| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | 1. FC Magdeburg | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24:15 | 9 | 18:8 |
| 2. | (2) | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19:10 | 9 | 18:8 |
| 3. | (3) | SG Dynamo Dresden (MP) | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24:16 | 8 | 15:11 |
| 4. | (4) | Hallescher FC Chemie | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18:15 | 3 | 15:11 |
| 5. | (5) | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16:15 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 6. | (6) | Berliner FC Dynamo | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18:12 | 6 | 14:12 |
| 7. | (7) | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13:8 | 5 | 14:12 |
| 8. | (8) | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13:14 | -1 | 13:13 |
| 9. | (9) | BSG Wismut Aue | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17:21 | -4 | 13:13 |
| 10. | (10) | FC Hansa Rostock | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15:11 | 4 | 12:14 |
| 11. | (11) | 1. FC Union Berlin | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7:12 | -5 | 10:16 |
| 12. | (12) | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (N) | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14:20 | -6 | 9:17 |
| 13. | (13) | BSG Stahl Riesa | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12:24 | -12 | 9:17 |
| 14. | (14) | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund (N) | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11:28 | -17 | 7:19 |
| FC Vorwärts Berlin wurde zum FC Vorwärts Frankfurt | |||||||||