| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|
| 1. | St. Pauli | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 35:15 | 20 | 38 | |
| 2. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 36:19 | 17 | 36 | |
| 3. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33:20 | 13 | 34 | |
| 4. | Dusseldorf | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32:21 | 11 | 33 | |
| 5. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 40:23 | 17 | 32 | |
| 6. | Schalke | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31:21 | 10 | 31 | |
| 7. | Hertha Berlin | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 43:22 | 21 | 30 | |
| 8. | Hannover | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 35:20 | 15 | 30 | |
| 9. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33:26 | 7 | 29 | |
| 10. | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 36:31 | 5 | 26 | |
| 11. | Paderborn | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26:25 | 1 | 25 | |
| 12. | Braunschweig | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21:21 | 0 | 25 | |
| 13. | Magdeburg | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27:23 | 4 | 24 | |
| 14. | Elversberg | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23:28 | -5 | 22 | |
| 15. | Nurnberg | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21:27 | -6 | 22 | |
| 16. | Hansa Rostock | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20:27 | -7 | 20 | |
| 17. | Wehen | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18:25 | -7 | 17 | |
| 18. | VfL Osnabruck | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15:28 | -13 | 17 | |
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