| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.04.1973 17. Spieltag | |||||
| 1. FC Magdeburg FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Hallescher FC Chemie |
2:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder |
1:2 | 7.000 | |||
| BSG Chemie Leipzig 1. FC Union Berlin |
1:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| BFC Dynamo Berlin 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| SG Dynamo Dresden FC Hansa Rostock |
4:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 28-6 | 38:15 | 23 |
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 24-10 | 27:14 | 13 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21-13 | 30:17 | 13 |
| 4. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20-14 | 30:21 | 9 |
| 5. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18-16 | 19:22 | -3 |
| 6. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17-17 | 33:28 | 5 |
| 7. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17-17 | 23:21 | 2 |
| 8. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 16-18 | 13:14 | -1 |
| 9. | BSG Wismut Aue | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16-18 | 18:23 | -5 |
| 10. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15-19 | 36:32 | 4 |
| 11. | FC Hansa Rostock | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13-21 | 23:34 | -11 |
| 12. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13-21 | 21:33 | -12 |
| 13. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12-22 | 24:38 | -14 |
| 14. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8-26 | 10:33 | -23 |