| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.10.1980 8. Spieltag | |||||
| SG Dynamo Dresden 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 2:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 6:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Magdeburg Hallescher FC Chemie | 1:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:4 | 5.000 | |||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt BSG Stahl Riesa | 2:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt BFC Dynamo Berlin | 1:2 | 0 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock BSG Chemie Böhlen | 2:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14-2 | 23:10 | 13 | 
| 2. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13-3 | 25:6 | 19 | 
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13-3 | 21:7 | 14 | 
| 4. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13-3 | 15:9 | 6 | 
| 5. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9-7 | 18:13 | 5 | 
| 6. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9-7 | 15:10 | 5 | 
| 7. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9-7 | 9:9 | 0 | 
| 8. | FC Hansa Rostock | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8-8 | 9:9 | 0 | 
| 9. | BSG Wismut Aue | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6-10 | 7:16 | -9 | 
| 10. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5-11 | 8:13 | -5 | 
| 11. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5-11 | 10:21 | -11 | 
| 12. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4-12 | 13:19 | -6 | 
| 13. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3-13 | 8:21 | -13 | 
| 14. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1-15 | 6:24 | -18 |