| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 34 | 61:7 | 1011 | 840 | 171 | 30 | 1 | 3 |
| 2. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 34 | 58:10 | 1038 | 837 | 201 | 28 | 2 | 4 |
| 3. | THW Kiel | 34 | 53:15 | 960 | 849 | 111 | 26 | 1 | 7 |
| 4. | Füchse Berlin | 34 | 51:17 | 986 | 889 | 97 | 23 | 5 | 6 |
| 5. | SC Magdeburg | 34 | 51:17 | 988 | 902 | 86 | 23 | 5 | 6 |
| 6. | HSG Wetzlar | 34 | 41:27 | 896 | 857 | 39 | 20 | 1 | 13 |
| 7. | MT Melsungen | 34 | 38:30 | 947 | 924 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 14 |
| 8. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 34 | 35:33 | 883 | 871 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 15 |
| 9. | HC Erlangen | 34 | 28:40 | 890 | 941 | -51 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 10. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 34 | 27:41 | 934 | 960 | -26 | 12 | 3 | 19 |
| 11. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 34 | 24:44 | 935 | 954 | -19 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 12. | TSV GWD Minden | 34 | 24:44 | 843 | 948 | -105 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 13. | TBV Lemgo | 34 | 23:45 | 926 | 988 | -62 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 14. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 34 | 23:45 | 865 | 943 | -78 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 15. | VfL Gummersbach | 34 | 22:46 | 867 | 934 | -67 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 16. | Bergischer HC | 34 | 22:46 | 868 | 954 | -86 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 17. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 34 | 17:51 | 819 | 933 | -114 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 18. | HSC 2000 Coburg | 34 | 14:54 | 856 | 988 | -132 | 6 | 2 | 26 |