| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Füchse Berlin | 27 | 44:10 | 923 | 783 | 140 | 20 | 4 | 3 |
| 2. | MT Melsungen | 27 | 44:10 | 821 | 720 | 101 | 22 | 0 | 5 |
| 3. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 27 | 41:13 | 838 | 776 | 62 | 19 | 3 | 5 |
| 4. | SC Magdeburg | 25 | 39:11 | 768 | 667 | 101 | 19 | 1 | 5 |
| 5. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 27 | 38:16 | 908 | 808 | 100 | 17 | 4 | 6 |
| 6. | THW Kiel | 27 | 38:16 | 824 | 738 | 86 | 19 | 0 | 8 |
| 7. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 26 | 31:21 | 797 | 779 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 10 |
| 8. | TBV Lemgo | 27 | 31:23 | 757 | 742 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 11 |
| 9. | VfL Gummersbach | 26 | 30:22 | 779 | 748 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 10 |
| 10. | HSV Hamburg | 27 | 27:27 | 806 | 826 | -20 | 11 | 5 | 11 |
| 11. | ThSV Eisenach | 26 | 25:27 | 807 | 806 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 12 |
| 12. | HSG Wetzlar | 27 | 18:36 | 724 | 802 | -78 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 13. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 27 | 17:37 | 806 | 823 | -17 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 14. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 27 | 17:37 | 720 | 776 | -56 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 15. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 26 | 14:38 | 684 | 792 | -108 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 16. | SG BBM Bietigheim | 26 | 10:42 | 707 | 828 | -121 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| 17. | HC Erlangen | 27 | 10:44 | 697 | 803 | -106 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 18. | 1. VfL Potsdam | 26 | 4:48 | 612 | 761 | -149 | 2 | 0 | 24 |