| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.08.1956 16. Spieltag | |||||
| SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt BSG Rotation Babelsberg |
3:0 | 10.000 | |||
| ASK Vorwärts Berlin SC Einheit Dresden |
2:3 | 0 | |||
| SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt |
3:0 | 0 | |||
| SC Fortschritt Weißenfels BSG Motor Zwickau |
1:3 | 0 | |||
| SC Empor Rostock SC Lokomotive Leipzig |
0:2 | 0 | |||
| SC Rotation Leipzig SC Turbine Erfurt |
1:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Lokomotive Stendal SC Dynamo Berlin |
4:1 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 24-8 | 34:11 | 23 |
| 2. | SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 24-8 | 33:12 | 21 |
| 3. | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22-10 | 25:9 | 16 |
| 4. | SC Rotation Leipzig | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19-13 | 24:20 | 4 |
| 5. | ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16-16 | 25:25 | 0 |
| 6. | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16-16 | 30:34 | -4 |
| 7. | SC Einheit Dresden | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15-17 | 28:28 | 0 |
| 8. | BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15-17 | 20:31 | -11 |
| 9. | SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14-18 | 19:23 | -4 |
| 10. | SC Turbine Erfurt | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13-19 | 22:22 | 0 |
| 11. | SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13-19 | 10:27 | -17 |
| 12. | SC Dynamo Berlin | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12-19 | 21:27 | -6 |
| 13. | BSG Motor Zwickau | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 10-22 | 20:33 | -13 |
| 14. | SC Empor Rostock | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10-22 | 13:22 | -9 |