| Fr., 04.11.1988 | 1. FC Magdeburg - HFC Chemie | 2:0 |
| Fr., 04.11.1988 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Hansa Rostock | 5:0 |
| Fr., 04.11.1988 | BFC Dynamo - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 0:2 |
| Sa., 05.11.1988 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - 1. FC Union Berlin | 0:0 |
| Sa., 05.11.1988 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - BSG Wismut Aue | 2:0 |
| Sa., 05.11.1988 | BSG Stahl Brandenburg - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:0 |
| Sa., 05.11.1988 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - BSG Energie Cottbus | 3:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 10 | 9-0-1 | 29:11 | 18 | 18 - 2 |
| 2. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 10 | 4-4-2 | 23:13 | 10 | 12 - 8 |
| 3. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 10 | 6-0-4 | 16:10 | 6 | 12 - 8 |
| 4. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 10 | 5-1-4 | 16:11 | 5 | 11 - 9 |
| 5. |  |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 10 | 5-1-4 | 19:19 | 0 | 11 - 9 |
| 6. |  |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 10 | 4-3-3 | 15:15 | 0 | 11 - 9 |
| 7. | |  | HFC Chemie | 10 | 4-3-3 | 14:14 | 0 | 11 - 9 |
| 8. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 10 | 4-2-4 | 17:10 | 7 | 10 - 10 |
| 9. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 10 | 4-1-5 | 10:13 | -3 | 9 - 11 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Energie Cottbus | 10 | 4-1-5 | 15:20 | -5 | 9 - 11 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 10 | 4-0-6 | 13:18 | -5 | 8 - 12 |
| 12. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 10 | 4-0-6 | 11:18 | -7 | 8 - 12 |
| 13. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 10 | 1-4-5 | 8:16 | -8 | 6 - 14 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 10 | 2-0-8 | 8:26 | -18 | 4 - 16 |