Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
Kiel THW Kiel | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 541:447 | 94 | 30:4 | |
| 2 |
 |
Flensburg (M, P) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (M, P) | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 527:429 | 98 | 29:5 | |
| 3 |
 |
Magdeburg SC Magdeburg | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 566:503 | 63 | 26:8 | |
| 4 |
 |
Nordhorn HSG Nordhorn | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 496:458 | 38 | 25:9 | |
| 5 |
 |
HSV Hamburg * HSV Hamburg * | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 470:441 | 29 | 25:9 | |
| 6 |
 |
Lemgo TBV Lemgo Lippe | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 515:438 | 77 | 24:10 | |
| 7 |
 |
Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 499:449 | 50 | 20:14 | |
| 8 |
 |
Essen TUSEM Essen | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 457:451 | 6 | 18:16 | |
| 9 |
 |
Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshavener HV | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 470:504 | -34 | 17:17 | |
| 10 |
 |
Göppingen Frisch Auf Göppingen | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 472:474 | -2 | 16:18 | |
| 11 |
 |
Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 465:509 | -44 | 16:18 | |
| 12 |
 |
SG Wallau/M. SG Wallau/Massenheim | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 481:497 | -16 | 15:19 | |
| 13 |
 |
N-Lübbecke (N) TuS N-Lübbecke (N) | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 506:524 | -18 | 13:21 | |
| 14 |
 |
Großwallstadt TV Großwallstadt | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 447:491 | -44 | 10:24 | |
| 15 |
 |
Düsseldorf (N) HSG Düsseldorf (N) | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 432:487 | -55 | 7:27 | |
| 16 |
 |
VfL Pfullingen VfL Pfullingen | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 435:505 | -70 | 7:27 | |
| 17 |
 |
Minden TSV GWD Minden | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 455:522 | -67 | 6:28 | |
| 18 |
 |
SV Post Schweri (N) SV Post Schwerin (N) | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 423:528 | -105 | 2:32 |