| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kiel | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1107:809 | 68 | |
| 2. | Flensburg-H. | 34 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1059:907 | 57 | |
| 3. | Fuchse Berlin | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1016:876 | 53 | |
| 4. | Hamburg | 34 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 1022:910 | 50 | |
| 5. | Rhein-Neckar | 34 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 1044:953 | 48 | |
| 6. | SC Magdeburg | 34 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 985:939 | 39 | |
| 7. | Lemgo | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 988:979 | 38 | |
| 8. | Goppingen | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 901:914 | 33 | |
| 9. | N-Lubbecke | 34 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 943:953 | 30 | |
| 10. | MT Melsungen | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 947:993 | 30 | |
| 11. | Gummersbach | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 1008:1078 | 29 | |
| 12. | Grosswallstadt | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 865:928 | 27 | |
| 13. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 979:1050 | 24 | |
| 14. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 34 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 856:935 | 24 | |
| 15. | HSG Wetzlar | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 857:896 | 23 | |
| 16. | Bergischer | 34 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 894:1005 | 18 | |
| 17. | Huttenberg | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 883:1008 | 17 | |
| 18. | Hildesheim | 34 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 868:1089 | 4 |