Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Magdeburg | 34 | 64:4 | 1115 | 934 | 181 | 31 | 2 | 1 |
| 2. | Füchse Berlin | 34 | 55:13 | 1221 | 1030 | 191 | 27 | 1 | 6 |
| 3. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 34 | 51:17 | 1200 | 1084 | 116 | 24 | 3 | 7 |
| 4. | VfL Gummersbach | 34 | 50:18 | 1067 | 942 | 125 | 23 | 4 | 7 |
| 5. | TBV Lemgo | 34 | 42:26 | 1021 | 977 | 44 | 19 | 4 | 11 |
| 6. | THW Kiel | 34 | 42:26 | 1043 | 1010 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| 7. | MT Melsungen | 34 | 39:29 | 1002 | 1000 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 12 |
| 8. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 34 | 37:31 | 1024 | 981 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 14 |
| 9. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 34 | 33:35 | 958 | 995 | -37 | 13 | 7 | 14 |
| 10. | HSV Hamburg | 34 | 31:37 | 1065 | 1086 | -21 | 15 | 1 | 18 |
| 11. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 34 | 29:39 | 1015 | 1027 | -12 | 11 | 7 | 16 |
| 12. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 34 | 28:40 | 998 | 1035 | -37 | 10 | 8 | 16 |
| 13. | Bergischer HC | 34 | 22:46 | 980 | 1071 | -91 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 14. | ThSV Eisenach | 34 | 21:47 | 985 | 1058 | -73 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 15. | HC Erlangen | 34 | 19:49 | 936 | 1013 | -77 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 16. | HSG Wetzlar | 34 | 17:51 | 969 | 1070 | -101 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 17. | TSV GWD Minden | 34 | 17:51 | 942 | 1090 | -148 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 18. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 34 | 15:53 | 942 | 1080 | -138 | 4 | 7 | 23 |