| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | THW Kiel | 26 | 44:8 | 782 | 650 | 132 | 22 | 0 | 4 |
| 2. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 27 | 42:12 | 732 | 647 | 85 | 20 | 2 | 5 |
| 3. | SC Magdeburg | 27 | 39:15 | 782 | 717 | 65 | 19 | 1 | 7 |
| 4. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 27 | 36:18 | 778 | 736 | 42 | 16 | 4 | 7 |
| 5. | Füchse Berlin | 27 | 35:19 | 775 | 723 | 52 | 17 | 1 | 9 |
| 6. | Rhein-Neckar-Löwen | 26 | 34:18 | 729 | 686 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 7 |
| 7. | MT Melsungen | 26 | 32:20 | 716 | 700 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 9 |
| 8. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 26 | 27:25 | 714 | 714 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| 9. | HSG Wetzlar | 27 | 27:27 | 754 | 754 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 |
| 10. | TBV Lemgo | 27 | 27:27 | 765 | 768 | -3 | 12 | 3 | 12 |
| 11. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 26 | 23:29 | 679 | 684 | -5 | 11 | 1 | 14 |
| 12. | TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 27 | 21:33 | 709 | 759 | -50 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 13. | Bergischer HC | 27 | 20:34 | 709 | 728 | -19 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 14. | HC Erlangen | 27 | 20:34 | 695 | 739 | -44 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 15. | TSV GWD Minden | 26 | 18:34 | 690 | 720 | -30 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 16. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 27 | 16:38 | 741 | 818 | -77 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 17. | Die Eulen Ludwigshafen | 27 | 15:39 | 639 | 702 | -63 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 18. | HSG Nordhorn-Lingen | 27 | 4:50 | 643 | 787 | -144 | 2 | 0 | 25 |