| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30.10.1971 6. Spieltag | |||||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:1 | 0 | |||
| SG Dynamo Dresden FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:1 | 0 | |||
| BFC Dynamo Berlin Hallescher FC Chemie | 1:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Magdeburg BSG Wismut Aue | 5:0 | 10.000 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau BSG Stahl Riesa | 2:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 5:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder 1. FC Union Berlin | 1:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10-2 | 8:3 | 5 | 
| 2. | FC Hansa Rostock | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8-4 | 14:6 | 8 | 
| 3. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8-4 | 9:5 | 4 | 
| 4. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8-4 | 7:3 | 4 | 
| 5. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7-5 | 13:9 | 4 | 
| 6. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7-5 | 9:7 | 2 | 
| 7. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7-5 | 9:7 | 2 | 
| 8. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7-5 | 6:6 | 0 | 
| 9. | BSG Wismut Aue | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6-6 | 7:12 | -5 | 
| 10. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5-7 | 8:7 | 1 | 
| 11. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5-7 | 3:5 | -2 | 
| 12. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3-9 | 5:11 | -6 | 
| 13. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2-10 | 6:12 | -6 | 
| 14. | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1-11 | 2:13 | -11 |