Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | THW Kiel | 12 | 21:3 | 378 | 336 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 2. | SC Magdeburg | 11 | 20:2 | 363 | 317 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 3. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 11 | 19:3 | 378 | 336 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 4. | MT Melsungen | 11 | 15:7 | 335 | 304 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 5. | Füchse Berlin | 10 | 14:6 | 338 | 315 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 6. | VfL Gummersbach | 11 | 14:8 | 352 | 327 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| 7. | TBV Lemgo | 11 | 14:8 | 338 | 339 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 8. | HC Erlangen | 11 | 13:9 | 342 | 340 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 9. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 11 | 12:10 | 319 | 319 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 10. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 11 | 11:11 | 333 | 332 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 11. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 11 | 8:14 | 307 | 336 | -29 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 12. | HSV Hamburg | 11 | 7:15 | 327 | 334 | -7 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 13. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 11 | 7:15 | 312 | 332 | -20 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 14. | ThSV Eisenach | 11 | 6:16 | 310 | 337 | -27 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 15. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 10 | 5:15 | 288 | 297 | -9 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 16. | Bergischer HC | 10 | 4:16 | 270 | 308 | -38 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 17. | SG BBM Bietigheim | 11 | 4:18 | 323 | 366 | -43 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 18. | HSG Wetzlar | 11 | 2:20 | 326 | 364 | -38 | 0 | 2 | 9 |