| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32:25 | 7 | 30 | |
| 2. | Darmstadt | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23:20 | 3 | 29 | |
| 3. | Heidenheim | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26:20 | 6 | 27 | |
| 4. | St. Pauli | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31:28 | 3 | 24 | |
| 5. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29:32 | -3 | 24 | |
| 6. | Hansa Rostock | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14:23 | -9 | 22 | |
| 7. | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21:22 | -1 | 21 | |
| 8. | Dusseldorf | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22:24 | -2 | 21 | |
| 9. | Magdeburg | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25:33 | -8 | 21 | |
| 10. | Paderborn | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 22:24 | -2 | 19 | |
| 11. | Hannover | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23:29 | -6 | 17 | |
| 12. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24:28 | -4 | 16 | |
| 13. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22:33 | -11 | 15 | |
| 14. | Nurnberg | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14:32 | -18 | 14 | |
| 15. | Regensburg | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 17:30 | -13 | 12 | |
| 16. | Sandhausen | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17:30 | -13 | 12 | |
| 17. | Braunschweig | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19:37 | -18 | 12 | |
| 18. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19:31 | -12 | 10 |