| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Magdeburg | 34 | 62:6 | 1135 | 927 | 208 | 30 | 2 | 2 |
| 2. | Füchse Berlin | 34 | 56:12 | 1107 | 996 | 111 | 26 | 4 | 4 |
| 3. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 34 | 50:18 | 1107 | 981 | 126 | 23 | 4 | 7 |
| 4. | THW Kiel | 34 | 47:21 | 1089 | 987 | 102 | 22 | 3 | 9 |
| 5. | MT Melsungen | 34 | 44:24 | 973 | 935 | 38 | 20 | 4 | 10 |
| 6. | VfL Gummersbach | 34 | 43:25 | 1060 | 1020 | 40 | 20 | 3 | 11 |
| 7. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 34 | 39:29 | 1000 | 994 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 12 |
| 8. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 34 | 33:35 | 995 | 978 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 16 |
| 9. | HSV Hamburg | 34 | 30:38 | 1013 | 1077 | -64 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 10. | TBV Lemgo | 34 | 28:40 | 978 | 978 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 18 |
| 11. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 34 | 26:42 | 996 | 1048 | -52 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 12. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 34 | 26:42 | 961 | 1022 | -61 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 13. | HSG Wetzlar | 34 | 26:42 | 924 | 999 | -75 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 14. | ThSV Eisenach | 34 | 24:44 | 951 | 1012 | -61 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 15. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 34 | 23:45 | 965 | 1019 | -54 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 16. | HC Erlangen | 34 | 22:46 | 901 | 972 | -71 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 17. | Bergischer HC | 34 | 20:48 | 965 | 1047 | -82 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 18. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 34 | 13:55 | 903 | 1031 | -128 | 5 | 3 | 26 |