| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hannover | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 42:25 | 17 | 31 | |
| 2. | Mainz | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28:18 | 10 | 30 | |
| 3. | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24:20 | 4 | 28 | |
| 4. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25:21 | 4 | 26 | |
| 5. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29:21 | 8 | 24 | |
| 6. | Bochum | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24:30 | -6 | 24 | |
| 7. | Ahlen | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 32:43 | -11 | 22 | |
| 8. | Oberhausen | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 28:26 | 2 | 21 | |
| 9. | Union Berlin | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25:26 | -1 | 21 | |
| 10. | Mannheim | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14:29 | -15 | 17 | |
| 11. | Duisburg | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20:32 | -12 | 16 | |
| 12. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17:29 | -12 | 15 | |
| 13. | Unterhaching | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15:32 | -17 | 14 | |
| 14. | Reutlingen | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 21:38 | -17 | 12 | |
| 15. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 15:44 | -29 | 10 | |
| 16. | Babelsberg | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20:41 | -21 | 9 | |
| 17. | Saarbrucken | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12:46 | -34 | 6 | |
| 18. | Schweinfurt | 17 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7:43 | -36 | 1 |