Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
Berlin Füchse Berlin | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 609:525 | 84 | 33:5 | |
| 2 |
 |
R-N Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 642:555 | 87 | 31:7 | |
| 3 |
 |
Kiel (P) THW Kiel (P) | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 576:493 | 83 | 30:6 | |
| 4 |
 |
Magdeburg (M) SC Magdeburg (M) | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 550:483 | 67 | 29:5 | |
| 5 |
 |
Flensburg SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 584:502 | 82 | 28:10 | |
| 6 |
 |
Melsungen MT Melsungen | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 570:561 | 9 | 22:20 | |
| 7 |
 |
Hannover TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 516:507 | 9 | 21:15 | |
| 8 |
 |
Hamburg Handball Sport Verein Hamburg | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 532:525 | 7 | 19:17 | |
| 9 |
 |
Bergischer HC Bergischer HC | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 485:500 | -15 | 18:18 | |
| 10 |
 |
Gummersbach (N) VfL Gummersbach (N) | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 558:562 | -4 | 18:20 | |
| 11 |
 |
Leipzig SC DHfK Leipzig | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 531:545 | -14 | 18:20 | |
| 12 |
 |
Erlangen HC Erlangen | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 570:576 | -6 | 17:21 | |
| 13 |
 |
Lemgo TBV Lemgo Lippe | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 573:595 | -22 | 16:24 | |
| 14 |
 |
Göppingen Frisch Auf Göppingen | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 524:557 | -33 | 12:26 | |
| 15 |
 |
Stuttgart TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 519:592 | -73 | 10:30 | |
| 16 |
 |
Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 491:537 | -46 | 9:29 | |
| 17 |
 |
Minden TSV GWD Minden | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 501:592 | -91 | 6:32 | |
| 18 |
 |
Hamm-Westfalen (N) ASV Hamm-Westfalen (N) | 19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 484:608 | -124 | 3:35 |