| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | FC Carl Zeiss Jena (P) | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25:9 | 16 | 22:4 |
| 2. | (2) | 1. FC Magdeburg (M) | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 33:15 | 18 | 21:5 |
| 3. | (3) | BSG Stahl Riesa | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20:19 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 4. | (4) | SG Dynamo Dresden | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19:20 | -1 | 15:11 |
| 5. | (5) | Hallescher FC Chemie (N) | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 24:20 | 4 | 14:12 |
| 6. | (6) | Berliner FC Dynamo | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20:16 | 4 | 13:13 |
| 7. | (7) | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20:18 | 2 | 13:13 |
| 8. | (8) | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18:18 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 9. | (9) | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15:23 | -8 | 11:15 |
| 10. | (10) | SC Wismut Aue | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13:21 | -8 | 11:15 |
| 11. | (11) | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22:22 | 0 | 9:17 |
| 12. | (12) | FC Hansa Rostock | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13:18 | -5 | 9:17 |
| 13. | (13) | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 21:28 | -7 | 9:17 |
| 14. | (14) | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund (N) | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10:26 | -16 | 6:20 |