| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 12 | 17:7 | 370 | 344 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 2. | Füchse Berlin | 12 | 16:8 | 401 | 355 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| 3. | THW Kiel | 13 | 16:10 | 391 | 365 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 4. | MT Melsungen | 12 | 14:10 | 354 | 340 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 5. | SC Magdeburg | 10 | 13:7 | 303 | 275 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 6. | VfL Gummersbach | 11 | 13:9 | 335 | 328 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 7. | TBV Lemgo | 12 | 12:12 | 322 | 331 | -9 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 8. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 12 | 11:13 | 369 | 362 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 9. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 12 | 11:13 | 351 | 354 | -3 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 10. | ThSV Eisenach | 10 | 10:10 | 305 | 298 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 11. | HSV Hamburg | 12 | 9:15 | 362 | 374 | -12 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 12. | SG BBM Bietigheim | 13 | 7:19 | 356 | 414 | -58 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 13. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 11 | 6:16 | 289 | 334 | -45 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 14. | HSG Wetzlar | 13 | 6:20 | 336 | 400 | -64 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 15. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 12 | 5:19 | 353 | 379 | -26 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 16. | HC Erlangen | 11 | 2:20 | 290 | 342 | -52 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 17. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 11 | 0:22 | 280 | 345 | -65 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 18. | 1. VfL Potsdam | 11 | 0:22 | 235 | 328 | -93 | 0 | 0 | 11 |