Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Berlin Füchse Berlin | 23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 740:642 | 98 | 39:7 | |
| 2 |
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R-N Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 23 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 773:668 | 105 | 37:9 | |
| 3 |
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Kiel (P) THW Kiel (P) | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 698:597 | 101 | 36:8 | |
| 4 |
 |
Magdeburg (M) SC Magdeburg (M) | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 715:634 | 81 | 35:9 | |
| 5 |
 |
Flensburg SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 675:578 | 97 | 33:11 | |
| 6 |
 |
Hannover TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 23 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 664:655 | 9 | 27:19 | |
| 7 |
 |
Leipzig SC DHfK Leipzig | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 635:637 | -2 | 24:20 | |
| 8 |
 |
Hamburg Handball Sport Verein Hamburg | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 657:646 | 11 | 23:21 | |
| 9 |
 |
Bergischer HC Bergischer HC | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 589:610 | -21 | 22:22 | |
| 10 |
 |
Melsungen MT Melsungen | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 637:650 | -13 | 22:26 | |
| 11 |
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Gummersbach (N) VfL Gummersbach (N) | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 643:645 | -2 | 20:24 | |
| 12 |
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Erlangen HC Erlangen | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 665:668 | -3 | 20:24 | |
| 13 |
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Lemgo TBV Lemgo Lippe | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 661:684 | -23 | 19:27 | |
| 14 |
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Stuttgart TVB 1898 Stuttgart | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 625:705 | -80 | 15:33 | |
| 15 |
 |
Göppingen Frisch Auf Göppingen | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 624:663 | -39 | 14:32 | |
| 16 |
 |
Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar | 23 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 590:663 | -73 | 9:37 | |
| 17 |
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Minden TSV GWD Minden | 21 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 556:655 | -99 | 6:36 | |
| 18 |
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Hamm-Westfalen (N) ASV Hamm-Westfalen (N) | 23 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 588:735 | -147 | 5:41 |