| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.06.1973 22. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Hansa Rostock BSG Wismut Aue |
0:0 | 9.000 | |||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena BSG Sachsenring Zwickau |
3:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Magdeburg FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| SG Dynamo Dresden BSG Chemie Leipzig |
3:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder BFC Dynamo Berlin |
4:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Union Berlin Hallescher FC Chemie |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 36-8 | 49:21 | 28 |
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 31-13 | 36:19 | 17 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 29-15 | 39:20 | 19 |
| 4. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27-17 | 28:24 | 4 |
| 5. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 23-21 | 49:38 | 11 |
| 6. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 21-23 | 46:39 | 7 |
| 7. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21-23 | 35:37 | -2 |
| 8. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21-23 | 31:34 | -3 |
| 9. | BSG Wismut Aue | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 20-24 | 23:34 | -11 |
| 10. | FC Hansa Rostock | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19-25 | 33:38 | -5 |
| 11. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 18-26 | 16:22 | -6 |
| 12. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15-29 | 19:37 | -18 |
| 13. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14-30 | 28:47 | -19 |
| 14. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13-31 | 28:50 | -22 |