The German championship was for the first time the BC Stuttgart 1891 . The promoted team secured the title on the penultimate matchday with a 6-2 away win against SC Hamburg . The BSV Wuppertal , which had previously been champion six times in a row, now took third place. On the third day of the match, the Wuppertal team lost a league game for the first time since March 2007 at the home game against Stuttgart , after a BSV Wuppertal game was rated for the opponent in the 2011/12 season because the team was not fully present in time. The SC Hamburg and the SSC Fürth were relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga. Both teams were relegated for the entire season. For SSC Fürth, relegation was clear after the twelfth game day, for the Hamburg team after the thirteenth.