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| 03.10.1996 | 15:00 | VfB Oldenburg | - | VfB Leipzig | 4:1 (4:0) | |
| 04.10.1996 | 19:00 | Eintracht Frankfurt | - | KFC Uerdingen 05 | 0:1 (0:1) | |
| 05.10.1996 | 15:30 | Fortuna Köln | - | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1:1 (1:0) | |
| 15:30 | VfB Lübeck | - | Hertha BSC | 1:4 (1:1) | ||
| 06.10.1996 | 15:00 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | - | FC Gütersloh | 2:0 (0:0) | |
| 15:00 | FSV Zwickau | - | VfL Wolfsburg | 0:0 (0:0) | ||
| 15:00 | SpVgg Unterhaching | - | Stuttgarter Kickers | 1:1 (1:0) | ||
| 17:30 | Waldhof Mannheim | - | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 2:2 (1:0) | ||
| 07.10.1996 | 19:30 | SV Meppen | - | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:0 (0:0) |
| # | Team | GS. | W. | G. | V. | Dp. | Ds. | P. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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1. FC Kaiserslautern | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10:3 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 |
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VfL Wolfsburg | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11:4 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 |
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1. FSV Mainz 05 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13:7 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 |
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Fortuna Köln | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17:10 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 |
|
Hertha BSC | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15:9 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 |
|
KFC Uerdingen 05 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16:11 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 |
|
Stuttgarter Kickers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12:8 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 |
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SpVgg Unterhaching | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8:6 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 |
|
FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10:10 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 |
|
SV Meppen | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7:7 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 |
|
Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10:10 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 |
|
VfB Leipzig | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15:19 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 |
|
FSV Zwickau | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9:10 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 |
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VfB Lübeck | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6:16 | -10 | 9 |
| 15 |
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Waldhof Mannheim | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14:17 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 |
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Rot-Weiss Essen | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13:24 | -11 | 7 |
| 17 |
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VfB Oldenburg | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10:17 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 |
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FC Gütersloh | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6:14 | -8 | 5 |
