| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Füchse Berlin | 24 | 39:9 | 819 | 685 | 134 | 18 | 3 | 3 |
| 2. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 24 | 39:9 | 745 | 674 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 3 |
| 3. | MT Melsungen | 24 | 38:10 | 732 | 642 | 90 | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 4. | THW Kiel | 24 | 34:14 | 723 | 648 | 75 | 17 | 0 | 7 |
| 5. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 24 | 33:15 | 804 | 711 | 93 | 15 | 3 | 6 |
| 6. | SC Magdeburg | 20 | 29:11 | 614 | 542 | 72 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
| 7. | VfL Gummersbach | 23 | 28:18 | 698 | 664 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 8 |
| 8. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 23 | 27:19 | 702 | 689 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 9 |
| 9. | TBV Lemgo | 23 | 27:19 | 629 | 627 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 9 |
| 10. | HSV Hamburg | 24 | 23:25 | 736 | 750 | -14 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| 11. | ThSV Eisenach | 23 | 21:25 | 708 | 715 | -7 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| 12. | HSG Wetzlar | 24 | 18:30 | 641 | 710 | -69 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 13. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 24 | 17:31 | 711 | 724 | -13 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 14. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 24 | 15:33 | 643 | 697 | -54 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 15. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 23 | 12:34 | 609 | 703 | -94 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 16. | SG BBM Bietigheim | 24 | 10:38 | 653 | 762 | -109 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 17. | HC Erlangen | 23 | 8:38 | 596 | 685 | -89 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| 18. | 1. VfL Potsdam | 22 | 2:42 | 507 | 642 | -135 | 1 | 0 | 21 |