| Tables | » First round | Second round | First half | Second half |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
FC Schalke 04 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23:1 | 22 | 21 |
| 2 |
|
Borussia Dortmund | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32:5 | 27 | 19 |
| 3 |
|
Arminia Bielefeld | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 28:10 | 18 | 17 |
| 4 |
|
1. FC Köln | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27:12 | 15 | 16 |
| 5 |
|
Fortuna Düsseldorf | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19:12 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 |
|
VfL Bochum | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17:13 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 |
|
Bayer Leverkusen | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19:12 | 7 | 10 |
| 8 |
|
Bor. Mönchengladbach | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13:11 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 |
|
Rot-Weiss Essen | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9:12 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 |
|
MSV Duisburg | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11:18 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 |
|
SC Paderborn 07 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11:19 | -8 | 6 |
| 12 |
|
Preußen Münster | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7:14 | -7 | 5 |
| 13 |
|
Fortuna Köln | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6:24 | -18 | 4 |
| 14 |
|
Sportfreunde Siegen | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7:23 | -16 | 3 |
| 15 |
|
FC Hennef 05 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6:19 | -13 | 2 |
| 16 |
|
SV Deutz 05 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6:36 | -30 | 0 |
| Playoffs | |
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