Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Coburg HSC 2000 Coburg | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 694:606 | 88 | 37:11 | |
| 2 |
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Essen TUSEM Essen | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 712:633 | 79 | 34:14 | |
| 3 |
 |
Bietigheim (A) SG BBM Bietigheim (A) | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 662:651 | 11 | 32:16 | |
| 4 |
 |
Gummersbach (A) VfL Gummersbach (A) | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 636:572 | 64 | 31:17 | |
| 5 |
 |
Hamm-Westfalen ASV Hamm-Westfalen | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 674:620 | 54 | 31:17 | |
| 6 |
 |
N-Lübbecke TuS N-Lübbecke | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 607:568 | 39 | 30:18 | |
| 7 |
 |
Rimpar DJK Rimpar Wölfe | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 549:569 | -20 | 28:20 | |
| 8 |
 |
Hamburg Handball Sport Verein Hamburg | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 660:617 | 43 | 27:21 | |
| 9 |
 |
Ferndorf TuS Ferndorf | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 594:606 | -12 | 25:23 | |
| 10 |
 |
Dormagen TSV Bayer Dormagen | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 675:663 | 12 | 24:24 | |
| 11 |
 |
Eisenach (N) ThSV Eisenach (N) | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 644:667 | -23 | 21:27 | |
| 12 |
 |
Lüb.-Schwartau VfL Lübeck-Schwartau | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 566:585 | -19 | 20:28 | |
| 13 |
 |
Aue EHV Aue | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 640:661 | -21 | 20:28 | |
| 14 |
 |
Dresden HC Elbflorenz Dresden | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 654:677 | -23 | 20:28 | |
| 15 |
 |
Hüttenberg TV Hüttenberg | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 603:619 | -16 | 18:30 | |
| 16 |
 |
Konstanz (N) HSG Konstanz (N) | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 602:632 | -30 | 17:31 | |
| 17 |
 |
Emsdetten TV Emsdetten | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 599:660 | -61 | 15:33 | |
| 18 |
 |
HSG Krefeld (N) HSG Krefeld (N) | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 531:696 | -165 | 2:46 |