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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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FC Schalke 04 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 47:10 | 37 | 35 |
| 2 |
|
1. FC Köln | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 30:14 | 16 | 31 |
| 3 |
|
VfL Bochum | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 36:22 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 |
|
Arminia Bielefeld | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 32:20 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 |
|
Bayer Leverkusen | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 33:16 | 17 | 21 |
| 6 |
|
Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 39:24 | 15 | 19 |
| 7 |
|
Bor. Mönchengladbach | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21:15 | 6 | 18 |
| 8 |
|
Rot-Weiss Essen | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25:23 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 |
|
Rot Weiss Ahlen | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15:23 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 |
|
MSV Duisburg | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14:23 | -9 | 15 |
| 11 |
|
Alemannia Aachen | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 22:26 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 |
|
Preußen Münster | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10:34 | -24 | 11 |
| 13 |
|
Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18:38 | -20 | 9 |
| 14 |
|
VfL Leverkusen | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10:64 | -54 | 3 |
