| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | SV Werder Bremen (A) | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 43:18 | 25 | 32:10 |
| 2. | (2) | Hertha BSC Berlin (A) | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 58:20 | 38 | 30:12 |
| 3. | (3) | Eintracht Braunschweig (A) | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 49:24 | 25 | 29:13 |
| 4. | (4) | Alemannia Aachen | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 43:23 | 20 | 29:13 |
| 5. | (5) | VfL Osnabrück | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 42:25 | 17 | 29:13 |
| 6. | (6) | Rot-Weiss Essen | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 49:35 | 14 | 26:16 |
| 7. | (7) | Hannover 96 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 36:24 | 12 | 26:16 |
| 8. | (8) | 1. FC Union Solingen | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 38:27 | 11 | 26:16 |
| 9. | (9) | Fortuna Köln | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 46:42 | 4 | 23:19 |
| 10. | (10) | SC Herford | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30:27 | 3 | 21:21 |
| 11. | (11) | Viktoria Köln | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 37:41 | -4 | 21:21 |
| 12. | (12) | Preußen Münster | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 25:34 | -9 | 20:22 |
| 13. | (13) | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 28:38 | -10 | 19:23 |
| 14. | (14) | 1. FC Bocholt (N) | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 33:36 | -3 | 17:25 |
| 15. | (15) | Holstein Kiel | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 26:41 | -15 | 17:25 |
| 16. | (16) | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 21:33 | -12 | 16:26 |
| 17. | (17) | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20:36 | -16 | 15:27 |
| 18. | (18) | SC Göttingen 05 (N) | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 29:53 | -24 | 15:27 |
| 19. | (19) | VfB Oldenburg | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 33:45 | -12 | 14:28 |
| 20. | (20) | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22:45 | -23 | 14:28 |
| 21. | (21) | OSV Hannover | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 22:43 | -21 | 12:30 |
| 22. | (22) | SpVgg Erkenschwick (N) | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21:41 | -20 | 11:31 |