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