| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07.03.1981 16. Spieltag | |||||
| SG Dynamo Dresden FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig BFC Dynamo Berlin |
0:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
0:1 | 17.000 | |||
| 1. FC Magdeburg FC Hansa Rostock |
3:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder BSG Chemie Böhlen |
4:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau BSG Stahl Riesa |
5:1 | 0 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
0:1 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 25-7 | 43:14 | 29 |
| 2. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 24-8 | 38:17 | 21 |
| 3. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 24-8 | 32:20 | 12 |
| 4. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 23-9 | 36:21 | 15 |
| 5. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16-16 | 34:28 | 6 |
| 6. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 15-17 | 32:23 | 9 |
| 7. | FC Hansa Rostock | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15-17 | 20:23 | -3 |
| 8. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15-17 | 21:33 | -12 |
| 9. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 13-19 | 24:27 | -3 |
| 10. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13-19 | 16:28 | -12 |
| 11. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12-20 | 20:31 | -11 |
| 12. | BSG Wismut Aue | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12-20 | 18:34 | -16 |
| 13. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9-23 | 19:33 | -14 |
| 14. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8-24 | 21:42 | -21 |