| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | MT Melsungen | 19 | 32:6 | 571 | 489 | 82 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 2. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 19 | 30:8 | 577 | 524 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| 3. | THW Kiel | 20 | 30:10 | 600 | 537 | 63 | 15 | 0 | 5 |
| 4. | Füchse Berlin | 19 | 29:9 | 639 | 530 | 109 | 13 | 3 | 3 |
| 5. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 19 | 28:10 | 646 | 548 | 98 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
| 6. | SC Magdeburg | 16 | 23:9 | 495 | 443 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| 7. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 18 | 23:13 | 554 | 530 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
| 8. | HSV Hamburg | 20 | 21:19 | 597 | 608 | -11 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| 9. | ThSV Eisenach | 19 | 19:19 | 591 | 583 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 10. | TBV Lemgo | 19 | 19:19 | 504 | 525 | -21 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 11. | VfL Gummersbach | 18 | 18:18 | 524 | 534 | -10 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| 12. | HSG Wetzlar | 19 | 16:22 | 496 | 548 | -52 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 13. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 19 | 15:23 | 571 | 574 | -3 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 14. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 19 | 12:26 | 508 | 556 | -48 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 15. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 19 | 10:28 | 501 | 584 | -83 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 16. | SG BBM Bietigheim | 20 | 8:32 | 554 | 626 | -72 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 17. | HC Erlangen | 19 | 5:33 | 489 | 568 | -79 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 18. | 1. VfL Potsdam | 17 | 0:34 | 394 | 504 | -110 | 0 | 0 | 17 |