| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 33:20 | 13 | 32 |
| 2. | (2) | VfL Bochum (A) | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28:17 | 11 | 32 |
| 3. | (3) | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29:24 | 5 | 30 |
| 4. | (4) | Energie Cottbus | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30:23 | 7 | 28 |
| 5. | (5) | SC Freiburg (A) | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24:20 | 4 | 28 |
| 6. | (6) | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 23:20 | 3 | 27 |
| 7. | (7) | SC Paderborn 07 (N) | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 28:18 | 10 | 26 |
| 8. | (8) | Wacker Burghausen | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21:24 | -3 | 26 |
| 9. | (9) | 1860 München | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24:21 | 3 | 25 |
| 10. | (10) | Eintracht Braunschweig (N) | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20:17 | 3 | 24 |
| 11. | (11) | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15:13 | 2 | 24 |
| 12. | (12) | SpVgg Unterhaching | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26:24 | 2 | 23 |
| 13. | (13) | Hansa Rostock (A) | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22:22 | 0 | 22 |
| 14. | (14) | Sportfreunde Siegen (N) | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21:22 | -1 | 19 |
| 15. | (15) | Kickers Offenbach (N) | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18:35 | -17 | 17 |
| 16. | (16) | 1. FC Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20:30 | -10 | 16 |
| 17. | (17) | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17:36 | -19 | 15 |
| 18. | (18) | LR Ahlen | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17:30 | -13 | 12 |