| Rang | Verein | Spt. | g | u | v | Tv. | Diff. | Pkt. |
 1 |  Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 35:21 | +14 | 34 |
| 2 |  Hamburger SV | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 36:19 | +17 | 31 |
| 3 |  VfB Stuttgart | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30:24 | +6 | 31 |
| 4 |  1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27:18 | +9 | 30 |
 5 |  Erzgebirge Aue | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29:26 | +3 | 29 |
 6 |  VfL Osnabrück | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25:19 | +6 | 26 |
| 7 |  Jahn Regensburg | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 32:28 | +4 | 26 |
| 8 |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25:24 | +1 | 25 |
| 9 |  SV Sandhausen | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 21:20 | +1 | 24 |
| 10 |  Holstein Kiel | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 29:30 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 |  FC St. Pauli | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24:23 | +1 | 21 |
| 12 |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 20:25 | -5 | 21 |
| 13 |  Hannover 96 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22:30 | -8 | 21 |
| 14 |  VfL Bochum | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 32:34 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 |  Karlsruher SC | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 29:36 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 |  1. FC Nürnberg | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 26:34 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 |  SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21:35 | -14 | 17 |
| 18 |  Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17:34 | -17 | 13 |