Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 10 | 16:4 | 344 | 317 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 2. | THW Kiel | 8 | 15:1 | 266 | 237 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 3. | SC Magdeburg | 7 | 14:0 | 234 | 178 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 8 | 13:3 | 256 | 232 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. | TBV Lemgo | 9 | 13:5 | 259 | 240 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 6. | ThSV Eisenach | 9 | 13:5 | 270 | 257 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 7. | VfL Gummersbach | 8 | 12:4 | 248 | 218 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 8. | Füchse Berlin | 9 | 12:6 | 316 | 270 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 9. | MT Melsungen | 9 | 12:6 | 280 | 260 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 10. | HSV Hamburg | 8 | 11:5 | 256 | 239 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 11. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 8 | 9:7 | 253 | 244 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 12. | Bergischer HC | 8 | 9:7 | 240 | 247 | -7 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 13. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 8 | 8:8 | 216 | 228 | -12 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 14. | HC Erlangen | 9 | 8:10 | 258 | 253 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 15. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 9 | 8:10 | 258 | 263 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 16. | TSV GWD Minden | 9 | 7:11 | 245 | 284 | -39 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 17. | HSG Wetzlar | 8 | 3:13 | 224 | 249 | -25 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 18. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 8 | 3:13 | 216 | 266 | -50 | 1 | 1 | 6 |