| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17:11 | 6 | 32 |
| 2. | (2) | Kickers Emden | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 21:16 | 5 | 32 |
| 3. | (3) | RW Erfurt | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 39:22 | 17 | 31 |
| 4. | (4) | RW Oberhausen (N) | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32:19 | 13 | 31 |
| 5. | (5) | Wuppertaler SV | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 33:27 | 6 | 31 |
| 6. | (6) | Borussia Dortmund II | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21:16 | 5 | 30 |
| 7. | (7) | RW Essen (A) | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25:16 | 9 | 29 |
| 8. | (8) | Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23:16 | 7 | 29 |
| 9. | (9) | Werder Bremen II | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 27:23 | 4 | 29 |
| 10. | (10) | 1. FC Union Berlin | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30:26 | 4 | 28 |
| 11. | (11) | RW Ahlen | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29:25 | 4 | 27 |
| 12. | (12) | 1. FC Magdeburg | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17:21 | -4 | 23 |
| 13. | (13) | Hamburger SV II | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18:22 | -4 | 21 |
| 14. | (14) | Eintracht Braunschweig (A) | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25:28 | -3 | 19 |
| 15. | (15) | SV Babelsberg 03 (N) | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22:31 | -9 | 19 |
| 16. | (16) | SC Verl (N) | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12:20 | -8 | 18 |
| 17. | (17) | VfB Lübeck | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15:24 | -9 | 17 |
| 18. | (18) | FC Energie Cottbus II (N) | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7:22 | -15 | 13 |
| 19. | (19) | VfL Wolfsburg II (N) | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13:41 | -28 | 13 |