| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Füchse Berlin | 26 | 42:10 | 886 | 750 | 136 | 19 | 4 | 3 |
| 2. | MT Melsungen | 25 | 40:10 | 764 | 670 | 94 | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 3. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 25 | 39:11 | 775 | 710 | 65 | 18 | 3 | 4 |
| 4. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 26 | 36:16 | 876 | 781 | 95 | 16 | 4 | 6 |
| 5. | THW Kiel | 26 | 36:16 | 788 | 709 | 79 | 18 | 0 | 8 |
| 6. | SC Magdeburg | 23 | 35:11 | 706 | 611 | 95 | 17 | 1 | 5 |
| 7. | TBV Lemgo | 26 | 31:21 | 728 | 712 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 10 |
| 8. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 24 | 29:19 | 735 | 715 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 9. | VfL Gummersbach | 24 | 28:20 | 723 | 695 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 9 |
| 10. | HSV Hamburg | 26 | 25:27 | 793 | 814 | -21 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
| 11. | ThSV Eisenach | 25 | 23:27 | 773 | 780 | -7 | 10 | 3 | 12 |
| 12. | HSG Wetzlar | 26 | 18:34 | 695 | 770 | -75 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 13. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 25 | 17:33 | 679 | 727 | -48 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 14. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 26 | 17:35 | 772 | 788 | -16 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 15. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 25 | 14:36 | 657 | 760 | -103 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 16. | SG BBM Bietigheim | 25 | 10:40 | 681 | 794 | -113 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 17. | HC Erlangen | 26 | 10:42 | 672 | 772 | -100 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 18. | 1. VfL Potsdam | 25 | 4:46 | 585 | 730 | -145 | 2 | 0 | 23 |