| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | Borussia M'gladbach (P) | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 41:24 | 17 | 23:11 |
| 2. | (2) | Hertha BSC | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31:21 | 10 | 23:11 |
| 3. | (3) | Hamburger SV | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25:15 | 10 | 22:12 |
| 4. | (4) | Kickers Offenbach | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 39:30 | 9 | 22:12 |
| 5. | (5) | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 46:21 | 25 | 21:13 |
| 6. | (6) | FC Schalke 04 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 24:14 | 10 | 20:14 |
| 7. | (7) | 1. FC Köln | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 37:28 | 9 | 20:14 |
| 8. | (8) | VfL Bochum | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 31:23 | 8 | 20:14 |
| 9. | (9) | Eintracht Braunschweig (N) | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25:19 | 6 | 20:14 |
| 10. | (10) | MSV Duisburg | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 33:33 | 0 | 18:16 |
| 11. | (11) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26:30 | -4 | 17:17 |
| 12. | (12) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 31:28 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 13. | (13) | Rot-Weiss Essen | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27:33 | -6 | 16:18 |
| 14. | (14) | Bayern München (M) | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 29:36 | -7 | 16:18 |
| 15. | (15) | Werder Bremen | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18:37 | -19 | 11:23 |
| 16. | (16) | VfB Stuttgart | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 24:42 | -18 | 10:24 |
| 17. | (17) | Wuppertaler SV | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13:42 | -29 | 6:28 |
| 18. | (18) | Tennis Borussia Berlin (N) | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 21:45 | -24 | 5:29 |