| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.03.1973 14. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder FC Hansa Rostock |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Union Berlin 1. FC Magdeburg |
0:2 | 0 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie SG Dynamo Dresden |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt BFC Dynamo Berlin |
3:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue BSG Chemie Leipzig |
1:1 | 11.000 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
2:1 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 23-5 | 30:12 | 18 |
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20-8 | 22:12 | 10 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17-11 | 24:14 | 10 |
| 4. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15-13 | 24:19 | 5 |
| 5. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15-13 | 22:19 | 3 |
| 6. | BSG Wismut Aue | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14-14 | 15:19 | -4 |
| 7. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14-14 | 16:22 | -6 |
| 8. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13-15 | 33:26 | 7 |
| 9. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12-16 | 29:26 | 3 |
| 10. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12-16 | 11:13 | -2 |
| 11. | FC Hansa Rostock | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12-16 | 21:25 | -4 |
| 12. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12-16 | 19:28 | -9 |
| 13. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9-19 | 21:33 | -12 |
| 14. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8-20 | 8:27 | -19 |