| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bochum | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 68:30 | 38 | 69 | |
| 2. | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 55:45 | 10 | 57 | |
| 3. | Duisburg | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 55:37 | 18 | 56 | |
| 4. | Unterhaching | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52:38 | 14 | 52 | |
| 5. | Zwickau | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 39:48 | -9 | 49 | |
| 6. | Jena | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 49:54 | -5 | 48 | |
| 7. | Mannheim | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 49:47 | 2 | 46 | |
| 8. | Fortuna Koln | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 37:37 | 0 | 46 | |
| 9. | Lokomotive Leipzig | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 35:49 | -14 | 45 | |
| 10. | Meppen | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 45:43 | 2 | 44 | |
| 11. | Mainz | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 37:41 | -4 | 44 | |
| 12. | Wolfsburg | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 41:46 | -5 | 44 | |
| 13. | Lubeck | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 40:45 | -5 | 44 | |
| 14. | Hertha Berlin | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 37:35 | 2 | 42 | |
| 15. | Chemnitzer | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 43:51 | -8 | 42 | |
| 16. | Hannover | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38:48 | -10 | 37 | |
| 17. | Nurnberg | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 33:40 | -7 | 33 | |
| 18. | SG Wattenscheid | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 38:57 | -19 | 31 |