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| 22/11/1996 | 18:00 | Eintracht Frankfurt | - | Rot-Weiss Essen | 3:0 (2:0) | |
| 18:00 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | - | VfL Wolfsburg | 3:3 (1:2) | ||
| 23/11/1996 | 13:00 | FSV Zwickau | - | VfB Oldenburg | 1:0 (0:0) | |
| 14:30 | Waldhof Mannheim | - | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2:0 (0:0) | ||
| 24/11/1996 | 13:00 | Stuttgarter Kickers | - | Hertha BSC | 1:2 (0:1) | |
| 13:00 | VfB Lübeck | - | Fortuna Köln | 1:1 (0:1) | ||
| 14:00 | SpVgg Unterhaching | - | VfB Leipzig | 1:1 (0:1) | ||
| 14:00 | SV Meppen | - | FC Gütersloh | 2:0 (1:0) | ||
| 25/11/1996 | 18:30 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | - | KFC Uerdingen 05 | 3:1 (2:1) |
| » Tables | Home | Away | First round | Second round | First half | Second half |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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1. FC Kaiserslautern | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 26:9 | 17 | 30 |
| 2 |
|
Hertha BSC | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24:15 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 |
|
Fortuna Köln | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 29:17 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 |
|
1. FSV Mainz 05 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26:19 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 |
|
VfL Wolfsburg | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19:11 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 |
|
SV Meppen | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19:16 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 |
|
Stuttgarter Kickers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20:17 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 |
|
VfB Leipzig | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28:27 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 |
|
KFC Uerdingen 05 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23:19 | 4 | 21 |
| 10 |
|
SpVgg Unterhaching | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 11:11 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 |
|
Eintracht Frankfurt | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21:20 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 |
|
FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 21:21 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 |
|
Waldhof Mannheim | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22:27 | -5 | 17 |
| 14 |
|
FC Gütersloh | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16:21 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 |
|
FSV Zwickau | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15:21 | -6 | 15 |
| 16 |
|
Rot-Weiss Essen | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20:36 | -16 | 13 |
| 17 |
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VfB Lübeck | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10:25 | -15 | 12 |
| 18 |
|
VfB Oldenburg | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16:34 | -18 | 10 |
