| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hertha Berlin | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 31:12 | 19 | 41 | |
| 2. | Braunschweig | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 29:14 | 15 | 36 | |
| 3. | Union Berlin | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27:14 | 13 | 34 | |
| 4. | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 33:13 | 20 | 33 | |
| 5. | FSV Frankfurt | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31:16 | 15 | 33 | |
| 6. | Cottbus | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28:15 | 13 | 32 | |
| 7. | FC Koln | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25:15 | 10 | 31 | |
| 8. | St. Pauli | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32:22 | 10 | 29 | |
| 9. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21:22 | -1 | 27 | |
| 10. | Aalen | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24:17 | 7 | 25 | |
| 11. | Munich 1860 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21:13 | 8 | 24 | |
| 12. | Duisburg | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22:26 | -4 | 23 | |
| 13. | Aue | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21:17 | 4 | 22 | |
| 14. | Paderborn | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24:18 | 6 | 21 | |
| 15. | Bochum | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24:25 | -1 | 19 | |
| 16. | Sandhausen | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20:25 | -5 | 19 | |
| 17. | Ingolstadt | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18:24 | -6 | 18 | |
| 18. | Regensburg | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18:33 | -15 | 10 |