| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | 1. FC Heidenheim | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 33:11 | 22 | 45 |
| 2. | (2) | RasenBallsport Leipzig (N) | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 32:22 | 10 | 36 |
| 3. | (3) | Hansa Rostock | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24:26 | -2 | 31 |
| 4. | (4) | SV Darmstadt 98 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29:18 | 11 | 29 |
| 5. | (5) | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 30:22 | 8 | 29 |
| 6. | (6) | VfL Osnabrück | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25:21 | 4 | 28 |
| 7. | (7) | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25:24 | 1 | 28 |
| 8. | (8) | SpVgg Unterhaching | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28:30 | -2 | 27 |
| 9. | (9) | MSV Duisburg (A) | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24:24 | 0 | 26 |
| 10. | (10) | VfB Stuttgart II | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25:26 | -1 | 26 |
| 11. | (11) | Borussia Dortmund II | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26:29 | -3 | 25 |
| 12. | (12) | SV Elversberg (N) | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 17:24 | -7 | 25 |
| 13. | (13) | Hallescher FC | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19:22 | -3 | 24 |
| 14. | (14) | Preußen Münster | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 30:29 | 1 | 23 |
| 15. | (15) | Jahn Regensburg (A) | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25:30 | -5 | 23 |
| 16. | (16) | Chemnitzer FC | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 22:26 | -4 | 22 |
| 17. | (17) | Holstein Kiel (N) | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20:20 | 0 | 20 |
| 18. | (18) | Stuttgarter Kickers | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 22:26 | -4 | 19 |
| 19. | (19) | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23:32 | -9 | 19 |
| 20. | (20) | Wacker Burghausen | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19:36 | -17 | 16 |