| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Magdeburg | 12 | 23:1 | 398 | 315 | 83 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 13 | 22:4 | 451 | 405 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 3. | THW Kiel | 13 | 22:4 | 417 | 387 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 4. | VfL Gummersbach | 12 | 20:4 | 377 | 325 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 5. | Füchse Berlin | 13 | 20:6 | 475 | 388 | 87 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 6. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 12 | 19:5 | 378 | 344 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 7. | TBV Lemgo | 13 | 19:7 | 380 | 348 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 8. | ThSV Eisenach | 13 | 17:9 | 382 | 372 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 9. | MT Melsungen | 13 | 16:10 | 391 | 376 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 10. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 12 | 15:9 | 375 | 364 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 11. | HSV Hamburg | 12 | 13:11 | 377 | 371 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 12. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 12 | 11:13 | 326 | 340 | -14 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 13. | HC Erlangen | 13 | 11:15 | 378 | 374 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 14. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 13 | 11:15 | 371 | 379 | -8 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 15. | Bergischer HC | 12 | 9:15 | 346 | 366 | -20 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 16. | TSV GWD Minden | 13 | 8:18 | 364 | 422 | -58 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 17. | HSG Wetzlar | 12 | 6:18 | 342 | 381 | -39 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 18. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 11 | 4:18 | 299 | 360 | -61 | 1 | 2 | 8 |