| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | SC Paderborn 07 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20:8 | 12 | 13 |
| 2. | (2) | SV Darmstadt 98 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11:6 | 5 | 13 |
| 3. | (5) | Hamburger SV | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8:3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4. | (3) | 1. FC Heidenheim | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10:4 | 6 | 11 |
| 5. | (7) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12:7 | 5 | 11 |
| 6. | (4) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (N) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13:10 | 3 | 11 |
| 7. | (8) | Holstein Kiel | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12:12 | 0 | 11 |
| 8. | (10) | Karlsruher SC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14:11 | 3 | 10 |
| 9. | (9) | Hannover 96 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12:9 | 3 | 10 |
| 10. | (6) | Hansa Rostock (N) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5:8 | -3 | 9 |
| 11. | (11) | FC St. Pauli | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11:10 | 1 | 8 |
| 12. | (12) | 1. FC Nürnberg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6:9 | -3 | 7 |
| 13. | (13) | Jahn Regensburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5:11 | -6 | 7 |
| 14. | (14) | SV Sandhausen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7:9 | -2 | 6 |
| 15. | (17) | Arminia Bielefeld (A) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7:11 | -4 | 4 |
| 16. | (16) | 1. FC Magdeburg (N) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9:17 | -8 | 4 |
| 17. | (15) | SpVgg Greuther Fürth (A) | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7:12 | -5 | 3 |
| 18. | (18) | Eintracht Braunschweig (N) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3:15 | -12 | 1 |