| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Magdeburg | 29 | 54:4 | 941 | 781 | 160 | 26 | 2 | 1 |
| 2. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 29 | 47:11 | 1025 | 912 | 113 | 22 | 3 | 4 |
| 3. | Füchse Berlin | 29 | 46:12 | 1033 | 868 | 165 | 23 | 0 | 6 |
| 4. | VfL Gummersbach | 30 | 44:16 | 946 | 833 | 113 | 20 | 4 | 6 |
| 5. | THW Kiel | 30 | 40:20 | 922 | 884 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 6 |
| 6. | TBV Lemgo | 30 | 36:24 | 889 | 846 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 10 |
| 7. | MT Melsungen | 30 | 34:26 | 872 | 868 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
| 8. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 30 | 33:27 | 906 | 866 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 12 |
| 9. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 30 | 29:31 | 833 | 875 | -42 | 11 | 7 | 12 |
| 10. | HSV Hamburg | 29 | 25:33 | 905 | 920 | -15 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 11. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 30 | 25:35 | 889 | 903 | -14 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 12. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 29 | 22:36 | 854 | 890 | -36 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
| 13. | ThSV Eisenach | 29 | 21:37 | 815 | 866 | -51 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 14. | HC Erlangen | 30 | 19:41 | 845 | 904 | -59 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 15. | Bergischer HC | 30 | 17:43 | 868 | 957 | -89 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 16. | HSG Wetzlar | 30 | 15:45 | 848 | 949 | -101 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 17. | TSV GWD Minden | 30 | 14:46 | 833 | 974 | -141 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 18. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 30 | 13:47 | 828 | 956 | -128 | 3 | 7 | 20 |