| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.11.1956 26. Spieltag | |||||
| BSG Rotation Babelsberg BSG Motor Zwickau | 5:4 | 0 | |||
| SC Rotation Leipzig SC Empor Rostock | 2:3 | 0 | |||
| BSG Lokomotive Stendal SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 2:1 | 0 | |||
| SC Turbine Erfurt ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 2:3 | 0 | |||
| SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg SC Einheit Dresden | 1:0 | 0 | |||
| SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 1:0 | 22.000 | |||
| SC Dynamo Berlin SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:2 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 38-14 | 53:21 | 32 | 
| 2. | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 36-16 | 34:15 | 19 | 
| 3. | SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 34-18 | 45:22 | 23 | 
| 4. | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 28-24 | 55:54 | 1 | 
| 5. | SC Einheit Dresden | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26-26 | 50:46 | 4 | 
| 6. | ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26-26 | 41:41 | 0 | 
| 7. | BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26-26 | 41:53 | -12 | 
| 8. | SC Rotation Leipzig | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 24-28 | 35:41 | -6 | 
| 9. | SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23-29 | 26:48 | -22 | 
| 10. | SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 22-30 | 36:38 | -2 | 
| 11. | BSG Motor Zwickau | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 22-30 | 47:52 | -5 | 
| 12. | SC Turbine Erfurt | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 21-31 | 36:38 | -2 | 
| 13. | SC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19-32 | 37:49 | -12 | 
| 14. | SC Empor Rostock | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18-34 | 31:49 | -18 |