| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.04.1981 21. Spieltag | |||||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig SG Dynamo Dresden |
2:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder |
0:2 | 0 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie 1. FC Magdeburg |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena BSG Wismut Aue |
2:0 | 7.000 | |||
| BSG Stahl Riesa FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
0:1 | 0 | |||
| BFC Dynamo Berlin FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
5:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Chemie Böhlen FC Hansa Rostock |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32-10 | 61:22 | 39 |
| 2. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 29-13 | 48:27 | 21 |
| 3. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 29-13 | 45:25 | 20 |
| 4. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 28-14 | 41:29 | 12 |
| 5. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 25-17 | 45:32 | 13 |
| 6. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22-20 | 30:39 | -9 |
| 7. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 21-21 | 36:26 | 10 |
| 8. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 20-22 | 33:31 | 2 |
| 9. | FC Hansa Rostock | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 19-23 | 28:34 | -6 |
| 10. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 16-26 | 24:41 | -17 |
| 11. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15-27 | 22:39 | -17 |
| 12. | BSG Wismut Aue | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14-28 | 25:48 | -23 |
| 13. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12-30 | 22:43 | -21 |
| 14. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12-30 | 29:53 | -24 |