| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.03.1972 20. Spieltag | |||||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig BSG Wismut Aue |
3:2 | 13.000 | |||
| SG Dynamo Dresden FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
5:1 | 0 | |||
| BFC Dynamo Berlin FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder Hallescher FC Chemie |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Magdeburg BSG Stahl Riesa |
1:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau ASG Vorwärts Stralsund |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock 1. FC Union Berlin |
0:1 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 28-12 | 40:21 | 19 |
| 2. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27-13 | 33:16 | 17 |
| 3. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24-16 | 45:24 | 21 |
| 4. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23-17 | 29:25 | 4 |
| 5. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21-19 | 23:26 | -3 |
| 6. | FC Hansa Rostock | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20-20 | 24:17 | 7 |
| 7. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20-20 | 28:36 | -8 |
| 8. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 19-21 | 18:16 | 2 |
| 9. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19-21 | 20:24 | -4 |
| 10. | BSG Wismut Aue | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19-21 | 27:33 | -6 |
| 11. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 17-23 | 15:21 | -6 |
| 12. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15-25 | 18:29 | -11 |
| 13. | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15-25 | 17:34 | -17 |
| 14. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13-27 | 21:36 | -15 |