Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
Berlin Füchse Berlin | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 577:496 | 81 | 31:5 | |
| 2 |
 |
Kiel (P) THW Kiel (P) | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 576:493 | 83 | 30:6 | |
| 3 |
 |
R-N Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 602:526 | 76 | 29:7 | |
| 4 |
 |
Magdeburg (M) SC Magdeburg (M) | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 516:455 | 61 | 27:5 | |
| 5 |
 |
Flensburg SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 552:472 | 80 | 26:10 | |
| 6 |
 |
Melsungen MT Melsungen | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 489:481 | 8 | 20:16 | |
| 7 |
 |
Hannover TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 485:483 | 2 | 19:15 | |
| 8 |
 |
Hamburg Handball Sport Verein Hamburg | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 532:525 | 7 | 19:17 | |
| 9 |
 |
Gummersbach (N) VfL Gummersbach (N) | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 530:533 | -3 | 18:18 | |
| 10 |
 |
Erlangen HC Erlangen | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 545:545 | 0 | 17:19 | |
| 11 |
 |
Bergischer HC Bergischer HC | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 457:473 | -16 | 16:18 | |
| 12 |
 |
Leipzig SC DHfK Leipzig | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 502:517 | -15 | 16:20 | |
| 13 |
 |
Lemgo TBV Lemgo Lippe | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 516:533 | -17 | 14:22 | |
| 14 |
 |
Göppingen Frisch Auf Göppingen | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 493:532 | -39 | 10:26 | |
| 15 |
 |
Stuttgart TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 466:534 | -68 | 10:26 | |
| 16 |
 |
Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 467:506 | -39 | 9:27 | |
| 17 |
 |
Minden TSV GWD Minden | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 472:552 | -80 | 6:30 | |
| 18 |
 |
Hamm-Westfalen (N) ASV Hamm-Westfalen (N) | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 455:576 | -121 | 3:33 |