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| Tables | Home | Away | First round | Second round | First half | » Second half |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
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| 1 |
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FC Schalke 04 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 15:4 | 11 | 29 |
| 2 |
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Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18:5 | 13 | 23 |
| 3 |
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Bayer Leverkusen | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12:6 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 |
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1. FC Köln | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11:9 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 |
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Bor. Mönchengladbach | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13:7 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 |
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VfL Bochum | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14:10 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 |
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Rot-Weiss Essen | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8:6 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 |
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Fortuna Düsseldorf | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10:8 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 |
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Borussia Dortmund | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12:12 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 |
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Fortuna Köln | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8:11 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 |
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Alemannia Aachen | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4:18 | -14 | 9 |
| 12 |
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Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7:17 | -10 | 8 |
| 13 |
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MSV Duisburg | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8:15 | -7 | 7 |
| 14 |
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Preußen Münster | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3:15 | -12 | 5 |
| Playoffs | |
| Relegation |
