| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 30:13 | 17 | 20:6 |
| 2. | (2) | 1. FC Magdeburg (P) | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26:18 | 8 | 18:8 |
| 3. | (3) | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24:15 | 9 | 17:9 |
| 4. | (4) | SG Dynamo Dresden (M) | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25:21 | 4 | 16:10 |
| 5. | (5) | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23:20 | 3 | 16:10 |
| 6. | (6) | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 29:17 | 12 | 15:11 |
| 7. | (7) | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18:16 | 2 | 15:11 |
| 8. | (8) | FC Hansa Rostock | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19:16 | 3 | 14:12 |
| 9. | (9) | BSG Wismut Aue | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18:18 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 10. | (10) | Berliner FC Dynamo | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 26:27 | -1 | 10:16 |
| 11. | (11) | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17:26 | -9 | 8:18 |
| 12. | (12) | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9:20 | -11 | 7:19 |
| 13. | (13) | BSG Energie Cottbus (N) | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10:28 | -18 | 6:20 |
| 14. | (14) | BSG Stahl Riesa (N) | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12:31 | -19 | 5:19 |
| Stahl Riesa wurden wegen eines ungenehmigten Trainingslagers zwei Punkte abgezogen. | |||||||||