| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.01.1972 16. Spieltag | |||||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig BFC Dynamo Berlin |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder SG Dynamo Dresden |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Magdeburg Hallescher FC Chemie |
3:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
3:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
1:0 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Union Berlin BSG Wismut Aue |
0:0 | 6.000 | |||
| ASG Vorwärts Stralsund BSG Stahl Riesa |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22-10 | 29:17 | 12 |
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20-12 | 25:14 | 11 |
| 3. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19-13 | 20:12 | 8 |
| 4. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18-14 | 28:19 | 9 |
| 5. | FC Hansa Rostock | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18-14 | 21:12 | 9 |
| 6. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18-14 | 20:22 | -2 |
| 7. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17-15 | 21:21 | 0 |
| 8. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16-16 | 16:12 | 4 |
| 9. | BSG Wismut Aue | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16-16 | 18:22 | -4 |
| 10. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14-18 | 14:18 | -4 |
| 11. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13-19 | 18:27 | -9 |
| 12. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11-21 | 17:26 | -9 |
| 13. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11-21 | 10:20 | -10 |
| 14. | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11-21 | 14:29 | -15 |