| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | 1. FC Köln | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 35:13 | 22 | 25:9 |
| 2. | (2) | Bayern München (M) | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 38:26 | 12 | 24:10 |
| 3. | (3) | Hamburger SV | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 50:22 | 28 | 23:11 |
| 4. | (4) | Borussia M'gladbach | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 33:25 | 8 | 23:11 |
| 5. | (5) | Werder Bremen (N) | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29:28 | 1 | 21:13 |
| 6. | (6) | Eintracht Frankfurt (P) | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 45:32 | 13 | 20:14 |
| 7. | (7) | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28:21 | 7 | 18:16 |
| 8. | (8) | Eintracht Braunschweig (N) | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 30:27 | 3 | 18:16 |
| 9. | (9) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 34:34 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 10. | (10) | VfL Bochum | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27:27 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 11. | (11) | VfB Stuttgart | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22:26 | -4 | 16:18 |
| 12. | (12) | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18:25 | -7 | 13:21 |
| 13. | (13) | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 25:35 | -10 | 13:21 |
| 14. | (14) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 26:38 | -12 | 13:21 |
| 15. | (15) | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22:36 | -14 | 13:21 |
| 16. | (16) | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 26:36 | -10 | 12:22 |
| 17. | (17) | SV Darmstadt 98 (N) | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20:38 | -18 | 12:22 |
| 18. | (18) | MSV Duisburg | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 23:42 | -19 | 10:24 |