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| Tables | First round | » Second round | First half | Second half |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 37:22 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 |
|
Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24:19 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 |
|
Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29:25 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 |
|
Eintracht Trier | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27:20 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 |
|
1. FSV Mainz 05 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 23:14 | 9 | 27 |
| 6 |
|
LR Ahlen | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18:16 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 |
|
MSV Duisburg | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29:21 | 8 | 26 |
| 8 |
|
Energie Cottbus | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23:21 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 |
|
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23:29 | -6 | 24 |
| 10 |
|
SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28:25 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 |
|
Wacker Burghausen | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17:18 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 |
|
Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21:25 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 |
|
SpVgg Unterhaching | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15:19 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 |
|
Karlsruher SC | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19:22 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 |
|
Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15:28 | -13 | 18 |
| 16 |
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1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 26:31 | -5 | 17 |
| 17 |
|
VfB Lübeck | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20:32 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 |
|
VfL Osnabrück | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18:25 | -7 | 12 |
