| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fuchse Berlin | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 541:477 | 30 | |
| 2. | Flensburg-H. | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 530:448 | 29 | |
| 3. | SC Magdeburg | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 482:386 | 28 | |
| 4. | MT Melsungen | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 441:381 | 28 | |
| 5. | Kiel | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 463:400 | 22 | |
| 6. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 469:434 | 22 | |
| 7. | Gummersbach | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 446:425 | 20 | |
| 8. | Stuttgart | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 450:434 | 18 | |
| 9. | Goppingen | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 470:467 | 18 | |
| 10. | Leipzig | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 455:436 | 17 | |
| 11. | Hamburg | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 465:464 | 17 | |
| 12. | Rhein-Neckar | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 468:458 | 17 | |
| 13. | Lemgo | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 448:442 | 16 | |
| 14. | Erlangen | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 405:415 | 14 | |
| 15. | Eisenach | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 413:434 | 14 | |
| 16. | HSG Wetzlar | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 433:462 | 13 | |
| 17. | Bergischer | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 424:443 | 11 | |
| 18. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 416:490 | 4 |