| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. |
|---|
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 34-18 | 46:31 | 15 |
| 2. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 32-20 | 33:22 | 11 |
| 3. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 31-21 | 32:18 | 14 |
| 4. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 29-23 | 39:33 | 6 |
| 5. | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 29-23 | 27:23 | 4 |
| 6. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28-24 | 40:39 | 1 |
| 7. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 27-25 | 32:31 | 1 |
| 8. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26-26 | 33:32 | 1 |
| 9. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 25-27 | 37:35 | 2 |
| 10. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 24-28 | 41:34 | 7 |
| 11. | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 24-28 | 31:40 | -9 |
| 12. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 22-30 | 27:36 | -9 |
| 13. | FC Hansa Rostock | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20-32 | 31:46 | -15 |
| 14. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 13-39 | 27:56 | -29 |