| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Magdeburg | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 814:668 | 46 | |
| 2. | Flensburg-H. | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 914:817 | 41 | |
| 3. | Fuchse Berlin | 25 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 899:748 | 40 | |
| 4. | Kiel | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 805:766 | 36 | |
| 5. | Gummersbach | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 750:664 | 35 | |
| 6. | Lemgo | 25 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 740:691 | 34 | |
| 7. | MT Melsungen | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 761:744 | 30 | |
| 8. | Rhein-Neckar | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 745:720 | 29 | |
| 9. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 736:749 | 22 | |
| 10. | Goppingen | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 688:736 | 22 | |
| 11. | Hamburg | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 817:834 | 21 | |
| 12. | Stuttgart | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 740:772 | 19 | |
| 13. | Erlangen | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 709:754 | 17 | |
| 14. | Eisenach | 25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 696:743 | 17 | |
| 15. | Bergischer | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 754:831 | 14 | |
| 16. | Minden | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 715:850 | 12 | |
| 17. | HSG Wetzlar | 25 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 700:791 | 10 | |
| 18. | Leipzig | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 655:760 | 9 |