| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Magdeburg | 30 | 54:6 | 991 | 815 | 176 | 26 | 2 | 2 |
| 2. | Füchse Berlin | 32 | 54:10 | 1047 | 939 | 108 | 25 | 4 | 3 |
| 3. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 32 | 48:16 | 1039 | 917 | 122 | 22 | 4 | 6 |
| 4. | THW Kiel | 30 | 42:18 | 968 | 869 | 99 | 20 | 2 | 8 |
| 5. | MT Melsungen | 32 | 41:23 | 918 | 890 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 10 |
| 6. | VfL Gummersbach | 31 | 37:25 | 953 | 931 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 11 |
| 7. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 32 | 36:28 | 941 | 939 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 12 |
| 8. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 31 | 31:31 | 910 | 887 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 14 |
| 9. | HSV Hamburg | 32 | 28:36 | 950 | 1011 | -61 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 10. | TBV Lemgo | 32 | 26:38 | 914 | 922 | -8 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 11. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 32 | 26:38 | 916 | 959 | -43 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| 12. | HSG Wetzlar | 32 | 25:39 | 858 | 930 | -72 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 13. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 32 | 24:40 | 944 | 995 | -51 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 14. | ThSV Eisenach | 32 | 24:40 | 895 | 948 | -53 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 15. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 31 | 23:39 | 884 | 922 | -38 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 16. | HC Erlangen | 32 | 20:44 | 852 | 922 | -70 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 17. | Bergischer HC | 32 | 18:46 | 905 | 978 | -73 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 18. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 31 | 11:51 | 810 | 921 | -111 | 4 | 3 | 24 |