| Sa., 29.08.1981 | BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau - BSG Energie Cottbus | 3:1 |
| Sa., 29.08.1981 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - SG Dynamo Dresden | 4:0 |
| Sa., 29.08.1981 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - 1. FC Magdeburg | 2:2 |
| Sa., 29.08.1981 | FC Hansa Rostock - BFC Dynamo | 1:1 |
| Sa., 29.08.1981 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - HFC Chemie | 2:1 |
| Sa., 29.08.1981 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2:2 |
| Sa., 29.08.1981 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - BSG Wismut Aue | 2:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2 | 2-0-0 | 9:0 | 9 | 4 - 0 |
| 2. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2 | 1-1-0 | 8:2 | 6 | 3 - 1 |
| 3. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 2 | 1-1-0 | 5:3 | 2 | 3 - 1 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 2 | 1-1-0 | 5:4 | 1 | 3 - 1 |
| 5. | |  | BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 2 | 1-0-1 | 5:5 | 0 | 2 - 2 |
| 6. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 2 | 1-0-1 | 4:4 | 0 | 2 - 2 |
| 7. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 2 | 0-2-0 | 3:3 | 0 | 2 - 2 |
| 8. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2 | 1-0-1 | 4:5 | -1 | 2 - 2 |
| 9. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 2 | 1-0-1 | 1:4 | -3 | 2 - 2 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 2 | 1-0-1 | 2:6 | -4 | 2 - 2 |
| 11. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 2 | 0-1-1 | 3:4 | -1 | 1 - 3 |
| 12. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 2 | 0-1-1 | 2:3 | -1 | 1 - 3 |
| 13. | |  | HFC Chemie | 2 | 0-1-1 | 2:3 | -1 | 1 - 3 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Energie Cottbus | 2 | 0-0-2 | 1:8 | -7 | 0 - 4 |