| Tables | First round | » Second round | First half | Second half |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21:6 | 15 | 19:7 |
| 2 |
|
BSG Motor Zwickau | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17:11 | 6 | 17:9 |
| 3 |
|
1. FC Magdeburg | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25:20 | 5 | 17:9 |
| 4 |
|
Hansa Rostock | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16:11 | 5 | 17:9 |
| 5 |
|
FC Vorwärts Berlin | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16:13 | 3 | 13:13 |
| 6 |
|
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19:17 | 2 | 13:13 |
| 7 |
|
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13:12 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 8 |
|
BSG Chemie Leipzig | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14:13 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 9 |
|
HFC Chemie | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13:14 | -1 | 12:14 |
| 10 |
|
1. FC Union Berlin | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12:14 | -2 | 12:14 |
| 11 |
|
BSG Wismut Aue | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11:16 | -5 | 10:16 |
| 12 |
|
Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12:19 | -7 | 10:16 |
| 13 |
|
BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10:23 | -13 | 9:17 |
| 14 |
|
Dynamo Dresden | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12:22 | -10 | 8:18 |