| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.09.1956 18. Spieltag | |||||
| BSG Motor Zwickau SC Dynamo Berlin |
4:1 | 0 | |||
| ASK Vorwärts Berlin SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
1:0 | 15.000 | |||
| SC Fortschritt Weißenfels SC Einheit Dresden |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| SC Rotation Leipzig SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt SC Turbine Erfurt |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Lokomotive Stendal SC Lokomotive Leipzig |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| BSG Rotation Babelsberg SC Empor Rostock |
3:1 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 26-10 | 36:15 | 21 |
| 2. | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25-11 | 35:13 | 22 |
| 3. | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24-12 | 26:10 | 16 |
| 4. | SC Rotation Leipzig | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21-15 | 26:22 | 4 |
| 5. | ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19-17 | 27:26 | 1 |
| 6. | BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18-18 | 24:33 | -9 |
| 7. | SC Einheit Dresden | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17-19 | 30:30 | 0 |
| 8. | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17-19 | 35:42 | -7 |
| 9. | SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16-20 | 16:30 | -14 |
| 10. | SC Turbine Erfurt | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15-21 | 24:24 | 0 |
| 11. | SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15-21 | 21:29 | -8 |
| 12. | SC Dynamo Berlin | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14-21 | 27:32 | -5 |
| 13. | BSG Motor Zwickau | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 13-23 | 26:36 | -10 |
| 14. | SC Empor Rostock | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11-25 | 16:27 | -11 |