| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | Preußen Münster | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 39:28 | 11 | 28:10 |
| 2. | (2) | Rot-Weiss Essen (A) | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 45:24 | 21 | 25:13 |
| 3. | (3) | Bayer Uerdingen | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 44:34 | 10 | 24:14 |
| 4. | (4) | Fortuna Köln | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 41:31 | 10 | 24:14 |
| 5. | (5) | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 36:20 | 16 | 22:16 |
| 6. | (6) | Tennis Borussia Berlin (A) | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 34:28 | 6 | 22:16 |
| 7. | (7) | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34:29 | 5 | 22:16 |
| 8. | (8) | Hannover 96 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 31:27 | 4 | 21:17 |
| 9. | (9) | Wuppertaler SV | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 32:31 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 10. | (10) | 1. FC Union Solingen | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 28:28 | 0 | 19:19 |
| 11. | (11) | Alemannia Aachen | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 30:31 | -1 | 19:19 |
| 12. | (12) | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25:24 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 13. | (13) | Westfalia Herne | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28:30 | -2 | 17:21 |
| 14. | (14) | Arminia Hannover (N) | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28:37 | -9 | 17:21 |
| 15. | (15) | VfL Osnabrück | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 26:29 | -3 | 15:23 |
| 16. | (16) | SC Herford | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 29:33 | -4 | 15:23 |
| 17. | (17) | OSC Bremerhaven (N) | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 30:48 | -18 | 15:23 |
| 18. | (18) | 1. FC Bocholt (N) | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 25:35 | -10 | 14:24 |
| 19. | (19) | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid (N) | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 29:41 | -12 | 13:25 |
| 20. | (20) | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 19 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19:45 | -26 | 9:29 |