| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Heidenheim | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 41:16 | 40 | |
| 2. | Darmstadt | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 27:13 | 38 | |
| 3. | Dusseldorf | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 38:19 | 37 | |
| 4. | Paderborn | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 46:19 | 36 | |
| 5. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 38:20 | 36 | |
| 6. | St. Pauli | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 23:10 | 33 | |
| 7. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32:25 | 30 | |
| 8. | Greuther Furth | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24:19 | 28 | |
| 9. | Hannover | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26:21 | 27 | |
| 10. | Nurnberg | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18:17 | 25 | |
| 11. | Kaiserslautern | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26:23 | 24 | |
| 12. | Braunschweig | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23:22 | 24 | |
| 13. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 29:29 | 22 | |
| 14. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 28:29 | 19 | |
| 15. | Magdeburg | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19:22 | 19 | |
| 16. | Regensburg | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15:25 | 19 | |
| 17. | Hansa Rostock | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16:24 | 16 | |
| 18. | Sandhausen | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18:32 | 16 |