| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 33 | 58:8 | 945 | 732 | 213 | 29 | 0 | 4 |
| 2. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 33 | 57:9 | 991 | 806 | 185 | 27 | 3 | 3 |
| 3. | THW Kiel | 33 | 52:14 | 1003 | 845 | 158 | 25 | 2 | 6 |
| 4. | MT Melsungen | 33 | 47:19 | 934 | 856 | 78 | 22 | 3 | 8 |
| 5. | Füchse Berlin | 33 | 43:23 | 939 | 861 | 78 | 20 | 3 | 10 |
| 6. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 34 | 39:29 | 936 | 881 | 55 | 19 | 1 | 14 |
| 7. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 33 | 37:29 | 914 | 903 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 10 |
| 8. | SC Magdeburg | 34 | 37:31 | 949 | 935 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 12 |
| 9. | VfL Gummersbach | 33 | 35:31 | 895 | 894 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 14 |
| 10. | HSG Wetzlar | 33 | 34:32 | 846 | 851 | -5 | 15 | 4 | 14 |
| 11. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 33 | 32:34 | 887 | 931 | -44 | 14 | 4 | 15 |
| 12. | Bergischer HC | 33 | 19:47 | 842 | 940 | -98 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 13. | TBV Lemgo | 33 | 18:48 | 875 | 990 | -115 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 14. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 33 | 15:51 | 882 | 969 | -87 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| 15. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 33 | 14:52 | 810 | 957 | -147 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 16. | ThSV Eisenach | 33 | 10:56 | 818 | 1039 | -221 | 4 | 2 | 27 |
| 17. | TuS N-Lübbecke | 34 | 8:60 | 857 | 1004 | -147 | 2 | 4 | 28 |
| 18. | HSV Hamburg -29 * | 20 | 0:11 | 597 | 526 | 71 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
*) 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)