| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.03.1981 18. Spieltag | |||||
| SG Dynamo Dresden FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt FC Hansa Rostock |
3:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue BSG Chemie Böhlen |
3:0 | 10.000 | |||
| 1. FC Magdeburg BFC Dynamo Berlin |
2:4 | 0 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder BSG Stahl Riesa |
5:2 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau Hallescher FC Chemie |
0:3 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27-9 | 48:18 | 30 |
| 2. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 26-10 | 43:23 | 20 |
| 3. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 26-10 | 41:21 | 20 |
| 4. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 26-10 | 36:24 | 12 |
| 5. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 20-16 | 41:31 | 10 |
| 6. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 18-18 | 34:24 | 10 |
| 7. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18-18 | 25:35 | -10 |
| 8. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 17-19 | 31:29 | 2 |
| 9. | FC Hansa Rostock | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17-19 | 25:27 | -2 |
| 10. | BSG Wismut Aue | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14-22 | 22:38 | -16 |
| 11. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13-23 | 21:34 | -13 |
| 12. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13-23 | 18:34 | -16 |
| 13. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9-27 | 19:41 | -22 |
| 14. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8-28 | 24:49 | -25 |