Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Magdeburg | 17 | 31:3 | 537 | 462 | 75 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 2. | Füchse Berlin | 17 | 28:6 | 606 | 522 | 84 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 3. | VfL Gummersbach | 17 | 21:13 | 536 | 488 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| 4. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 17 | 21:13 | 600 | 557 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| 5. | TBV Lemgo | 17 | 21:13 | 524 | 508 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 6. | THW Kiel | 17 | 18:16 | 509 | 496 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 7. | MT Melsungen | 17 | 17:17 | 484 | 494 | -10 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 8. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 17 | 16:18 | 487 | 511 | -24 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 9. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 17 | 14:20 | 514 | 518 | -4 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 10. | HSV Hamburg | 17 | 14:20 | 535 | 554 | -19 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 11. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 17 | 12:22 | 483 | 491 | -8 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 12. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 17 | 8:26 | 480 | 527 | -47 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 13. | Bergischer HC | 17 | 8:26 | 497 | 552 | -55 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 14. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 17 | 6:28 | 471 | 533 | -62 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 15. | HC Erlangen | 17 | 6:28 | 458 | 523 | -65 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 16. | TSV GWD Minden | 17 | 6:28 | 458 | 546 | -88 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 17. | ThSV Eisenach | 17 | 4:30 | 472 | 532 | -60 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 18. | HSG Wetzlar | 17 | 4:30 | 471 | 547 | -76 | 2 | 0 | 15 |