Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
Flensburg (M, P) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (M, P) | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 618:500 | 118 | 34:6 | |
| 2 |
 |
Kiel THW Kiel | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 601:504 | 97 | 33:5 | |
| 3 |
 |
Magdeburg SC Magdeburg | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 626:551 | 75 | 30:8 | |
| 4 |
 |
Nordhorn HSG Nordhorn | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 588:539 | 49 | 29:11 | |
| 5 |
 |
HSV Hamburg * HSV Hamburg * | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 568:523 | 45 | 29:11 | |
| 6 |
 |
Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 590:533 | 57 | 25:15 | |
| 7 |
 |
Lemgo TBV Lemgo Lippe | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 607:537 | 70 | 24:16 | |
| 8 |
 |
Essen TUSEM Essen | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 513:503 | 10 | 21:17 | |
| 9 |
 |
Göppingen Frisch Auf Göppingen | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 563:556 | 7 | 21:19 | |
| 10 |
 |
SG Wallau/M. SG Wallau/Massenheim | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 568:577 | -9 | 21:19 | |
| 11 |
 |
Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 523:568 | -45 | 18:20 | |
| 12 |
 |
Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshavener HV | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 538:590 | -52 | 17:23 | |
| 13 |
 |
N-Lübbecke (N) TuS N-Lübbecke (N) | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 589:622 | -33 | 15:25 | |
| 14 |
 |
Großwallstadt TV Großwallstadt | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 496:547 | -51 | 10:28 | |
| 15 |
 |
VfL Pfullingen VfL Pfullingen | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 517:591 | -74 | 9:31 | |
| 16 |
 |
Minden TSV GWD Minden | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 512:587 | -75 | 7:31 | |
| 17 |
 |
Düsseldorf (N) HSG Düsseldorf (N) | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 506:582 | -76 | 7:33 | |
| 18 |
 |
SV Post Schweri (N) SV Post Schwerin (N) | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 502:615 | -113 | 4:36 |