| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02.09.1956 17. Spieltag | |||||
| SC Turbine Erfurt SC Empor Rostock |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| SC Lokomotive Leipzig SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Rotation Babelsberg ASK Vorwärts Berlin |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt BSG Lokomotive Stendal |
6:3 | 0 | |||
| BSG Motor Zwickau SC Rotation Leipzig |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| SC Dynamo Berlin SC Fortschritt Weißenfels |
5:1 | 0 | |||
| SC Einheit Dresden SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
1:1 | 40.000 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 25-9 | 35:12 | 23 |
| 2. | SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 25-9 | 34:13 | 21 |
| 3. | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 23-11 | 26:10 | 16 |
| 4. | SC Rotation Leipzig | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20-14 | 26:22 | 4 |
| 5. | ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17-17 | 26:26 | 0 |
| 6. | SC Einheit Dresden | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16-18 | 29:29 | 0 |
| 7. | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 16-18 | 33:40 | -7 |
| 8. | BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16-18 | 21:32 | -11 |
| 9. | SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15-19 | 16:30 | -14 |
| 10. | SC Dynamo Berlin | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14-19 | 26:28 | -2 |
| 11. | SC Turbine Erfurt | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14-20 | 24:24 | 0 |
| 12. | SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14-20 | 20:28 | -8 |
| 13. | BSG Motor Zwickau | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11-23 | 22:35 | -13 |
| 14. | SC Empor Rostock | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11-23 | 15:24 | -9 |