Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Magdeburg | 17 | 27:7 | 535 | 465 | 70 | 13 | 1 | 3 |
| 2. | Füchse Berlin | 17 | 25:9 | 584 | 501 | 83 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| 3. | THW Kiel | 17 | 23:11 | 516 | 477 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| 4. | MT Melsungen | 17 | 22:12 | 506 | 479 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 5. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 17 | 19:15 | 523 | 514 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 6. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 17 | 18:16 | 526 | 511 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 7. | VfL Gummersbach | 17 | 17:17 | 514 | 527 | -13 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| 8. | TBV Lemgo | 17 | 15:19 | 458 | 475 | -17 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 9. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 17 | 14:20 | 488 | 501 | -13 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 10. | ThSV Eisenach | 17 | 13:21 | 525 | 523 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 11. | HSV Hamburg | 17 | 11:23 | 522 | 555 | -33 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 12. | SG BBM Bietigheim | 17 | 11:23 | 471 | 540 | -69 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 13. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 17 | 10:24 | 452 | 518 | -66 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 14. | HC Erlangen | 17 | 9:25 | 443 | 494 | -51 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 15. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 17 | 7:27 | 495 | 537 | -42 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 16. | HSG Wetzlar | 17 | 6:28 | 438 | 528 | -90 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 17. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 17 | 5:29 | 455 | 528 | -73 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 18. | 1. VfL Potsdam | 17 | 2:32 | 380 | 511 | -131 | 1 | 0 | 16 |