| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 24 | 39:9 | 745 | 674 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 3 |
| 2. | Füchse Berlin | 23 | 37:9 | 779 | 650 | 129 | 17 | 3 | 3 |
| 3. | MT Melsungen | 23 | 36:10 | 705 | 620 | 85 | 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 4. | THW Kiel | 23 | 34:12 | 701 | 621 | 80 | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| 5. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 23 | 33:13 | 775 | 677 | 98 | 15 | 3 | 5 |
| 6. | SC Magdeburg | 20 | 29:11 | 614 | 542 | 72 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
| 7. | VfL Gummersbach | 23 | 28:18 | 698 | 664 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 8 |
| 8. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 22 | 25:19 | 667 | 659 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| 9. | TBV Lemgo | 22 | 25:19 | 595 | 598 | -3 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| 10. | HSV Hamburg | 23 | 23:23 | 701 | 710 | -9 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| 11. | ThSV Eisenach | 22 | 21:23 | 678 | 680 | -2 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 12. | HSG Wetzlar | 24 | 18:30 | 641 | 710 | -69 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 13. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 23 | 17:29 | 684 | 695 | -11 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 14. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 23 | 13:33 | 614 | 670 | -56 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 15. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 23 | 12:34 | 609 | 703 | -94 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 16. | SG BBM Bietigheim | 24 | 10:38 | 653 | 762 | -109 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 17. | HC Erlangen | 22 | 6:38 | 570 | 662 | -92 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 18. | 1. VfL Potsdam | 21 | 2:40 | 484 | 616 | -132 | 1 | 0 | 20 |