| Sa., 16.03.1968 | BSG Wismut Aue - BSG Motor Zwickau | 0:1 |
| Sa., 16.03.1968 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 0:3 |
| Sa., 16.03.1968 | BSG Lokomotive Stendal - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1:1 |
| Sa., 16.03.1968 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Vorwärts Berlin | 3:1 |
| Sa., 16.03.1968 | BSG Chemie Leipzig - HFC Chemie | 1:0 |
| Sa., 16.03.1968 | 1. FC Union Berlin - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:0 |
| Sa., 16.03.1968 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Hansa Rostock | 0:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 17 | 11-4-2 | 33:13 | 20 | 26 - 8 |
| 2. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 17 | 10-4-3 | 27:21 | 6 | 24 - 10 |
| 3. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 17 | 10-3-4 | 26:18 | 8 | 23 - 11 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 17 | 7-5-5 | 30:21 | 9 | 19 - 15 |
| 5. | |  | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 17 | 5-7-5 | 21:22 | -1 | 17 - 17 |
| 6. | |  | HFC Chemie | 17 | 6-4-7 | 24:28 | -4 | 16 - 18 |
| 7. |  |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 17 | 5-5-7 | 23:22 | 1 | 15 - 19 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 17 | 6-3-8 | 19:22 | -3 | 15 - 19 |
| 9. |  |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 17 | 7-1-9 | 23:29 | -6 | 15 - 19 |
| 10. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 3-8-6 | 13:16 | -3 | 14 - 20 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 17 | 5-4-8 | 20:26 | -6 | 14 - 20 |
| 12. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 5-4-8 | 18:30 | -12 | 14 - 20 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Motor Zwickau | 17 | 6-1-10 | 27:27 | 0 | 13 - 21 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 17 | 6-1-10 | 22:31 | -9 | 13 - 21 |