| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.09.1956 21. Spieltag | |||||
| SC Empor Rostock BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 1:5 | 0 | |||
| SC Dynamo Berlin ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 1:1 | 0 | |||
| SC Turbine Erfurt BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 1:1 | 0 | |||
| SC Einheit Dresden BSG Motor Zwickau | 4:2 | 0 | |||
| SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:0 | 18.000 | |||
| SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 1:0 | 0 | |||
| SC Rotation Leipzig SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 1:2 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 30-12 | 30:11 | 19 | 
| 2. | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 30-12 | 45:18 | 27 | 
| 3. | SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 30-12 | 42:19 | 23 | 
| 4. | SC Einheit Dresden | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 23-19 | 39:33 | 6 | 
| 5. | ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22-20 | 33:32 | 1 | 
| 6. | SC Rotation Leipzig | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21-21 | 30:31 | -1 | 
| 7. | BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21-21 | 31:38 | -7 | 
| 8. | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 19-23 | 41:48 | -7 | 
| 9. | SC Dynamo Berlin | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 18-23 | 33:37 | -4 | 
| 10. | SC Turbine Erfurt | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17-25 | 28:29 | -1 | 
| 11. | SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17-25 | 28:33 | -5 | 
| 12. | BSG Motor Zwickau | 21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 17-25 | 35:43 | -8 | 
| 13. | SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16-26 | 16:41 | -25 | 
| 14. | SC Empor Rostock | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12-30 | 21:39 | -18 |