Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Magdeburg | 27 | 48:6 | 860 | 713 | 147 | 23 | 2 | 2 |
| 2. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 27 | 43:11 | 949 | 849 | 100 | 20 | 3 | 4 |
| 3. | Füchse Berlin | 27 | 42:12 | 971 | 809 | 162 | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| 4. | VfL Gummersbach | 26 | 39:13 | 822 | 721 | 101 | 18 | 3 | 5 |
| 5. | THW Kiel | 27 | 37:17 | 835 | 796 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 |
| 6. | TBV Lemgo | 27 | 35:19 | 798 | 750 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 8 |
| 7. | MT Melsungen | 27 | 32:22 | 788 | 770 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 9 |
| 8. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 27 | 31:23 | 813 | 776 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 10 |
| 9. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 27 | 26:28 | 727 | 771 | -44 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
| 10. | HSV Hamburg | 27 | 23:31 | 847 | 863 | -16 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 11. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 27 | 22:32 | 795 | 817 | -22 | 9 | 4 | 14 |
| 12. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 27 | 21:33 | 803 | 835 | -32 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| 13. | HC Erlangen | 27 | 19:35 | 762 | 808 | -46 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 14. | ThSV Eisenach | 27 | 19:35 | 755 | 802 | -47 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 15. | Bergischer HC | 27 | 14:40 | 784 | 870 | -86 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 16. | TSV GWD Minden | 27 | 12:42 | 744 | 880 | -136 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 17. | HSG Wetzlar | 27 | 11:43 | 758 | 863 | -105 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 18. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 26 | 10:42 | 710 | 828 | -118 | 2 | 6 | 18 |