| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | THW Kiel | 38 | 68:8 | 1212 | 999 | 213 | 33 | 2 | 3 |
| 2. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 38 | 68:8 | 1175 | 998 | 177 | 32 | 4 | 2 |
| 3. | SC Magdeburg | 38 | 53:23 | 1151 | 1013 | 138 | 25 | 3 | 10 |
| 4. | Füchse Berlin | 38 | 52:24 | 1093 | 1003 | 90 | 25 | 2 | 11 |
| 5. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 38 | 50:26 | 1116 | 1023 | 93 | 23 | 4 | 11 |
| 6. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 38 | 42:34 | 1055 | 1046 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 14 |
| 7. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 38 | 42:34 | 1017 | 1019 | -2 | 19 | 4 | 15 |
| 8. | HSG Wetzlar | 38 | 41:35 | 1078 | 1034 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 15 |
| 9. | MT Melsungen | 38 | 41:35 | 1062 | 1062 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 16 |
| 10. | TBV Lemgo | 38 | 41:35 | 1043 | 1056 | -13 | 18 | 5 | 15 |
| 11. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 38 | 36:40 | 1032 | 1034 | -2 | 15 | 6 | 17 |
| 12. | Bergischer HC | 38 | 35:41 | 1037 | 1019 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 13. | HC Erlangen | 38 | 34:42 | 1038 | 1051 | -13 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 14. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 38 | 32:44 | 1019 | 1075 | -56 | 14 | 4 | 20 |
| 15. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 38 | 29:47 | 1023 | 1100 | -77 | 13 | 3 | 22 |
| 16. | TSV GWD Minden | 38 | 28:48 | 989 | 1051 | -62 | 10 | 8 | 20 |
| 17. | Die Eulen Ludwigshafen | 38 | 25:51 | 927 | 1018 | -91 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 18. | HSG Nordhorn-Lingen | 38 | 17:59 | 964 | 1112 | -148 | 7 | 3 | 28 |
| 19. | TUSEM Essen | 38 | 15:61 | 1013 | 1142 | -129 | 7 | 1 | 30 |
| 20. | HSC 2000 Coburg | 38 | 11:65 | 968 | 1157 | -189 | 4 | 3 | 31 |