| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stuttgart | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 36:15 | 38 | |
| 2. | Heidenheim | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32:13 | 37 | |
| 3. | Aue | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 32:18 | 36 | |
| 4. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 32:12 | 34 | |
| 5. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 35:20 | 34 | |
| 6. | Darmstadt | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 29:18 | 30 | |
| 7. | St. Pauli | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24:14 | 30 | |
| 8. | Regensburg | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29:24 | 28 | |
| 9. | Bochum | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 37:30 | 26 | |
| 10. | Hannover | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 27:21 | 26 | |
| 11. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23:23 | 24 | |
| 12. | Sandhausen | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20:19 | 23 | |
| 13. | VfL Osnabruck | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26:25 | 22 | |
| 14. | Karlsruher | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26:27 | 22 | |
| 15. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23:24 | 21 | |
| 16. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19:24 | 19 | |
| 17. | Nurnberg | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15:31 | 16 | |
| 18. | Wehen | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20:38 | 16 |