| 28/11/1997 | 18:00 | FC St. Pauli | - | KFC Uerdingen 05 | 0:0 (0:0) | |
| 18:00 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | - | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1:1 (1:0) | ||
| 29/11/1997 | 13:15 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | - | SV Meppen | 2:0 (1:0) | |
| 14:30 | FSV Zwickau | - | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:3 (0:2) | ||
| 30/11/1997 | 14:00 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | - | SC Freiburg | 2:4 (1:2) | |
| 14:00 | Energie Cottbus | - | Stuttgarter Kickers | 2:1 (0:1) | ||
| 14:00 | Fortuna Köln | - | VfB Leipzig | 2:0 (0:0) | ||
| 14:00 | SpVgg Unterhaching | - | FC Gütersloh | 1:1 (1:1) | ||
| 01/12/1997 | 18:15 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | - | 1. FC Nürnberg | 0:1 (0:1) |
| » Tables | Home | Away | First round | Second round | First half | Second half |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
SC Freiburg | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29:20 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 |
|
KFC Uerdingen 05 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 19:10 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 |
|
FC Gütersloh | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 20:12 | 8 | 28 |
| 4 |
|
Eintracht Frankfurt | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22:15 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 |
|
1. FC Nürnberg | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 21:18 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 |
|
SpVgg Unterhaching | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20:12 | 8 | 22 |
| 7 |
|
Energie Cottbus | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19:15 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 |
|
SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16:18 | -2 | 21 |
| 9 |
|
Fortuna Düsseldorf | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 26:24 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 |
|
Stuttgarter Kickers | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23:26 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 |
|
Fortuna Köln | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19:23 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 |
|
FC St. Pauli | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16:20 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 |
|
VfB Leipzig | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16:27 | -11 | 17 |
| 14 |
|
1. FSV Mainz 05 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 26:28 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 |
|
SV Meppen | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20:21 | -1 | 15 |
| 16 |
|
SG Wattenscheid 09 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14:17 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 |
|
FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16:24 | -8 | 15 |
| 18 |
|
FSV Zwickau | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11:23 | -12 | 10 |