| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.08.1956 15. Spieltag | |||||
| BSG Lokomotive Stendal SC Turbine Erfurt | 1:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Motor Zwickau SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:5 | 17.000 | |||
| SC Fortschritt Weißenfels SC Empor Rostock | 3:0 | 0 | |||
| SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 2:2 | 0 | |||
| SC Dynamo Berlin SC Rotation Leipzig | 4:2 | 0 | |||
| BSG Rotation Babelsberg SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 0:0 | 0 | |||
| SC Lokomotive Leipzig SC Einheit Dresden | 4:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22-8 | 31:11 | 20 | 
| 2. | SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 22-8 | 31:12 | 19 | 
| 3. | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20-10 | 22:9 | 13 | 
| 4. | SC Rotation Leipzig | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17-13 | 23:20 | 3 | 
| 5. | ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16-14 | 23:22 | 1 | 
| 6. | BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15-15 | 20:28 | -8 | 
| 7. | SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14-16 | 18:20 | -2 | 
| 8. | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14-16 | 26:33 | -7 | 
| 9. | SC Turbine Erfurt | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13-17 | 22:21 | 1 | 
| 10. | SC Einheit Dresden | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13-17 | 25:26 | -1 | 
| 11. | SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13-17 | 10:24 | -14 | 
| 12. | SC Dynamo Berlin | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12-17 | 20:23 | -3 | 
| 13. | SC Empor Rostock | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10-20 | 13:20 | -7 | 
| 14. | BSG Motor Zwickau | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8-22 | 17:32 | -15 |