| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Freiburg | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20:16 | 4 | 28 | |
| 2. | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25:17 | 8 | 27 | |
| 3. | FC Koln | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 23:22 | 1 | 26 | |
| 4. | Union Berlin | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17:26 | -9 | 26 | |
| 5. | Mainz | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 30:21 | 9 | 25 | |
| 6. | Eintracht Trier | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26:23 | 3 | 25 | |
| 7. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25:24 | 1 | 24 | |
| 8. | Reutlingen | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19:25 | -6 | 20 | |
| 9. | Burghausen | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 23:22 | 1 | 19 | |
| 10. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 27:35 | -8 | 19 | |
| 11. | Braunschweig | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16:29 | -13 | 19 | |
| 12. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16:26 | -10 | 17 | |
| 13. | Ahlen | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 21:34 | -13 | 14 | |
| 14. | Duisburg | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17:30 | -13 | 14 | |
| 15. | Mannheim | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20:38 | -18 | 13 | |
| 16. | St. Pauli | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20:39 | -19 | 13 | |
| 17. | Lubeck | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 18:34 | -16 | 11 | |
| 18. | Oberhausen | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8:31 | -23 | 3 |