| Sa., 12.04.1980 | SG Dynamo Dresden - BSG Wismut Aue | 4:2 |
| Sa., 12.04.1980 | 1. FC Union Berlin - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:1 |
| Sa., 12.04.1980 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Stahl Riesa | 5:0 |
| Sa., 12.04.1980 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - 1. FC Magdeburg | 3:3 |
| Sa., 12.04.1980 | HFC Chemie - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 2:0 |
| Sa., 12.04.1980 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - BFC Dynamo | 2:1 |
| Sa., 12.04.1980 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 3:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 21 | 17-1-3 | 51:18 | 33 | 35 - 7 |
| 2. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 21 | 15-3-3 | 55:14 | 41 | 33 - 9 |
| 3. |  |  | HFC Chemie | 21 | 11-4-6 | 30:23 | 7 | 26 - 16 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 21 | 10-5-6 | 43:26 | 17 | 25 - 17 |
| 5. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 21 | 10-5-6 | 34:20 | 14 | 25 - 17 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 21 | 9-5-7 | 33:27 | 6 | 23 - 19 |
| 7. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 21 | 8-6-7 | 29:33 | -4 | 22 - 20 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 21 | 7-4-10 | 19:33 | -14 | 18 - 24 |
| 9. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 21 | 6-4-11 | 30:30 | 0 | 16 - 26 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 21 | 6-4-11 | 22:34 | -12 | 16 - 26 |
| 11. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 21 | 4-6-11 | 21:34 | -13 | 14 - 28 |
| 12. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 21 | 5-4-12 | 13:30 | -17 | 14 - 28 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 21 | 2-10-9 | 13:43 | -30 | 14 - 28 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 21 | 4-5-12 | 21:49 | -28 | 13 - 29 |