| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | VfL Bochum (A) | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 31:12 | 19 | 29:9 |
| 2. | (2) | TSV 1860 München (N) | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 28:20 | 8 | 26:12 |
| 3. | (3) | 1. FC Saarbrücken (A) | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 34:34 | 0 | 22:16 |
| 4. | (4) | SV Meppen | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 28:23 | 5 | 21:17 |
| 5. | (5) | FC St. Pauli | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21:18 | 3 | 21:17 |
| 6. | (6) | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24:17 | 7 | 20:18 |
| 7. | (7) | FC 08 Homburg | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27:22 | 5 | 20:18 |
| 8. | (8) | Hansa Rostock | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30:28 | 2 | 20:18 |
| 9. | (9) | Bayer Uerdingen (A) | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21:19 | 2 | 20:18 |
| 10. | (10) | VfL Wolfsburg | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20:20 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 11. | (11) | Rot-Weiss Essen (N) | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26:23 | 3 | 19:19 |
| 12. | (12) | Fortuna Köln | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 30:29 | 1 | 19:19 |
| 13. | (13) | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19:21 | -2 | 19:19 |
| 14. | (14) | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20:20 | 0 | 17:21 |
| 15. | (15) | Wuppertaler SV | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18:20 | -2 | 17:21 |
| 16. | (16) | Hannover 96 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19:20 | -1 | 16:22 |
| 17. | (17) | Hertha BSC Berlin | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22:26 | -4 | 16:22 |
| 18. | (18) | Chemnitzer FC | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16:30 | -14 | 16:22 |
| 19. | (19) | Stuttgarter Kickers | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17:30 | -13 | 15:23 |
| 20. | (20) | Tennis Borussia Berlin (N) | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10:29 | -19 | 7:31 |