| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nurnberg | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29:16 | 13 | 32 | |
| 2. | Dusseldorf | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27:24 | 3 | 29 | |
| 3. | Ingolstadt | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23:19 | 4 | 26 | |
| 4. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 35:25 | 10 | 25 | |
| 5. | Duisburg | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25:28 | -3 | 25 | |
| 6. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23:25 | -2 | 22 | |
| 7. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26:27 | -1 | 21 | |
| 8. | Darmstadt | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20:21 | -1 | 20 | |
| 9. | St. Pauli | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 15:28 | -13 | 20 | |
| 10. | Union Berlin | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24:27 | -3 | 19 | |
| 11. | Bochum | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15:24 | -9 | 19 | |
| 12. | Regensburg | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22:26 | -4 | 18 | |
| 13. | Sandhausen | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16:18 | -2 | 17 | |
| 14. | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 24:35 | -11 | 16 | |
| 15. | Braunschweig | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 17:25 | -8 | 15 | |
| 16. | Aue | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17:29 | -12 | 14 | |
| 17. | Heidenheim | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18:29 | -11 | 12 | |
| 18. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11:30 | -19 | 9 |