Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
Coburg HSC 2000 Coburg | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 413:356 | 57 | 22:6 | |
| 2 |
 |
Essen TUSEM Essen | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 416:366 | 50 | 20:8 | |
| 3 |
 |
Hamm-Westfalen ASV Hamm-Westfalen | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 391:342 | 49 | 20:8 | |
| 4 |
 |
Eisenach (N) ThSV Eisenach (N) | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 384:370 | 14 | 19:9 | |
| 5 |
 |
Gummersbach (A) VfL Gummersbach (A) | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 341:307 | 34 | 17:9 | |
| 6 |
 |
Dormagen TSV Bayer Dormagen | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 401:377 | 24 | 16:12 | |
| 7 |
 |
Hamburg Handball Sport Verein Hamburg | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 388:371 | 17 | 15:13 | |
| 8 |
 |
N-Lübbecke TuS N-Lübbecke | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 331:331 | 0 | 15:13 | |
| 9 |
 |
Aue EHV Aue | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 374:385 | -11 | 15:13 | |
| 10 |
 |
Bietigheim (A) SG BBM Bietigheim (A) | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 362:368 | -6 | 14:14 | |
| 11 |
 |
Rimpar DJK Rimpar Wölfe | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 313:333 | -20 | 14:14 | |
| 12 |
 |
Dresden HC Elbflorenz Dresden | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 376:398 | -22 | 12:16 | |
| 13 |
 |
Lüb.-Schwartau VfL Lübeck-Schwartau | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 327:334 | -7 | 11:17 | |
| 14 |
 |
Hüttenberg TV Hüttenberg | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 327:333 | -6 | 10:16 | |
| 15 |
 |
Ferndorf TuS Ferndorf | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 330:361 | -31 | 10:18 | |
| 16 |
 |
Konstanz (N) HSG Konstanz (N) | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 360:381 | -21 | 9:19 | |
| 17 |
 |
Emsdetten TV Emsdetten | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 345:376 | -31 | 9:19 | |
| 18 |
 |
HSG Krefeld (N) HSG Krefeld (N) | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 296:386 | -90 | 2:26 |