| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Oberhausen | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26:21 | 5 | 28 | |
| 2. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19:16 | 3 | 26 | |
| 3. | Nurnberg | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 33:32 | 1 | 22 | |
| 4. | Duisburg | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 28:26 | 2 | 20 | |
| 5. | Mainz | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 19:19 | 0 | 19 | |
| 6. | Lubeck | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24:28 | -4 | 19 | |
| 7. | Burghausen | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16:25 | -9 | 19 | |
| 8. | Cottbus | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16:23 | -7 | 18 | |
| 9. | Unterhaching | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20:29 | -9 | 18 | |
| 10. | Ahlen | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14:27 | -13 | 18 | |
| 11. | Aue | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22:30 | -8 | 17 | |
| 12. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16:24 | -8 | 16 | |
| 13. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22:37 | -15 | 16 | |
| 14. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16:25 | -9 | 15 | |
| 15. | Regensburg | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20:30 | -10 | 15 | |
| 16. | Eintracht Trier | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18:33 | -15 | 15 | |
| 17. | Union Berlin | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17:29 | -12 | 10 | |
| 18. | VfL Osnabruck | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9:33 | -24 | 7 |