Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
Flensburg (M, P) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (M, P) | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 592:474 | 118 | 33:5 | |
| 2 |
 |
Kiel THW Kiel | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 575:478 | 97 | 32:4 | |
| 3 |
 |
Magdeburg SC Magdeburg | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 592:524 | 68 | 28:8 | |
| 4 |
 |
Nordhorn HSG Nordhorn | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 552:512 | 40 | 27:11 | |
| 5 |
 |
HSV Hamburg * HSV Hamburg * | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 539:500 | 39 | 27:11 | |
| 6 |
 |
Lemgo TBV Lemgo Lippe | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 576:505 | 71 | 24:14 | |
| 7 |
 |
Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 560:503 | 57 | 24:14 | |
| 8 |
 |
Essen TUSEM Essen | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 513:503 | 10 | 21:17 | |
| 9 |
 |
Göppingen Frisch Auf Göppingen | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 531:525 | 6 | 19:19 | |
| 10 |
 |
SG Wallau/M. SG Wallau/Massenheim | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 540:551 | -11 | 19:19 | |
| 11 |
 |
Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshavener HV | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 509:560 | -51 | 17:21 | |
| 12 |
 |
Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 493:539 | -46 | 16:20 | |
| 13 |
 |
N-Lübbecke (N) TuS N-Lübbecke (N) | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 562:588 | -26 | 15:23 | |
| 14 |
 |
Großwallstadt TV Großwallstadt | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 496:547 | -51 | 10:28 | |
| 15 |
 |
VfL Pfullingen VfL Pfullingen | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 491:563 | -72 | 9:29 | |
| 16 |
 |
Düsseldorf (N) HSG Düsseldorf (N) | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 479:546 | -67 | 7:31 | |
| 17 |
 |
Minden TSV GWD Minden | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 482:557 | -75 | 6:30 | |
| 18 |
 |
SV Post Schweri (N) SV Post Schwerin (N) | 19 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 479:586 | -107 | 4:34 |