| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dusseldorf | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27:19 | 8 | 31 | |
| 2. | Hansa Rostock | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19:16 | 3 | 24 | |
| 3. | St. Pauli | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22:22 | 0 | 22 | |
| 4. | Mannheim | 17 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 16:15 | 1 | 21 | |
| 5. | Wolfsburg | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 21:27 | -6 | 21 | |
| 6. | Meppen | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17:20 | -3 | 19 | |
| 7. | Fortuna Koln | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21:32 | -11 | 18 | |
| 8. | Lokomotive Leipzig | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25:29 | -4 | 17 | |
| 9. | SG Wattenscheid | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18:28 | -10 | 17 | |
| 10. | Hertha Berlin | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15:26 | -11 | 17 | |
| 11. | Chemnitzer | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21:35 | -14 | 17 | |
| 12. | Saarbrucken | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16:26 | -10 | 16 | |
| 13. | Nurnberg | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17:32 | -15 | 14 | |
| 14. | Hannover | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16:27 | -11 | 12 | |
| 15. | Mainz | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16:30 | -14 | 12 | |
| 16. | Zwickau | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 13:34 | -21 | 11 | |
| 17. | FC 08 Homburg | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16:44 | -28 | 8 | |
| 18. | FSV Frankfurt | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 22:62 | -40 | 6 |