| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.10.1981 8. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt FC Hansa Rostock |
4:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue Hallescher FC Chemie |
4:1 | 9.000 | |||
| BSG Energie Cottbus BFC Dynamo Berlin |
1:2 | 0 | |||
| SG Dynamo Dresden 1. FC Magdeburg |
5:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14-2 | 19:3 | 16 |
| 2. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13-3 | 30:8 | 22 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12-4 | 19:13 | 6 |
| 4. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11-5 | 14:8 | 6 |
| 5. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10-6 | 22:13 | 9 |
| 6. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9-7 | 20:8 | 12 |
| 7. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9-7 | 13:11 | 2 |
| 8. | BSG Wismut Aue | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9-7 | 13:14 | -1 |
| 9. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7-9 | 8:14 | -6 |
| 10. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5-11 | 11:16 | -5 |
| 11. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5-11 | 5:16 | -11 |
| 12. | FC Hansa Rostock | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3-13 | 10:22 | -12 |
| 13. | BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3-13 | 7:32 | -25 |
| 14. | BSG Energie Cottbus | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2-14 | 2:15 | -13 |