| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.05.1989 23. Spieltag | |||||
| 1. FC Union Berlin FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 0:0 | 7.600 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie 1. FC Magdeburg | 0:2 | 0 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock SG Dynamo Dresden | 2:2 | 0 | |||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 2:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Energie Cottbus BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 0:0 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig BFC Dynamo Berlin | 4:2 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 36-10 | 54:24 | 30 | 
| 2. | FC Hansa Rostock | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 28-18 | 33:23 | 10 | 
| 3. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 27-19 | 45:31 | 14 | 
| 4. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 27-19 | 33:31 | 2 | 
| 5. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 25-21 | 33:21 | 12 | 
| 6. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 24-22 | 33:22 | 11 | 
| 7. | BSG Wismut Aue | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 24-22 | 28:31 | -3 | 
| 8. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 23-23 | 28:26 | 2 | 
| 9. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 21-25 | 31:35 | -4 | 
| 10. | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 19-27 | 31:38 | -7 | 
| 11. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 19-27 | 25:36 | -11 | 
| 12. | BSG Energie Cottbus | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 19-27 | 24:37 | -13 | 
| 13. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15-31 | 23:44 | -21 | 
| 14. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15-31 | 20:42 | -22 |