| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (3) | SC Paderborn 07 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11:4 | 7 | 9 |
| 2. | (4) | 1. FC Heidenheim | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7:1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3. | (9) | SV Darmstadt 98 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7:3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4. | (5) | Hamburger SV | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5:1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5. | (10) | Holstein Kiel | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9:5 | 4 | 8 |
| 6. | (1) | Jahn Regensburg | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5:1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7. | (12) | FC St. Pauli | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9:6 | 3 | 7 |
| 8. | (6) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6:5 | 1 | 7 |
| 9. | (2) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (N) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6:5 | 1 | 7 |
| 10. | (7) | SV Sandhausen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6:6 | 0 | 6 |
| 11. | (8) | Hansa Rostock (N) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3:6 | -3 | 6 |
| 12. | (15) | Hannover 96 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6:8 | -2 | 4 |
| 13. | (11) | 1. FC Nürnberg | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4:6 | -2 | 4 |
| 14. | (16) | Karlsruher SC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6:11 | -5 | 4 |
| 15. | (14) | SpVgg Greuther Fürth (A) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5:7 | -2 | 3 |
| 16. | (13) | 1. FC Magdeburg (N) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5:9 | -4 | 3 |
| 17. | (17) | Arminia Bielefeld (A) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2:9 | -7 | 0 |
| 18. | (18) | Eintracht Braunschweig (N) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0:9 | -9 | 0 |