| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | THW Kiel | 34 | 59:9 | 1098 | 917 | 181 | 29 | 1 | 4 |
| 2. | SC Magdeburg | 34 | 57:11 | 1124 | 982 | 142 | 27 | 3 | 4 |
| 3. | Füchse Berlin | 34 | 51:17 | 1103 | 990 | 113 | 25 | 1 | 8 |
| 4. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 34 | 49:19 | 1062 | 929 | 133 | 23 | 3 | 8 |
| 5. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 34 | 45:23 | 1133 | 1025 | 108 | 22 | 1 | 11 |
| 6. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 34 | 38:30 | 994 | 978 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 14 |
| 7. | HSV Hamburg | 34 | 36:32 | 1028 | 1010 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 15 |
| 8. | TBV Lemgo | 34 | 35:33 | 1013 | 1010 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 15 |
| 9. | MT Melsungen | 34 | 34:34 | 910 | 923 | -13 | 14 | 6 | 14 |
| 10. | VfL Gummersbach | 34 | 33:35 | 1036 | 1038 | -2 | 15 | 3 | 16 |
| 11. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 34 | 31:37 | 999 | 1013 | -14 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| 12. | Bergischer HC | 34 | 30:38 | 955 | 997 | -42 | 14 | 2 | 18 |
| 13. | HC Erlangen | 34 | 30:38 | 1009 | 1061 | -52 | 14 | 2 | 18 |
| 14. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 34 | 23:45 | 955 | 989 | -34 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 15. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 34 | 23:45 | 912 | 1003 | -91 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 16. | HSG Wetzlar | 34 | 17:51 | 886 | 991 | -105 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 17. | TSV GWD Minden | 34 | 13:55 | 932 | 1093 | -161 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
| 18. | ASV Hamm-Westfalen | 34 | 8:60 | 891 | 1091 | -200 | 3 | 2 | 29 |