| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|
| 1. | Mainz | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 43:15 | 28 | 37 | |
| 2. | FC Koln | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 31:16 | 15 | 37 | |
| 3. | Freiburg | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26:16 | 10 | 36 | |
| 4. | Hoffenheim | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 34:17 | 17 | 35 | |
| 5. | B. Monchengladbach | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 31:15 | 16 | 35 | |
| 6. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35:21 | 14 | 32 | |
| 7. | St. Pauli | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30:21 | 9 | 31 | |
| 8. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 33:25 | 8 | 29 | |
| 9. | VfL Osnabruck | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25:18 | 7 | 29 | |
| 10. | TuS Koblenz | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26:20 | 6 | 29 | |
| 11. | Offenbach | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25:25 | 0 | 28 | |
| 12. | Aue | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 36:18 | 18 | 27 | |
| 13. | Augsburg | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24:20 | 4 | 27 | |
| 14. | Wehen | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27:24 | 3 | 24 | |
| 15. | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21:16 | 5 | 23 | |
| 16. | Munich 1860 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21:20 | 1 | 22 | |
| 17. | Paderborn | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24:25 | -1 | 21 | |
| 18. | Jena | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22:26 | -4 | 16 | |
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