| Sa., 03.05.1980 | BSG Stahl Riesa - BSG Wismut Aue | 4:0 |
| Sa., 03.05.1980 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - 1. FC Magdeburg | 3:0 |
| Sa., 03.05.1980 | SG Dynamo Dresden - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 4:0 |
| Sa., 03.05.1980 | 1. FC Union Berlin - BFC Dynamo | 0:6 |
| Sa., 03.05.1980 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 1:1 |
| Sa., 03.05.1980 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:1 |
| Sa., 03.05.1980 | HFC Chemie - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 3:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 20-2-3 | 65:21 | 44 | 42 - 8 |
| 2. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 25 | 19-3-3 | 71:16 | 55 | 41 - 9 |
| 3. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 25 | 13-5-7 | 40:23 | 17 | 31 - 19 |
| 4. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 25 | 11-6-8 | 49:33 | 16 | 28 - 22 |
| 5. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 25 | 11-6-8 | 40:35 | 5 | 28 - 22 |
| 6. | |  | HFC Chemie | 25 | 12-4-9 | 37:35 | 2 | 28 - 22 |
| 7. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 25 | 10-8-7 | 38:39 | -1 | 28 - 22 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 25 | 8-4-13 | 24:41 | -17 | 20 - 30 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 25 | 5-10-10 | 20:48 | -28 | 20 - 30 |
| 10. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 25 | 6-6-13 | 32:35 | -3 | 18 - 32 |
| 11. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 25 | 6-6-13 | 26:38 | -12 | 18 - 32 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 25 | 7-4-14 | 24:41 | -17 | 18 - 32 |
| 13. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 25 | 6-4-15 | 17:41 | -24 | 16 - 34 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 25 | 4-6-15 | 21:58 | -37 | 14 - 36 |