07/02/1997 18:00 Kickers Emden - Concordia Hamburg 2:2
09/02/1997 14:00 VfL Osnabrück - 1. SC Norderstedt 1:0
14:00 Hamburger SV II - Sportfreunde Ricklingen 5:1
14:00 Atlas Delmenhorst - Lüneburger SK 2:2
12/02/1997 19:00 Hannover 96 - Eintracht Braunschweig 4:0
31/03/1997 14:00 SC Göttingen 05 - FC St. Pauli II 1:0
14:00 Altona 93 - SV Wilhelmshaven 3:3
14:00 SV Lurup - VfL Herzlake 0:2
09/04/1997 18:00 TuS Celle - Werder Bremen II 4:1
# Team M. W D L goals Dif. Pt.
1 Hannover 96, Germany Hannover 96 22 19 1 2 71:17 54 58
2 Eintracht Braunschweig, Germany Eintracht Braunschweig 22 14 3 5 47:18 29 45
3 Werder Bremen II, Germany Werder Bremen II 22 14 3 5 51:24 27 45
4 Hamburger SV II, Germany Hamburger SV II 22 13 5 4 44:26 18 44
5 VfL Osnabrück, Germany VfL Osnabrück 22 11 9 2 31:13 18 42
6 1. SC Norderstedt, Germany 1. SC Norderstedt 22 11 6 5 43:18 25 39
7 TuS Celle, Germany TuS Celle 22 11 3 8 41:35 6 36
8 VfL Herzlake, Germany VfL Herzlake 22 9 4 9 37:38 -1 31
9 Kickers Emden, Germany Kickers Emden 22 7 8 7 28:31 -3 29
10 SC Göttingen 05, Germany SC Göttingen 05 22 5 10 7 20:28 -8 25
11 SV Wilhelmshaven, Germany SV Wilhelmshaven 22 6 6 10 24:37 -13 24
12 Atlas Delmenhorst, Germany Atlas Delmenhorst 22 6 4 12 32:39 -7 22
13 Sportfreunde Ricklingen, Germany Sportfreunde Ricklingen 22 5 6 11 20:42 -22 21
14 Concordia Hamburg, Germany Concordia Hamburg 22 4 7 11 21:35 -14 19
15 Altona 93, Germany Altona 93 22 4 6 12 22:44 -22 18
16 FC St. Pauli II, Germany FC St. Pauli II 22 4 6 12 19:46 -27 18
17 SV Lurup, Germany SV Lurup 22 3 6 13 20:51 -31 15
18 Lüneburger SK, Germany Lüneburger SK 22 3 5 14 13:42 -29 14