Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
Coburg HSC 2000 Coburg | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 576:508 | 68 | 30:10 | |
| 2 |
 |
Hamm-Westfalen ASV Hamm-Westfalen | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 564:506 | 58 | 28:12 | |
| 3 |
 |
Gummersbach (A) VfL Gummersbach (A) | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 530:469 | 61 | 27:13 | |
| 4 |
 |
Essen TUSEM Essen | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 589:530 | 59 | 26:14 | |
| 5 |
 |
Bietigheim (A) SG BBM Bietigheim (A) | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 551:543 | 8 | 26:14 | |
| 6 |
 |
N-Lübbecke TuS N-Lübbecke | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 484:469 | 15 | 24:16 | |
| 7 |
 |
Dormagen TSV Bayer Dormagen | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 578:548 | 30 | 22:18 | |
| 8 |
 |
Rimpar DJK Rimpar Wölfe | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 458:482 | -24 | 22:18 | |
| 9 |
 |
Hamburg Handball Sport Verein Hamburg | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 547:519 | 28 | 21:19 | |
| 10 |
 |
Eisenach (N) ThSV Eisenach (N) | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 542:544 | -2 | 21:19 | |
| 11 |
 |
Aue EHV Aue | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 530:546 | -16 | 18:22 | |
| 12 |
 |
Ferndorf TuS Ferndorf | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 494:514 | -20 | 18:22 | |
| 13 |
 |
Hüttenberg TV Hüttenberg | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 509:514 | -5 | 17:23 | |
| 14 |
 |
Lüb.-Schwartau VfL Lübeck-Schwartau | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 468:489 | -21 | 16:24 | |
| 15 |
 |
Dresden HC Elbflorenz Dresden | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 543:572 | -29 | 16:24 | |
| 16 |
 |
Konstanz (N) HSG Konstanz (N) | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 509:535 | -26 | 13:27 | |
| 17 |
 |
Emsdetten TV Emsdetten | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 494:547 | -53 | 13:27 | |
| 18 |
 |
HSG Krefeld (N) HSG Krefeld (N) | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 434:565 | -131 | 2:38 |