Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Magdeburg | 26 | 48:4 | 849 | 701 | 148 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| 2. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 26 | 41:11 | 914 | 817 | 97 | 19 | 3 | 4 |
| 3. | Füchse Berlin | 26 | 40:12 | 932 | 783 | 149 | 20 | 0 | 6 |
| 4. | VfL Gummersbach | 26 | 39:13 | 822 | 721 | 101 | 18 | 3 | 5 |
| 5. | THW Kiel | 26 | 36:16 | 805 | 766 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 5 |
| 6. | TBV Lemgo | 26 | 35:17 | 772 | 723 | 49 | 16 | 3 | 7 |
| 7. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 26 | 31:21 | 786 | 747 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 9 |
| 8. | MT Melsungen | 26 | 30:22 | 761 | 744 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| 9. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 26 | 24:28 | 715 | 760 | -45 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| 10. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 26 | 22:30 | 763 | 782 | -19 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 11. | HSV Hamburg | 26 | 21:31 | 817 | 834 | -17 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 12. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 27 | 21:33 | 803 | 835 | -32 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| 13. | ThSV Eisenach | 26 | 18:34 | 725 | 772 | -47 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 14. | HC Erlangen | 26 | 17:35 | 733 | 781 | -48 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 15. | Bergischer HC | 27 | 14:40 | 784 | 870 | -86 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 16. | TSV GWD Minden | 26 | 12:40 | 715 | 850 | -135 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 17. | HSG Wetzlar | 27 | 11:43 | 758 | 863 | -105 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 18. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 25 | 10:40 | 684 | 789 | -105 | 2 | 6 | 17 |