| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.02.1974 18. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
3:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau BSG Energie Cottbus |
3:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena BFC Dynamo Berlin |
4:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock 1. FC Magdeburg |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| BSG Chemie Leipzig SG Dynamo Dresden |
0:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder |
1:3 | 0 | |||
| BSG Stahl Riesa BSG Wismut Aue |
2:0 | 5.500 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 28-8 | 41:15 | 26 |
| 2. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25-11 | 37:26 | 11 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25-11 | 32:21 | 11 |
| 4. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21-15 | 37:25 | 12 |
| 5. | FC Hansa Rostock | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 21-15 | 31:23 | 8 |
| 6. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21-15 | 27:21 | 6 |
| 7. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 20-16 | 31:28 | 3 |
| 8. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17-19 | 27:30 | -3 |
| 9. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 16-20 | 32:34 | -2 |
| 10. | BSG Wismut Aue | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16-20 | 22:27 | -5 |
| 11. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11-25 | 14:25 | -11 |
| 12. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10-26 | 17:29 | -12 |
| 13. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10-26 | 15:36 | -21 |
| 14. | BSG Energie Cottbus | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 9-27 | 12:35 | -23 |