Time Zone – GMT-4 (America/New_York)
| Pl | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | |||
| 1 | Schalke | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 39:24 | 15 | 55 |
| 2 | Paderborn | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 47:31 | 16 | 54 |
| 3 | Hannover | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 49:35 | 14 | 53 |
| 4 | Elversberg | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 48:30 | 18 | 52 |
| 5 | Darmstadt | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 50:34 | 16 | 50 |
| 6 | Hertha Berlin | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 43:34 | 9 | 47 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 29 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 49:41 | 8 | 46 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 47:53 | -6 | 40 |
| 9 | Nurnberg | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 38:40 | -2 | 37 |
| 10 | Bochum | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 39:40 | -1 | 33 |
| 11 | SG Dynamo Dresden | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 47:47 | 0 | 32 |
| 12 | Holstein Kiel | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 36:43 | -7 | 32 |
| 13 | Arminia Bielefeld | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 42:44 | -2 | 31 |
| 14 | Dusseldorf | 29 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 27:45 | -18 | 31 |
| 15 | Magdeburg | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 43:51 | -8 | 30 |
| 16 | Braunschweig | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 30:45 | -15 | 30 |
| 17 | Greuther Furth | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 40:61 | -21 | 30 |
| 18 | Preussen Munster | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 31:47 | -16 | 28 |