| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | VfL Bochum (A) | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 42:13 | 29 | 39 |
| 2. | (2) | MSV Duisburg (A) | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 27:14 | 13 | 32 |
| 3. | (3) | VfB Leipzig | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 23:16 | 7 | 31 |
| 4. | (4) | Arminia Bielefeld (N) | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28:24 | 4 | 30 |
| 5. | (5) | FSV Zwickau | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 20:18 | 2 | 30 |
| 6. | (6) | Chemnitzer FC | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28:23 | 5 | 28 |
| 7. | (7) | SpVgg Unterhaching (N) | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22:20 | 2 | 26 |
| 8. | (8) | FC Carl Zeiss Jena (N) | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25:24 | 1 | 25 |
| 9. | (9) | VfB Lübeck (N) | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22:19 | 3 | 22 |
| 10. | (10) | Hertha BSC Berlin | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17:14 | 3 | 20 |
| 11. | (11) | Hannover 96 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14:16 | -2 | 20 |
| 12. | (12) | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14:16 | -2 | 18 |
| 13. | (13) | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 24:28 | -4 | 17 |
| 14. | (14) | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23:30 | -7 | 17 |
| 15. | (15) | VfL Wolfsburg | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16:30 | -14 | 16 |
| 16. | (16) | SV Meppen | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 16:28 | -12 | 15 |
| 17. | (17) | Fortuna Köln | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16:25 | -9 | 14 |
| 18. | (18) | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12:31 | -19 | 12 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg wurden 6 Punkte abgezogen | |||||||||
| Hertha BSC Berlin wurden 3 Punkte abgezogen | |||||||||