| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Füchse Berlin | 25 | 40:10 | 850 | 716 | 134 | 18 | 4 | 3 |
| 2. | MT Melsungen | 25 | 40:10 | 764 | 670 | 94 | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 3. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 25 | 39:11 | 775 | 710 | 65 | 18 | 3 | 4 |
| 4. | THW Kiel | 25 | 36:14 | 754 | 673 | 81 | 18 | 0 | 7 |
| 5. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 25 | 34:16 | 843 | 750 | 93 | 15 | 4 | 6 |
| 6. | SC Magdeburg | 21 | 31:11 | 645 | 572 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 5 |
| 7. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 24 | 29:19 | 735 | 715 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 8. | VfL Gummersbach | 24 | 28:20 | 723 | 695 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 9 |
| 9. | TBV Lemgo | 24 | 27:21 | 655 | 660 | -5 | 13 | 1 | 10 |
| 10. | HSV Hamburg | 25 | 25:25 | 764 | 773 | -9 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| 11. | ThSV Eisenach | 24 | 22:26 | 747 | 754 | -7 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 12. | HSG Wetzlar | 25 | 18:32 | 667 | 738 | -71 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 13. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 25 | 17:33 | 741 | 755 | -14 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 14. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 25 | 17:33 | 679 | 727 | -48 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 15. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 24 | 14:34 | 637 | 729 | -92 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 16. | SG BBM Bietigheim | 25 | 10:40 | 681 | 794 | -113 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 17. | HC Erlangen | 24 | 9:39 | 627 | 716 | -89 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 18. | 1. VfL Potsdam | 23 | 2:44 | 530 | 670 | -140 | 1 | 0 | 22 |