| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.03.1997 23. Spieltag | |||||
| FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen Tennis Borussia Berlin | 0:0 | 0 | |||
| Lok Altmark Stendal Reinickendorfer Füchse | 1:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Erzgebirge Aue Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl | 2:1 | 3.100 | |||
| Chemnitzer FC FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Sachsen Leipzig Spandauer SV | 3:1 | 0 | |||
| SC Charlottenburg 1. FC Dynamo Dresden | 0:2 | 0 | |||
| FC Energie Cottbus 1. FC Union Berlin | 3:0 | 0 | |||
| VFC Plauen Hertha 03 Zehlendorf | 4:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Berlin FSV Velten | 1:1 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Energie Cottbus | 23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 59:9 | 50 | 
| 2. | Chemnitzer FC | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 48:17 | 31 | 
| 3. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 50:22 | 28 | 
| 4. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 35:21 | 14 | 
| 5. | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 39:22 | 17 | 
| 6. | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 38 | 38:20 | 18 | 
| 7. | 1. FC Dynamo Dresden | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 38:26 | 12 | 
| 8. | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 41:32 | 9 | 
| 9. | Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 35:43 | -8 | 
| 10. | Lok Altmark Stendal | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 26:24 | 2 | 
| 11. | FC Berlin | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 23:32 | -9 | 
| 12. | VFC Plauen | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 31:40 | -9 | 
| 13. | Reinickendorfer Füchse | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 26:26 | 0 | 
| 14. | Hertha 03 Zehlendorf | 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 17:31 | -14 | 
| 15. | Spandauer SV | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 22:51 | -29 | 
| 16. | FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 24:48 | -24 | 
| 17. | SC Charlottenburg | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 21:49 | -28 | 
| 18. | FSV Velten | 23 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 14:74 | -60 |