| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | Borussia M'gladbach (M) | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37:16 | 21 | 27:7 |
| 2. | (2) | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 29:20 | 9 | 23:11 |
| 3. | (3) | Bayern München | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 50:37 | 13 | 22:12 |
| 4. | (4) | Hertha BSC | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30:19 | 11 | 21:13 |
| 5. | (5) | 1. FC Köln | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34:24 | 10 | 20:14 |
| 6. | (6) | FC Schalke 04 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 38:31 | 7 | 20:14 |
| 7. | (7) | MSV Duisburg | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 32:22 | 10 | 19:15 |
| 8. | (8) | Borussia Dortmund (N) | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 33:29 | 4 | 17:17 |
| 9. | (9) | Werder Bremen | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 31:29 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 10. | (10) | VfL Bochum | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28:30 | -2 | 17:17 |
| 11. | (11) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27:29 | -2 | 17:17 |
| 12. | (12) | Hamburger SV | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26:28 | -2 | 17:17 |
| 13. | (13) | Eintracht Frankfurt (P) | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 36:36 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 14. | (14) | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 24:29 | -5 | 14:20 |
| 15. | (15) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20:23 | -3 | 12:22 |
| 16. | (16) | 1. FC Saarbrücken (N) | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13:26 | -13 | 11:23 |
| 17. | (17) | Tennis Borussia Berlin (N) | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 25:55 | -30 | 10:24 |
| 18. | (18) | Rot-Weiss Essen | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 23:53 | -30 | 8:26 |