Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
HSV Hamburg (P) HSV Hamburg (P) | 23 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 749:613 | 136 | 43:3 | |
| 2 |
 |
Kiel (M) THW Kiel (M) | 23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 749:569 | 180 | 39:7 | |
| 3 |
 |
Reinickendorf Reinickendorfer Füchse | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 645:588 | 57 | 37:9 | |
| 4 |
 |
R-N Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 737:658 | 79 | 35:11 | |
| 5 |
 |
Göppingen Frisch Auf Göppingen | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 645:603 | 42 | 33:13 | |
| 6 |
 |
Flensburg SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 23 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 719:625 | 94 | 31:15 | |
| 7 |
 |
Magdeburg SC Magdeburg | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 680:643 | 37 | 26:20 | |
| 8 |
 |
Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 680:663 | 17 | 24:22 | |
| 9 |
 |
Großwallstadt TV Großwallstadt | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 609:623 | -14 | 24:22 | |
| 10 |
 |
Lemgo TBV Lemgo Lippe | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 617:596 | 21 | 23:21 | |
| 11 |
 |
Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 587:656 | -69 | 18:28 | |
| 12 |
 |
N-Lübbecke TuS N-Lübbecke | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 638:668 | -30 | 15:31 | |
| 13 |
 |
Balingen HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 625:706 | -81 | 14:32 | |
| 14 |
 |
Melsungen MT Melsungen | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 600:682 | -82 | 13:33 | |
| 15 |
 |
Die Eulen (N) Die Eulen Ludwigshafen (N) | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 631:718 | -87 | 11:35 | |
| 16 |
 |
Ahlen-Hamm (N) HSG Ahlen-Hamm (N) | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 652:735 | -83 | 11:37 | |
| 17 |
 |
Hannover TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 23 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 601:702 | -101 | 9:37 | |
| 18 |
 |
DHC Dormagener HC Rheinland | 23 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 567:683 | -116 | 8:38 |