Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Magdeburg SC Magdeburg | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 642:532 | 110 | 40:2 | |
| 2 |
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Kiel (M) THW Kiel (M) | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 678:560 | 118 | 36:8 | |
| 3 |
 |
Flensburg SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 609:532 | 77 | 33:9 | |
| 4 |
 |
Berlin Füchse Berlin | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 618:542 | 76 | 33:9 | |
| 5 |
 |
Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 620:584 | 36 | 28:16 | |
| 6 |
 |
Melsungen MT Melsungen | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 552:542 | 10 | 25:17 | |
| 7 |
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Göppingen Frisch Auf Göppingen | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 603:621 | -18 | 23:19 | |
| 8 |
 |
Leipzig SC DHfK Leipzig | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 547:533 | 14 | 22:20 | |
| 9 |
 |
Lemgo (P) TBV Lemgo Lippe (P) | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 586:603 | -17 | 20:22 | |
| 10 |
 |
Bergischer HC Bergischer HC | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 552:576 | -24 | 17:27 | |
| 11 |
 |
Hamburg (N) Handball Sport Verein Hamburg (N) | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 548:556 | -8 | 16:24 | |
| 12 |
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R-N Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 563:575 | -12 | 15:25 | |
| 13 |
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Erlangen HC Erlangen | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 534:573 | -39 | 15:27 | |
| 14 |
 |
Hannover TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 501:535 | -34 | 14:24 | |
| 15 |
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Stuttgart TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 601:667 | -66 | 11:31 | |
| 16 |
 |
N-Lübbecke (N) TuS N-Lübbecke (N) | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 479:538 | -59 | 10:30 | |
| 17 |
 |
Minden TSV GWD Minden | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 549:625 | -76 | 9:35 | |
| 18 |
 |
Balingen HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 490:578 | -88 | 9:31 |