| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bochum | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 29:17 | 12 | 31 | |
| 2. | Duisburg | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23:21 | 2 | 23 | |
| 3. | Hertha Berlin | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19:18 | 1 | 21 | |
| 4. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21:26 | -5 | 20 | |
| 5. | Wolfsburg | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18:21 | -3 | 19 | |
| 6. | Nurnberg | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17:20 | -3 | 19 | |
| 7. | Unterhaching | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19:26 | -7 | 17 | |
| 8. | Fortuna Koln | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16:24 | -8 | 16 | |
| 9. | Mainz | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17:29 | -12 | 16 | |
| 10. | Chemnitzer | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19:31 | -12 | 15 | |
| 11. | Lubeck | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15:29 | -14 | 14 | |
| 12. | Jena | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16:33 | -17 | 14 | |
| 13. | Meppen | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17:28 | -11 | 13 | |
| 14. | Lokomotive Leipzig | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 13:36 | -23 | 12 | |
| 15. | Mannheim | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13:26 | -13 | 9 | |
| 16. | Zwickau | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10:35 | -25 | 9 | |
| 17. | Hannover | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13:33 | -20 | 8 | |
| 18. | SG Wattenscheid | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10:33 | -23 | 8 |