| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 17 | 30:4 | 469 | 400 | 69 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 2. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 17 | 28:6 | 481 | 385 | 96 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 3. | MT Melsungen | 16 | 22:10 | 452 | 423 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| 4. | THW Kiel | 16 | 20:12 | 464 | 425 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| 5. | Füchse Berlin | 17 | 18:16 | 478 | 455 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| 6. | VfL Gummersbach | 16 | 14:18 | 428 | 443 | -15 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 7. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 17 | 13:21 | 468 | 488 | -20 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 8. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 17 | 13:21 | 443 | 468 | -25 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 9. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 16 | 12:20 | 423 | 453 | -30 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 10. | HSG Wetzlar | 16 | 11:21 | 385 | 433 | -48 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 11. | SC Magdeburg | 17 | 11:23 | 461 | 492 | -31 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 12. | Bergischer HC | 16 | 6:26 | 397 | 482 | -85 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 13. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 16 | 4:28 | 369 | 457 | -88 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 14. | TBV Lemgo | 17 | 4:30 | 432 | 522 | -90 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 15. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 17 | 3:31 | 460 | 522 | -62 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 16. | ThSV Eisenach | 17 | 3:31 | 407 | 537 | -130 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 17. | TuS N-Lübbecke | 17 | 1:33 | 443 | 527 | -84 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 18. | HSV Hamburg -29 * | 10 | -15:6 | 283 | 265 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
*) The values marked represent starting points that have already been deducted from the points total in the table (but not from the home and away tables)