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3. Liga: Die Tabelle vor dem 10. Spieltag
| # | Mannschaft | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Pkt. |
| 1 | SV Sandhausen | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15:8 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Dynamo Dresden | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16:10 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17:13 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Energie Cottbus | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22:12 | 10 | 16 |
| 5 | Erzgebirge Aue | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14:12 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Viktoria Köln | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14:9 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9:8 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10:10 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | TSV 1860 München | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12:15 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Borussia Dortmund II | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13:12 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17:18 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11:13 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | VfB Stuttgart II | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13:16 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Hansa Rostock | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11:12 | -1 | 10 |
| 15 | Alemannia Aachen | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7:10 | -3 | 10 |
| 16 | Waldhof Mannheim | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9:11 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | SC Verl | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10:15 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10:17 | -7 | 9 |
| 19 | Hannover 96 II | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9:13 | -4 | 8 |
| 20 | VfL Osnabrück | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12:17 | -5 | 8 |
