| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Preussen Munster | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 36:20 | 16 | 38 | |
| 2. | Ulm | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 31:15 | 16 | 38 | |
| 3. | RW Essen | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 36:23 | 13 | 38 | |
| 4. | Aue | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 28:16 | 12 | 38 | |
| 5. | Unterhaching | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31:17 | 14 | 36 | |
| 6. | Sandhausen | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34:21 | 13 | 34 | |
| 7. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 29:20 | 9 | 32 | |
| 8. | Regensburg | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25:16 | 9 | 32 | |
| 9. | Viktoria Koln | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32:32 | 0 | 31 | |
| 10. | Ingolstadt | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 35:21 | 14 | 30 | |
| 11. | Saarbrucken | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 26:20 | 6 | 28 | |
| 12. | Munich 1860 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24:16 | 8 | 27 | |
| 13. | Mannheim | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28:24 | 4 | 26 | |
| 14. | Dortmund II | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27:24 | 3 | 26 | |
| 15. | Verl | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 30:27 | 3 | 25 | |
| 16. | Duisburg | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24:25 | -1 | 24 | |
| 17. | Hallescher | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26:29 | -3 | 24 | |
| 18. | Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25:23 | 2 | 22 | |
| 19. | Lubeck | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20:30 | -10 | 20 | |
| 20. | Freiburg II | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15:26 | -11 | 17 |