| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 23:17 | 6 | 32 | |
| 2. | St. Pauli | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 36:19 | 17 | 30 | |
| 3. | Duisburg | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 21:21 | 0 | 29 | |
| 4. | Augsburg | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23:25 | -2 | 24 | |
| 5. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24:24 | 0 | 21 | |
| 6. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22:23 | -1 | 21 | |
| 7. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21:25 | -4 | 21 | |
| 8. | Paderborn | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20:30 | -10 | 20 | |
| 9. | Cottbus | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20:27 | -7 | 18 | |
| 10. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13:17 | -4 | 17 | |
| 11. | Dusseldorf | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18:25 | -7 | 16 | |
| 12. | Munich 1860 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13:27 | -14 | 15 | |
| 13. | FSV Frankfurt | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12:31 | -19 | 15 | |
| 14. | Oberhausen | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18:32 | -14 | 13 | |
| 15. | Ahlen | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12:28 | -16 | 13 | |
| 16. | Union Berlin | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19:29 | -10 | 12 | |
| 17. | Hansa Rostock | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13:28 | -15 | 12 | |
| 18. | TuS Koblenz | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17:36 | -19 | 10 |