Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
R-N Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 23 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 695:559 | 136 | 40:6 | |
| 2 |
 |
Kiel (M) THW Kiel (M) | 23 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 694:561 | 133 | 40:6 | |
| 3 |
 |
Flensburg SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 676:568 | 108 | 36:10 | |
| 4 |
 |
Magdeburg SC Magdeburg | 23 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 683:615 | 68 | 35:11 | |
| 5 |
 |
Göppingen Frisch Auf Göppingen | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 628:625 | 3 | 26:20 | |
| 6 |
 |
Melsungen MT Melsungen | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 682:650 | 32 | 25:21 | |
| 7 |
 |
Berlin (P) Füchse Berlin (P) | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 626:630 | -4 | 24:22 | |
| 8 |
 |
Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 631:639 | -8 | 24:22 | |
| 9 |
 |
Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 603:597 | 6 | 22:24 | |
| 10 |
 |
HSV Hamburg HSV Hamburg | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 660:650 | 10 | 22:26 | |
| 11 |
 |
Hannover TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 666:673 | -7 | 22:26 | |
| 12 |
 |
Bergischer HC Bergischer HC | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 616:669 | -53 | 21:25 | |
| 13 |
 |
Balingen HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 566:607 | -41 | 20:26 | |
| 14 |
 |
N-Lübbecke TuS N-Lübbecke | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 641:653 | -12 | 18:28 | |
| 15 |
 |
Lemgo TBV Lemgo Lippe | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 692:698 | -6 | 16:32 | |
| 16 |
 |
Die Eulen (N) Die Eulen Ludwigshafen (N) | 23 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 577:670 | -93 | 15:31 | |
| 17 |
 |
Erlangen (N) HC Erlangen (N) | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 585:661 | -76 | 15:33 | |
| 18 |
 |
Minden TSV GWD Minden | 23 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 607:669 | -62 | 14:32 | |
| 19 |
 |
Bietigheim (N) SG BBM Bietigheim (N) | 24 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 617:751 | -134 | 7:41 |