| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.05.1973 20. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Hansa Rostock FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
3:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena BSG Chemie Leipzig |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Magdeburg BFC Dynamo Berlin |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder SG Dynamo Dresden |
2:3 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig BSG Sachsenring Zwickau |
5:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Union Berlin BSG Wismut Aue |
3:0 | 8.000 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
0:1 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 32-8 | 42:19 | 23 |
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 28-12 | 31:16 | 15 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 25-15 | 35:19 | 16 |
| 4. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24-16 | 25:22 | 3 |
| 5. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 21-19 | 45:34 | 11 |
| 6. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21-19 | 32:29 | 3 |
| 7. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19-21 | 28:30 | -2 |
| 8. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 18-22 | 15:17 | -2 |
| 9. | FC Hansa Rostock | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18-22 | 32:36 | -4 |
| 10. | BSG Wismut Aue | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 18-22 | 21:32 | -11 |
| 11. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17-23 | 36:35 | 1 |
| 12. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 14-26 | 25:39 | -14 |
| 13. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13-27 | 17:36 | -19 |
| 14. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12-28 | 26:46 | -20 |