| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.09.1981 5. Spieltag | |||||
| BSG Energie Cottbus FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:0 | 0 | |||
| SG Dynamo Dresden BSG Wismut Aue | 1:2 | 23.000 | |||
| 1. FC Magdeburg BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 2:1 | 0 | |||
| BFC Dynamo Berlin BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 7:0 | 0 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:0 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 2:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt FC Hansa Rostock | 2:4 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9-1 | 14:6 | 8 | 
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8-2 | 11:3 | 8 | 
| 3. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8-2 | 8:4 | 4 | 
| 4. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7-3 | 19:6 | 13 | 
| 5. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6-4 | 15:7 | 8 | 
| 6. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6-4 | 13:7 | 6 | 
| 7. | BSG Wismut Aue | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6-4 | 7:6 | 1 | 
| 8. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5-5 | 8:7 | 1 | 
| 9. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4-6 | 4:11 | -7 | 
| 10. | FC Hansa Rostock | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3-7 | 9:11 | -2 | 
| 11. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3-7 | 5:11 | -6 | 
| 12. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2-8 | 7:13 | -6 | 
| 13. | BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2-8 | 6:25 | -19 | 
| 14. | BSG Energie Cottbus | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1-9 | 1:10 | -9 |