| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.09.1981 6. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Hansa Rostock | 5:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 4:3 | 0 | |||
| BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau Hallescher FC Chemie | 0:3 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau BFC Dynamo Berlin | 1:4 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue 1. FC Magdeburg | 2:2 | 20.000 | |||
| BSG Energie Cottbus SG Dynamo Dresden | 0:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10-2 | 16:3 | 13 | 
| 2. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10-2 | 16:8 | 8 | 
| 3. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9-3 | 23:7 | 16 | 
| 4. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8-4 | 17:10 | 7 | 
| 5. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8-4 | 11:8 | 3 | 
| 6. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7-5 | 15:7 | 8 | 
| 7. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7-5 | 11:7 | 4 | 
| 8. | BSG Wismut Aue | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7-5 | 9:8 | 1 | 
| 9. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5-7 | 6:11 | -5 | 
| 10. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4-8 | 5:15 | -10 | 
| 11. | FC Hansa Rostock | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3-9 | 9:16 | -7 | 
| 12. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2-10 | 7:14 | -7 | 
| 13. | BSG Energie Cottbus | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2-10 | 1:10 | -9 | 
| 14. | BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2-10 | 6:28 | -22 |