegal Senegal 0.0 8 0 8 472 656 59.0 82.0 -23.0 1.0
16 Egypt Egypt 0.0 8 0 8 440 646 55.0 80.8 -25.8 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.