| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.05.1981 24. Spieltag | |||||
| SG Dynamo Dresden BFC Dynamo Berlin | 3:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Chemie Böhlen BSG Stahl Riesa | 1:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:3 | 0 | |||
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt Hallescher FC Chemie | 2:2 | 0 | |||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 2:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 0:2 | 8.000 | |||
| 1. FC Magdeburg FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 4:1 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 35-13 | 68:29 | 39 | 
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 34-14 | 53:26 | 27 | 
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 34-14 | 56:31 | 25 | 
| 4. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 32-16 | 46:34 | 12 | 
| 5. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 27-21 | 50:38 | 12 | 
| 6. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27-21 | 35:42 | -7 | 
| 7. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 26-22 | 41:28 | 13 | 
| 8. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 21-27 | 38:40 | -2 | 
| 9. | FC Hansa Rostock | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 20-28 | 33:42 | -9 | 
| 10. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 19-29 | 31:52 | -21 | 
| 11. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16-32 | 24:44 | -20 | 
| 12. | BSG Wismut Aue | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16-32 | 31:54 | -23 | 
| 13. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15-33 | 35:59 | -24 | 
| 14. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14-34 | 28:50 | -22 |