| Sa., 23.05.1981 | 1. FC Magdeburg - SG Dynamo Dresden | 1:2 |
| Sa., 23.05.1981 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - BSG Wismut Aue | 5:1 |
| Sa., 23.05.1981 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 4:1 |
| Sa., 23.05.1981 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1:0 |
| Sa., 23.05.1981 | HFC Chemie - FC Hansa Rostock | 2:1 |
| Sa., 23.05.1981 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - BSG Chemie Böhlen | 3:1 |
| Sa., 23.05.1981 | BSG Stahl Riesa - BFC Dynamo | 1:4 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 25 | 16-5-4 | 72:30 | 42 | 37 - 13 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 25 | 16-4-5 | 56:27 | 29 | 36 - 14 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 25 | 15-4-6 | 57:33 | 24 | 34 - 16 |
| 4. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 16-2-7 | 48:35 | 13 | 34 - 16 |
| 5. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 25 | 12-5-8 | 55:39 | 16 | 29 - 21 |
| 6. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 25 | 12-4-9 | 45:29 | 16 | 28 - 22 |
| 7. |  |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 25 | 10-7-8 | 36:46 | -10 | 27 - 23 |
| 8. | |  | HFC Chemie | 25 | 10-3-12 | 40:41 | -1 | 23 - 27 |
| 9. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 25 | 6-8-11 | 34:44 | -10 | 20 - 30 |
| 10. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 25 | 5-9-11 | 31:53 | -22 | 19 - 31 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 25 | 6-4-15 | 29:50 | -21 | 16 - 34 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 25 | 5-6-14 | 25:47 | -22 | 16 - 34 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 25 | 6-4-15 | 32:59 | -27 | 16 - 34 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 25 | 5-5-15 | 36:63 | -27 | 15 - 35 |