| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 17 | 29:5 | 506 | 437 | 69 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 2. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 17 | 26:8 | 514 | 415 | 99 | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| 3. | Füchse Berlin | 17 | 25:9 | 495 | 451 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| 4. | THW Kiel | 17 | 22:12 | 476 | 438 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 5. | SC Magdeburg | 17 | 22:12 | 486 | 450 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| 6. | MT Melsungen | 17 | 16:18 | 461 | 464 | -3 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 7. | HSG Wetzlar | 17 | 15:19 | 441 | 455 | -14 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 8. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 17 | 10:24 | 413 | 453 | -40 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 9. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 17 | 9:25 | 471 | 489 | -18 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 10. | TBV Lemgo | 17 | 9:25 | 460 | 504 | -44 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 17 | 9:25 | 450 | 495 | -45 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 12. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 17 | 9:25 | 421 | 469 | -48 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 13. | Bergischer HC | 17 | 9:25 | 428 | 485 | -57 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 14. | HC Erlangen | 17 | 8:26 | 423 | 470 | -47 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 15. | TSV GWD Minden | 17 | 8:26 | 418 | 483 | -65 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 16. | VfL Gummersbach | 17 | 6:28 | 438 | 500 | -62 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 17. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 17 | 4:30 | 374 | 472 | -98 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 18. | HSC 2000 Coburg | 17 | 3:31 | 415 | 492 | -77 | 1 | 1 | 15 |