| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | VfL Osnabrück | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 32:21 | 11 | 34 |
| 2. | (2) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28:19 | 9 | 31 |
| 3. | (3) | Wuppertaler SV | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28:21 | 7 | 31 |
| 4. | (4) | Dynamo Dresden (A) | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28:21 | 7 | 30 |
| 5. | (5) | RW Erfurt | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21:18 | 3 | 29 |
| 6. | (6) | Hamburger SV II | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25:23 | 2 | 29 |
| 7. | (7) | Werder Bremen II | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30:23 | 7 | 28 |
| 8. | (8) | 1.FC Magdeburg (N) | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24:22 | 2 | 28 |
| 9. | (9) | 1.FC Union Berlin (N) | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24:18 | 6 | 27 |
| 10. | (10) | VfB Lübeck | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23:18 | 5 | 27 |
| 11. | (11) | Kickers Emden | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20:16 | 4 | 27 |
| 12. | (12) | FC St. Pauli | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20:23 | -3 | 25 |
| 13. | (13) | RW Ahlen (A) | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24:30 | -6 | 22 |
| 14. | (14) | Hertha BSC Berlin II | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17:23 | -6 | 21 |
| 15. | (15) | Bayer Leverkusen II | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18:23 | -5 | 18 |
| 16. | (16) | Borussia Dortmund II (N) | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16:29 | -13 | 18 |
| 17. | (17) | Holstein Kiel | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21:29 | -8 | 17 |
| 18. | (18) | SV Wilhelmshaven (N) | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20:29 | -9 | 16 |
| 19. | (19) | Borussia Mönchengladbach II (N) | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16:29 | -13 | 12 |