Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Magdeburg | 24 | 44:4 | 787 | 643 | 144 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 2. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 25 | 39:11 | 866 | 776 | 90 | 18 | 3 | 4 |
| 3. | Füchse Berlin | 24 | 38:10 | 854 | 719 | 135 | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 4. | THW Kiel | 25 | 36:14 | 766 | 723 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 4 |
| 5. | VfL Gummersbach | 24 | 35:13 | 750 | 664 | 86 | 16 | 3 | 5 |
| 6. | TBV Lemgo | 24 | 34:14 | 713 | 661 | 52 | 16 | 2 | 6 |
| 7. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 25 | 29:21 | 745 | 720 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 |
| 8. | MT Melsungen | 25 | 28:22 | 731 | 715 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 9 |
| 9. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 25 | 22:28 | 736 | 749 | -13 | 9 | 4 | 12 |
| 10. | HSV Hamburg | 25 | 21:29 | 783 | 799 | -16 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| 11. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 24 | 20:28 | 658 | 709 | -51 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
| 12. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 24 | 18:30 | 711 | 743 | -32 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 13. | HC Erlangen | 24 | 17:31 | 680 | 709 | -29 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 14. | ThSV Eisenach | 25 | 17:33 | 696 | 743 | -47 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 15. | Bergischer HC | 24 | 12:36 | 694 | 770 | -76 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 16. | TSV GWD Minden | 25 | 12:38 | 684 | 815 | -131 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 17. | HSG Wetzlar | 25 | 10:40 | 700 | 791 | -91 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 18. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 23 | 8:38 | 626 | 731 | -105 | 2 | 4 | 17 |