| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 35:12 | 23 | 42 | |
| 2. | Duisburg | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 35:18 | 17 | 41 | |
| 3. | FC Koln | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 38:13 | 25 | 40 | |
| 4. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 30:18 | 12 | 38 | |
| 5. | Munich 1860 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 31:16 | 15 | 35 | |
| 6. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 30:20 | 10 | 35 | |
| 7. | Aue | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27:19 | 8 | 33 | |
| 8. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 40:22 | 18 | 30 | |
| 9. | Cottbus | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22:17 | 5 | 29 | |
| 10. | Unterhaching | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 26:18 | 8 | 28 | |
| 11. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23:15 | 8 | 27 | |
| 12. | Eintracht Trier | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21:21 | 0 | 27 | |
| 13. | Saarbrucken | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27:19 | 8 | 25 | |
| 14. | Ahlen | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29:27 | 2 | 24 | |
| 15. | Oberhausen | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20:20 | 0 | 24 | |
| 16. | RW Essen | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24:26 | -2 | 24 | |
| 17. | Burghausen | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20:24 | -4 | 21 | |
| 18. | Erfurt | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17:21 | -4 | 19 |