| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Koln | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 35:21 | 14 | 33 | |
| 2. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24:20 | 4 | 28 | |
| 3. | Regensburg | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 36:31 | 5 | 25 | |
| 4. | Heidenheim | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23:21 | 2 | 25 | |
| 5. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 25:25 | 0 | 23 | |
| 6. | Paderborn | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 26:27 | -1 | 21 | |
| 7. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27:28 | -1 | 20 | |
| 8. | St. Pauli | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18:30 | -12 | 20 | |
| 9. | Union Berlin | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 20:22 | -2 | 19 | |
| 10. | Ingolstadt | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23:33 | -10 | 18 | |
| 11. | Aue | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23:25 | -2 | 17 | |
| 12. | Sandhausen | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23:31 | -8 | 17 | |
| 13. | Duisburg | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14:26 | -12 | 16 | |
| 14. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15:29 | -14 | 16 | |
| 15. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14:32 | -18 | 16 | |
| 16. | Magdeburg | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19:34 | -15 | 15 | |
| 17. | Darmstadt | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20:36 | -16 | 15 | |
| 18. | Bochum | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20:28 | -8 | 14 |