| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | Hamburger SV | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33:17 | 16 | 24:10 |
| 2. | (2) | Bayern München (MP) | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 31:18 | 13 | 24:10 |
| 3. | (3) | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32:16 | 16 | 22:12 |
| 4. | (4) | VfB Stuttgart | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30:17 | 13 | 21:13 |
| 5. | (5) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 30:21 | 9 | 20:14 |
| 6. | (6) | Werder Bremen | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32:29 | 3 | 20:14 |
| 7. | (7) | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 34:22 | 12 | 19:15 |
| 8. | (8) | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27:24 | 3 | 19:15 |
| 9. | (9) | Borussia M'gladbach | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 28:24 | 4 | 17:17 |
| 10. | (10) | VfL Bochum | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 20:18 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 11. | (11) | FC Schalke 04 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26:31 | -5 | 17:17 |
| 12. | (12) | 1. FC Köln | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26:25 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 13. | (13) | Waldhof Mannheim | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 28:29 | -1 | 15:19 |
| 14. | (14) | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18:21 | -3 | 15:19 |
| 15. | (15) | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 30:32 | -2 | 14:20 |
| 16. | (16) | FC 08 Homburg (N) | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13:36 | -23 | 10:24 |
| 17. | (17) | SpVgg Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin (N) | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17:44 | -27 | 8:26 |
| 18. | (18) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21:52 | -31 | 8:26 |