| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23.09.1956 19. Spieltag | |||||
| SC Dynamo Berlin BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 4:3 | 0 | |||
| SC Einheit Dresden BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 3:0 | 0 | |||
| SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt SC Rotation Leipzig | 5:2 | 4.000 | |||
| SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 0:6 | 0 | |||
| SC Lokomotive Leipzig ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 4:2 | 0 | |||
| SC Empor Rostock BSG Motor Zwickau | 3:6 | 0 | |||
| SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg SC Turbine Erfurt | 1:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 28-10 | 40:17 | 23 | 
| 2. | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 27-11 | 40:15 | 25 | 
| 3. | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 26-12 | 27:10 | 17 | 
| 4. | SC Rotation Leipzig | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21-17 | 28:27 | 1 | 
| 5. | SC Einheit Dresden | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19-19 | 33:30 | 3 | 
| 6. | ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19-19 | 29:30 | -1 | 
| 7. | BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18-20 | 27:37 | -10 | 
| 8. | SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17-21 | 27:29 | -2 | 
| 9. | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17-21 | 35:45 | -10 | 
| 10. | SC Dynamo Berlin | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16-21 | 31:35 | -4 | 
| 11. | SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16-22 | 16:36 | -20 | 
| 12. | SC Turbine Erfurt | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15-23 | 24:25 | -1 | 
| 13. | BSG Motor Zwickau | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 15-23 | 32:39 | -7 | 
| 14. | SC Empor Rostock | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11-27 | 19:33 | -14 |