| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Magdeburg | 32 | 58:6 | 1064 | 872 | 192 | 28 | 2 | 2 |
| 2. | Füchse Berlin | 32 | 54:10 | 1047 | 939 | 108 | 25 | 4 | 3 |
| 3. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 32 | 48:16 | 1039 | 917 | 122 | 22 | 4 | 6 |
| 4. | THW Kiel | 32 | 44:20 | 1029 | 936 | 93 | 21 | 2 | 9 |
| 5. | MT Melsungen | 32 | 41:23 | 918 | 890 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 10 |
| 6. | VfL Gummersbach | 32 | 39:25 | 993 | 960 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 11 |
| 7. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 32 | 36:28 | 941 | 939 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 12 |
| 8. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 32 | 31:33 | 938 | 917 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 15 |
| 9. | HSV Hamburg | 32 | 28:36 | 950 | 1011 | -61 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 10. | TBV Lemgo | 32 | 26:38 | 914 | 922 | -8 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 11. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 32 | 26:38 | 916 | 959 | -43 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| 12. | HSG Wetzlar | 32 | 25:39 | 858 | 930 | -72 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 13. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 32 | 24:40 | 944 | 995 | -51 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 14. | ThSV Eisenach | 32 | 24:40 | 895 | 948 | -53 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 15. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 32 | 23:41 | 911 | 954 | -43 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
| 16. | HC Erlangen | 32 | 20:44 | 852 | 922 | -70 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 17. | Bergischer HC | 32 | 18:46 | 905 | 978 | -73 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 18. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 32 | 11:53 | 839 | 964 | -125 | 4 | 3 | 25 |