| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 34 | 64:4 | 958 | 768 | 190 | 32 | 0 | 2 |
| 2. | THW Kiel | 34 | 62:6 | 1018 | 806 | 212 | 31 | 0 | 3 |
| 3. | SC Magdeburg | 34 | 54:14 | 1010 | 867 | 143 | 27 | 0 | 7 |
| 4. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 34 | 50:18 | 960 | 851 | 109 | 24 | 2 | 8 |
| 5. | MT Melsungen | 34 | 42:26 | 922 | 900 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 13 |
| 6. | Füchse Berlin | 34 | 38:30 | 923 | 898 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 15 |
| 7. | Bergischer HC | 34 | 38:30 | 891 | 880 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 14 |
| 8. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 34 | 36:32 | 901 | 899 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 15 |
| 9. | HC Erlangen | 34 | 30:38 | 853 | 882 | -29 | 14 | 2 | 18 |
| 10. | HSG Wetzlar | 34 | 29:39 | 859 | 883 | -24 | 14 | 1 | 19 |
| 11. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 34 | 27:41 | 861 | 871 | -10 | 12 | 3 | 19 |
| 12. | TBV Lemgo | 34 | 26:42 | 861 | 885 | -24 | 11 | 4 | 19 |
| 13. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 34 | 26:42 | 935 | 960 | -25 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 14. | TSV GWD Minden | 34 | 25:43 | 941 | 976 | -35 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 15. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 34 | 23:45 | 912 | 998 | -86 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 16. | Die Eulen Ludwigshafen | 34 | 14:54 | 802 | 955 | -153 | 5 | 4 | 25 |
| 17. | VfL Gummersbach | 34 | 14:54 | 809 | 963 | -154 | 6 | 2 | 26 |
| 18. | SG BBM Bietigheim | 34 | 14:54 | 809 | 983 | -174 | 6 | 2 | 26 |