Time Zone – GMT-5 (America/New_York)
| Pl | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | |||
| 1 | Schalke | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 22:10 | 12 | 38 |
| 2 | Darmstadt | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 34:20 | 14 | 37 |
| 3 | Elversberg | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33:18 | 15 | 34 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28:20 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | Hannover | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33:26 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32:22 | 10 | 30 |
| 7 | Hertha Berlin | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23:18 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29:35 | -6 | 26 |
| 9 | Nurnberg | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22:27 | -5 | 25 |
| 10 | Holstein Kiel | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24:24 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | Bochum | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26:25 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Braunschweig | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 20:32 | -12 | 21 |
| 13 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 29:27 | 2 | 20 |
| 14 | Magdeburg | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 25:31 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Preussen Munster | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22:28 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Dusseldorf | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 17:29 | -12 | 20 |
| 17 | SG Dynamo Dresden | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 28:35 | -7 | 19 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 26:46 | -20 | 16 |