Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Füchse Berlin | 14 | 19:9 | 468 | 420 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 2. | THW Kiel | 14 | 18:10 | 427 | 394 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 3. | MT Melsungen | 14 | 18:10 | 417 | 393 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 4. | SC Magdeburg | 12 | 17:7 | 366 | 334 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| 5. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 13 | 17:9 | 403 | 381 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 6. | ThSV Eisenach | 12 | 13:11 | 378 | 363 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 7. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 13 | 13:13 | 402 | 393 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 8. | VfL Gummersbach | 13 | 13:13 | 385 | 385 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 9. | TBV Lemgo | 14 | 12:16 | 377 | 394 | -17 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 10. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 13 | 11:15 | 378 | 384 | -6 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 11. | HSV Hamburg | 13 | 9:17 | 391 | 415 | -24 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 12. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 14 | 8:20 | 364 | 423 | -59 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 13. | SG BBM Bietigheim | 13 | 7:19 | 356 | 414 | -58 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 14. | HSG Wetzlar | 14 | 6:22 | 364 | 432 | -68 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 15. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 13 | 5:21 | 387 | 414 | -27 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 16. | HC Erlangen | 13 | 3:23 | 335 | 398 | -63 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 17. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 13 | 2:24 | 346 | 406 | -60 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 18. | 1. VfL Potsdam | 14 | 0:28 | 308 | 419 | -111 | 0 | 0 | 14 |