| Rang | Verein | Spt. | g | u | v | Tv. | Diff. | Pkt. |
 1 |  Hertha BSC | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23:8 | +15 | 28 |
 2 |  VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25:14 | +11 | 19 |
 3 |  1. FC Nürnberg | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21:12 | +9 | 18 |
| 4 |  1. FC Kaiserslautern | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9:7 | +2 | 18 |
| 5 |  1. FC Magdeburg | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21:13 | +8 | 17 |
| 6 |  1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17:18 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 |  Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16:15 | +1 | 14 |
| 8 |  FC St. Pauli | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11:9 | +2 | 12 |
| 9 |  VfL Osnabrück | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14:17 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 |  VfL Bochum | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8:11 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 |  Karlsruher SC | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13:21 | -8 | 11 |
| 12 |  Energie Cottbus | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18:20 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 |  Eintracht Braunschweig | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16:18 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12:16 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9:19 | -10 | 9 |
| 16 |  Holstein Kiel | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10:11 | -1 | 8 |
| 17 |  Dynamo Dresden | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11:18 | -7 | 8 |
| 18 |  Hannover 96 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8:15 | -7 | 8 |