| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | SSV Ulm 1846 (N) | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 37:22 | 15 | 34 |
| 2. | (2) | SpVgg Unterhaching | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 23:12 | 11 | 33 |
| 3. | (3) | Arminia Bielefeld (A) | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27:18 | 9 | 33 |
| 4. | (4) | Tennis Borussia Berlin (N) | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 28:20 | 8 | 32 |
| 5. | (5) | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22:14 | 8 | 31 |
| 6. | (6) | Karlsruher SC (A) | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29:24 | 5 | 28 |
| 7. | (7) | Fortuna Köln | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28:23 | 5 | 28 |
| 8. | (8) | Hannover 96 (N) | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23:20 | 3 | 24 |
| 9. | (9) | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23:25 | -2 | 23 |
| 10. | (10) | 1. FC Köln (A) | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22:27 | -5 | 23 |
| 11. | (11) | Stuttgarter Kickers | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17:25 | -8 | 23 |
| 12. | (12) | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22:26 | -4 | 19 |
| 13. | (13) | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (N) | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18:24 | -6 | 19 |
| 14. | (14) | Energie Cottbus | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17:21 | -4 | 16 |
| 15. | (15) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21:26 | -5 | 16 |
| 16. | (16) | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10:18 | -8 | 13 |
| 17. | (17) | FC Gütersloh | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 22:33 | -11 | 13 |
| 18. | (18) | KFC Uerdingen 05 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16:27 | -11 | 11 |