| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dusseldorf | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 30:6 | 24 | 43 | |
| 2. | Augsburg | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 37:15 | 22 | 38 | |
| 3. | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 33:11 | 22 | 35 | |
| 4. | St. Pauli | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36:18 | 18 | 34 | |
| 5. | Munich 1860 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30:18 | 12 | 33 | |
| 6. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 27:16 | 11 | 32 | |
| 7. | Union Berlin | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 23:16 | 7 | 32 | |
| 8. | Paderborn | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29:19 | 10 | 31 | |
| 9. | Cottbus | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 35:22 | 13 | 29 | |
| 10. | Oberhausen | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 20:20 | 0 | 28 | |
| 11. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24:24 | 0 | 26 | |
| 12. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19:21 | -2 | 25 | |
| 13. | Hansa Rostock | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20:17 | 3 | 24 | |
| 14. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 29:27 | 2 | 23 | |
| 15. | FSV Frankfurt | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17:19 | -2 | 23 | |
| 16. | Duisburg | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 30:25 | 5 | 21 | |
| 17. | TuS Koblenz | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18:24 | -6 | 21 | |
| 18. | Ahlen | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7:27 | -20 | 9 |