Promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga : SC Riesa. Relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga: HC Leipzig II and HSG Albstadt. Relegated to the upper leagues: TSV Vaterstetten, ESV Regensburg, SG Ober- / Unterhausen, TG Nürtingen, TSG Oßweil, TS Ottersweier and HSG Mannheim. Newcomers from the top leagues: HSG Schmiden-Oeffingen, TSV Ismaning, TG 88 Pforzheim and TV Ehingen.
Promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga : HSG Sulzbach / Leidersbach. Relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga: TGS Walldorf. Relegated to the upper leagues: SV Zweibrücken, HSG Lohfelden-Vollmarshausen, SV 1946 Crumstadt and TV Ortenberg. Newcomers from the major leagues: DJK / MJC Trier II, Eintracht Baunatal and TV Dudenhofen. Change: TuS Bannberscheid competes alone. The HSG Bannberscheid-Bad Erms is dissolved.
Promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga : HSG Stemmer / Friedewalde. Relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga: SV Teutonia Riemke and TuS Lintfort. Relegated to the upper leagues: SG Königsdorf-HHV Cologne, Borussia Dortmund II, TV Strombach and HSG Düsseldorf. Newcomers from the top leagues: HSG Siebengebirge-Thomasberg, TV Bruckhausen and TV Verl .
Promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga : VfL Wolfsburg. Relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga: VfL Oldenburg II. Relegated to the major leagues: Eintracht Braunschweig, Germania List (both retreating) and handball Bückeburg. Newcomers from the major leagues: BV Garrel, SG Misburg and Union Halle-Neustadt II.
Promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga : TSV Nord Harrislee. Relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga: Elmshorner HT. Relegated to the top leagues: SG Wandsbek (withdrawal), SV Pedagogy Rostock, SC Buntekuh Lübeck, TMBW Berlin and SC Alstertal-Langenhorn . Newcomers from the major leagues: Ahrensburger TSV , TSV Owschlag, HSC Potsdam and MTV Altlandsberg.
decisions
The climbers in the 2nd Bundesliga are: SC Riesa, HSG Sulzbach / Leidersbach, HSG Stemmer / Friedewalde, VfL Wolfsburg and TSV Nord Harrislee.