| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31:19 | 12 | 32 | |
| 2. | Duisburg | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 32:20 | 12 | 31 | |
| 3. | Hansa Rostock | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 25:17 | 8 | 30 | |
| 4. | Freiburg | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25:17 | 8 | 29 | |
| 5. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23:19 | 4 | 24 | |
| 6. | FC Koln | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20:26 | -6 | 22 | |
| 7. | Augsburg | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19:19 | 0 | 21 | |
| 8. | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 14:19 | -5 | 20 | |
| 9. | Paderborn | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14:25 | -11 | 17 | |
| 10. | TuS Koblenz | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 19:30 | -11 | 16 | |
| 11. | RW Essen | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12:22 | -10 | 15 | |
| 12. | Jena | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16:31 | -15 | 15 | |
| 13. | Burghausen | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18:37 | -19 | 15 | |
| 14. | Offenbach | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19:37 | -18 | 13 | |
| 15. | Munich 1860 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16:34 | -18 | 13 | |
| 16. | Aue | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15:34 | -19 | 11 | |
| 17. | Unterhaching | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14:32 | -18 | 10 | |
| 18. | Braunschweig | 17 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 6:28 | -22 | 7 |