| # | North | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Uerdingen | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 35:21 | 14 | 29 | |
| 2. | Hannover | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 25:21 | 4 | 26 | |
| 3. | St. Pauli | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30:25 | 5 | 25 | |
| 4. | Meppen | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 30:25 | 5 | 25 | |
| 5. | VfB Oldenburg | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 38:32 | 6 | 23 | |
| 6. | Hertha Berlin | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30:26 | 4 | 23 | |
| 7. | Remscheid | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 30:28 | 2 | 22 | |
| 8. | VfL Osnabruck | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32:34 | -2 | 22 | |
| 9. | Braunschweig | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 35:37 | -2 | 21 | |
| 10. | Blau Weiss Berlin | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29:37 | -8 | 20 | |
| 11. | Stahl Brandenburg | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28:37 | -9 | 16 | |
| 12. | Fortuna Koln | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22:41 | -19 | 12 | |
| # | South | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Freiburg | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 41:25 | 16 | 28 | |
| 2. | Saarbrucken | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 38:24 | 14 | 27 | |
| 3. | Jena | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 28:21 | 7 | 27 | |
| 4. | Mannheim | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 27:17 | 10 | 26 | |
| 5. | Chemnitzer | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 26:19 | 7 | 26 | |
| 6. | FC 08 Homburg | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 27:22 | 5 | 24 | |
| 7. | Mainz | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 29:25 | 4 | 21 | |
| 8. | Hallescher | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 27:32 | -5 | 20 | |
| 9. | Lokomotive Leipzig | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 29:33 | -4 | 19 | |
| 10. | Munich 1860 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 19:24 | -5 | 19 | |
| 11. | Darmstadt | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26:36 | -10 | 19 | |
| 12. | Erfurt | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 21:60 | -39 | 8 |